The long awaited (but, in most cases unplanned for) correction is here and quite a few were caught napping. This morning was a classical bull trap ... nifty rose, then drifted and finally when there were sighs of relief that the worst was over, the storm broke! Have attached weekly, daily, & intraday charts. Here is what I have observed:
1. In weekly charts, one sees that most major corrections have lasted at least 3 weeks. So, going by the same thumb-rule, one can expect this correction to last at least till this friday or even till christmas. After that there may be a drift till after new year when the holidays end. That will also be when the third quarter results will start to make their appearance.
2. In the daily charts, nifty has closed below its 50 DMA for the first time since June. Fibonacci supports are now at 3713, 3585, 3321. Nifty will also take strong support at 3640 & 3600. Shorting may be considered as an hedge keeping appropriate stop losses.
Interesting times ahead!
Cheers
Kuldeep