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Market Opens Lower and Closes Higher

Charles Schaap

On Thursday, the market set up a classic intraday bear trap. After opening below Wednesday's low, price reversed and closed above Wednesday's high. Today's range was wide (yesterday's Nasdaq range was 22 points, while today's range was 70 points)…

Market Takes a Breather After 5 Up Days

Charles Schaap

On Wednesday, the market made a higher daily high, but the day closed in the midrange for the day. After 5 consecutive up days (Nasdaq), today was time for the market to take a breather, moving sideways in a narrow range. The Nasdaq closed up +10…

Correction Ends on Volume-driven Market Advance

Charles Schaap

Today, new Fed Chair Janet Yellen spoke before congress and her tone was apparently reassuring to the market. She indicated that interest rates would continue to remain low and that the bond buying program would be decreased in measured steps…

Market Could Be Setting Up a Bull Trap

Charles Schaap

Monday started slowly as the market traded sideways for most of the day and closed slightly up on lower volume than Friday. The S&P 500 gained just +2 points (+0.16%), but the Nasdaq Composite rose +22 points (+0.54%). The Dow finished the day…

Market Faces Test at the 50 EMA

Charles Schaap

Last week started out with a big market decline (Monday) as price broke below a 5-day range pattern that formed near the 50 EMA. But after a sideways Tuesday and Wednesday, the market ended the last two days with fairly strong up moves that erased…