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Apple Is Barely Holding Support. Should the Bulls Worry?

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Apple rallied in December after holding $120. Now it’s back and threatening to break support at that level.

The price action is part of the ongoing technical weakness in the smart-phone giant. It had a false breakout in January and a trend-line failure last month. Today we got a clue why: AAPL has cut production of its iPhone 12 mini, according to Nikkei. Once again, technical analysis is miles ahead of fundamental analysis.

Here’s another interesting chart. It compares moves in AAPL with the SPDR Financial ETF since February 16 – the day financials broke out to a new 13-year highs.

For more, please click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.

Apple (AAPL) vs SPDR Financial ETF (XLF), 15-minute percentage chart, courtesy of TradingView.

About the author

David Russell is VP of Market Intelligence at TradeStation Group. Drawing on two decades of experience as a financial journalist and analyst, his background includes equities, emerging markets, fixed-income and derivatives. He previously worked at Bloomberg News, CNBC and E*TRADE Financial. Russell systematically reviews countless global financial headlines and indicators in search of broad tradable trends that present opportunities repeatedly over time. Customers can expect him to keep them apprised of sector leadership, relative strength and the big stories – especially those overlooked by other commentators. He’s also a big fan of generating leverage with options to limit capital at risk.