Yesterday's market action was positive.
My positive call on yesterday's action may surprise you especially with the Nasdaq falling 0.70% on above average volume (Point A). As you are aware, this behaviour indicates institutional selling, which weakens the market.
Why so bullish then? I have recently been keeping a closer eye on the S&P midcap 400 index because right now it's acting as a leading index, as you can see from it's rising relative strength line (Point B).
I noticed two things of interest with its behaviour yesterday. The first was it only lost 0.27% in low volume indicating healthy action (Point C) and the second thing noted was clear support at its 200 day moving average (Point D).
Leading stocks action was positive. A higher number gained in above average volume compared to those that dropped in above average volume. When this happens on a market 'down' day, its known as a bullish divergence. This was another reason for today's bullish take on the market.
So far the action from the market and leading stocks is telling me that this is another normal and natural bull market correction. I still believe we are close to a bottom.
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