Tracking dow is getting frustrating...agreed. Everytime time we see strength in our market, some dow, mow cow becomes the party pooper. This is what I have observed for a long time.
But then....lets believe what our charts are telling. Our charts are very bullish. Look at JAICORPLTD, SUNTV, etc who have gained today or any other stock who have gained by leaps and bounds in the past few days. Most of these gains are across trading ranges or long term resistance. Some of the stocks have made new yearly highs after their recent breakouts. There is very good volume attached to those bars/candles. The down-bars following this have not shown any selling pressure. The operators have absorbed the stock from the trading ranges and succeeded in pushing through the supply.
Such pushing up through supply requires lot of money, conviction and excellent judgement. The operators would not have dared this action if they believed the market was weak. And they are seldom wrong. So its clear sign that they are bullish. If they are bullish and we have long positions, then why should we worry about it?
One may recollect the past few days where dow was down 1% and we were up 0.5%. The supply-demand-opportunity conditions may be different there than here. So let us not worry.
BTW, I have taken long positions in cash stocks today.