Technical & Derivatives Report
On Friday, the Bank Index started on a weak note and with bearish
momentum throughout the session ended with a loss of 3.17% at
31167. During the last week, we remained cautious on the Bank
Index and we mentioned a stiff resistance around the 32700 -
33000 mark. On Thursday, despite Bank Nifty making a fresh new
high, it failed to sustain above the mentioned levels that triggered
a selloff in the last hour of the weekly expiry day. A follow-up
selling was seen on Friday resulting in a Double Top bearish
breakdown and now we sense the bank index is likely to see
further weakness going ahead in the near term. Traders are
advised to keep light on banking stocks and use any bounce to
exit longs. As far as levels are concerned 31500 - 31650 is the
immediate resistance whereas on the flip side 30900 - 30750 is
the next support zone.
Key Levels
Support 1 – 30900 Resistance 1 – 31500
Support 2 – 30750 Resistance 2 – 31650
Exhibit 1: Nifty Daily Chart
Last Friday’s weakness was carried over to Monday as well and
hence, Nifty witnessed a decent corrective move on the opening day
to test sub-14300 levels. However, the bulls were not ready to give
up easily as they came back strong on the subsequent two sessions
on the back of overall global optimism. In the process, almost all
major sectoral indices registered their new record highs. Everything
looked hunky dory until the sudden profit booking took place in the
last hour of the weekly expiry. This sell off went on to intensify on
the last day of the week to erase all weekly gains to conclude tad
below the 14400 mark.
Early in the week, markets took a smart U-turn on lot of positivity
across the globe. Although, new highs were being hit, we were not
convinced with the move and we had clearly stated this in our intra-
week commentary. The main reason behind this was indices (NIFTY,
BANKNIFTY and NIFTY MIDCAP 50) making new highs with the 3-
points Negative Divergence in the RSI-Smoothened oscillator on
daily chart. Such divergence with 3 points is generally considered a
sign of caution and hence, repeatedly we advised not getting carried
away by the euphoria. Now, although Nifty has not broken any major
supports, the development in BANKNIFTY does not look
encouraging at all. In fact, the entire banking and financial space
was the major culprit behind Friday’s correction as they took a solid
knock. To be specific, BANKNIFTY has confirmed a double top
pattern on daily chart and has broken its important swing low with
an ease. The weekly chart of the same exhibits a confirmation of
‘Long Legged Doji’ pattern. For Nifty, the important support to watch
out would be 14222, below which the recent bullish structure will
get distorted to extend the correction towards 14000 – 13800 levels.
On the higher side, 14500 – 14632 would be seen as immediate
hurdles.Historically, it is rare to see a major trend reversal ahead of
any mega event. Hence, it would be interesting to see how things
pan out in this week as the Union Budget is around the corner.
Looking at the price development, it does not look encouraging. All
eyes should be on the financial space; because if further weakness
has to come, it would certainly be led by this space. We continue to
advise staying light on positions and should ideally avoid creating
leveraged positions ahead of the budget (especially in high beta
counters). With a broader view, if any significant correction comes, it
would be a great opportunity to accumulate quality propositions in
a staggered manner.
Key Levels
Support 1 – 14222 Resistance 1 – 14500
Support 2 – 14100 Resistance2 – 14540
Exhibit 2: Nifty Bank Daily Chart