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Weekly Outlook - Bullish Short-Term with Overhead Resistance

BigTrends.com posted on 07/01/09 at 10:08 AM

The 2nd quarter of 2009 ended yesterday, with the markets showing gains for the quarter.  Not many earnings reports are due in this shortened week (the market is closed Friday, July 3rd for Independence Day):  APOL and HRB reported Monday after the close and GIS is due Wednesday morning before the open.  The major upcoming economic event this week is the monthly Employment Report due Thursday morning, July 2nd.  Also due this week is Consumer Confidence, PMI, and Auto Sales.


The April to June quarter of 2009 is ending today, you can see on the following price performance chart that it has been a positive recovery quarter for the major indices.  The Nasdaq 100 (NDX) continues to be the outperformer of the major indices, with S&P 500 (SPX) next in line, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) a relative laggard.

NDX/SPX/INDU Performance Chart


The NDX has been uptrending since the March 2009 bottom.  You can see on the Daily Chart below that Percent R has moved back above the 80 level after a recent test of the 50 mid-level, which is sign of strength.  One caveat  to the bullish view of this chart is potential overhead resistance from the key 1500 level.  Big "round" numberts such as 1000, 1500, 2000, etc, are often important psychological and technical levels for major indices, and you can see that we have been unable thus far to take out 1500 on the NDX.

NDX Daily Chart


Stepping back to a longer-term Weekly SPX Chart, you can see below that Percent R and Efficiency Ratio are showing strength.  However, the recent rally somewhat looks like a bear market rally when the bigger down moves are seen in context.  The SPX faces potential resistance overhead from the key 1000 level, as well as the 40 week Exponential Moving Average (green line), which is just abvoe current levels at around 937 currently.

SPX Weekly Chart

Bottom Line: With the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) breaking below the 27 level, the underlying short-term trend appears bullish.  But the major indices face potential overhead resistance, and we must keep in mind the bigger picture of this being a rally within a bear market/trading range.

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Posted by BigTrends.com on 07/01/09 at 10:08 AM

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Posted July 03, 2009 (11:09PM)
It appears that VIX formed descending wedge and ready to breakout to the upside - right about now with no further upside in the markets. With "unexpected" dollar rise commodities (including gold indeed which is just another commodity) are going to sell as well.
BTW - thank you for the acc bands (thou I use it in a slightly different way)

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Also, "does constitute a specific trade recommendation" - should not it read "does NOT constitute a specific trade recommendation"?
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Posted July 03, 2009 (11:11PM)
Is there any place we can see published performance results of offered services?
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