Technicals | Oct 12 2021
By Michael Gable
The S&P/ASX 200 Index still looks vulnerable here but finding some support near 7200 these past few days or so has reduced the bearishness of it somewhat. On balance though, it still looks like the risk is still to the downside, and a break of 7200 would be a negative. In today's research however, we have included a chart of the S&P 500 Index to show the key levels that would indicate whether the market is ready to head higher or lower.
Since the COVID lows, the S&P 500 Index has held remarkably well above the 50-day moving average. However, we have now seen it spend the most time under that line since those lows. The last few days has seen it reject the underneath of the moving average, which is a negative.
The big question is whether we get more of a downtrend from here, or are we just seeing the formation of a bull flag (diagonal lines). At the moment, we are anticipating a fall back towards 4300. A bounce from above that level (a higher low), and then follow-through above the 50-day moving average would be a positive. A dip under 4300 would further confirm that the index is on course to go lower.
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Michael Gable is managing Director of Fairmont Equities (www.fairmontequities.com)
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Michael is RG146 Accredited and holds the following formal qualifications:
Bachelor of Engineering, Hons. (University of Sydney)
Bachelor of Commerce (University of Sydney)
Diploma of Mortgage Lending (Finsia)
Diploma of Financial Services [Financial Planning] (Finsia)
Completion of ASX Accredited Derivatives Adviser Levels 1 & 2
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