markets for 03 dec 09
well, it is commonly said when every one including news channels become bullish, the markets behave the other way. That is what exactly happened on wednesday. Nifty opened gap up & from the gap up high of 5161 continuously kept on correcting within a narrow band with the low at 5111 and opening high at 5161. As can be seen in the intraday chart above, nifty after the hammered up rise since friday, has gone up from the fridays lows of 4808 till wednesdays high of 5161 almost without any correction. Hence one should not be surprised to see a flat type pause or a correction in the form of a,b,c zigzag.
If one has a look at the intraday chart above, one can clearly notice that nifty is confined within a flat after the gap up open. This flat in the form of a rectangle may continue for another day or two before the break out comes. As can be seen in the chart, the flat is perhaps the 4th wave & a break out of the rectangle may take nifty above 5200 levels towards 5275 or 2nd may 08 highs of 5299 as the 5th wave as shown in the intraday chart above. However before the break out occurs, there will be many more operators play, through which many will lose their patience & will be sunk into the depth & many will confidently hold on to the longs and add more longs trusting the long term bull run.
For intraday trading on thursday, there is every possibility of nifty to be confined within the rectangular range before the break outs comes. Operators action through index heavies may drag down nifty into the breaking point towards 5077 levels to flush out weaker hands & once everyone start to think that some more correction may come, the same operators will lift the markets to break out of the congestion zone. On the higher side, a decisive breach above 5147 spot nifty levels may be the initial indications of the break out on the higher side which only will be confirmed after crossing with heavy volume the highs of 5161 above which traders may add more long positions.
On the lower side, a breach of 5111 should invite bears to display their shorting power that may take nifty down towards 5100 or 5090 levels followed by make or break support at 5077 levels. In case nifty breaches 5077, one may be reminded of his last weeks ruthless shorting action to boldly short nifty to hammer it down out of shape, towards much lower levels. However keeping in mind price action of wednesday as well as the wave count, the chances of an upward break out looks brighter on thursday.