Sunday, February 8, 2009

Weekly Outlook for Indian Stock Markets - 9th Feb to 13th Feb 2009

Learning from the past
Let’s dwell the past see what happened in last one year… Since January 2008, the stock markets have seen one of its worst phases. Every month, we went down by few percentage points and finally October seen the worst when stock markets fell down by almost 50% in one month.

Since then, we have seen some kind of support levels coming in the markets worldwide. For instance, we have seen strong support levels between 7500-7800. We have seen Dow Jones rebounding from these levels at least 4 times since November. Similarly, we have seen strong institutional support coming in Sensex in 8000-9000 range. Even the worst quarterly results and Satyam fiasco failed to break these support levels.

Another trend that we have seen in Indian stock markets is the formation of upper support levels creating after every correction. During the first fall in October, we saw strong support coming in 2300 levels in Nifty and 7800 in Sensex. The next test came in November when markets after coming down to 2550, rebounded again to 2800. The next fall in December took markets down to 2650 and from those levels rebounded to 3100. In January when Satyam episode rocked the markets, markets went down to 2700 and from thereon, we again saw markets rebounded back.

This formation of upper levels at 2300 à 2550 à 2650 à 2700 are good indications for the markets… But these are only indications!!! As an investor / trader, we must watch these levels closely and one can safely go long till the time these indicators go false.

The purpose behind this discussion is to observe the institutional response in each correction and formulating a strategy. The above discussion indicates that we can go long as far as this trend remains true.

Last week indicators
The fag end of last week had seen markets again finding good support at around 2750-2800 Nifty levels. The hopes of Stimulus package in USA and possible RBI cuts have again given strength to the markets. This trend may continue during the next week and we may see Nifty again attempting to breach 3000 mark. Amidst such scenario, one can go long safely on Nifty with a Stop Loss of 2750. Option traders can buy 2800 Call and Sell 3000 Call with maximum profit of Rs. 8000 on each lot-pair and maximum loss of Rs. 4300.

Few Trading Strategies
Scrip – Buy / Sell –Target Price / Stop Loss

Syndicate Bank – Buy –70 / 56
Noida Toll – Buy – 26 / 22
GTL – Buy – 235 / 208
Indotech Transformers – Buy – 315 / 280
Mcleod Russell – Buy – 55 / 45
Ruchi Soya – Sell – 19.5 / 24.5
Finolex Cables – Sell – 18 / 22
KS Oils – Sell – 38 / 45
United Phosphorus – Buy – 105 / 89
GVK PIL – Buy – 21 / 17
Vijaya Bank – Buy – 31 / 27
Ashapur Minerals – Buy – 21.4 / 18.5
Dr Reddy – Buy – 469 / 427
Gujarat NRE Coke – Sell – 21.5 / 24

Wishing you a great week ahead!!!

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