It was a volatile, but largely quiet, week for the markets. Over the past five sessions, the markets were able to defend their opening lows and were trading flat until the last trading day of the week. The negative closing of the last trading day saw the markets ending in... READ MORE
The previous week remained a technically damaging one, as the NIFTY violated a few important supports while closing on a negative note. The volatility, too, increased; however, this was on the expected lines. The past five days also saw the global markets dealing with the collapse of SVB (SVIB); the... READ MORE
The truncated week remained quite volatile; the markets were all over the place, and the week ended on a negative note. The volatility over the last two days was fueled by the testimony of FOMC chief Jerome Powell, who showed all the indications of continuing with the hikes; he also... READ MORE
It was largely a troubled week for the Indian equities, as the markets spent four out of five days struggling to keep their head above the crucial 200-DMA, which currently stands at 17404. Had it not been for Friday, which saw a sharp surge in the Indices, the week was... READ MORE
The Metals and Commodities stocks have been relatively outperforming the broader markets for a couple of months now. This was the period when the US Dollar Index (DXY) underwent a strong corrective move after testing the highs of 114.77 in September. The retracement in the Dollar Index was a... READ MORE
The Indian equities have been quite jittery over the past couple of weeks. Broadly speaking, the headline index NIFTY50 ($NIFTY) has been oscillating between its 50-day moving average (MA) and 200-day MA during February. These MAs are placed at 17885 and 17302 respectively. Lately, the index has made strong attempts... READ MORE
It was a weak performance for the equity markets; after heading nowhere over the past two weeks despite staying volatile, the markets gave up some strength as they closed the week on a negative note. In the previous technical note, it was mentioned about the VIX, i.e., INDIAVIX was... READ MORE
It was the second week in a row that the markets did not make any major headway, staying directionless and ending with just modest gains. The previous days have seen volatility declining; the VIX remains at one of its lowest levels of the recent past. This week as well, there... READ MORE
As the week came to an end, the equity markets left behind a very eventful week. Two important events were expected to infuse volatility into the markets. The first was the Union Budget, one of the most major external domestic events that the markets react to. The other was the... READ MORE
Today is Friday; however, when the market drew to a close on Thursday, it left both major events behind itself while it also navigated the weekly options expiry. The market is having an immensely volatile week; with the last trading day of the week yet to unfold, the weekly bar... READ MORE
The ghost of the Hindenburg Report continues to haunt the Indian stock markets; the markets have witnessed a sharp selloff over the past two sessions after the activist short-seller leveled some serious allegations against the Adani Group. While Hindenburg Research specializes in "forensic financial research", they have accused... READ MORE
It was an immensely volatile and eventful week for the markets as they headed towards the last weekly close before the Union Budget. The last three sessions, more particularly the last two sessions, remained marred by the severely bearish reactions to Hindenburg Research's report on the Adani Group... READ MORE
Over the past couple of weeks, it has been categorically mentioned that, so long as the NIFTY stays below the 18300 levels, it is likely to continue to consolidate in the present range. The index has created a very well-defined trading range for itself at the moment, and has continued... READ MORE
Over the past couple of weeks, the performance of the IT stocks has remained quite muted; the NIFTY IT Index has come off from its November highs and has consolidated over some time. This has led to relative underperformance of the IT group against the broader markets. However, a few... READ MORE
In the previous weekly technical note, it was mentioned that the markets may remain in a trading range until they trade below the crucial 18300 level, which is one of the major resistance points on the chart. Over the past five days, NIFTY not only remained below this point, but... READ MORE
There is no debate when it comes to concluding that 2022 has been a choppy year for equities globally. The markets had to deal with all sorts of things; rising inflation, fear of recession, geopolitical tensions, and a slew of rate highs from the central banks all over the world.... READ MORE
The equity markets have entered into the new year on a back foot and stayed choppy as well. In the previous technical note, it was mentioned that, so long as the NIFTY stays below its crucial resistance zone of the 18300-18600 levels, it will remain in a trading zone that... READ MORE
As the session on Friday ended, we not only ended the trading week, but also the month and the year. 2022 was choppy for the equities, to say the least. The markets had to navigate the weak trends, geopolitical tensions, inflation, fear of recession, and a slew of rate hikes... READ MORE
Over the past few days, the levels of 18600 on NIFTY have assumed a lot of importance as the index had staged a breakout above this point but ended up slipping below this level following a full throwback. In the previous editions of weekly technical notes, it has been mentioned... READ MORE
In the previous technical note, it was categorically mentioned that it would be crucial to see if NIFTY could keep its head above 18600 levels to extend and confirm the breakout that it has attempted. However, despite a strong relative outperformance from the NIFTY Bank Index, the NIFTY has delayed... READ MORE
The week that went by saw the markets trading very much on the analyzed lines. It was mentioned that if the NIFTY can keep its head above 18300–18400 levels, there were chances of it testing its lifetime high point of 18604 and attempting a breakout. While moving on the... READ MORE
In the previous technical note, it was mentioned that the market has a resistance in the 18300-18400 level zone while it navigates the November month expiry of the derivative series. Quite on the expected lines, the NIFTY consolidated in the first half of the previous week; however, in the last... READ MORE
The markets navigated the past week quite on the analyzed lines; what we witnessed was a classical consolidation taking place. The NIFTY did not take any directional move throughout the week. Intermittent profit-taking bouts were seen; however, these phases saw the markets recovering from the lower levels. The NIFTY Bank... READ MORE
After showing a great out-performance until the middle of 2022, this key sector index of the Indian markets is showing signs of slowing down. The technical structure of charts shows that, until a particular level is taken out, a potential top may be in place for this sector index. If... READ MORE
In the truncated week that went by, the NIFTY 50 Index ($NIFTY) traded much on the analyzed lines. Despite staying volatile, it largely remained buoyant while it extended its move on the upside. In the previous week's technical note, there was a categorical mention of the possibility of... READ MORE
After spending nearly 10 weeks below the falling trend line pattern resistance and taking support at important levels, the NIFTY has finally attempted to break above this significant resistance pattern. In the short trading week interrupted by a holiday, the markets continued inching higher while keeping their head above the... READ MORE
After taking support near the key levels on the charts, the NIFTY finally resumed its up move, ending the week on a decently positive note. The last three weeks had seen the index taking support at its 20-Week MA; now, the NIFTY is above all the key moving averages. The... READ MORE
Despite the scale of volatility represented by gaps over the previous days, the NIFTY has by and large maintained its crucial support levels on the weekly charts. The previous technical note mentioned how the Index has created and maintained its crucial support; it managed to keep its head above these... READ MORE
In the previous technical note, we mentioned how the Indian equities stayed in a defined range, as they traded within the defined corners while respecting basic technical levels. In the week that has gone by, the NIFTY once again made measured moves, continuing to strongly inherit buoyancy from the US... READ MORE
In a week that was volatile for the Indian markets, the NIFTY50 index oscillated in a 448-point range before ending with a net loss. In the previous week, the NIFTY had closed above the 50-Week MA, which is presently placed at 17100; the index slipped below this point and bounced... READ MORE
The week that went by remained rather contradictory in nature; however, let's consider if this statement holds if we look at it from different perspectives and different timeframes. The markets certainly remained highly volatile, as they reacted, in turn, to the global market reactions to the 75 bps... READ MORE
While continuing to stay resilient as they outperformed the global markets, the Indian equities delayed their breakout, continuing to resist the important pattern resistance on the charts. While a strong attempt to break above the crucial resistance zones was underway, the inflation figures again played a spoilsport; US markets reacted... READ MORE
ADANIPORTS has been showing some potent technical developments on the longer-term timeframe charts. While most of the Adani Group stocks have run up too high and ahead of the curve, this stock has been consolidating in a wide and well-defined trading range and has formed a great base for itself.... READ MORE
Although the markets ended flat on a weekly note, the past five sessions remained quite volatile. The markets stepped into the week while inheriting a very weak global trade setup; the weakness was inflicted by very bearish reactions of the US markets following Jerome Powell's comments at the... READ MORE
The week that went by fared very much on the expected lines. In the previous technical note, it was mentioned that, given the unabated up-move in the markets for a couple of weeks, perhaps it was time that the markets take a breather. In the week before this one, the... READ MORE
After continuing to rise in an unabated manner for three sessions out of four in the truncated week, the Indian equity markets managed to end the week on a positive note, but also witnessed a sharp profit-taking bout in the last trading session. The markets began the week a bit... READ MORE
The Indian equity markets had a definite directional move over the past five days; it practically nullified the potentially bearish setup that indicated a likely stalling of the present up-move as it trended during the week to end with gains. The markets saw themselves inching higher and opening up some... READ MORE
In the discipline of Technical Analysis, there are patterns that can be classified as Reversal Patterns or Continuation Patterns. Where Reversal patterns tend to reverse the prior trend, Continuation patterns tend to resolve in the direction of the prior trend. One such "Reversal Pattern" is the Inverted (or... READ MORE
In our previous technical commentary and forecast, we anticipated that this week may see some ranged consolidation. It was also expected that such consolidation may have ranged moves and some profit-taking bouts from the higher levels. However, the downsides were expected to stay limited. While dancing exactly to these tunes,... READ MORE
In the previous weekly note, we mentioned that the markets have formed a strong base for themselves; the most logical move that the markets can make is to move towards their 50-Week MA, which was then placed at 17073. The beginning of the previous week was a bit jittery, as... READ MORE