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Nasdaq Forecast: Volatile Moves Ahead of Fed

By Christopher Lewis
Senior Technical Analyst

Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for tra...

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  • The Nasdaq 100 continues to see a lot of noise at the moment, but I think what's truly telling is that we tried to rally and then gave back quite a bit of the gains rather quickly.
  • Ultimately, this is a market that I think may have gotten a little bit ahead of itself.
  • And now in the afternoon in New York, we have seen traders step away from the market, perhaps in a way to get out from underneath the Federal Reserve.

The interest rate decision on Wednesday will be a factor in where we go next. So, it's worth noting that although no interest rate decision is expected, the tone of the statement and press conference will be put under a microscope. So, I think a lot of people we're just simply getting out of the market ahead of what is a very dangerous moment.

Nasdaq Forecast 30/07: Volatile Moves Ahead of Fed (graph)

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Pullbacks at this point in time make a certain amount of sense. And I think the 23,000 level is an area that a lot of people will continue to watch as a potential floor in the market. If we can stay above there, then I think we will just continue the uptrend. But if we were to break down below it, then we could be looking at the 22,500 level of things being equal.

This is a market that I have no interest in shorting despite the fact that we have seen a pretty brutal sell-off in the afternoon or late morning in New York. Nonetheless, we go higher over the longer term. I think if we do get some type of panic sell-off, that's just going to end up being a buying opportunity and you want to buy on the right side of the V after the bounce.

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Senior Technical Analyst
Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for traders who rely on technical setups to navigate volatile market conditions

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