Tuesday 20 September 2016

The Big Question- Where is NIFTY headed


NIFTY has been subject to a lot of speculation over the last couple of weeks owing to recent volatility and another test to take out the top. NIFTY marked a psychological high just below the famed 9k mark.
Then we have had a decent sharp correction testing the recent uptrend. There are multiple macro factors in play in upcoming time which will also shape up how markets are behaving.

One of the big factors that has gone unnoticed is that the corporate loan market in India is not really picking up and most corporate are on a bond buying spree. What this means is that corporate are not really looking at business expansion and are playing safe (i.e. they see no demand).



                                       Syndicated Loan Data (Source:Bloomberg)

This doesn’t auger well if we are looking for markets making new highs or if we expect India to be growing at over 7% GDP as earnings will soon fall behind. ( The data suggests that from a loan point of view we are at the lows of 2008)
This will of course mean further pressure on the central bank for rate cuts and that can pump up the markets.
Let’s now look at this from a technical perspective. NIFTY futures have been largely trading within this channel since Feb this year. A breakout or a breakdown outside this channel will lead the next round of market moves.


                                                    NIFTY Futures Daily Chart

Now, why did we choose to write this now? Well here is another interesting analysis. We have done a quick analysis where NIFTY futures formed an Inside candle two days in a row (What this means is that the subsequent two days candles are within the range of the first day). The white dots represent the occurrences.  We had 5 such instances in the last 1 year and 2 of them being in September along. Most of this has always been preceded by a big price move. So brace up for that and this can be a good trading opportunity keeping the channels in view.
There are two seemingly important impact events over this week (FED and BOJ ) this can be a catalyst but eventually markets take their own course once the dust settles and many times most of these are factored in barring surprises as well.