DAX 30 and CAC Charts – Macro-techs Continue to Worsen

DAX 30/ CAC Technical Highlights

• DAX trading below H&S neckline, moving towards 2011 trend-line
• Gap below support has CAC at risk or more selling

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DAX trading below H&S neckline, moving towards 2011 trend-line

Today’s gap-down has the DAX trading below the neckline of the head-and-shoulders top under construction since June of last year. Given its sheer size a weekly close below the neckline is viewed as best for confirmation, and for now pressure is on the market to try and recover back above.

First up on any bounce from here is the neckline, a line of support now turned resistance. It could offer a nice spot from a risk/reward perspective for would-be shorts to initiate new positions, and those already in a short a threshold to use for managing their positions.

In the absence of a recovery above the neckline, the next major level arrives at the 2011 trend-line. This is viewed as effectively the last line of defense for big-picture longs as beyond the long-term trend-line there isn’t much preventing the market from trading much lower in the weeks and months ahead.

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DAX Daily Chart (neckline support broken)

DAX Weekly Chart (H&S top)

Gap below support has CAC at risk or more selling

The CAC may be oversold by some metrics, but the gap beneath lows seen earlier in the year and the worst close since August 2017 has the index set up for more selling. A recovery bounce may be in store, but a move into the 5050-area is seen as a risk of proving short-lived.

Given the significant slow-motion topping process since May of last year, lower-lows below the two big swing-lows apart of the topping process is considered an important event for the CAC just as breaking the neckline is for the DAX. A weekly close at current or worse levels will have in focus the 2011 trend-line currently near 4700.

CAC Daily Chart (Breaking down below support)

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---Written by Paul Robinson, Market Analyst

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