Morning Market Brief 10th Nov. 2020

The Benchmark KS100 index have bounced back after getting support from a horizontal supportive region to retest resistant trend line of its descending wedge on daily chart. As of now it's expected that index would try to open with a positive gap above 41,000pts and would try to initially target 41,200pts while breakout above this region would call for 41,600pts and 41,860pts. It's recommended to stay cautious because today's move would be fueled by COVID-19 vaccine news as well therefore there are chances that index would gave a bullish breakout above 41,500pts where breakout of its descending wedge would take place but later on it could face rejection from its next resistant region which fall between 41,760pts-41,900pts. For day trading it's recommended to stay on long side and post trailing stop loss above 41,200pts on breakout above this region, because index could face some serious pressure before day end to correct its today's spike. While it needs to stay cautious in coming two to three days because today's move could convert into cheat pattern if index would not succeed in maintaining above 41,500pts on daily chart. While on flip side in case of rejection index would try to establish ground above 41,000pts but breakout below this region during this week would pump fresh selling volumes in market. It's recommended to avoid short selling and remain on long side until index gave a clear reversal sign.

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