Markets
A minor pullback was seen overnight following a bumper session for U.S. stocks amid another set of upbeat results from Moderna’s (NASDAQ:MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine trials.
Dow and S&P 500 futures dipped 0.3%, while the Nasdaq rose 0.3% as Tesla (TSLA) soared on news that it would finally be added to the S&P 500 index.
Source: SeekingAlpha.com
Economic Calendar
8:30 Retail Sales
8:30 Import/Export Prices
8:55 Redbook Chain Store Sales
9:15 Industrial Production
10:00 Business Inventories
10:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
1:00 PM Fed’s Bostic Speech
1:25 PM Fed’s Daly Speech
2:00 PM Fed’s Williams Speech
2:35 PM Fed’s Daly Speech
2:35 PM Fed’s Bostic Speech
2:35 PM Fed’s Rosengren Speech
2:50 PM Fed’s Daly Speech
2:50 PM Fed’s Rosengren Speech
3:00 PM Fed’s Barkin Speech
https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/
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S&P 500
Prior Session was Cycle Day 1 (CD1): Bullish price gap pushed price to cycle objectives between 3619 – 3627 zone where price found resistance, then flip-flopped throughout the remainder of the session. Range was 50.50 handles on 1.258M contracts exchanged.
…Transition from Cycle Day 1 to Cycle Day 2
This leads us into Cycle Day 2 (CD2): Normal for CD2 is for some ‘back n fill’ consolidation to absorb and balance recent price swings. Price is currently trading within prior value zone. As such, there are two estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
1.) Price sustains a bid above 3608, initially targets 3618 – 3623 zone.
2.) Price sustains an offer below 3608, initially targets 3598 – 3587 zone.
*****3 Day Cycle has a 91% probability of fulfilling Positive Statistic covering 12 years of recorded tracking history.
PVA High Edge = 3620 PVA Low Edge = 3557 Prior POC = 3570
Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) December 2020 (Z) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 3620; LOD ATR Range Projection: 3605; 3 Day Central Pivot: 3575; 3 Day Cycle Target: 3519; 10 Day Average True Range 70; VIX: 23
Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
Today is Cycle Day 2 (CD2)…Price is trading within prior value zone during overnight activity. Prior Range was 213.25 handles on 467k contracts exchanged. As such, there are two estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
PVA High Edge = 12018 PVA Low Edge = 11947 Prior POC = 11982
Bull Scenario: IF Bulls sustain a bid above 12036, THEN initial upside estimate targets 12050 – 12065 zone.
Bear Scenario: IF Bears sustain an offer below 12036, THEN initial downside estimate targets 12018 – 11992 zone.
Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) December 2020 (Z) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 12290; LOD ATR Range Projection: 11798; 3 Day Central Pivot: 11918; 3 Day Cycle Target: 12067; 10 Day Average True Range: 299; VIX: 23
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
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