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USA

The Dow Industrial Average encountered resistance at 9900, retreating to close at 9853. Higher volume confirms increased selling pressure.
The intermediate trend is uncertain.
The primary trend is up. A fall below support at 9000 will signal reversal.

 

The Nasdaq Composite made a false break above resistance before retreating back to close at 1980 on average volume.
The intermediate trend is uncertain.
The primary trend is up. A fall below support at 1640 will signal reversal.

 

The S&P 500 appears to be consolidating above the new support level, closing 4 points lower at 1066 on average volume.
The intermediate trend is uncertain.
Short-term: Bullish if the S&P500 is above support at 1064. Bearish below 1034 (last Tuesday's low).

The primary trend is up. A fall below 960 will signal reversal.
Intermediate: Bullish above 1064.
Long-term: Bullish above 960.

 

The Chartcraft NYSE Bullish % Indicator increased sharply to 81.72% (December 2).

Job cuts decline
99,000 jobs were cut in November, compared to 171,000 in October. (more)

Treasury yields
The yield on 10-year treasury notes eased to 4.38%.
The intermediate trend is down after bearish equal highs below a higher peak.
The primary trend is up.

Gold
New York (21.20): Spot gold held above the new 400 support level, currently at $402.70.
The intermediate trend is up.
The primary trend is up. Expect resistance at 415.

ASX Australia

Wednesday 13.00: The All Ordinaries has broken through resistance at 3207 to 3212, after closing Tuesday at 3197.

The intermediate trend has reversed up.
MACD (26,12,9) is below its signal line; Slow Stochastic (20,3,3) is below.
Short-term: Bullish if the All Ords crosses above 3212, the November 12 low. Bearish below 3180 (Tuesday's low).

XAO is below its long-term trendline, signaling weakness. The primary trend is up but will reverse if there is a fall below 3160 (the October 1 low). Declining weekly volume increases the likelihood that support at 3160 will hold. Twiggs Money Flow (100) has crossed above its signal line after a bearish triple divergence.
Intermediate term: Bullish above 3212. Bearish below 3160.
Long-term: Bearish below 3160.

Gunns [GNS]
Last covered on February 4, 2003.
Gunns has been in a strong stage 2 up-trend for a number of years. Price has now corrected back to the primary supporting trendline after a narrow double top in October and a bearish divergence on Twiggs Money Flow (100).

Relative Strength (xao) is falling. A gap between the latest peak and the previous trough is a bear signal when observed on the price chart. It is an even stronger signal when confirmed [a] on the RS chart.

St George Bank [SGB]
Last covered November 10, 2003.
SGB has declined after bearish equal highs below a previous peak, at [a] and [b]. Relative Strength (xao) has declined since the June high.

Twiggs Money Flow (100) shows a similar pattern to other banks, with a sharp fall signaling distribution.

Colin Twiggs

Expectancy and probability of winning are not the same thing.
People have a bias to want to be right on every trade or investment.
As a result, they tend to gravitate toward high probability entry systems. 
Yet quite often these systems are also associated with large losses
and lead to negative expectancy.

~ Van K Tharp: Trade your way to Financial Freedom.

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