Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com Price is back over all moving averages. This is bullish. Last week the 100 day SMA continued to hold as support until $SPY broke out of the two week trading range at $274. The next key resistance level on the chart is $278 then all time highs at $286.63. Volatility decreased […]
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Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com $SPY has traded in a large range so far in 2018 but up slightly +1.94% year to date. $274 has acted as resistance last week. The 100 day SMA held as support last week. The trading range expanded as the ATR trended higher last week. The MACD is under a bearish
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below the 200 day moving average for the first time since 2016. And
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