HYG Starts Year Having Trouble With Falling Resistance (daily chart) - UPDATE 1/19/16

UPDATE 1/19/16:

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HYG continues to decline in price after testing falling resistance (lower solid red line).  Per historical RSI (upper section of chart), HYG could become much more "oversold" and weak.



UPDATE 1/7/16:

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It appears that HYG is falling away from falling resistance formed by the bottom of the expanding wedge (solid red line). HYG has also broken down from a short-term pennant pattern.  This could signal lower prices ahead for HYG given that a pennant is often a continuation pattern - in this case the pennant was preceded by a steep plunge in price.



ORIGINAL CHART:

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The first trading day in 2016 has not been a good one for HYG due to resistance posed by the bottom of an expanding wedge (red lines) that HYG broke below in late 2015 after a precipitous drop in price.

Will HYG be able to break back above this resistance line and the lin above it (soild blue)?  

If not and price continues to drop, on this daily chart, the next longer-term support line appears to be just above $76/share (dashed blue).

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