CapitaMalls Asia: At resistance.

Volume expanded visibly as price moved higher in the last session, touching a high of $1.75 before closing at $1.72, forming a white spinning top in the process. I don't like a spinning top in the current picture as it suggests indecision. Also, closing at $1.72 means that the downtrend is still intact.

If the 20dMA should be overcome in the next session, the downtrend would have been broken and we could see price rising to test $1.83, a previously strong support which should be a strong resistance now. In the event that $1.83 were breached, price could touch a high of $1.87. My refusal to sell in the recent price weakness would then be rewarded.

However, a continuation of the downtrend would find support at $1.60.

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First REIT: Buying more?

I like First REIT and it is a large investment in my portfolio. Although, fundamentally, I think 72.5c/unit is a fairly attractive price, technically, it looks rather weak. This is why I have not added to my long position in the REIT in the current environment.

Technically, the REIT tested resistance at 72.5c in the last session on the back of low volume. If it did manage to break immediate resistance, it would meet with resistance at 73.5c and 74c. If volume stays tepid, chances of resistance at 72.5c being overcome are rather low. Of the 450 lots which changed hands in the last session, 321 lots were sold down at 72c.

The downside proposition looks stronger. The rising 200dMA should provide stronger support at 70c which is a psychologically important round number. I would probably add to my position closer to this level. Having said this, I might be seeing the beginnings of positive divergences on the daily chart and we could see price rebounding quite smartly if they are valid.

Referring to the weekly chart, it is quite obvious that the uptrend is intact and this, to me, means that any short term weakness is an opportunity to accumulate on the cheap.

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Cache Logistics Trust: Positive divergences.

I initiated a long position recently in this Trust on 15 March at 91.5c. That decision was made mostly on fundamentals. The technical consideration was that 91.5c was the lowest it ever hit since its IPO but it went on to touch 91c on the same day. I was even musing as to whether it would hit 88c next which, incidentally, is its NAV/unit.

Today, I decided to rely on the many positive divergences in the daily chart of CLT and I added to my long position with additional purchases at 92.5c. The counter closed at 94c today, forming a long wickless white candle in the process. Volume was higher than the session before too.

However, closing at 94c means that the downtrend is still intact. If there should be a follow through next week, we would see the downtrend broken and price could rise to test resistance at 96c as provided by the merged 100d and 50d MAs or even 97c which is where we find the 200dMA.

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AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT: More upside?

I bought more of this REIT at 20c two days ago and I bought more again yesterday at 19.5c. My overnight buy queue at 19c was not filled today although some 6 transactions, totaling merely 68 lots, sold down the REIT at 19c today. At 19c /unit, the distribution yield would be 10.53%.

Do I think the price is going higher or lower?

Fundamentally, there is nothing wrong with the REIT. Financially, it is very much stronger than its MI-REIT days. It has also reported on the status of its Japanese property in Tokyo and the situation is benign. Read blog post here. With an expected DPU of 2c per annum, the REIT looks very attractive at 20c per unit, the price it closed at today. In fact, on closing, 4,543 lots were bought up at 20c per unit.

Technically, the downtrend is quite obvious. However, forming a dragonfly doji is bullish. So is the higher low on the MACD histograms. Looking at the OBV, I see something interesting and that is how the OBV formed a higher low in the recent sell down compared to the low formed in late February when price was somewhat higher. This means that there is ongoing accumulation as price weakened recently.

I see immediate resistance at 20.5c which is where we find the steepest trendline resistance. A fair upside target in the event of a follow through is 21.5c which is where we find the next trendline resistance and the declining 100dMA.

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