This is the question. Â Is there more rally ahead for stocks over the near-term? Â As a technical analyst, I prefer to follow price. So let’s see what investors are looking at today and in the days ahead.
The bounce from 1900 wasn’t entirely unexpected; myself and other technicians had been eyeing that level for several days leading up to the overnight puncture of 1900 on the e-mini futures heading into Friday, August 8th. Back on August 7th, I highlighted the setup again in two notes:
$SPX – S&P 500 nearing 30 RSI. On bar 9 for daily setup. Feels heavy, but bounce may be near… https://stks.co/g0v02
— Andrew Nyquist (@andrewnyquist) Aug. 7 at 02:20 PM
$SPX – Would like to see a heavy compression close, perhaps with a puncture of 1900 to set up a bounce.
— Andrew Nyquist (@andrewnyquist) Aug. 7 at 02:22 PM
But that is only the half of it. Just a level for traders. So what will it take to push to new highs again. Â Well breaking 1944 on then S&P 500 was key to today’s move higher (thus far). Â A measured move would target 1965/70. Â This is also the open gap from the July 31st plunge. So, this is a level that the bulls need to take out to have a shot at new highs.
So what level would I be eyeing if we take out 1970?  Well, first would be the old highs… but beyond that would be 2032 (Fib extension). I’ve been eyeing this for some time (Note that I mentioned this target in May in my Mapping The S&P 500 post  (and again in June).
S&P 500 Daily Chart
BUT, the market is getting long in the tooth and fall seems ripe for some sort of a correction (either now if 1970 fails), or later after we reach up to new highs. Â So it’s probably good to keep your time frames in perspective.
Trade safe, trade disciplined.
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