First REIT: Climbing the wall.

First REIT's unit price rose and closed at 76c today. It seems to have hit a wall. Looking at the daily chart and the EMAs, it is easy to see why. The 100dEMA is at 76c. EMAs give greater weightage to more recent prices and are useful in identifying shorter term resistance and supports.

Although the +DI is rising strongly and has the advantage and although the ADX seems to have begun rising as well, RSI and Stochastics have gone into overbought territories while the MFI could face resistance as it approaches its 50% line.

So, although there is little downside risk, upside could be capped. If 76c could be overcome successfully, the next resistance level is at 77c, the high achieved in January 2011. This is followed by 78.5c which is resistance provided by the 200dEMA.

Sabana REIT: Turning positive.

The last time I wrote about Sabana REIT exclusively was on 4 April when I mentioned that a positive divergence was rather obvious. I also mentioned that "a significant resistance presented by the declining 20dMA at 94c would have to be cleared first." The declining 20dMA has flattened at 93.5c by now and, today, price closed at 94.5c.

For the first time in a very long time, we see the +DI having the advantage. The MACD continues to rise above the signal line in negative territory while the MFI suggests that the REIT is still oversold. The RSI and the Stochastics have both bounced off their respective 50% line, suggesting that there is some support for this REIT at the current price level. We could be seeing the end of basing activity.

If we look at the daily chart, we can estimate the neckline of a potential double bottom formation to be at 95c. If we take the low of 92c and project the 3c difference from 95c, we would get an upside target of 98c. This is, of course, if the pattern is a valid one. With the REIT's manager due to make the announcement on its maiden income distribution in a matter of days, there is reason to believe that we could see its unit price moving higher rather than lower.

Golden Agriculture: Long term uptrend is intact.

I have felt bulllish about crude palm oil (CPO) since 2009 and made some money divesting my investment in Golden Agriculture in 2010 when its share price shot through the roof. With the fundamentals of CPO still strong and likely to strengthen with the higher price of crude, I am convinced that Golden Agriculture will do better in time and I traded its shares on a few occasions as well.

However, I refused to chase as Golden Agriculture's share price rose higher and hit a high of 83c on 4 January. In fact, I was warning readers of the glaring negative divergence which saw the MACD forming lower highs and the share price formed higher highs. Patience will be rewarded (usually) and today I got back in on the long side once again at 67c/share which is where we find the rising 200dMA.

If we remember how in the last two occasions when the 200dMA was tested, it failed to hold up, we would treat any buying at this support as a hedge. So? A smallish long position just in case it does hold up. Put in a larger buy position at the trendline support which I have drawn in red. This is a long term support which started on 26 May 2010. If this were to fail, the next long term support is the one which originated at the bottom on 28 Oct 2008. This trendline support, I have drawn in orange color. I will accumulate if there should be further weakness.

CapitaMalls Asia: At support.

CapitaMalls Asia retreated 5c or 2.7% today, closing at $1.79 after touching a low of $1.78. Question on the minds of many people would be whether it would go lower? Who knows for sure? Looking at the daily chart, it is clear that $1.78 is an important support defined by the 50dMA as well as the 61.8% Fibo fan line.

Looking at the ADX, the suggestion is that there is no trend per se. In such a situation, look to the Stochastics and we see that it is gently declining but it is not oversold. Look then to the OBV and it does not show any distribution. In fact, since 15 March, the picture is more of accumulation than distribution. The volume today was not very heavy although a black candle was formed. 

If we believe that CapitaMalls Asia has gone into a range as suggested by the horizontal orientation of the Bollinger bands, then, buying at the lower end of the range would make sense if it should happen at all. That is at $1.72. Keep an eye on $1.78. If it does not break, we could see price going higher and breaking the longer term trendline resistance eventually.

Why am I sanguine about the situation? If we look at the weekly chart, since the week of 14 March, in weeks when white candles were formed, trading volume was higher than in weeks when black candles or dojis were formed. This is encouraging for the bulls. The pull back is possibly a chance for accumulation.