NASDAQ RECOVERS

The Nasdaq held support and led the market higher on Friday. Even though Thursday's decline was quite drastic, the Nasdaq never broke support from its May lows and the medium-term uptrend remains. Nasdaq support is just above 2500 and extends back to the January highs. The index established a resistance zone around 2510 and this resistance zone turned into support during May. This is a classis tenet of technical analysis: broken resistance turns into support. While this week's three day plunge was the sharpest decline since late February, the index is still holding support and I would not put on my bear hat until a break below 2500.