{"id":144168,"date":"2019-03-22T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=144168"},"modified":"2019-03-22T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:01:14","slug":"russell-2000-leads-the-way-for-technical-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/03\/russell-2000-leads-the-way-for-technical-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell 2000 Leads The Way For Technical Analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-628252132\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">March 22, 2019<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1zUUpun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>TheTechnicalTraders.com<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Russell 2000 ETF continues to deliver critical technical and longer-term price patterns for skilled technicians.\u00a0 Combining the IWM chart with the Transportation Index, Oil, Gold, and others provide a very clear picture of what to expect in the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, we posted a research article about the Head-n-Shoulders pattern setting up in the $INDU.\u00a0 Again, the IWM chart is also showing a very clear Head-n-Shoulders pattern with critical resistance near $159.50 and support near $144.25.\u00a0 Our researchers, at Technical Traders Ltd., believe this right Shoulder will prompt a downside market move towards support near $144.25 before a downward sloping wedge pattern sets up.\u00a0 This first downward price leg will setup and congesting wedge formation that will, eventually, break to the upside and drive market prices higher.<\/p>\n<p>We authored a research article about this pattern setup on February 17, 2019.\u00a0 You can<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetechnicaltraders.com\/get-ready-for-the-breakout-pattern-setup-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> read it here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Skilled traders watch all the charts to assist them in identifying characteristics that can assist them in understanding price moves, key support\/resistance levels, and price patterns.\u00a0 This IWM chart should be on everyone\u2019s radar at the moment.\u00a0 Where the IWM finds support, so will the other US stock market indexes.<\/p>\n<h2>WEEKLY IWM RUSSELL 2000 INDEX PATTERN<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetechnicaltraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chart_19-03-18_IWM_Weakness.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetechnicaltraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chart_19-03-18_IWM_Weakness.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetechnicaltraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chart_19-03-18_IWM_Weakness-300x191.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The IWM setup indicates we may only see a 5~7% downside price swing before support is found.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have to watch how this plays out over the next few weeks\/months to determine if the $144.25 level is true support or if the lower $137.00 level will become support.\u00a0 Either way, the downside price swing appears poised to unfold over the next few days\/weeks \u2013 so be prepared.<\/p><div id=\"inves-3251240472\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; 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