Talking Points:
- US stocks have paused from the bullish breakouts that have showed through August. The pullback is showing to varying degrees across the indices, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 holding very near the highs while the S&P has posed a shallow pullback. The Dow Jones, on the other hand, is looking to be in more of a retracement as prices have sold-off along a bearish trend-line taken from the Tuesday morning highs.
- Tomorrow brings a key piece of inflation data to the table with the release of July inflation numbers out of the United States. The expectation is for a second consecutive month at 2.9%, and if we do see this come in below-line, stocks could catch a bid to move back towards those prior highs.
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US Stocks Pull Back
The up-trend in US stocks has hit the pause button over the past two days. Prices are pulling back, albeit to varying degrees across US indices. The Nasdaq 100 is holding very near those recent highs, while the S&P 500 has posed a mild dip. In the Dow Jones, however, the pullback has been a bit more consistent as a descending trend-line has shown when taken from the Tuesday morning highs.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Hourly Price Chart: Pullback From Tuesday Morning Highs
Chart prepared by James Stanley
In the above chart, we’ve also drawn a parallel trend-line underneath recent price action to illustrate a possible bull flag formation. This becomes interesting for strategies around bullish continuation, particularly if we see prices break above recent swing highs. This would be for traders looking to treat the Dow in an aggressive manner, and if we see a break above the swing-high at 25,631, the door could re-open to topside momentum strategies.
Dow Jones Hourly Price Chart
Chart prepared by James Stanley
If we do not get that topside break, or for traders that would like to move-forward in a bit more of a conservative manner, the same strategy we looked at on Tuesday could still be applied, with traders looking to react to support tests at previously-defined zones. The nearest of which exists around the 14.4% Fibonacci retracement of the post-Election move at 25,370, and this is followed by an area of prior support/resistance that came into play from 25,163 up to 25,218.
Dow Jones Four-Hour Price Chart: Deeper Pullback Potential as the August Breakout Settles
Chart prepared by James Stanley
To read more:
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--- Written by James Stanley, Strategist for DailyFX.com
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