Also in traditional technical analysis, the bearish signal is stronger when a stock closes at or near the low of the day, which is the case in Apple stock.

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If the technical readings for the overall market had been stronger I would have been more likely to hold on to the entire long position.

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The daily technical studies are positive and do look much stronger.

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