The Nasdaq indices continue to lead the market (technology issues), but I would feel a heck of a lot better if the other indices showed more strength to the upside.  Let's take a look at the Q's.

Last weekââ,¬â"¢s pivot low at 42.52 certainly looks and feels as though the Q's ended a correction (from the 11/24 high at 44.86) and started a new upleg within the larger uptrend off the July lows.  Although the action during the last four sessions has amounted to a range trade (44.20-43.70), the entirety of the post-1/03 upmove views the sideways action as a bullish consolidation period prior to a resolution to the upside that will propel the Q's to test and hurdle the Nov-Dec high at 44.86/84.

Only a break below 43.50 will weaken the bullish scenario, while a break of 42.52 will be outright negative.

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