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Todays Outlook for Dow Jones and NASDAQ


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Taken from www.charmercharts.com

Dow Jones mini:

Mini Dow Jones pulled back as expected to our buying opportunity at 12900/895 which was expected to hold the downside yesterday and indeed the low was made at 12901.

The market had a good bounce to 12977 to offer a profit on the trade but we have now headed lower again as the market appears to be running out of steam this week. We look likely to retest the 12900/895 support today and if attempting longs here again we need to place stop losses below 12860 for 12823/14. Buy again here with stops below 12770.

Above 12984 we will be looking for the next targeted resistance at 13033/60 which was almost achieved earlier this week. Once through here we should be on the way to a challenge of mid 2008 highs at  13133/40.

NASDAQ mini:

Nasdaq briefly blipped above the highs to 2602 but couldn't sustain any momentum higher and we saw a bit of a pullback. We have seen a return to this higher levels so far in this mornings session but as yet have been unable to make any further breaks higher.

Support on any pullback starts at yesterdays and the weeks lows at 2572/74. Below here we have fib support at 2561. Below here we have some support at 2543/47 and given the strength of the market we would look to attempt longs here keeping stops below fib support at 2535 as a break below here calls for a move lower to stronger support at 1511/15.

Resistance on any further move higher is at 2600 up to the highs at 2602. A break above here would call for a move higher up to 2617 resistance.



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Carol Harmer has over 30 years experience of analysing and trading the world’s markets and is undoubtedly one of the most respected technical analysts in the world today. 

Her career started in the early eighties, trading futures on the floor at LIFFE where she quickly discovered Technical Analysis as a way to maximise profits. She was one of the first traders on LIFFE to discover and study this form of analysis and quickly became widely recognised as an expert in its use as well as highly profitable. 

This soon led to a position as Senior Technical Analyst for Midland Bank. 

She was later head hunted for the role of Manager of Technical Analysis for Nomura Bank and then as Head of Technical Trading at Credit Suisse. Carol is also one of the first T/A's from a bank to join the  STA (The Society of Technical Analysts) in the mid 80's and has trained and worked with some of the UK’s leading technical analysts.

In 1996 Carol launched 'Charmer Charts' to train independent traders in technical analysis and became the first person to provide daily forecasts for the established traders on the LIFFE floor.

She returned to the floor, trading her own account, advising traders throughout the day and continued her appearances on Bloomberg, CNBC and Reuters financial TV where she provided her valued, expert opinion on the direction of financial markets.

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