Markets
Concerns over economic fallout from resurging coronavirus infections, as well as dwindling hopes for U.S. fiscal stimulus, weighed on stocks around the globe overnight
Source: SeekingAlpha.com
Economic Calendar
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
8:30 Philly Fed Business Outlook
8:30 Empire State Mfg Survey
8:30 Import/Export Prices
9:00 Fed’s Bostic Speech
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
11:00 EIA Petroleum Inventories
On the data front, the latest weekly jobless claims numbers will be released this morning, with another 825,000 Americans are expected to have filed for first-time unemployment insurance.
https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/
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S&P 500
Prior Session was Cycle Day 2 (CD2): Failed rally attempt resulted in continued selling, driving price past CD1 Low (3491.50) down to cycle violation levels. Range was 48.25 handles on 1.248M contracts exchanged.
…Transition from Cycle Day 2 to Cycle Day 3
This leads us into Cycle Day 3 (CD3): Price is currently trading down an additional 40 plus handles testing 3440 10-day ema support. Odds (91%) typically favor recovering CD1 Low (3491.50), though it appears a long stretch for today. As such, there are two scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
1.) Price sustains a bid above 3445, initially targeting 3455 – 3460 zone.
2.) Price sustains an offer below 3445, initially targeting 3435 – 3427 zone.
*****3 Day Cycle has a 91% probability of fulfilling Positive Statistic covering 12 years of recorded tracking history.
PVA High Edge = 3505 PVA Low Edge = 3472 Prior POC = 3480
Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) December 2020 (Z) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 3486; LOD ATR Range Projection: 3434; 3 Day Central Pivot: 3504; 3 Day Cycle Target: 3524; 10 Day Average True Range 53; VIX: 28
Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
Today is Cycle Day 3 (CD3)…Price is currently trading down 247 handles, matching the 10-day average true range. As such, there are two scenarios to consider for today’s trading:
PVA High Edge = 12086 PVA Low Edge = 11910 Prior POC = 11947
Bull Scenario: IF Bulls sustain a bid above 11800, THEN initial upside estimate targets 11860 – 11890 zone.
Bear Scenario: IF Bears sustain an offer below 11800, THEN initial downside estimate targets 11765 – 11740 zone.
Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) December 2020 (Z) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 11987; LOD ATR Range Projection: 11732; 3 Day Central Pivot: 11530; 3 Day Cycle Target: 12048; 10 Day Average True Range: 250; VIX: 24
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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