S&P 500: Failure To Break Resistance
July 4, 2009
On Thursday, the S&P 500 traded down after having failed to break above resistance at 929.00 (E-mini S&P futures contract expiring September 09).

The following chart shows that the ES is currently trending down, after having generated a sell signal on June 18th.

The reversal downward in the S&P after rejecting 929 in the E-Mini S&P futures contract could be played easily by going down to a smaller timeframe, that nicely indicated traders to sell short and ride down the best part of the downtrend:

As a conclusion, the E-Mini S&P 500 remains in a downtrend as long as it trades below the green buy-line that is currently at 927.50. Above that level, there would be compelling reason to assume that the bull has come back.

On a side note, it has to be stated that the Nasdaq 100 (E-Mini NQ) also remains on a sell signal, ending the rebound that started June 24th;


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