August 23, 2020
Mish's Daily
By Geoff Bysshe
Last week ended on a strong note for the members of the Modern Family who were already leading. The laggards IBB and KRE continue to slip.
Grandpa Russell, IWM, also ended the week on a weak note, but it sits at good support created by the trendline from the March lows and the swing high on June 8th. You'll see these lines on the weekly charts below.
Before we take a look at the Modern Family on a big picture weekly basis, let's take a look at the today's featured image above, and the chart below which represent Sister Semi, SMH, who has been one of the leaders of the market since the March low.
The MG triple play price leadership line in the chart represents a measure of the strength of SMH leadership. When the blue line is over the red line, it's bullish; when it's under the red line, it's bearish.
There are two patterns to take note of in this chart.
What happens next will determine whether the SMH remains a bullish leader or an indicator of bearish rotation out of semiconductors.
The combination of these two patterns means that a break below Thursday's low will be negative in SMH, and a break below the August swing low would indicate a more serious bearish swing low.
If this happens, the market is going to need some new leadership. Let's take a look at the weekly picture of the Modern Family to see if it can help.
Below you'll see the Modern Family weekly charts along with a Triple Play Leadership line.
You may also want to refer to the long-term closing line charts presented here recently in conjunction with this view below. You can find those charts here.
In the chart above, take note that SMH is still quite strong on a weekly basis, so a correction on a daily basis isn't an obvious long term top.
As we've been saying for weeks, XRT has been incredibly strong. This suggests that there could be cyclical strength too replace technical weakness when the market rotates.
Another example of this is the strength in IYT.
Biotech, IBB, has been weak for weeks, but what you can't see in this chart is that it's sitting on support created by its previous long term swing highs from 2015. This will be bullish if it turns higher, however, right now, the daily trend is down, and it's daily and weekly triple play price leadership measure is bearish.
I'm not counting on IBB to become a new bullish leader.
Lastly, as you can see in the chart above, retail banks, KRE, has not been doesn't appear to be able to help out the bull's cause.
So Grandpa Russell, IWM, will be left with a tough job to do if SMH rolls over.
As I began this article, IWM sits at good support created by the trendline from the March lows and the swing high on June 8th shown in the chart above.
Additionally, there are other areas of the market not shown here, which show signs of leadership and support for a further move higher by IWM. If you are interested in more analysis of small caps and the markets rotation, make sure to check out this week's edition of Market Outlook here.
Best wishes for your trading,
Geoff Bysshe
President
MarketGauge.com
(Geoff is filling for Mish until August 31st)
S&P 500 (SPY) All-time high resistance at 339.61 area. Watch 335 as important support.
Russell 2000 (IWM) Continued lower afer a break under 10 DMA. Key level to break above now 10 DMA area of 157, then 160 is resistance area. Bounced off the 20 DMA. 153 is key support lower.
Dow (DIA) Flag to under the 10 DMA turned up. If if moves higher it to continue.
Nasdaq (QQQ) New high. 275 is pivotal support area. 260 is key support level and a trendline.
TLT (iShares 20+ Year Treasuries) Edged upt to close over 10 and 50 DMA and into resistance area at 166. OR breakout over today's high could kick off a move higher. 165 is pivotal support then163 is next big support.
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