Technical Analysis: Major Support Gets A Workout

Written By
Paul Shread
Paul Shread
Published: Sep 23, 2003
Updated: Jul 16, 2021
1 minute read

The market sliced right through the first support levels this morning and kept on going, all the way to major support on the S&P (see first chart below). If 1015 goes, the S&P could be in trouble. On the plus side, volume was lower today, and new lows have yet to expand at all, so sellers don’t appear to be turning out in force just yet. Resistance on the S&P is 1032-1036 and 1042. On the Nasdaq (second chart), support is 1860 and 1850, and resistance is 1888, 1900 and 1914. The Dow (third chart) has support at 9500 and 9352-9361. Resistance is 9610, 9642-9645 and 9686. Are the banks (fourth chart) going to retest their recent breakout? If so, it needs to hold.

Paul Shread

Paul Shread has covered nearly every aspect of enterprise technology in his 20+ years in IT journalism, including an award-winning series on software-defined data centers. He wrote a column on small business technology for Time.com, and covered financial markets for 10 years, from the dot-com boom and bust to the 2007-2009 financial crisis. He holds a market analyst certification.

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