Chart of the Day: Free fall beckons for NAB if $26 support is broken

OK I get it.

You didn’t come to Stockhead to read about National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) per se.

But look, we’re doing technicals here, and NAB is one hell of a technical stock.

Of course, it’s similar to the other big banks in price action, and macro drivers rule the day when it comes to these guys.

Notwithstanding, we are currently short NAB, and here is why.

Chart of the Day - NAB (ASX:NAB) — **Chart of the Day – NAB (ASX:NAB)**

On a break of $26, there is a lot of clean air below. It hasn’t done it yet, granted, but it’s trying.

In reality, the stock has now been caught in a $1.50 range for the better part of six months now.

That after an enormous COVID inspired / bond yields getting off the mat rally, that took it from $17 in September 2020, to $27 in the last couple of months.

If we’re short, there’s no need to hold this short above $28, and that is being generous.

The medium term uptrend looks to have broken (longer upward sloping line in black) out of inaction more than anything else.

The horizontal supports just below $26 are clear as day.

Should they break, there are lots of downside targets, including gap fills dating back to Feb around $24, and dare I say it, an enormous one all the way back to November 2020 at $19.87.

It’s precisely because it seems so implausible that you should be wary.

It’s precisely because there’s currently so much dogma in the market about where things are going that we are prepared to entertain it.

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