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Apple with its massive market capitalization holds significant sway over the Nasdaq 100. Its monthly chart reflects a strong bull trend, with 63-day Twiggs Momentum holding above zero since early 2009, before a massive 50%+ gain over the last 3 months. Bearish divergence on 13-week Twiggs Money Flow warned of strong resistance and the stock is now signaling a correction.
\n\"Apple<\/p>\n

Are we going to see a short correction followed by another surge, or is this a full-blown correction back to the long-term rising trendline?\u00a0 The daily chart already shows a bullish hammer candlestick<\/a>, hinting at reversal.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

When we break the day down into 30 minute candles, however, we can see retracement encountered a new resistance level at $575. Breakout would indicate a rally to $600, but not necessarily the end of the correction, while reversal below support at $568\/$570 would signal another decline and test the lower trend channel around $550.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple with its massive market capitalization holds significant sway over the Nasdaq 100. Its monthly chart reflects a strong bull trend, with 63-day Twiggs Momentum holding above zero since early 2009, before a massive 50%+ gain over the last 3 months. Bearish divergence on 13-week Twiggs Money Flow warned of strong resistance and the stock … <\/p>\n

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