Thursday, March 8, 2007

Daily Market Charts

Because the employment report is so important right now, I think it's a good idea to get a look at the daily market charts before the news release. I think they all say pretty much the same thing, so here they are in the following order: SPYs, QQQQs IWNs

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We had the big down day, followed be a slightly less pronounced decline. All three charts have a classic candlestick hammer style bottom. While we had a relief rally over the last few sessions, notice it's been on declining volume. In addition, the candle bars of the rally are weak -- the open and closes are very close. All of these factors can signal the rally is losing steam and traders are looking for a reason to sell. In addition, all three averages are approaching their respective 10-day moving averages, which could be a resistance line for all three.

Again, this is not set in stone. We're simply trying to play the averages about what could happen.