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DOW Directions 03-24-08 (Monday): A Daily Technical Analytical View of Stocks, Futures, Eminis and Forex for online and day traders.

DIA (Dow ETF): Market pushes up at end of short week

Thursday’s market pushed up +261.66…almost matching the negative action of Wednesday.  The seesawing of price and volatility continues to be the main feature of the market.  Without any defining direction, the market continues to be as volatile as we have seen in many years.

The daily StoRSI, our momentum oscillator, has turned “flat”.  In the past week and a half, we have seen the StoRSI push to the area near the upper trigger level.  This was followed by the indicator turning down, then back up, then down and finally, the indicator has gone flat.   If we examine the last six days of trading, we see a microcosm of the market: wild volatility with little or no directional movement. We are experiencing record setting type days (intraday movement), yet we are going nowhere in price.  The waffling in the indicator is reflected in the market movement and makes discerning direction a difficult task.

The T8 (maroon line), our moving average that defines trend, has changed direction and is now pointing up.  This could be the beginning of a new leg to the upside.  Early this week, we should be able to discern if the market is going to break out of this trading range.  If the market continues to chop back and forth, we could see a number of directional changes in the T8.

 Thursday’s candlestick was not a significant candle posting. 

***Volatility Alert:

During the third week in July, volatility returned to the major stock indices. For approximately four years, the markets have had low to very low volatility. This significant change has ushered in swings of 100, 200 & 300+ points, sometimes on a day-to-day basis. Stock indices tend to be either volatile, or not, for three to five years at a time. Expect continued volatility. The current volatility cycle has just started its volatile period. We feel this is the early stages of volatility and we continue to believe it is here to stay.

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