[Chart Of The Week] Technical Analysis On The S&P500

JC Parets
October 31, 2016

You guys know that I consider the S&P500 to be just one index in just one country in just one asset class in the entire world. There is a lot more out there. And while this might be true, I would also argue that this one index is one of the more important ones that we need to be watching. It is a good representation of U.S. Stocks, since the Dow Jones Industrial Average is just 30 names, the Nasdaq is tech-heavy and the NYSE Composite has a lot of international exposure. One can argue that the Russell3000 is the best representation of the U.S. since it represents over 98% of all investable assets in U.S. equities, but there is no liquid asset to gain exposure to it.

So today we are breaking down the S&P500, setting price targets and defining our risk management levels:

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[hide_from visible_to="member"]Many of you reading this have been following my work for a long time. But for you newcomers, all of our upside objectives for the S&P500 were achieved in May of 2015. In addition to breadth weakening big time throughout the Spring last year, the S&P500 reached the 161.8% extension of the entire 2007-2009 crash. This was our upside target, and after last May there had been no reason to be long S&Ps, other than for short-term mean reversion trades.

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One of the reasons why I turned so bullish towards equities in early July, not just in the U.S. but globally, was because the S&P500 was finally able to break out above that key 2100 area that had been trouble since last May. The market clearly respects these key Fibonacci extension levels, so I think it would be irresponsible of us as market participants to ignore them. This is just 1 of a thousands of examples I can show you where the market reacts to 900 year old math (Click here to learn more about Fibonacci Analysis).

Looking shorter-term, here is that former resistance from last year that, so far, has held as support. This is the Polarity Principle 101. The question now is: Does this level hold? Or do we break down leaving all of that overhead supply trapped above former resistance?

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To me, the September lows are the line in the sand. If we're above that level, that means that momentum is still in a bullish range and prices are above support. I see no reason to be bearish in that environment. Price target-wise, 2335 is the 161.8% extension of the entire 2-year range from 2014 until this July. I think this is where we're going and I would be adding to long positions more aggressively if we can break out above the downtrend line from the August highs.

From a risk management standpoint, if the S&P500 breaks below the September lows and momentum hits oversold conditions, this is a problem for the bull case over an intermediate-term timeframe. It would argue that, at the very least, further consolidation will be necessary before we can have a more substantial move higher.

Right here, we're above that key support, but below the downtrend line from the August highs. I would put this in, "no-man's land", but with a bullish bias based on the weight of the evidence both in the U.S. and globally. As the data comes in, we'll adjust our approach accordingly: either more bearish or more bullish as support or resistance gets broken.

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