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An Encouragingly Modest Rally

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Yesterday’s trend down day was a refreshing change of pace, and may well be the start of a decent decline, but the key is that a firm lid is kept on today’s rally, and that there is follow through to the downside early next week.

A move like the move yesterday that breaks and closes well below the daily standard (two standard deviation) lower band often starts the strongest kind of daily lower band ride that trades between the 2sd and 3sd lower bands. To make that a likelihood here the 2sd lower band needed to be resistance today, and it has been so far. SPX daily chart:

170811 SPX Daily

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