Trade Strategy 9.17.20

Markets

Fed reaction

Off their overnight lows, U.S. stock index futures are still down 1% following a session that turned sour yesterday after the big Fed meeting. While the FOMC said interest rates could stay anchored to the zero-bound through 2023 (as the central bank tries to spur inflation), Jerome Powell kept asset purchases at current levels and sounded some alarm bells.

Source: Seeking Alpha https://seekingalpha.com/

Source: https://www.investing.com/indices/indices-cfds

Economic Calendar

8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
8:30 Housing Starts
8:30 Philly Fed Business Outlook
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
4:30 PM Money Supply
4:30 PM Fed Balance Sheet

Source: https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/

S&P 500 (ES)

Prior Session was Cycle Day 3 (CD3): FED announcement failed to excite traders as price broke key support (3390), unraveling into the close. Market on Close Sell Imbalance $1 Billion capped the session. Range was 45.75 handles with 1.466M contracts exchanged.

Transition from Cycle Day 3 to Cycle Day 1

This leads us into Cycle Day 1 (CD1): Price has continued prior session sell-down, exceeding average decline projection (3363) for CD1. Price is currently trading off its deep low (3310.25). As such, there are two scenarios to consider for today’s trading.

1.) Price sustains a bid above 3340, initially targeting 3350 – 3365 zone.

2.) Price sustains an offer below 3340, initially targeting 3320 – 3310 zone.

P -VA High = 3414       P – VA Low = 3392        P – POC = 3403

Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) December 2020 (Z) Contract

HOD  ATR Range Projection: 3448; LOD ATR Range Projection: 3318; 3 Day Central Pivot: 3382; 10 Day Average True Range  82; VIX: 27

Nasdaq 100 (NQ)

Today is Cycle Day (CD1) Price is continuing its selling pressure pre-RTH trading near lows of overnight session. As such, there are two scenarios to consider for today’s trading.

P – VA High = 11472       P – VA Low = 11336         P – POC = 11418

Bull Scenario: IF Bulls hold bid above 11050, THEN initial upside estimate targets 11100 – 11150 zone.

Bear Scenario: IF Bears hold offer below 11050, THEN initial downside estimate targets 11000 – 10990 zone.

Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) December 2020 (Z) Contract

HOD  ATR Range Projection: 11638; LOD ATR Range Projection: 10994; 3 Day Central Pivot: 11320; 10 Day Average True Range: 406; VIX: 27

Trade Strategy: Our tactical trade strategy will simply remain unaltered…We’ll be flexible to trade both long and short side from Decision Pivot Levels. Continue to focus on Bull/Bear Stackers and Premium/Discounts. As always, remaining in alignment with dominant intra-day force increases probabilities of producing winning trades.

Stay Focused…Non-Biased…Disciplined  ALWAYS USE STOPS!

Good Trading…David

“Knowing is not enough, We must APPLY. Willing is not enough, We must DO.” –Bruce Lee

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