In that post, I also made reference to a 10-Day 30-Minute chartgrid of the YM, ES, NQ & TF and said that any repeated attempts to advance convincingly beyond the highs of the first week in January would need to be accompanied by higher volumes. The horizontal white line on the updated chartgrid below represents that week's high. We can see that:
- the YM has struggled to stay above that level on building volumes, and today's advance took place in overnight trading on very low volumes...price fell back to the range high which is near-term support
- the ES has managed to stay above this range high, for the most part, on building volumes, and today's advance also took place in overnight trading on very low volumes...price is trading just above the 200 sma (pink) and last week's Volume Profile POC (yellow horizontal line) on this timeframe
- the NQ has also managed to stay above this range high, for the most part, on building volumes, and today's advance also took place in overnight trading on very low volumes...price is trading just below its 50 sma (red)
- the TF has also managed to stay above this range high, for the most part, on building volumes, and today's advance also took place in overnight trading on very low volumes...price is trading below both moving averages, just above last week's Volume Profile POC, and just above the 10-day Volume Profile POC (red horizontal line) at the right edge of the chart
Inasmuch as today's sell-off during market hours wiped out most of the overnight gains on the YM, ES & TF, I'd look for, firstly, today's low to hold as near-term support, and, secondly, the range high to hold as support...this range high is roughly in line with the support levels for the Major Indices mentioned in my January 10th post. Also, since the Nasdaq 100 is outpacing the other three in terms of relative strength, it's my opinion that any perceived reversal below that range high by these three would need the Nasdaq to come on board, and all on high volumes, together with a cross (and hold) of the 50 sma below the 200 sma. Otherwise, we may see further attempts to push higher. The 10-Day percentage comparison chart below shows this relative strength on the Nasdaq and the weakening of the Dow 30.
The updated Daily chart below of the U.S. $ shows that it is also holding above its near-term support level of 81.00...an important level for the $ bulls to hold, as I mentioned in my January 10th post.
