Markets
Federal Reserve policymakers have clearly telegraphed what they plan to do at today’s FOMC meeting before the latest blackout period began on April 23. Officials are set to hike rates by 50 basis points for the first time in 22 years, after lifting the benchmark rate by a traditional 25 bps (to a range of 0.25%-0.50%) during the FOMC’s last gathering in March. Chair Jerome Powell is also poised to announce plans for “quantitative tightening,” or allowing the central bank’s $9T balance sheet to run off at a pace of $95B per month, though outright sales of securities won’t be ruled out for the future.
Source: SeekingAlpha.com
Economic Calendar
8:30 Goods and Services Trade
9:45 PMI Composite Final
10:00 ISM Service Index
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
2:00 PM FOMC Announcement
2:30 PM Chairman Press Conference
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10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
Crude prices tumbled more than 2% Tuesday while staying above the key $100 per barrel support as market participants fretted again about China’s ability to keep its economy on track and retain the massive oil imports that have made it the largest consumer of the commodity, overtaking the United States.
Oil’s downside, however, appeared limited by Thursday’s impending meeting of the OPEC+, the global oil exporters’ alliance, which is determined to keep a barrel at or above $100.
Source: http://Investing.com
S&P 500
***Written Tuesday evening for Wednesday’s trading for contribution to MrTopStep’s “The Opening Print” publication.
Prior Session was Cycle Day 3 (CD3): Positive 3-Day Cycle as markets paused from recent volatility ahead of FED Interest Rate Decision (50 bps expected). Additional institutional outflows as Market on Close Sell Imbalance (MOC) measured $1 Billion. Prior range was 67 handles on 1.631M contracts exchanged.
…Transition from Cycle Day 3 to Cycle Day 1
This leads us into Cycle Day 1 (CD1): As markets await today’s FED Interest Rate Decision, normal decline for CD1 measures 4104. Expect slow quiet pre-release price action during the morning session, with potential for explosive afternoon session volatility. As such, estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 4165, initially targets 4190 – 4210 zone.
Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 4165, initially targets 4135 – 4110 zone.
PVA High Edge = 4176 PVA Low Edge = 4147 Prior POC = 4158
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Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) June 2022 (M) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 4282; LOD ATR Range Projection: 4074; 3 Day Central Pivot: 4156; 3 Day Cycle Target: 4205; 10 Day Average True Range 115; VIX: 29
Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
Today is Cycle Day 1 (CD1)…It’s FED Day so anything goes for direction. Overnight trade is quiet and expected to remain so until 2 pm ET announcement, then potentially some fireworks. Cycle Day 1 Average Decline measures 12677. As such, there are two estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: IF Bulls sustains bid above 13092, THEN initial upside estimate targets 13150 – 13180 zone.
Bear Scenario: IF Bears sustains offer below 13092, THEN initial downside estimate targets 13030 – 12998 zone.
PVA High Edge = 13116 PVA Low Edge = 13026 Prior POC = 13083
Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) June 2022 (M) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 13552; LOD ATR Range Projection: 12677; 3 Day Central Pivot: 13030; 3 Day Cycle Target: 13633; 10 Day Average True Range: 471; VIX: 29
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.
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Good Trading…David
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