Sunday, 27 December 2015

Monday, 21 December 2015

Pharma Index : dream run over ?


Technicals for week ending – 20th December 2015.

Nifty weekly

The primary longer term trend still remains down for me as the index is below its 40 week moving average and this moving average is sloping down. This similar setup is there on the Bank-Nifty and broader indices – Nifty 100,200 & 500.   On a short term basis – looks like the index can bounce from here as we are close to supports of the Aug-Sep lows (shaded area).

On a relative basis, the Nifty/Bond ratio is still below its 40 and 10 week moving averages – indicating that bonds might be a better performer.





Monday, 14 December 2015

Monday, 7 December 2015

Technicals for week ending – 6th December 2015.

Nifty weekly

Going through the weekly charts, for a longer term uptrend - the Nifty and Bank-Nifty still have to overcome their downward sloping trend-lines and a downward sloping 40 week moving average. The Nifty 100, 200 & 500 indices still remain below their 40 week MA and are exhibiting patterns similar to the Nifty. However, the relative strength ratio of these indices is showing something interesting. All throughout this downtrend the RS ratios of these broader market indices have not deteriorated and in fact moved up – indicating that bulk of the selling has been restricted to the Nifty 50 basket. Even the Midcap and Small cap RS ratios have been inching higher.

On the fundamental side, as per NSE data looks like earnings have picked up & earlier I had tweeted about a rare occurrence in the Nifty which makes me think that we are near a short term bottom in the index (charts below).

Overall, looks like we could be near a bottom or maybe the Nifty index has bottomed out since the broader-market RS ratios are healthy, we are seeing an uptick in earnings and from the derivatives space the VIX index is calm and not indicative of any panic in the market. On a personal note, I would still like to see the index overcome its 40 week MA for a confirmation of a longer term uptrend. Till then, good to keep the above points in mind and monitor.


Chart : Nifty & Bank-Nifty – The battle against resistance and the 40 week MA




 Charts : Broader market RS ratios still trending higher !







Charts : A rare occurrence & earnings improvement





Sunday, 6 December 2015

Monthly models update


Updated figures for the equity-bond rotation models as of Nov’15 ending.
I first wrote about these here:


Buy & Rotate model has been in Bonds since 30 April 2015
10 SMA model has been in Bonds since 31 August 2015


Data & charts for Buy & Rotate model : 




Data & charts for 10 SMA model: 



Sector Momentum Model Update

Updating our momentum model for the week ending 6th Nov 2015.

I first wrote about this model here Sector Technical Analysis: Sector Momentum Model




Monday, 30 November 2015

Sunday, 22 November 2015

Auto index : setting up for outperformance ?

So far this year the Auto index has been flat and outperformed many other indices in terms of price performance. Looking at the ratio charts, it looks like the Auto space could be setting up for its next leg of outperformance.  

The Auto/Nifty ratio chart is in all time high territory and above its 40 week moving average.  Even against various indices the Auto/sector ratio charts are above their 40 week MA’s indicating outperformance against many indices.


So, the ratio charts are giving an indication that maybe the Auto space would be an outperformer in the year 2016, although from an absolute returns  perspective, would like to see the Auto index itself sustaining above its 40 week moving average.












Sector Momentum Model Update

Updating our momentum model for the week ending 22th Nov 2015.

I first wrote about this model here Sector Technical Analysis: Sector Momentum Model



Monday, 9 November 2015

Technicals for week ending – 8th November 2015

Nifty weekly

As I write this, the SGX Nifty is tanking and the Nifty is about to open deep in the red. I have no clue what the markets will do this week or next but from a longer term the trend still seems to be down. Now I hate writing “as mentioned before” but yeah can’t help it for now. We still have a dominant down-trend line on the Nifty and its major weightage sector – Bank Nifty. To add more pain to the down-trend line, we have a downward sloping 40 week MA.

Speaking of the broader market – the Nifty 100,200 & 500 have similar structures to the Nifty and Bank-Nifty. Hence, this tells me that the broader market too is showing a down-trend at the moment and price improvement above the trend-line and a flattening to upward sloping 40 week MA are the triggers that I am looking at for the broader trend.


The Nifty/Bond ratio was in Bonds since the start of the year ! 







Sunday, 8 November 2015

Monthly models update

Updated figures for the equity-bond rotation models as of Oct’15 ending.

I first wrote about these here:

Buy & Rotate model has been in Bonds since 30 April 2015
10 SMA model has been in Bonds since 31 August 2015


Data & charts for Buy & Rotate model: 





Data & charts for 10 SMA model: