No surprise given the selling which has come before that the nascent rallies now find themselves moving into areas of prior supply. Wednesday’s candlesticks are not great but are more neutral in tone than outright bearish.
For the , we had a bearish ‘black’ candlestick below all key moving averages. Supporting technicals are all bearish and there hasn’t been enough of a recovery in relative performance to suggest this bounce can last much longer.
COMPQ Daily Chart
The (via ) had managed over the latter part of December to make up some lost ground against the NASDAQ, but yesterday’s bearish cloud cover means it’s once again underperforming relative to the NASDAQ. If the triple bottom around $212 (IWM) is lost then it could get ugly for this index.
IWM Daily Chart
The finished the day with a doji just above major support of 4,700. The candlestick is neutral but after the gains from the start of the week it’s a little disappointing. The index is outperforming both the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 although technicals are mixed with stochastics/momentum still on the bullish side of the fence.
SPX Daily Chart
For today, a close above yesterday’s highs would negate the neutral outlook for the indices. A close below yesterday’s lows would bring more pressure on the recovery—particularly for the Russell 2000 which already took a significant hit on Wednesday.
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