Hollow Red Hammers

I thought I was out of this phase of life with these Hollow Red Hammers. But Monday in the market was full of them. Not the toy ones above but Japanese Candlestick patterns where, where intraday price action is bullish, with the close higher than the open, a long lower shadow and the close

below the previous day’s close. These can be bullish reversals. Especially when they come after a trend move lower. They represent a final push lower followed by buyers taking control to end the day. You might not think there is any real connection to the toy hammers above but looking deeper there is. On first sight you might not believe that the toy hammer could pound the peg through the hole. You need confirmation. And these Candlesticks also need confirmation, by a follow through day higher, that a reversal is occurring. And these appeared in all the major broad based Equity Index ETF’s, SPDR DJ Industrial Average ETF, $DIA, S&P 500 SPDRs, $SPY, Russell 2000 iShares, $IWM and Powershares QQQ Trust, $QQQ. Well technically the $QQQ printed a Doji, not a hammer but it carries the same importance. A move higher Tuesday in the Indexes will be a bullish sign and likely attract a lot of buying over the next few days. Wait for the confirmation.

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