The US stock markets rallied on Friday, and more importantly: showed bullish pressure towards the end of the day. This is vital in the US markets, because it is well-known that’s when institutional investors tend to get involved.
The Dow Jones 30 broke out to the upside yet again during the day on Friday, showing signs of going much higher. Now that we are in a fresh, new high yet again, the market looks likely to continue to be a “buy on the dips” scenario. Short-term traders continue to pick up these dips as value, and I think that the 26,400 level is the support level just underneath. I believe we are going to go looking towards the 27,000 level, and at this point it’s all but impossible to sell this market. True, longer-term charts to look a bit overstretched, but even if we were to pull back now, I would simply wait for some type of structural support underneath.
If you been watching me this week, you know that I think that the NASDAQ 100 is going to start to lead US indices higher again, and so far, that’s been true. We have broken above the vital 7000 level, which is a very bullish sign, but it has been on somewhat soft volume. I would expect a short-term pullback, but there should be buyers somewhere near the 6980 handle to pick the market back up and continue to drive it up to the upside. Selling is all but impossible, and I think there is a lot of noise between here and the 6900 level below, which I see as the short-term “floor.” The market should continue to be bullish and offer plenty of short-term trading opportunities for the nimble.
Chris is a proprietary trader with more than 20 years of experience across various markets, including currencies, indices and commodities. As a senior analyst at FXEmpire since the website’s early days, he offers readers advanced market perspectives to navigate today’s financial landscape with confidence.