{"id":156284,"date":"2022-09-07T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=156284"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:30:38","slug":"the-magic-of-3900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/the-magic-of-3900\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic of 3900"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markets typically <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/markets-love-round-numbers\/\">gravitate towards round numbers<\/a>.&nbsp; I\u2019m not sure exactly why, but I suspect the reason is buried somewhere in our psyches.&nbsp; They\u2019re easy to understand and make simple milestones.&nbsp; That is why I was somewhat perplexed about how the 3,900 level of the S&amp;P 500 Index (SPX) is proving to be a more critical level of support than the more obvious 4,000 level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 3,900 level came into play last week and earlier this week, when declines found support in that region.&nbsp; Last week\u2019s selloffs and failed rally stopped at the 3,905 level more than once, and while we pierced the 3,900 a couple of times yesterday, it held and provided the basis for this morning\u2019s bounce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spx-5-days-5-minute-bars\"><strong><em>SPX, 5 Days, 5 Minute Bars<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"424\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture1-1.png\" alt=\"SPX, 5 Days, 5 Minute Bars\" class=\"wp-image-156286 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture1-1.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture1-1-300x204.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/424;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That raises the question \u2013 why find support there?&nbsp; Technical analysis asserts that support becomes resistance \u2013 and vice versa \u2013 and just a few months ago the 3,900 level provided both.&nbsp; A longer-term chart shows that 3,900 provided support for a failed bounce in late May, and then resistance in late June and early July before the powerful late summer (bear market?) rally that ensued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>SPX, 7 Months, Daily Bars<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture2-1.png\" alt=\"SPX, 7 Months, Daily Bars\" class=\"wp-image-156287 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture2-1.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture2-1-300x205.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/427;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, that chart fails to show why 3,900 provided support earlier this year.&nbsp; For that, we need to look even further back to early 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>SPX, 2 Years, Daily Bars<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"428\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture3.png\" alt=\"SPX, 2 Years, Daily Bars\" class=\"wp-image-156288 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture3.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Picture3-300x206.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/428;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice that SPX stalled around the 3,900 during its inexorable advance from late-2020 to the start of this year.&nbsp; I\u2019ve never been mountaineering, so I apologize in advance if this analogy is inapt, but we can think of 3,900 as the final base camp before investors began their assault on the 4,000 level and beyond.&nbsp; We can see from the chart above that the seemingly more significant 4,000 level provided no resistance on the way up, and thus no support on the way down, while 3,900 did both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just before the first attempt at SPX 4,000, we wrote about the market\u2019s fascination with round numbers in a piece entitled \u201c<a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/markets-love-round-numbers\/\">Markets Love Round Numbers \u2013 50k, 30k, 4k, 20, 1.25<\/a>\u201d&nbsp; The numbers that drew our attention in February 2021 now seem mostly incongruous, with 4,000 proving to be the lone exception.&nbsp; The 50k level referred to bitcoin, which is firmly below $20,000 today.&nbsp; The Nikkei 225 indeed reached the 30,000 mark, but never made it as far as 31,000 despite a few attempts.&nbsp; It now trades over 8% lower even as the yen plunges.&nbsp; We were using 20 as a benchmark for the Cboe Volatililty Index (VIX).&nbsp; It rose sharply during the initial meme stock frenzy a few weeks prior to when the column was published.&nbsp; The 20 level acted as the lower bound for VIX\u2019s trading range for another month or so, then became the high end of a 15-20 range that persisted for months.&nbsp; We did see VIX touch 20 about 3 weeks ago, but we have spent most of the past few sessions above 25.&nbsp; Finally, fretting about a 1.25% 10-Year Treasury yield seems laughable with rates above 3.25% today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The message from the markets this week has been to avoid focusing on the big round numbers, like 4,000 for SPX, and instead on numbers that have proven meaningful in the recent past, like 3,900.&nbsp; 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