In Europe, at midday, London -1%. Paris -0.5%. Frankfurt -0.8%.
Futures at 6:20, Dow +0.1%. S&P +0.3%. Nasdaq +0.1%. Crude -0.4% to $61.44. Gold -0.6% to $1324.20. Bitcoin -2% to $10251.
Ten-year Treasury Yield flat at 2.93%
Economic Calendar
8:30Initial Jobless Claims
9:45Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
10:00Leading Indicators
10:30EIA Natural Gas Inventory
11:00EIA Petroleum Inventories
11:00Kansas City Fed Mfg Survey
1:00 PMResults of $29B, 7-Year Note Auction
4:30 PMMoney Supply
4:30 PMFed Balance Sheet
S&P 500 (ES)
Today is Cycle Day 1 (CD1)…Yesterday was CD3. Markets rallied to their PTG/TTT levels and some even reached Violation levels or even Violation levels plus their Standard Deviation. Then the decline started and the average decline is in place by end of RTH Session.
Price pushed lower in overnight trade reaching (2682) CD1 Violation Levels at which time the rally has begun, currently recovering back to 2707 handle.
Scenario 1: IF converts PC (2698.50) to support, THEN rally has potential to push back targeting 2710 handle.
Scenario 2: IF price converts PC (2698.50) to resistance, THEN retest of 2882 CD1 Violation Level comes into play.
HOD ATR Range Projection: 2726.77; LOD ATR Range Projection: 2662.73; Cycle Day 1 Low: 2719.50; 3 Day Central Pivot: 2721.50; 3 Day Cycle Target: 2765.00; 10 Day Average True Range 44.77; VIX: 19.98
Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
Today is Cycle Day 1 (CD1)…Yesterday was CD3. Markets rallied to their PTG/TTT levels and some even reached Violation levels or even Violation levels plus their Standard Deviation. Then the decline started and the average decline is in place by end of RTH Session.
Price pushed lower in overnight trade reaching (6705.36) CD1 Violation Levels at which time the rally has begun, currently recovering back to 6772.00 handle.
Scenario 1: IF price converts PL (6741.25) to support, THEN recovery rally has potential to extend to 6775 – 85 zone.
Scenario 2: IF price converts PC (6755.00) to resistance, THEN retest of 6716 – 6701 CD1 Violation Zone comes into play.
Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ)
HOD ATR Range Projection: 6821.14; LOD ATR Range Projection: 6646.61; Cycle Day 1 Low: 6758.25; 3 Day Central Pivot: 6788.75; 3 Day Cycle Target: 6881.25; 10 Day Average True Range: 126.39; VIX: 19.98
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.” –Bruce Lee
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