Technically Speaking: Stuck In The Middle With You
In this past weekend’s missive, we discussed the market stalling at the 200-dma. To wit:
“We said then the most likely target for the rally was the 200-dma. It was essentially the level at which the ‘irresistible force would meet the immovable object.’”
“What will be critically important now is for the markets to retest and hold support at the Oct-Nov lows which will coincide with the 50-dma. A failure of that level will likely see a retest of the 2018 lows.”
“A retest of those lows, by the way, is not an “outside chance.” It is actually a fairly high possibility. A look back at the 2015-2016 correction makes the case for that fairly clearly.”
“But even if a retest of lows doesn’t happen, you should be aware that sharp market rallies are not uncommon, but almost always have a subsequent retracement.”
Importantly, as I expanded to our RIA PRO subscribers:
“We are likely going to have another couple of attempts next week as the bulls aren’t ready to give up the chase just yet. We are continuing to watch the risk carefully and have been working on repositioning portfolios over the last couple of weeks.
As noted, we lifted profits at the 200-dma and added hedges to the Equity and Equity Long/Short portfolios.”
On Monday, the markets rallied a bit out of the gate over continuing hopes of a “trade deal” between the U.S. and China but fell back to even by the end of the day. With earnings season now largely behind us, the “bulls”are going to need improving economic data and relief from Washington to provide continued support for the rally.
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