Where could the market be heading next?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

In The Big Picture each month, we look at where the market could heading next. This post is an extract from our January 2014 edition. To download a sample copy please just click here.

NASDAQ Composite’s 4000 price level becomes an area of support

In December's edition of The Big Picture we reported that on Tuesday 26th November the NASDAQ Composite broke through the magic 4000 level on average trade, signalling that institutional investors were buying (Point F).

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We also said that the US technology indexes next job was to stay above 4000 and that ideally 4000 would change from a level of resistance into a level of support. The good news is that after numerous ‘tests’ (Point G) the support at 4000 held firm. It was also good to see it successfully test its all important 50-day moving average (Point H).

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NASDAQ rapidly approaching long-term resistance at 4200

Take a look at this 20-year chart of the NASDAQ Composite and you can see that between July and September of the year 2000, the US technology index had trouble getting back above the 4200 price level (Point I). Therefore we think that it will probably come up against a headwind very soon and also encounter fierce resistance at the point it topped out back in March 2000 (Point J).

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This information is taken from 
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