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Nikkei remains short of breakout

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

While the S&P 500 moved above its mid July high, the Nikkei 225 ($NIKK) remains short of a breakout and within a downtrend still. $NIKK surged to resistance last week, but fell just short of 9800 and pullback on Friday. A break above this resistance level is needed to reverse the downtrend.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More