How Financial Services Can Finally Break Out of Its Tight Range

[Trading With Larry Benedict]( How Financial Services Can Finally Break Out of Its Tight Range By Larry Benedict, editor, Trading With Larry Benedict When stocks were getting smashed at the start of 2022, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) initially held up relatively well. XLF’s high in March was only a couple of dollars below its January 2022 peak… and it was higher than where it finished off the previous year. However, as 2022 unfolded, the huge weight of heavy selling pulled down XLF too… By mid-year, XLF had dropped almost 30% below its January high. A counter-rally from July through August showed early promise. However, that ran out of momentum and reversed… which then saw XLF take out its yearly low. Since then, XLF has gradually been grinding higher. It could soon break above its recent December 2022 high. 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Throughout this period, XLF also made a series of lower highs… Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) [Image] Source: eSignal Another bearish signal appeared in the Relative Strength Index (RSI)… It remained mostly in the lower half of its range throughout XLF’s down move. However, buying momentum gradually returned from June through July. XLF was able to find a base. The 50-day MA shows how XLF then transitioned into a sideways pattern… The upper (resistance) and lower (support) orange lines defines that sideways trading range. [The #1 stock for 2023]( When we looked at XLF on [November 22]( (red arrow), we saw how XLF has tested support numerous times and held. We can see that from June through July and then later from September to October. However, I was watching the upper orange line (resistance) closely… Take another look… Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) [Image] Source: eSignal At the time, XLF had just retested resistance and turned lower. This was the same level it retraced lower from at its August peak. From there, XLF did subsequently turn higher and break through resistance. But it was unable to go on with the move… The RSI rolled over from near overbought territory (upper grey dashed line) and then tracked down through support (green line). That dragged XLF’s price back below $34. Unlike the previous pattern (July through October), though, this time XLF’s selling petered out… The RSI has broken back into the upper half of its range, and it is now approaching overbought territory (red circle) again. And now XLF is pushing right up against resistance. So what am looking for around here? Free Trading Resources Have you checked out Larry's free trading resources on his website? It contains a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career – at zero cost to you. Just [click here]( to check it out. Breaking Resistance Is Key For XLF’s current up move to continue, we’ll want to see it take out its December high… We’ll also want the RSI to keep tracking in the upper half of its range without it forming any sharp reversal (an inverse ‘V’). The longer the RSI can remain in its upper band without reversing out of overbought territory, then the longer any potential rally will be. I’ll also be watching our MAs closely… As you can see, the 10-day MA (red line) recently broke back above the 50-day MA. The 10-day MA accelerating above the 50-day MA would further confirm any ongoing uptrend… However, action around XLF’s resistance and the RSI will be key… If the RSI reverses from overbought territory and XLF reverses off resistance, then the current uptrend has come to an end. If the RSI then tracks back toward support (green line), then it could instead provide an opportunity for a potential short trade. 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