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Upcoming "Death Cross" for Russell 2000 ($IWM)

Russell 2000 recovers intraday in preperation for upside follow through

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I'm doing a bit of intraday trading as part of TopStep's Trading Combine just to see how feasible day trading is. One thing I have been waiting for is the upside follow through in the Russell 2000 ($IWM). I have watched as sellers have attempted, and failed, to undercut the swing low of the 'bull flag'. I have so far managed to stay on the right side of the intraday trend, although it feels like a decent push higher is not far away. Technicals are all net postive and the index is outperforming peer indices.

Markets inch higher as Semiconductors make all the running

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Bulls came into the week with a small edge, but it was left to Semiconductors to push beyond its 'bull flag' and July swing high resistance. Gains in the Semiconductor index coincided with a new MACD trigger 'buy' and an acceleration in relative performance to the Nasdaq 100.

Strong finish to the week across all indices

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The last couple of weeks have seen the Nasdaq and S&P move to-and-fro in a consolidation trading range, digesting the gains from the October rally, but Friday's finish pushed markets out of this trading range. Friday's finish also improved the weekly timeframe charts, confirming breakouts on these timeframes.

Tight trading near highs keeps momentum bullish for indices

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Markets are trading near resistance defined by recent swing highs, reversing eary losses. The S&P opened on resistance and posted a small gain. The Nasdaq had opened at support and has moved to trading range resistance. In process of making today's gains there was a switch in relative strength back in favor of the Tech index. There is still a MACD trigger 'sell' to negotiate, but this signal occurred well above the bullish zero line.

Russell 2000 pegged by minor resistance as Nasdaq and S&P hold breakout support

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The Russell 2000 ($IWM) posted two days of strong buying that brought the index up towards minor resistance. Not surprisingly, after days of narrow action into the prior ascending bullish triangle consolidation the resulting price surge has entered a new consolidation period. Technicals for the index are strongly net bullish, but even with the loss, prices are still near highs of the last couple of days.

Russell 2000 ($IWM) smashes a breakout

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After weeks of toying with the 200-day MA, the Russell 2000 ($IWM) pushed through this moving average with ease on higher volume accumulation. Tehnicals have been net positive since the start of the bullish ascending triangle, but Friday's move has not only cleared price resistance it has also managed to accelerate relative outperformance against the S&P.

Markets in "covered call" territory

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Bulls have managed to retain control of their powerful rally off October lows. Shorts looked ready to attack with yesterday's bearish 'cloud cover' candestick in the Nasdaq and S&P, but today's action has managed to counter that without really changing the larger picture. If you held index ETFs then current action would be a decent opportunity to sell covered calls against your position. There may be some pullback, but it's hard to see any selling going all the way back to those October lows.

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