We are now certainly up in some pretty scary territory at these high levels with valid grave doubts being raised about the valuations of most frontline counters in the index that are driving up the markets, and also that of scores of others outside of it.
Its the FIIs all the way, being the deepest pockets around, and being the primary market movers for quite some time.
At some point soon, lets be prepared for some serious profit booking. Adhere sharp to the golden and unfailing technique of the stop loss.
Just ahead of the third quarter results season, the players who have raked in big time over the last several weeks would logically take their money and run, and yes return they will for a new round of the rally later, but why suffer in the meantime.
This does not suggest that the market is about to tank and there wouldnt be some more gains in the index in the near term.
And how much is some more?
Impossible to say, but there is something to be said for certain psychological marks, like round figures.
Like 2900 or thereabouts on the Nifty which roughly corresponds to about 9500 on the Sensex?
Be whatever it may be, lets just be very cautious.
On to the numbers, there were a few pretty solid blind spots along the rise of the Nifty yesterday.
From 2810 it shot up into the 2830s in one go, with the area at 2813-2822-2833 completely ignored.
Some important numbers cannot easily be ignored and there is a good chance these would be revisited at some point to fill the gaps, if not today then soon enough.
Without testing the strength here, the onwards march would be pretty wooly at these already dizzy levels.
Even though the Nifty had another strong close yesterday, there was a sharp fallout in the a/d ratio right at the end.
Its not an easy call to make today, but certainly expect volatility which has been absent the last two sessions.
To the up, the levels are 2848-2854-2860 for now. Will add more later if need be.
On the down, 2838-2833-2828-2823.