Industrials Are Hitting New Highs
Big tech earnings have mostly passed, and another corner of the market could be quietly breaking out.
Today’s chart focuses on the Industrials Select Sector Index, which includes major sector holdings like Caterpillar, Union Pacific and Boeing.
The key patterns are the peaks from August and December. Both represented record highs at the time. First notice how SIXI surpassed its summer high in mid-December and then proceeded to hold the same price area a month later. Did old resistance become new support?
The index then began February by crossing above the December peak. It tested the level on Monday and made a new closing high on Tuesday. That may suggest buyers outnumber sellers.
Interesting, the
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Health Care Select Sector Index is also fighting above its old peak from April 2022.
No other major sector index has made a new high in the last week, according to TradeStation data.
This could be important because many investors entered 2024 expecting stock market strength to shift away from megacap growth stocks. Is the rotation starting with industrials and health care?
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Today’s chart focuses on the Industrials Select Sector Index, which includes major sector holdings like Caterpillar, Union Pacific and Boeing.
The key patterns are the peaks from August and December. Both represented record highs at the time. First notice how SIXI surpassed its summer high in mid-December and then proceeded to hold the same price area a month later. Did old resistance become new support?
The index then began February by crossing above the December peak. It tested the level on Monday and made a new closing high on Tuesday. That may suggest buyers outnumber sellers.
Interesting, the
SIXV
Health Care Select Sector Index is also fighting above its old peak from April 2022.
No other major sector index has made a new high in the last week, according to TradeStation data.
This could be important because many investors entered 2024 expecting stock market strength to shift away from megacap growth stocks. Is the rotation starting with industrials and health care?
TradeStation has, for decades, advanced the trading industry, providing access to stocks, options and futures. See our Overview for more.
Important Information
Past performance, whether actual or indicated by historical tests of strategies, is no guarantee of future performance or success. There is a possibility that you may sustain a loss equal to or greater than your entire investment regardless of which asset class you trade (equities, options, futures or cryptocurrencies); therefore, you should not invest or risk money that you cannot afford to lose. Online trading is not suitable for all investors. View the document titled Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options at www.TradeStation.com/DisclosureOptions. Before trading any asset class, customers must read the relevant risk disclosure statements on www.TradeStation.com/Important-Information/. System access and trade placement and execution may be delayed or fail due to market volatility and volume, quote delays, system and software errors, Internet traffic, outages and other factors.
Securities and futures trading is offered to self-directed customers by TradeStation Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and a futures commission merchant licensed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). TradeStation Securities is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the National Futures Association (“NFA”), and a number of exchanges. TradeStation Crypto, Inc. offers to self-directed investors and traders cryptocurrency brokerage services under federal and state money services business/money-transmitter and similar registrations and licenses.
TradeStation Securities, Inc., TradeStation Crypto, Inc., and TradeStation Technologies, Inc. are each wholly owned subsidiaries of TradeStation Group, Inc., all operating, and providing products and services, under the TradeStation brand and trademark. TradeStation Crypto, Inc. offers to self-directed investors and traders cryptocurrency brokerage services. It is neither licensed with the SEC or the CFTC nor is it a member of NFA. When applying for, or purchasing, accounts, subscriptions, products and services, it is important that you know which company you will be dealing with. Visit www.TradeStation.com...isclosureTSCompanies for further important information explaining what this means.