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The first retreat to the 50-day moving average on QQQ is a buy.
July has been higher for 11 consecutive years.
Market breadth is improving despite Mag 7 weakness.
First Pullback to 50-day Moving Average
On Wall Street, even the strongest uptrends and bull markets eventually succumb to gravity and must pullback. Rather than chasing highs like most retail investors do, “smart”, big-money institutional investors often act as liquidity providers during market pullbacks and buy the dip. Rather than arbitrarily buying pullbacks, these institutional investors use moving averages to smooth out price. The 50-day simple moving average is the most optimal moving average to gauge the intermediate-term trend.
However, not all pullbacks to the 50-day moving average are created equally. The first pullback to the 50-day moving average after a correction or bear market is typically the most high-probability buy zone. For instance, the first pullback to the 50-day moving average following the COVID-19 and tariff corrections served as a phenomenal buy zone. Currently, the Nasdaq 100 Index ((QQQ - Free Report) ) is retreating to the 50-day moving average for the first time since emerging from the Iran War correction, offering investors a high-probability buy zone.
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July is Seasonally Strong
The end of June and the beginning of July is one of the strongest seasonal periods for stocks. According to Jeffrey Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader), the Nasdaq’s 12-day Midyear Rally spans the last 3 days of June through the first 9 days of July and has gained 2.5% since 1985 on average and is up 78% of the time.
Meanwhile, July has been unusually strong recently. In fact, the S&P 500 Index has been higher in July for eleven consecutive years!
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Market Participation is Broadening
For years, one of the key arguments among bearish Wall Street analysts has been that the “Magnificent 7” stocks have artificially propped up the major market indices due to their massive market caps. Last week, Apple ((AAPL - Free Report) ) dragged down the index after the company announced price hikes for many of its products due to memory shortages. Meanwhile, Alphabet ((GOOGL - Free Report) ) shares fell on news that it lost some of its top AI talent to privately held Anthropic.
Nevertheless, the market is exhibiting bullish breadth beneath the surface. Ryan Detrick (@RyanDetrick) points out that although the S&P 500 was down 2% last week thanks to the Mag 7 weakness, “more stocks are above the 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages than at the start of the week.” Detrick added, “In fact, 65% of the components are above their 200-day moving average, which is the most since early March.”
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Bottom Line
A perfect bullish storm of seasonality, a high-probability technical pullback, and market breadth improvement is brewing for investors in July.
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3 Reasons Investors Should Buy in July
Key Takeaways
First Pullback to 50-day Moving Average
On Wall Street, even the strongest uptrends and bull markets eventually succumb to gravity and must pullback. Rather than chasing highs like most retail investors do, “smart”, big-money institutional investors often act as liquidity providers during market pullbacks and buy the dip. Rather than arbitrarily buying pullbacks, these institutional investors use moving averages to smooth out price. The 50-day simple moving average is the most optimal moving average to gauge the intermediate-term trend.
However, not all pullbacks to the 50-day moving average are created equally. The first pullback to the 50-day moving average after a correction or bear market is typically the most high-probability buy zone. For instance, the first pullback to the 50-day moving average following the COVID-19 and tariff corrections served as a phenomenal buy zone. Currently, the Nasdaq 100 Index ((QQQ - Free Report) ) is retreating to the 50-day moving average for the first time since emerging from the Iran War correction, offering investors a high-probability buy zone.
Image Source: TradingView
July is Seasonally Strong
The end of June and the beginning of July is one of the strongest seasonal periods for stocks. According to Jeffrey Hirsch (@AlmanacTrader), the Nasdaq’s 12-day Midyear Rally spans the last 3 days of June through the first 9 days of July and has gained 2.5% since 1985 on average and is up 78% of the time.
Meanwhile, July has been unusually strong recently. In fact, the S&P 500 Index has been higher in July for eleven consecutive years!
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Market Participation is Broadening
For years, one of the key arguments among bearish Wall Street analysts has been that the “Magnificent 7” stocks have artificially propped up the major market indices due to their massive market caps. Last week, Apple ((AAPL - Free Report) ) dragged down the index after the company announced price hikes for many of its products due to memory shortages. Meanwhile, Alphabet ((GOOGL - Free Report) ) shares fell on news that it lost some of its top AI talent to privately held Anthropic.
Nevertheless, the market is exhibiting bullish breadth beneath the surface. Ryan Detrick (@RyanDetrick) points out that although the S&P 500 was down 2% last week thanks to the Mag 7 weakness, “more stocks are above the 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages than at the start of the week.” Detrick added, “In fact, 65% of the components are above their 200-day moving average, which is the most since early March.”
Image Source: Stockcharts.com
Bottom Line
A perfect bullish storm of seasonality, a high-probability technical pullback, and market breadth improvement is brewing for investors in July.