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A Modest Proposal for Next Week

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In my post on the morning of Wednesday 30th July I was looking at the pattern setups on SPX, QQQ and DIA and saying that these delivered a very nice setup for at least a short time high forming there.

In my post on the morning of Friday 1st August I was looking at the first real signs of weakness on the US equity indices since the April low after the strong breaks of the daily middle bands on DIA and IWM on Thursday, and saying that confirmation was needed with further breaks of the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ.

We saw those further breaks on Friday so it is likely that the first significant retracement on US indices since the April low are now in progress. So what next?

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