December 29, 2019 | Little Room for Contrarians as Year Ends

After watching the bull market break all the rules for the last ten years, we know better than to think that even the most formidable-looking technical barrier will slow it down for more than a day or two. Indeed, seldom have we seen prices fall for three consecutive days — a rarity even in the good old days. (Old-timers may recall that the October 1987 crash, when many traders might have thought the world was ending, lasted for buy two full days and a fraction of a third.) Still, it would be careless to ignore the double barrier which stopped the DJIA’s ascent on Friday: a Hidden Pivot resistance and a trendline that both trace back to the first quarter of 2019.  Instead of getting all worked up about the prospect of a healthy correction to end the year, however, we’ll simply assume that bulls are capable of holding things steady for at least a few more days, come what may. Since everyone expects this, or perhaps a continuation of December’s wilding spree, we should be on our guard against a (very) contrarian surprise.

Rick Ackerman December 29th, 2019

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