Friday, August 16, 2013

Daily Market Trend Guide -- Friday, August 16, 2013

MARKET REPORT                                                                                        August 16, 2013 

The Markets continued its up move and ended positive for the fourth day in a row as it perked up in the second half after a capped morning session. The Markets opened on a flat to mildly positive note and after trading positive, dipped in the negative territory in the early minutes of the trade to give the day’s low of 5690.20. The Markets attempted to recover in the morning session and traded modestly positive but soon pared its gains to trade flat. The Markets pared gains after a brief recovery again by afternoon trade. However, in the second half, the Markets attempted an up move again and this time, sustained it as well. It went on to give the day’s high of 5754.55 towards the end of the session and finally ended the day at 5742.30, posting a net gain of 43 points or 0.75% while continuing to form a higher top and higher bottom on the Daily High Low Charts.


MARKET TREND FOR TODAY

We have had a trading holiday yesterday on account of Independence Day and therefore, today’s market opening would be more or less in adjustments to what happened yesterday in the Global Markets. However, the opening would be flat to modestly negative but all technical factors and the F&O data indications remain intact to suggest that the session would be more or less range bound with a up ward bias.

For today, the levels of 5760 and 5810 would be immediate resistance on the charts. The supports come in at 5690 and 5655 levels.

All lead indicators continue to remain in place. The RSI—Relative Strength Index on the Daily Chart is 48.0243 and it is neutral as it shows no bullish or bearish divergence or any kind of failure swings. The Daily MACD continues to trade below its signal line.

On the derivative front, the NIFTY August futures have added over 11.19 lakh shares or 8.12% in Open Interest. This is a very important indicator as for the last three days of rise, the NIFTY had risen while shedding Open Interest. While on Wednesday, the Markets have risen while adding Open Interest. This clearly suggest and signify that on Wednesday, the Markets have risen due to fresh longs being added and not because of mere short covering.

To conclude, today’s session would remain more or less in adjustment to what happened in the Global Markets while we were shut yesterday. However, this is likely to keep the Markets little volatile and range bound but no possibility of major downside is seen given the reading of the lead indicators as well as the F&O data. We may see minor profit taking or some amount of volatility but no serious threat to the up move that is being witnessed.

All and all, the reading remains more or less like that of Wednesday. Markets may see minor profit taking or some amount of volatility but the overall trend remains intact given reading of the lead indicators and the derivatives data. It is advised to continue to refrain from creating shorts. Existing positions may be maintained and profits be protected at higher levels. Selective out performance would continue. Overall, heavily stock specific approach with caution is advised for today.

Milan Vaishnav,
Consulting Technical Analyst,
+91-98250-16331


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