On 5th July last year I was updating my SPX monthly chart and added a scenario for a retracement that I thought might take place in the next few months, and talked about that in webinars at theartofchart.net. On 6th August I then wrote a post about that scenario looking for a backtest of a trendline on the monthly chart that was in the 3800 area at the time. That trendline is now in the 3930-50 area, and that is my main target for the retracement we have been seeing so far this year.
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Breakout Opportunity Here
The bulls delivered a strong rally yesterday and there is actually a decent looking setup for a break up here that might well then deliver a fast retest of the all time highs on SPX. A daily RSI 5 buy signal fixed on NDX at the end of last week, which I wasn’t taking particularly seriously in the absence of a confirming signal on SPX, but at the close yesterday a daily RSI 5 buy signal also fixed on SPX. Both signals could deliver a sharp push up here through some key resistance levels.
On the SPX chart very strong resistance is in the 4500 area, with the SPX daily middle band currently at 4498.
(more…)Now The Support Test
On Friday morning I was looking at the short term bull and bear options on SPX and at support and resistance levels being tested. The main resistance level was of course the weekly middle band, now at 4518 and with the SPX close on Friday at 4488, just above support at the daily middle band, there was a complete failure to break back up over that resistance.
SPX weekly chart:
Between Key Support And Resistance
In my last post I was looking for a retracement and looking at targets below for the likely backtest that was coming, and those initial targets have been hit, more or less. The main target was the mean reversion target at the 45dma, now at 4417, and the current low this week at 4450 isn’t quite a hit, but came close.
SPX daily vs 45dma chart:
Looking For A Backtest
I was looking at resistance at the weekly middle band in my post on Tuesday, and SPX has broken up through that convincingly, though SPX still needs to close the week significantly above the weekly middle band, currently at 4531 to fix that resistance break. If seen SPX will then need to close next week above the break to confirm it.
I was also saying that a break on SPX over the H&S right shoulder high at 4595.31 would fail the H&S and fix a target at a retest of the all time high at 4818.62, and that has now definitely broken, so that is a very significant bullish break.
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