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Waiting for a Break (by Springheel Jack)

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There was a bounce yesterday, but it lacked conviction, and looking across the indices there are quite a number of double-tops in play that have broken down and not yet reached target. For today on ES strong support is still at 1371.50, and first overhead resistance is at yesterday's high at 1382.75, where there is also some trendline resistance, and at the valley low between the double-tops in the 1387 area. A break over 1387 opens up a strong bounce, and a conviction break below 1371.50 opens up further downside, with the double-top target in the 1353 area of course:

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