I thought it would be easier to post about the rally attempt analysis here. If anyone objects, I would be happy to email the moderator to move it to another thread.
I picked up the book 24 Essential Lessons for the Investment Success by WJO. I found it much easier to read than the prior book I had read especially in terms of the rally attempt analysis. From Lesson 14, WJO sais that at some point on the way down there is an attempted rally. Day one of the rally is when the close is higher than the prior dayâs close. None of the following days can break day oneâs close. The next part of the sequence is a follow through day on dayâs 4-7. Follow through dayâs should be 1% + from the prior days close with an increase in volume.
It looks to me as if the INDU had a follow through day yesterday on higher volume from the prior day. Day 1 is 2/8. I am not positive if my charts are correct but it has less ES volume yesterday compared to the day before. Itâs day 1 was also 2/08. So since it lacked the volume, it did not confirm the really eventhough it had the price % gain.
WJO also sais that the rally attempt fails about 20% of the time. I am leaning toward this as I have us hitting the right side of our ES down channel which we just retraced on decreasing volume.
So in summation, even though rally confirmation was yesterday, I have us sitting at the right side of the ES down channel. Which one takes precedence.
Hope this was helpful. There is a chapter on distribution for recognizing market tops. I will have to post that part too.