Tuesday, March 24, 2009

STI technical.. where to go next?


As expected, the STI received another lift from the surge on Wall Street overnight and the market was keen to attempt the key 1700 resistance (which is also near the 100-day moving average).

In fact, the STI made two attempts this morning ? the first was not quite successfully and while the index appears to have done so on its second attempt, the intraday technical indicators are looking a little mixed.

The intraday MACD has just cut up again deep inside the positive zone, suggesting that the overall market tone remains bullish; but the intraday RSI is now showing deep overbought signals.

And with the US index futures easing further, we believe the upside in the afternoon may be quite limited; profit-taking may start to emerge, especially on some of the more speculative counters.

We continue to see the 10-month downtrend line ? currently hovering around 1757 (dropping by about 5 points per day) ? as the next big hurdle.

And should the index fail to hold above 1700, we could see a pull back to 1652 (50-day MA), ahead of 1600 (30-day MA).

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