Stock Markets At an Important Line in the Sand
Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading Jul 07, 2009 - 08:30 AM GMT
Brian Hunt writes: It's time to check in on one of the "must watch" charts for the trader: The all-important S&P 500.
Most folks like to look at the Dow Industrials and say the market is "down 10 points" or is "up big today." But seasoned investors watch the S&P 500 index. It's a wider gauge of the market. And as you can see from today's chart, this gauge is near a short-term "line in the sand."
From early March to mid-June, the S&P enjoyed a historic 42% bounce. This bounce took the S&P to a high of 946. But since that high, stocks have displayed "soggy" behavior. The market has given back a portion of that 42% gain... and is camped near an important chart level: the May low of 882.
The 882 area is where the last set of heavy "trench warfare" occurred between buyers and sellers. If sellers are able to push the S&P below this recent support level, more losses for stocks are likely to follow.
By Brian Hunt
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