I can't believe it's already been two weeks since Chart Summit India. Together with our partners, we hosted 20 of the best speakers and thousands of participants to raise money for charities fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were more than 10 hours of content in one day, so today I went back through some of the presentations again and wanted to share some of the information I found valuable.
All of the speakers were great and the videos can be accessed for free at ChartSummit.com/India, so we'd highly encourage you all to check them out. There's a lot of knowledge to benefit from.
Since most of our upside risk management levels have been broken, our broader short thesis is no longer valid. The short-term momentum remains to the upside, so let's talk about what sectors will benefit and the next logical target for the major indexes.
If you are caught between a rock and a hard place, you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.
In many Indian stocks that is exactly where many market participants find themselves.
Interest Rates continue to stabilize in the US and globally, setting the stage for rotation into several beaten-down areas of the Equity market...particularly in small banks.
This was a risk to our near-term bearish thesis and suggests the major indexes could push marginally higher in the very short-term. And while we ultimately believe further weakness is ahead over the intermediate-term, we have to acknowledge and monitor this rotation under the surface to see how it develops.
Several stocks we're watching could benefit from this "dash for trash" trading environment taking place in the market. Not only are they attractive reward/risk opportunities on their own, but more importantly, how they perform will provide important information about risk appetite and the potential for the market to extend further to the upside. It's the same reason we were monitoring Autos and Media earlier in the month.
The Nifty IT Index remains subdued due to weakness in its largest components, like Tata Consultancy, but under the surface, there's been leaders like Info Edge (Naukri) trending well on an absolute or relative basis.
With that said, several charts are suggesting this leader may be transitioning into a laggard.
Let's take a look at the chart that sparked this thesis.
Below is a weekly chart of Info Edge (Naukri) relative to the Nifty Next 50. Since its breakout to new all-time highs in early 2014, we've seen the Fibonacci Extensions from its 2008-2009 base serve as solid support/resistance levels. Recently, prices hit our fourth upside objective at the 423.6% extension near 0.1056 and have not exceeded it yet.
The Nifty Financial Services Index continues to show relative weakness.
In this post, we're going to update our risk management levels, targets, and discuss the components within the index that are showing the most relative strength and weakness.
After the indexes pressed to new marginal highs late in the week, we've finally gotten some downside follow-through to confirm the weakness we were looking for.
Let's review several key aspects of our bearish thesis and a few ways we're taking advantage of the volatility.
This is our monthly conference call for All Star Charts India Premium Members where we discuss ongoing themes throughout the India Share Market. We take a look at all of the NSE Indexes and Sectors as well as some of our own custom indexes. At Allstarcharts we have become known around the world for the top/down approach to stocks. After we analyze each of the indexes and sectors and have identified where the strength and weakness lies, then we break it down to individual stock opportunities. By having momentum, relative strength and market trend in our favor, the probabilities of success increase dramatically. The video of the call will be archived in the members section to re-watch any time and the PDF of the charts will be made available as well.
I'll do my best to lay out my weight of the evidence conclusions and walk you step by step with how I got there! This month's Conference Call will be held on Wednesday April 22nd at 7:00 PM IST.
Most of what you'll hear me talk about are things I've learned from other people. In some cases, they were predecessors of mine and in other cases they're buddies and colleagues. It's funny because I try to do a good job of giving credit when I can, where I remember specifically who I learned something from. You guys who have been following me for a long time know that about me. But the truth is that sometimes I simply forget where I learned it. It's just part of my arsenal and I always assumed it was there.
