Thursday, March 19, 2009

Market View: March 20

Markets have rallied globally in the past couple of weeks, S&P has briefly flirted with 800 levels again (after falling from 800 to 680 in almost a single breath).

Going by the volatility in the market, trading has become extremely difficult. Markets have been moving 10-15% every couple of weeks. (Similar is the case with FX markets where we have seen lifetime highs and lows for a lot of currency pairs in the same year).
Expiry view has gone completely wrong, and now I believe that the down leg would start after the expiry. With impending results announcements, and the upcoming elections, there is plenty of bad news that could come out.

I'm still sticking with the negative view, and think that the markets are now in for a steep crash. With rising unemployment all over the world, a 20% rally is the last thing one would expect. We may see a 2400-2500 expiry range for the April and May expiry from here.

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