Deixo a análise de hoje de Jeff Cooper, um dos analistas técnicos do Realmoney que anda há semanas a falar da importância dos 1309 pontos no S&P. Se não gosta de análise técnica, escuse de ler, pois é extremamente técnico o texto.
"S&P Feeling Weight of the Cycles"
By Jeff Cooper
Street Insight Contributor
3/22/2006 7:04 AM EST
"The market looks tired. The price action from our key 1309 target on the S&P 500, which has been tested a number of times over the last few days, is undeniable and proves the geometry of that level.
Last week I stated that a study of the market back to the 1920s shows that many important turns have been made in March. Given Tuesday's key reversal, which is a reversal from a new swing high that takes out the prior day's low and closes near the low of the day, I think we may well be on the threshold of another turning point in March.
I don't like what I see in the price action. According to our expectations, an option-expiration hangover has hit the market. But it feels like more than just a sneeze. It may be more than just a cold. It could be the flu. Let's hope it's not the Avian bird flu.
Although one day does not a trend make and one reversal does not a trend break -- and Rome wasn't burnt in a day -- small fires have a way of escalating when price objectives and cycles have met and time and price square out. Of course, I'm talking about 1309 S&P, which to recap is 360 degrees above last October's 1168 S&P low. This 360-degree move represent a full cycle up in price.
Moreover, it's important to remember that 1275 S&P was 1440 degrees or four revolutions or squares up from the 768 S&P bear market low. The 90-degree move in price above 1275 to 1309/1310 may simply represent an overthrow move, which many times will occur in a culmination run.
March has seen significant turns every year since the March 2000 top. Not the least of which was the test low on March 12, 2003, of the early October bear market low in 2002. In my experience, any turn that occurs around the spring equinox, which was today, can many times take on added significance. The fact that there is also a solar eclipse on March 29 suggests the possibility of accelerated volatility as these events sometimes disrupt and exacerbate the trend or even turn the trend.
You've heard me say that many times the Boyz break 'em out to sell 'em down and vice versa. This game we're playing is a high steaks poker match -- you're not so much playing just your stocks and their fundamentals as you are the cards on the street. And I mean that literally and figuratively.
A look of the 10-minute chart of the S&P from Tuesday shows a program lifted the index in a dramatic spike to a new high for the move in just a half-hour. But obviously someone was there waiting in the wings to sell into it. And that's what will tell the tale here. If sellers are waiting in the wings, the character of the market will change and rallies will be opportunities to sell rather than pullback opportunities to buy. So far since last Thursday 1309 has proven itself to be a level to sell into.
A look at the aforementioned 10-minute S&P chart from Tuesday shows that when the intraday breakout bar was violated just before 2 p.m., it was all over but the shouting.
We've been looking for a test of 1297 to 1300 into Tuesday, and then up for a test of the high, according to the Principle of Tests. The market usually -- not always -- gives a graceful exit. But the market doesn't owe us anything.
Strategy: The bulls will be looking for a plunging first-hour low on Wednesday as an opportunity to scoop them up -- with the market stabilizing and then a rally attempt late Wednesday and into Thursday. If that doesn't play out and they don't show up and 1295 S&P is broken and price holds below that level, all bets are off. That's because a break back below a flat-line breakout point issues a Boomerang Sell Signal. A look at earlier leaders Apple (AAPL:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) and Google (GOOG:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) (which I have mentioned many times in this column as being broken leaders and a potential albatross for the market) underscores this Boomerang pattern. These two former leaders may be telegraphing what is in store for the overall market. "
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