If there is a swing trade with plenty of tension ready to snap, it's in the Russell 2000 (IWM). The index looks poised to either negate the late March 'bull trap', or crack below ascending triangle support with a big, red candlestick. Technicals still favor bulls, although the earlier MACD trigger 'sell' is a bit of a concern; note, MACD 'sell' triggers that occur above the MACD zero line are at best, weak 'sell' signals - often a good time to sell covered calls rather than offload a position. On-balance-volume continues to trend higher, and momentum as measured by stochastics is firmly above the 50 mid-level.. If there is a break of the trendline, then look for a move back to $187-189 in a likely continued evolution of a time-based, sideways consolidation.

It's a bit of a different story for the Nasdaq as it returns to its breakout price on a move to challenge its 'bull trap'. This index has already broken trendline support, and the small doji at resistance points to trader indecision. I would be looking for further losses with the MACD accelerating downwards. On-Balance-Volume is holding on, although momentum has finally dropped out of its overbought state; another indicator that the prior bullish trend is done.

The S&P is a similar precarious state as the Nasdaq, having also experienced a MACD trigger 'sell', but now looking at weakness in On-Balance-Volume with a 'sell' trigger too. Momentum is more bullish than for the Nasdaq and Russell 2000, but this has just dropped out of an overbought state.

Going forward, I would be looking for the development of sideways (time) consolidations for both the S&P and Nasdaq, and this is likely to have the knock on effect of delivering a breakdown from the "ascending triangle" in the Russell 2000 ($IWM).

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