Tech View: Nifty forms long bearish candle. Here’s how to trade on Wednesday

Tech View: Nifty forms long bearish candle. Here’s how to trade on Wednesday

Nifty ended Tuesday’s session 6% lower at 21,884.50 to form a long bearish candle on the daily chart and also ended below short-term and medium-term averages. For traders now, 50-day SMA or 22,400/73,500 and 22,500/74,000 would be the key resistance areas while 21,600-21,300/71,000-70,200 would act as key intraday support zones. “We are of the view … Read more

Tech View: Will Nifty hit 24,000 on election result day? Here’s how to trade on D-Day

Tech View: Will Nifty hit 24,000 on election result day? Here’s how to trade on D-Day

Nifty ended Monday’s trading session 733 points higher with analysts saying that if the election results are better than expected on Tuesday the headline index can even cross the 24,000 mark. The bulls are in full control of the markets at the current juncture and are using every minor pullback to create long positions. Support … Read more

FII and retail positioning ahead of election results look scary, warns Rupak De of LKP Securities

FII and retail positioning ahead of election results look scary, warns Rupak De of LKP Securities

Ahead of the much-anticipated outcome of the Lok Sabha election results, the FII long-short ratio stands at a multi-year high of 87% shorts in the index futures, coupled with heavy selling in the cash market. On the other hand, retail investors are holding highly leveraged long positions. “Both these factors are a bit scary. That … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms long-legged Doji candle. What should traders do inelection result week

Tech View: Nifty forms long-legged Doji candle. What should traders do inelection result week

Nifty formed a long-legged Doji candle on the daily charts to breach a 5-day losing streak, ending 42 points higher at 22,531. The 50-DMA is placed at around the 22,400 level, and a slip below this level could shift the test to the 22,300-22,260 zone. However, crossing 22,660 could resume the bullish trend, Om Mehra … Read more

Election Jitters! A 15-20% correction is okay, look beyond June 4: Experts

Election Jitters! A 15-20% correction is okay, look beyond June 4: Experts

A 15-20% correction from current levels should not shake the confidence of investors and they should remain invested with a view beyond June 4, the day when the fate of the incumbent NDA government and the India alliance will be decided, experts opine. Post the event, the focus will get back to earnings, growth, and … Read more

Tech View: Nifty consolidating around Mt 23k for 3 days. What traders should do

Tech View: Nifty consolidating around Mt 23k for 3 days. What traders should do

Nifty ended Tuesday’s session 44 points lower at 22,888 to form a bearish candle on the daily scale. The index is trading above its key moving average supports and the RSI on the daily chart is positive. “While we expect further upsides and new life highs in the coming sessions in the run-up to the … Read more

Tech View: Nifty stiff resistance around 23,000-100. What traders should do on Tuesday

Tech View: Nifty stiff resistance around 23,000-100. What traders should do on Tuesday

Nifty on Monday ended 25 points lower to form a minor bearish candle on the daily chart. The up move was not supported by the momentum as on the hourly time frame there is a negative crossover, analysts say. “Thus, we shall expect more consolidation before the next leg of an uptrend resumes. Also, after … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms small Hanging Man candle. What traders should do on Friday

Tech View: Nifty forms small Hanging Man candle. What traders should do on Friday

Nifty ended the Thursday expiry higher by 203 points to close above the 50 and 20-day SMA (Simple Moving Average) and form a small Hanging Man pattern on the daily charts. The formation of long lower shadows on two occasions in the last four sessions signals the emergence of sharp buying on dips. This is … Read more

Tech View: Nifty bulls using every dip to go long. What traders should do on Friday

Tech View: Nifty bulls using every dip to go long. What traders should do on Friday

The short-term trend of Nifty is choppy with range-bound action. Any upside from here could encounter strong resistance around 22,800 levels. Immediate support is at 22,550 levels and a slide below the support could trigger some more weakness ahead, Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities said.Open Interest (OI) data showed that on the Call side, the … Read more

Tech View: Nifty forms long bull candle. What traders should do on Tuesday

Tech View: Nifty forms long bull candle. What traders should do on Tuesday

Nifty on Monday ended 223 points higher to form a long bull candle on the daily chart as it challenged the crucial hurdle of 22,500 levels. The short-term uptrend of Nifty seems to have resumed after one day of weakness. The next upside levels to be watched are around 22,800-22,900. Immediate support is at 22,500, … Read more