Cash The Chaos

Nifty(5087.3): Markets had a follow through to the hanging man pattern - throwing in a short term sell signal. However the internals of the move still remains a bit ambivalent giving an outside chance of one more rise before turning lower. If  Nifty heads higher it may either stop at 5217 or below or head slightly higher.

Two important points from yesterday. One, as pointed out only now Portugal is getting media coverage. Second, the A is to C ratio that we discussed yesterday(see yesterday's chart) needs a small explanation. If that ratio is about to play out, I will not be surprised if Nifty heads to even as low as 3900. Unfortuantely, this will be an Iron-clad confirmation only when Nifty hits 4800. Until that one has keep positions small.

So how do play the current set up? Play it through puts-  Long 4800 put around 23-26 and forget it (Fixed risk). If you are aggressive - write 5200,5300 calls and if Nifty crosses 5225 fold the trade.(The premium could double if the set up is wrong).

Support: 5065 and 4990

Resistance: 5170 and 5225

Nifty(5127): The negative price action of Monday did not get the follow through and markets continued to rally higher.

Vix and Nifty

As can be seen from the chart of India VIX above, the bullish sentiment is swinging towards the highest level since October 2011 and if we include the spike, it has already hit highest level since the Nifty peak of July 2011. So if and when you go long stay in the cash market, do not leverage.

This need not mean that participants will realise their excess and start paring down the longs right from today. From Nifty's price action market seems to be taking aim at the 200 DMA and the trendline from the Nov 2010 top.

So the next zone resistance for Nifty is at 5225-5275.  Support 4995 and 4940. The first sign of weakness would be when Nifty drops below 4940.

Nifty (5048): Nifty's high on Friday was exactly one point below the resistance of 5065. The pattern on the daily chart is a stalling pattern.

Nifty - Daily Chart

Without getting in to the short term technical labeling of the market, there are two possibilities:

a) The corrective rally has already peaked

b) Or after a mild dip, the sucker rally continues to head higher and traps a huge number of bulls

Once again the key for this going to be 4800 - that is the line in sand for the bull-bear divide on the Nifty. If I see any other early sign that the corrective rally has ended, I will post or send an intra-market update.

Resistance: 5065: Support: 4910

Nifty(4967): Nifty had another up day and pierced through resistance at 4920-50 zone. As labelled on Monday, there was some doubts over the end of the C wave , which is why we had an OR c label and this exactly why we called for some additional patience yesterday. As the market goes higher, it pushes the sentiment one sided and emboldens the late buyers. The next resistance for Nifty is at 5022 and Nifty is still maintaining the bearish configuration of 5 down 3 up mentioned on Monday (click here).

The important development over the last two-three weeks - probably very few have taken note or even aware is the baltic dry index.

Baltic dry index - weekly chart

The index has dropped precipitously over the last fortnight, shaving off a nasty 50%. This does not augur well for the world economy. There might be delay in equity markets reaction but it will react soon as this often tends to lead equity market moves.

So as far Nifty is concerned the conservative trade is to wait for overlap at 4800 or an one day reversal that tells that overlap of 4800 is coming. Patience is a virtue and it will reward handsomely - sit on your hands. If you can't keep your thumbs down, go for an out of the money put in small quantity but remember you would be preempting the market if you did that.

Some of you  are curious about gold - NO it has not formed a double bottom.... yet. It is a double bottom IF AND ONLY IF it goes above 1805.

Gold - Daily charts

As can be seen from the chart above Gold is rising with much lower volumes. This is not a bullish sign. After a small bump Gold is set to resume lower. Ill keep it very simple without getting technical. Dollar Index is unlikely to drop below 79.5 and head to 85 by Feb March. Can gold suddenly decouple from Dollar and move up with Dollar? It can but extremely unlikely. The same holds for silver. QED

Well I had a nice holiday, hope you all did too.

Nifty(4866): Most of the BRIC markets have had a nice start to 2012 and India is up a tidy 4.5%. So, many of you might want to know if things have turned a corner. Here is my prop indicator which signalled the start of a bearish phase for India in November 2010:

As can be seen from the chart above, the indicator is continuing to clock lower lows and is accelerating lower. The best the bulls could hope for is that, this indicator this time is going to be concurrent rather than lead the market.

The pattern on Nifty still resembles a 5 wave down move followed by a 3 wave correction. This is still a bearish configuration. A drop to 4800-4775 will be a confirmation of this bearish set up.

Nifty Daily Charts

So at 4800-4775 , we will look for shorting opportunity. Frontline banks are likely to come under pressure. Support for Nifty 4800 and Resistance kicks in at 4920-4950.