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S&P 500 Price Forecast – Stock Markets Rally After Bank Earnings

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Oct 15, 2019, 16:29 UTC

Bank earnings came out early on Tuesday, showing signs of strength again, and that of course has the S&P 500 rallying. The financial sector is of course a significant part of the S&P 500, so the rally could have been predicted.

S&P 500 daily chart, October 16, 2019

The S&P 500 has rallied relatively significantly during the trading session on Tuesday, reaching towards the 3000 level by noon local time. Ultimately, there is a lot of noise above here and extending towards the 3025 level, so we aren’t out of the woods yet, but clearly it looks as if the market is trying to knock on the high levels. Short-term pullbacks intraday will probably continue to be looked at as buying opportunities as one of the mantras on Wall Street is “the Fed has your back”, and that of course drives stocks higher longer term.

S&P 500 Video 16.10.19

To the downside, I believe that the 50 day EMA which is currently trading at the 2950 level should offer enough support that people continue to look towards this market for gains. At this point, I believe that there will more than likely be a nice “zone of support” between the 2950 level and the 2940 level. Ultimately, this is a market that we need to pay attention to above, because if we do break out to the upside and above the recent highs, it can take off towards the 3100 level. This is certainly the time of year it could, because fall earnings season tends to be a rather impulsive move just waiting to happen.

To the downside, if we break down below the 2940 level then it’s likely that we go looking towards the 200 day EMA which is currently trading at the 2880 I am bullish, but I recognize that looking for value on pullbacks probably continues to work best.

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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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