NIKKEI 225 Technical ANALYSIS – TALKING POINTS:
- Nikkei 225 may be readying to resume downtrend after rebound
- Upswing from March low forming bearish Rising Wedge pattern
- Pivotal trend line, Fibonacci resistance just below 21000 eyed
Japanese stocks are perched at a defining technical barrier just below the 21000 figure. A violent selloff started in mid-February took out trend support set from December 2018, putting prices at a four-year low by late March. The subsequent upward reversal has brought the index back for a retest of support-turned-resistance, now reinforced by the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement at 20810.
How prices behave at this juncture is likely to establish whether gains scored over recent weeks represent trend change or merely a correction before the selloff resumes. The path of recovery has traced out a Rising Wedge chart formation, which typically carries bearish implications. Confirming as much calls for a daily close below the pattern’s lower bound, a barrier bolstered by the 50% Fib at 19815.
Establishing a foothold back above the 21000 figure may neutralize near-term selling pressure. Doing so looks likely to open the door for a rise toward a block of back-to-back resistance levels running from the 78.6% retracement at 22225 to the upper bound of former range support at 23090. If prices manage to work their way through that, the long-term top in the 24200-515 zone comes into view.
Nikkei 225 daily chart created using TradingView
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--- Written by Ilya Spivak, Head APAC Strategist for DailyFX
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