Sep 7: A âcalmâ day for markets leaves gains.
Another âquietâ journey on the market today with the majors indexes disregarding of any âbad newsâ is around the corner ending higher and pointing out some resistance levels.
The range was little with the SP in 1231.5/1238 range and the QQQQ in a 39.23-39.50 zone all the session. Bulls didnât scare in any moment of the day with the markets setting a day low above supports levels.
News that âHurricane Katrina will reduce employment by 400,000 people in coming months while trimming economic growth by as much as a full percentage point in the second half of this yearâ didnât help bears. The market looks set to deny any bear news (at least for now on) and ready to test the zone on 1242 on sp and 39.65/70 on Qâs. Anyway we have to be quite careful near this zone because we have seen a lot of times the market trade this way and then surprise with a big movement.
1240/2 as upper band of the channel and resistance level is key now on SP500 as well 39.60/70 is the zone for the Nasdaq 100 tracking stock. 1225-6 and 39/39.20 appears the low zone of the range , zone where I like to go long (in an intraday basis) with tight stops.
Finally I have to mention the Nyse composite, witch is now on all-time highs and going. The huge run we saw yesterday is giving bulls enough confidence to continue paying this index. 7590/7600 is the support area and is hard to find out how long can go, even when it looks a little exhausted on the last bars.
For tomorrow I expect a sideways market, like I say yesterday im not shorting until the 39.60/70 area, that zone if is hard to cross tomorrow itâs a good zone to catch some intraday short. 39/39.22 is still the area to go long. At this point, in this kind of market, I donât like to go with the intraday-trend at least a major movement is confirmed.
Diego M Rolando,
roc@roclerman.com, 9-7-2005 at the close