S&P 500 Forecast From Dec 03, 2012 - Market to be in Range bound until Fiscal Cliff ! (Expected Trading Range: 1378 - 1429)

Nov 30, 2012 - S&P 500 closed today at 1416.18 which is about 7 points up compared to last week close of 1409.15 on Nov 23, 2012. S&P 500 was trading between 1385.43 and 1419.70 which is a swing of about 34 points.

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Last Week Analysis - Market Consolidating to make upward move

US Stock Market Indices stayed flat during this week. New homes sales dropped little where the home prices increased for the last 6 straight months.

Both equities and US long term treasury prices stayed flat last week. TLT closed today at 124.79 compared to the last week close of 124.30. TLT reached its all time high point of 132.21 on July 25, 2012. In the short time, TLT may make a siginificant upward move. So if you are trading on US treasuries in the short term, it is a good time to take long position on US treasuries.

Last Week Low: 1385.43
Last Week High: 1419.70

If you are a medium or long term conservative investors,

1. Initate short position on US treasuries.

2. Liquidate your long positions on Stocks and convert them to cash (US$)

For Speculators and Intraday Players - Bet on Volatility

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) closed today at 15.87 which is almost flat compared to the last week close of over 15.14. Now the market is not showing any fear compared to post election, but still VIX is going to make a powerful upmove Since fundamentally the US market is very week due to unemployment and US debt downgrade. Always fundamental wins in the long run. You can consider taking long positios on VIX also.

Only if you are day trader, you can have the following options:

1. Buy 2X OTM call option and 1X OTM put option - Long Strap.

2. Long Stocks and stop loss orders

3. Long Stocks with long put options

Note: OTM - means Outside the money.

Technical Indicators

Next Resistance Levels:

strong resistance level at: 1433.06 set on Aug 03, 2007
strong resistance level at: 1440.70 set on Nov 23, 2007
strong resistance level at: 1453.55 set on Sep 07, 2007

strong resistance level at: 1500 - crazy market move

strong resistance level at: 1,530.23 set on May 30, 2007 (first closing high after dot com bubble)
strong resistance level at: 1,552.87 set on Mar 24, 2000 (all time high during dot com bubble)
strong resistance level at: 1,565.15 set on Oct 09, 2007 (all time high during housing buble before sub prime crisis)

Next Support Levels:

strong support level at: 1408.68 set 50 Days EMA.

strong support level at: 1377.42 set by 200 Days EMA.
strong support level at 1189.40 set on Nov 26, 2010
strong support level at 1119.46 set on Aug 08, 2011
minor support level at 1064.59 set on Aug 27, 2010
strong support level at 1022.58 set on Jul 02, 2010
strong support level at 1036.18 set on Oct 30, 2009
strong support level at 946.21 set on Jun 12, 2009
strong support level at 827.37 set on Sep 27, 2002
strong support level at 683.38 set on Mar 06, 2009
strong support level at 638.73 set on Jul 19, 1996 - Might see this number again when completing double dip bottom.