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Dow Jones 30 and NASDAQ 100 traders rally during the week, but hesitate

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Apr 3, 2018, 06:06 GMT+00:00

The US stock markets during the past week rallied quite a bit, but we had seen a significant amount of selling towards the end of the trading. It looks as if we are trying to form some type of rally, but it isn’t as impressive as I would like it to be.

Dow Jones 31 weekly chart, April 03, 2018

Dow Jones 30

The Dow Jones 30 rallied during the week, reaching towards the 24,250 level, but then gave back a significant amount of the gains. Perhaps this is due to the holiday coming up, and of course a certain lack of liquidity. However, I think what’s more important to pay attention to is this next candle, and whether the 23,000-level offer support. If it does, then we have the opportunity to continue the move higher. Otherwise, if we can break above the top of the candle for the week, we could then go to the 25,000 level, perhaps even higher. I believe that the next week will be very crucial.

NASDAQ 100

The NASDAQ 100 was very noisy during the week, breaking above the 6800 level at one point, before turning around and forming a shooting star. That shooting star is very negative looking, and a breakdown below the bottom of the candle stick would perhaps have more sellers coming into the marketplace. I believe at that point; the market will probably go down to the 6200 level where would find some support. Otherwise, it’s not until we break above the top of the candle stick that I feel comfortable buying. However, if we get some type of hammer or supportive candle like that print for this week, I could reevaluate, but right now it certainly looks a bit suspicious currently as things stand.

Dow Jones 30 and NASDAQ Index Video 02.04.18

About the Author

Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.

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