The US indices that I follow all look very likely to rally in the early hours of the Monday session. The market will continue to see a lot of noisy trading, but at this point in time, the market will continue to look at the overall uptrend as being intact.
The NASDAQ 100 rallied a bit during the course of the trading session here on Monday, as it looks like we are breaking above the 21,000 level, and it’s likely that we’ll continue to be important. Ultimately, I do think you have a situation where traders are trying to get these stocks on the cheap, as it were. We have a massive spike in volume, which of course suggests that there is real interest, and as a result, I think we continue to bounce around in this general vicinity. If we do go higher, the 50-day EMA becomes your next target.
The Dow Jones 30 looks pretty healthy on Monday morning as we are now breaking above the 50-day EMA, and I think you’ve got a real shot at the market trying to get to the 45,000 level. The 45,000 level, of course, is an area that in the past has been important. So, I think you have to look at it as a potential ceiling. I think that’s where we’re trying to get to, but it may take some effort to get there. Short-term pullbacks should continue to be attractive.
The S&P 500 is threatening the 6,000 level, which happens to have the 50-day EMA sitting just above it. So, I think that all ties together for a nice short-term barrier. If we can get above that, I think that would be a very positive turn of events for the S&P 500, and it probably opens up a move to the 6,125 level above, which was basically the most recent all-time high. We have some work to do, but I think that’s what we’re trying to get happening here in the market.
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Christopher Lewis is an experienced trader that specializes in technical analysis and markets prediction. Chris has over 20 years of experience across a wide variety of markets and assets - currencies, indices, and commodities.