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Dow Jones Breakout Pushes Up to Fresh Six-Month Highs

Dow Jones Breakout Pushes Up to Fresh Six-Month Highs

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Dow Jones Talking Points:

- US stocks continue to rally after last week’s bounce from support. In the Dow Jones, buyers came back after a support test around the 25,000 psychological level and prices are now trading at fresh six-month highs. This keeps the door open for bullish continuation, although prices have stretched rather far from nearby support.

- Traders looking at bullish continuation in the Dow can look for support based on how aggressively they want to approach the move. For those with shorter-term strategies or for those looking to be a bit more aggressive, there’s potential support around 25,695 and 25,500; while those looking to move forward a bit more conservatively would likely want to wait for a deeper pullback in order to allow for more cogent risk management.

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Dow Jones to Fresh Six-Month Highs After Last Week’s Support Test

Bullish enthusiasm continues to show in US stocks, and American indices remain with strong themes after last week saw a return of buyers. In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the prior pullback lasted for a little over a week as prices dipped from 25,695 down for a support test at the psychological 25,000 level. This was the third zone of support we had looked at over the prior couple of weeks, and when buyers came back at 25,000, the retracement was soon completed and bulls took over to help prices re-ascend up to fresh near-term highs.

At this point, the Dow is trading through the late-February swing high to produce a fresh six-month high in the index.

Dow Jones Daily Price Chart: Fresh Six-Month Highs After Last Week’s Support Test

dow jones djia dia ym daily price chart

Chart prepared by James Stanley

At this stage, the complication is one of entry as prices have moved quite a ways from nearby support, looking at the swing from last week. And it could be difficult to justify an 800+ point stop on a move that’s already seen price action perch up to fresh highs.

Moving forward, traders can look for support based on how aggressively they want to approach this move in the Dow. For those using shorter-term strategies, or for those that really want to focus on continuation of this bullish trend, near-term support could be sought out at the prior swing-high of 25,685; or a bit deeper we have another area of interest around 25,500, as this provided a short-term swing-low on Friday and it syncs up fairly well with a group of prior swing highs.

Dow Jones Four-Hour Price Chart

Dow Jones DJIA DIA YM Four-Hour Price Chart

Chart prepared by James Stanley

For those that want to take a longer-term approach towards the matter, or for those looking to be a bit more conservative with additional top-side re-entries, deeper support could be sought out at the 14.4% Fibonacci retracement of the post-Election move. This takes place around 25,370, and this is a level we’ve used on a couple of recent occasions as both resistance in June, and short-term support in July.

Dow Jones Daily Price Chart

Dow Jones Daily Price Chart DJIA DIA YM

Chart prepared by James Stanley

To read more:

Are you looking for longer-term analysis on the U.S. Dollar? Our DailyFX Forecasts for Q3 have a section for each major currency, and we also offer a plethora of resources on USD-pairs such as EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD. Traders can also stay up with near-term positioning via our IG Client Sentiment Indicator.

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If you’re looking for educational information, our New to FX guide is there to help new(er) traders while our Traits of Successful Traders research is built to help sharpen the skill set by focusing on risk and trade management.

--- Written by James Stanley, Strategist for DailyFX.com

Contact and follow James on Twitter: @JStanleyFX

DailyFX provides forex news and technical analysis on the trends that influence the global currency markets.

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