We have the Russell 2000 caught in a long term trading range, and despite registering a gain it hasn't changed the larger picture in favor of either bulls or bears. The only index at a point of inflection is the S&P.
After breaking below the bearish wedge it now finds itself rallying back to former support turned resistance. There are flickers of good news; intermediate stochastics returned above the bullish mid-line and Friday's close finished above the 50-day MA.
The Russell 2000 (via IWM) closed with a doji inside Thursday's white candlestick. If this was an overbought market we would be looking at a bearish harami cross but stochastics are at a mid-level, just like the index itself.
The NASDAQ is at least looking upwards having successfully defended support marked by the July and August swing lows. Technicals are a little mixed with Stochastics and On-Balance-Volume generating 'buy' signals but other technicals are bearish.
The most interesting index is the Semiconductors. It's nicely set up for a breakout this week with technicals mostly bullish. Only the MACD is negative. Strength in semiconductors should help the NASDAQ.
The S&P is primed for a test this week, but what it does will likely lead to a big say as to what will happen for the rest of the year. Tech indices are firmly bullish, so we may see some contribution from Tech stocks to the S&P.
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