the 21-day sma = today's rejection level for the intraday bounce by both SPX and SPY
( Friday February 16, 2018 )
chart #1 -
NYSE Composite index daily chart with SPX and others:
* NYA and TRAN remain below their 50-day sma
chart #2 - NYA weekly closes line chart, with SPX and others vs. their 20,2 weekly BB:
* FYI - the current price action now resides at an ideal location to turn down for all these index symbols, and re-test the February 7 to 9, 2018 intraday lows ... time will tell ... not a time to be overly confident in your directional bet, imo
"In fact, the surge in new lows was the largest since February 2016 and previous occurrences suggest that the market may need more time to find its bullish footing."
chart #1 -
SPXEW weekly chart with: 15,2 BB 21,2 BB 21,3 BB
* the 21,3 weekly BB often marks the level for bottom or top spotting
* the SPXEW 50-week sma provided support at the prior week's intraday price low
chart #2 -
RSP monthly with: 21,2 BB 10 ema & 50 ema
* the 50-month ema is the customary downside risk measure for the more lasting price declines
about SPX, a StockCharts analyst on Feb. 17, 2018 says:
" The current decline has formed the initial low and rebounded into the Fibonacci retracement zone. We have two possibilities here. One, the market continues to new highs and forms a "V" bottom. The second possibility is that we will see a 8-10 day sell-off to retest the second low. Note that the Chande Trend Meter is well above 20, which breaks the pattern, and may imply that a "V" bottom is more likely. Only time will tell. " - Tushar Chande
50 dsma and 200 dema watch for 6 major US indices:
SPY S&P 1500 index NYSE Composite index Nasdaq Composite Nasdaq 100 Dow Jones Industrials
* price action will almost certainly attempt a retest from above of the 50-day sma for those indices which are now briefly back above the 50-day sma, as of Friday February 16, 2018
bulls need a lasting hold above the 50-day sma's to firm the probability of a lasting price advance