S&P 500 (ES)
Prior Session was Cycle Day 2: Normal CD2 as price consolidated rangebound throughout the session as End of Month / End of Quarter “window-dressing” was the dominant rhythm for this session.
Final push with a Market on Close Buy Imbalance of over $2.7Billion aided in the final push tagging 6265.50 as the high of the day
Range was 42 handles on 1.252M contracts exchanged.
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…Transition from Cycle Day 2 to Cycle Day 3
Transition into Cycle Day 3: Summer volumes and volatility have arrived with the Fourth of July Celebration on traders minds for the remainder of this shortened trading week.
Thursday markets close early @ 1:15 et and Friday July 4th, markets are closed.
PTG will be in attendance throughout the week, in-case there are good trading opportunities, though expectation is for lighter than average volumes and a relative tightening range rhythms. Of course Mr. Market is the final arbiter of what’s to happen. We’ll be monitoring the conditions closely for developments from the PTG Summer Trading Office which is in full swing with the straw hat and pina colada at the ready..
For Cycle Day 3 (CD3) price is securely above the CD1 Low (6183.25) which has a 90.63% historical Positive 3-Day Cycle performance record.
Of course, nothing changes for PTG…Simply follow your plan. Take only Triple A setups and manage the $risk. ALWAYS HAVE HARD STOP-LOSSES in-place on the exchange.
PTG’s Primary Directive (PD) is to ALWAYS STAY IN ALIGNMENT with the DOMINANT FORCE.
As such, scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 6245+-, initially targets 6260 – 6265 zone.
Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 6245+-, initially targets 6230 – 6225 zone.
PVA High Edge = 6251 PVA Low Edge = 6233 Prior POC = 6238
ESU
Nasdaq (NQ)
Prior Session was Cycle Day 2: Normal CD2 as price consolidated rangebound throughout the session as End of Month / End of Quarter “window-dressing” was the dominant rhythm for this session.
Final push with a Market on Close Buy Imbalance of over $2.7Billion aided in the final push tagging 22934.75 as the high of the day
Range was a paltry 184 handles on 424k contracts exchanged. Welcome to summer!
…Transition from Cycle Day 2 to Cycle Day 3
Transition into Cycle Day 3: Summer volumes and volatility have arrived with the Fourth of July Celebration on traders minds for the remainder of this shortened trading week.
Thursday markets close early @ 1:15 et and Friday July 4th, markets are closed.
For Cycle Day 3 (CD3) price is securely above the CD1 Low (22600) which has a 90.63% historical Positive 3-Day Cycle performance record. We’ll mark this session as a “wild-card” for direction.
Of course, nothing changes for PTG…Simply follow your plan. Take only Triple A setups and manage the $risk. ALWAYS HAVE HARD STOP-LOSSES in-place on the exchange.
PTG’s Primary Directive (PD) is to ALWAYS STAY IN ALIGNMENT with the DOMINANT FORCE.
As such, scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 22845+-, initially targets 22900 – 22935 zone.
Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 22845+-, initially targets 22800 – 22780 zone.
PVA High Edge = 22871 PVA Low Edge = 22807 Prior POC = 22822
NQU
Economic Calendar
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.” –BR
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