CapitaMalls Asia: Low volume retreat.

Although the stock touched a low of $1.57 in the recent sell down, the immediate support is still at $1.60. This is something I established sometime back using Fibo lines. If retested, $1.60 is likely to be a strong support as it has been tested twice since the low of $1.57 and held up successfully on both occasions.

Since the formation of a white spinning top three sessions ago, price has been retreating but on declining volume. The counter is not experiencing a massive sell down but a lack of buyers.

The MACD is rising again and we could be seeing a basing process for the stock. With the MACD still in negative territory, it is still too early to tell if the stock is going to emerge from its downtrend but the worst could be over. Buy more at $1.60 if support holds up? I just might do that.

First REIT: Rising on low volume.

In my last blog post on the REIT, I suggested that the downside proposition looked more persuasive but I was also beginning to see positive divergences. Today, the MACD turned up and formed a higher low.

Price moved higher and closed at 73.5c. I think the positive divergence has been validated. However, rising on rather low volume is lacking in persuasive power.

Technically, the REIT is still in a downtrend which started on 20 Jan 2011. The trend resistance is at 74c. If price is able to break 74c convincingly, by this I mean with higher volume, we could see old highs tested as the downtrend breaks.

Unable to break the trend resistance at 74c could see the REIT trading lower and I would not be surprised then if the rising 200dMA should be tested for support. This is still at 70c.

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First REIT: Buying more?