Best Financial Markets Analysis Article As many of you know, I examine the technical work of the inverted ultrashort equity ETFs to see if they provide clues about the direction of the major equity averages... Let's take a look at the pattern and technical underpinnings that have developed in the UltraShort Dow Diamond ETF (AMEX: DXD).

What should we do with this chart of the inverted DJIA? Let's notice that the DXD has stair-stepped lower in a series of lower-lows and lower-highs since the day of the emergency Fed rate cut (75 bps) on 1/22, which means that a relatively strong downtrend has developed during the past two weeks that has pressed the price structure back beneath its prior key support/upside breakout plateau at 55.15 (11/26/07). Today represents the third session that the DXD is trading beneath its prior rally peak (55.15) and breakout level, which is a sign (so far) of weakness in the DXD (strength in the major equity market ETFs).

The price structure is pressing towards a confrontation with its rising 50 DMA, now at 52.76 during a period where the near-term cycle work (50 day low to low) suggests strongly that lower prices should continue into the latter portion of February. In other words, despite today's action, I don't have compelling reasons to expect the "bear" to reassert itself for a while longer.

By Mike Paulenoff

Mike Paulenoff is author of the MPTrader.com (www.mptrader.com) , a real-time diary of Mike Paulenoff's trading ideas and technical chart analysis of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that track equity indices, metals, energy commodities, currencies, Treasuries, and other markets. It is for traders with a 3-30 day time horizon, who use the service for guidance on both specific trades as well as general market direction

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