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Technical Analysis Weekly Market Update
Professional Futures & Market Intelligence  ·  Est. 1988  ·  by Eli G Levy  ·  eli@cannontrading.com
Sunday, July 5, 2026  |  Week of June 29 – July 3, 2026  |  Issue 026  |  Cannon Intelligence Desk
Rotation, Not Retreat

Bottom Line

Top of Book

The new quarter arrived with a jolt. After a first half where the AI and semiconductor trade did much of the heavy lifting, this week saw that same corner of the market hit with selling pressure and real volatility — and notably, it happened even as oil prices eased and yields drifted lower. The pressure wasn’t about the macro backdrop turning hostile; it was about money in motion, rotating out of the most crowded trades and looking for a home elsewhere.

The numbers tell the story. The PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) fell roughly 12% over just two sessions, pressured in part by a sharp overnight drop in Korea’s KOSPI, which shed 7.89% in one session. On one side of the coin, this looks like a long-overdue mean reversion: the SOX rallied nearly 100% in the first six months of the year, a parabolic run that arguably needed to cool. Micron’s reaction last week was a tell — the stock traded poorly on massive volume despite reporting, and the optical names tied to the AI build-out have been rolling over alongside it. On the other side of the coin, sharp pullbacks inside a longer-term uptrend have repeatedly turned out to be buying opportunities, and there’s a case that this one proves no different.

What’s keeping the mood constructive is where the money is going. Rather than fleeing the market entirely, it’s rotating beneath the surface. Health care is breaking out of a five-year trading range, insurance is emerging from an 18-month base, and REITs — flat for the better part of five or six years — are being watched as a possible next leg. As long as capital rotating out of momentum keeps finding a home, the pullback reads as healthy churn rather than a broad unwind. The economic data and growth forecasts remain strong, the broadening looks like it’s still underway, and July seasonality has historically favored the bulls.

Overseas and in Washington, the picture is mixed but not alarming. The U.S.–Iran ceasefire is not going smoothly and the status of the Strait of Hormuz remains unclear, yet oil has held below $70 a barrel and markets remain hopeful of a resolution. At the ECB forum, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh stayed tight-lipped on forward guidance while reiterating his commitment to getting inflation back to the 2% target. With next week light on both the economic and earnings calendars, near-term direction can likely be steered by technicals, Middle East headlines, oil, and yields rather than by fresh data.

What the Voices Are Saying

Analyst Desk

The analyst community is split in tone but broadly leaning constructive. Technician Jonathan Krinsky flagged that the high-beta momentum factor has seen an unwind sitting among the worst in its history since 1999 — a genuinely historic two-day move — but framed it as rotational for now, with the caveat that a rising correlation index later in the month is worth watching. JP Morgan’s Dubravko Lakos-Bujas kept his “blue skies” bullish stance, nudging his target to 7,800, while warning that momentum crowding tied to the second- and third-order AI beneficiaries rivals the peaks of the COVID and dot-com bubbles — high flash-crash risk in that pocket, but not necessarily a broad market crash, with quality growth and the hyperscalers still looking attractive.

On the panels, Richard Saperstein argued the hyperscalers are being wrongly valued as capital-heavy despite accelerating earnings and cloud growth, calling the large-cap names a value opportunity. Liz Thomas leaned toward a narrower broadening into financials and health care rather than an everything-rally, noting health care’s tendency to outperform in a midterm year. Tom Lee sees conditions for an even wider move if a softer bond market turns into a tailwind, while Chris Harvey pointed to laggards and ISM-correlated groups — industrials, financials, tech — as the second-half earnings story, even as he acknowledged it may be time to take a little momentum off the table.

The leadership may be shifting, but the market itself is being given the benefit of the doubt.Cannon Intelligence Desk — July 5, 2026

Technical Analysis

Course Rules — Support, Resistance & Confirmation

I’ve been studying charts for 32 years now, as you can see week in and week out when I give you levels that’s where price tends to settle for a fight between the bulls and bears.

This week I will give you the outline from my course rules on support and resistance; the same applies for trendlines.

Support, Resistance, and Price Confirmation

Support and resistance are foundational concepts in technical analysis that represent historical reaction zones where price has previously shifted due to changes in supply, demand, and liquidity behavior.

Support

A support level is a price zone where previous buying response or liquidity absorption has slowed or reversed declines.

In intraday trading, prior session lows are commonly used as reference points for potential support, though their significance depends on market context, volatility, and participation.

How to Use Support Levels

Long positions / breakdown scenarios: If price breaks below a key support zone with strong participation, it may indicate a shift in market structure and weakening demand. This can justify reducing or exiting long exposure depending on overall trend context.

Buying at support (confirmation required): Avoid entering blindly at support. Wait for confirmation of response, such as:

Principle

Support and resistance are dynamic reaction zones driven by liquidity and participation, not fixed barriers. Their validity is determined by price behavior and confirmation, not the level itself.

Bottom Line

S&P 500 — SPX

Triangle Forming — Above 20/50 DMA

SPX closed the week above its 20 and 50-day moving averages. Next supports: 7,237 (last low), then the Fib levels (horizontal lines), followed by the 100 & 200 DMA. Resistance can be the dotted trendlines and the all-time high. I am noticing we made a short-term lower high, but a higher low — not a lower low — which turns this into a triangle formation.

SPX Daily — S&P 500 cannontrading.com
SPX Daily
SPX Daily — above 20/50 DMA · support 7,237 · short-term lower high / higher low = triangle

Nasdaq Composite — COMP

Around 20/50 DMA

NASDAQ closed around the 20 and 50-day MA. Next supports: 25,000, followed by the Fib levels (horizontal lines), then the 100 & 200 DMA. Resistance can be found at trendlines and the all-time high. I will note the QQQ found support above the 50 DMA, so keep an eye on both.

NASDAQ COMPX Daily cannontrading.com
NASDAQ COMPX Daily
NASDAQ Daily — around 20/50 DMA · support 25,000 · watch QQQ above 50 DMA

Dow Jones Industrial Average — DJI

New All-Time High

DOW made a new all-time high this week and is holding support above the 20 DMA. Resistance is around 53,400 (trendline).

DOW Jones Industrial Average Daily cannontrading.com
DOW Jones Industrial Avg Daily
Dow Daily — new all-time high · holding above 20 DMA · resistance ~53,400

Russell 2000 — RUT

Broke 2000 Trendline

RUT broke its all-time-high resistance trendline dating back to 2000 on May 5 around 2,850. The IWM ETF penetrated its resistance trendline and came back to close at that level, around the 296 area. I am following the small-cap story to get an understanding of risk-on or risk-off.

RUT Daily — Russell 2000 cannontrading.com
RUT Daily
RUT Daily — broke 2000 resistance trendline near 2,850 · IWM retest ~296

VIX — Volatility Index

Back to ~$15.80

VIX came back to last week’s low around $15.80.

VIX Daily — CBOE Volatility Index cannontrading.com
VIX Daily
VIX Daily — back to prior week low ~$15.80

Crude Oil WTI — CL

Approaching $62.16 Fib / Trend

CL (oil): no support level has held up, but CL is approaching a very interesting level at $62.16, which is a 68% Fib number, and there is trendline support at that level as well.

CL Crude Oil Daily cannontrading.com
CL Crude Oil Daily
CL Daily — approaching $62.16 · 68% Fib + trendline support confluence

Gold — GC

Death Cross — Closed at 20 DMA

Gold found some support and closed at its 20-day MA. I also see a death cross took place this week. (3,516.1 is a 38% Fib retracement and 3,350 is a trendline going back 3 years.)

GOLD Futures Daily cannontrading.com
GOLD Futures Daily
Gold Daily — closed at 20 DMA · death cross · 38% Fib 3,516.1 · 3-yr trendline 3,350

Fixed Income — 10-Year Treasury Yield

Fed in Focus

What the Fed will do is the question on the table. Look for my next levels using the purple lines and moving averages. (Note: I am watching yields closely due to all the debt the hyperscalers are issuing as of late.)

10-Year Yield Daily cannontrading.com
10 Year Yield Daily
10-Year Daily — levels via purple lines & MAs · watching hyperscaler debt issuance

US Dollar Index — DXY

Hit $101.797 Target

Last week I showed you a chart dating back to 2009. Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture to see the bigger picture — and now the trendlines can help you assess real risk better.

The daily chart hit the level I gave almost exactly, $101.797. (Note the inverse correlation between the dollar and gold; as the dollar was going up gold was going down — this week the opposite happened.)

DXY US Dollar Daily cannontrading.com
DXY US Dollar Daily
DXY Daily — hit target ~$101.797 · inverse correlation with gold noted

Bitcoin — BTC

Broke February Low

The chart you’re viewing is a 3-year daily chart; the last support dates back to 8/5/2024 at $50,534. We broke the February low. I do see that BTC has been playing the Fib levels nicely. Past indications of a level don’t automatically mean they will hold again. I will be keeping an eye out at the $29,682 level.

Bitcoin Daily — 3-Year cannontrading.com
Bitcoin Daily
BTC Daily (3-yr) — broke February low · 8/5/2024 support $50,534 · watching $29,682

Futures — Commodity Complex

Daily Overview

Daily futures overview across the commodity complex — see levels on the chart.

Futures Daily — Commodity Complex Overview cannontrading.com
Futures Daily
Futures Daily — commodity complex overview

ETF — IGV Software

Corrected 170 → 85

A few weeks ago I wrote: “we need to remember software was hit hard this year; if this market turns down then IGV is susceptible to further downside.” That seems to have happened, as IGV corrected from 170 to 85. Next support and resistance are Fib numbers and the moving averages.

IGV Software ETF Daily cannontrading.com
IGV Software ETF Daily
IGV Daily — corrected 170 → 85 · next S/R at Fib levels & MAs

Silver Futures — SI

S/R Lines — Watch $47.31 / $27

My levels weren’t working for Silver; it’s mostly support and resistance lines per prior days and weeks. The prior all-time high for silver was in 2011 around $50.68; the 61% Fib retracement is around $47.31. If those areas don’t hold, the next major support is around $27.

Silver Futures Daily cannontrading.com
Silver Futures Daily
SI Daily — 2011 ATH $50.68 · 61% Fib $47.31 · next major support ~$27

Semiconductors — SOX

Support at 50 DMA — Volatile

SOX found support at the 50 DMA; next support levels are Fib numbers. Note: last week I noted the SOX making all-time highs but the RSI was not — I saw a divergence. Be cautious, this sector is volatile. That has happened, and you should still look for volatility.

SOX Daily — Semiconductor Index cannontrading.com
SOX Daily
SOX Daily — support at 50 DMA · RSI divergence played out · stay cautious / volatile

Oracle — ORCL

Broke Trendline — Watch $132.14

This week I am showing ORCL. Around February I posted a video that ORCL was approaching a major trendline around $136 and a 68% Fib level. The stock shot up to the $247 area and came all the way back; we broke the upward trendline (light-blue dotted line). Let’s see if the Fib level will hold at $132.14. Next support after that level is around $98 and then $74.

ORCL — Oracle Daily cannontrading.com
ORCL Daily
ORCL Daily — broke upward trendline · Fib $132.14 in focus · next support $98 then $74

Single-Stock Futures — Launching July 27

CME Product List

Futures on stocks will begin trading on July 27. Here is the list of single-stock futures to trade on the CME:

AAPL, ABBV, ADBE, AMAT, AMD, AMGN, AMZN, AVGO, BA, BAC, BKNG, BRKB, CAT, CMCSA, COP, COST, CRM, CSCO, CVX, DIS, GOOGL, HD, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KO, LLY, LMT, MA, MCD, META, MRK, MSFT, MU, NEM, NFLX, NVDA, ORCL, PANW, PEP, PFE, PG, PLD, PLTR, QCOM, SBUX, SPCX, TSLA, TXN, UNH, V, VZ, WMT, XOM.


Weekly Economic Calendar

Week of July 6 – July 10, 2026
DayTime ETRelease
MON 7/69:45 AMU.S. Services PMI
MON 7/6 ⚠10:00 AMISM Services PMI
MON 7/611:00 AMGlobal Services PMI
TUE 7/7No Scheduled Reports
WED 7/810:00 AMMonthly Wholesale Trade
WED 7/8 ⚠2:00 PMFOMC Meeting Minutes
WED 7/83:00 PMConsumer Credit
WED 7/88:00 PMFed & Bank of England Officials Speak
THU 7/9 ⚠8:30 AMInitial Jobless Claims
THU 7/910:00 AMExisting Home Sales
FRI 7/10No Scheduled Reports

Weekly Earnings Calendar

Week of July 6 – July 10, 2026

Monday (July 6): No scheduled earnings.

Tuesday (July 7): After the close — PENG.

Wednesday (July 8): After the close — LEVI.

Thursday (July 9): Before the open — PEP, BYRN.

Friday (July 10): Before the open — DAL.


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by Eli G Levy  ·  eli@cannontrading.com  ·  July 5, 2026  ·  Issue 026
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