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Dow Jones Industrials Index (DJIA) Monthly Summary Analysis »» Pressing Higher
By: Marty Armstrong | May 4, 2019

THE ANALYSIS PER THE CLOSE OF Fri. May 3, 2019: Dow Jones Industrials closed today at 2650495 and is trading up about 13% for the year from last year's closing of 2332746. Factually, this market has been rising for this market has been rising for 4 months going into May suggesting that this has been a bull market trend on the monthly time level.


Up to this moment in time, the market remains neutral on the short-term levels of both momentum and trend on our indicators while the long-term trend is neutral and our cyclical strength is bullish.

The historical major high took place here in 2018 and we have up to now this year remained trading within last year's range in a consolidating pattern. So far we have seen a trading range of 2669596 for a high and 2263841 for the low.

Meanwhile, our technical resistance stands at 2818645 and it will require a closing above this level to signal a breakout of the upside is unfolding. Nevertheless, our technical support lies at 1881635 which is still holding at this time. At this moment, the market remains between these two projections leaving it neutral on a technical basis.

A possible change in trend appears due come June in Dow Jones Industrials so be focused. The last cyclical event was a low established back during December 2018. Normally, this implies that the next turning point should be a reaction high. However, the market has made a rebound to the upside so we could see a potential reaction high at that time frame. Last month produced a high at 2669596 but closed on the positive side and so far, we are trading neutral within last month's trading range of 2669596 to 2606259. We need to breakout of this range to confirm the direction. Therefore, a close above will be bullish and a close below will warn of a possible decline.

Some caution is necessary since the last high 2695181 was important given we did obtain two sell signals from that event established during October 2018. Critical support still underlies this market at 2160033 and a break of that level on a monthly closing basis would warn of a further decline ahead becomes possible. On a broader perspective, this market remains in an uptrend posture on all our indicators looking at the monthly level. We see here the trend has been moving up for the past 4 months. The previous low of 2171253 made during December 2018 on the Monthly level has held and only a break of 2520800 on a closing basis would warn of a technical near-term change in trend. The previous high made during October 2018 on the Monthly level at 2695181 remains significant technically and only exceeding that level on a closing basis would suggest a reversal in the immediate trend.

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