Trade Strategy 8.10.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ S&P 500 Prior Session was Cycle Day 1 (CD1):  Normal CD1 as price declined, establishing a new cycle low at 4478.25. Prior range was 58 handles on 1.581M contracts exchanged.   …Transition from Cycle Day … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.9.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ 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): AM Session selling drove price down to CD3 Violation and Range Projection Levels (4485) … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.8.23

Markets (Top Stories) Credit watch Moody’s cut credit ratings on multiple small and mid-sized banks, and placed six larger lenders on review for downgrade to reflect U.S. banking stresses. “Many banks’ Q2 results showed growing profitability pressures that will reduce their … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.7.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ S&P 500 Prior Session was Cycle Day 1 (CD1):  Normal CD1 as price declined, establishing a new cycle low at 4493.75. Prior range was 67 handles on 1.947M contracts exchanged.   …Transition from Cycle Day … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.4.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ S&P 500 Prior Session was Cycle Day 3 (CD3):  Markets failed to secure a positive 3-day cycle, as we knew given the recent change in sentiment and selling, that is was a tall-order to … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.3.23

Markets (Top Stories) Big Tech – Part 2 Last week saw the first round of results from the Big Tech giants, with accelerating growth at Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta’s (META) focus on artificial intelligence, and worries about capex at Microsoft (MSFT). Up next are the quarterly … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.2.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar   https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ S&P 500 ***Written Tuesday evening for Wednesday’s trading for contribution to MrTopStep’s “The Opening Print” publication. Prior Session was Cycle Day 1 (CD1): Another quiet summer trading session as price continued to balance within a sideways … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 8.1.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ S&P 500 Prior Session was Cycle Day 3 (CD3):  Markets secured a positive 3-day cycle, fulfilling upside targets, while starting the week and ending the month of July in “quiet” fashion, with a balancing … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 7.31.23

Markets (Top Stories) Source: SeekingAlpha.com Economic Calendar https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/ S&P 500 Prior Session was Cycle Day 2 (CD2): Normal CD2 as price consolidated recent gains ending positive FOMC week. Prior range was 58 handles on 1.492M contracts exchanged.  …Transition from Cycle Day 2 … Continue reading

Trade Strategy 7.28.23

Markets (Top Stories) Doing just fine The U.S. economy is showing further resilience as GDP grew at a 2.4% annualized rate in Q2, almost a full percentage point stronger than the 1.5% expected. The growth was driven by robust consumer and business … Continue reading