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Economic Calendar

It’s the final monthly employment report before the FOMC gathers for its upcoming March meeting. Consensus economist forecasts see a gain of 400K non-farm payroll additions last month, compared to the 467K gain in January, leaving employment only 2.5M jobs below its pre-pandemic level (those jobs losses are expected to be fully recouped this year). February’s unemployment rate is also anticipated to fall 0.1 percentage points to 3.9%, while worker scarcity likely pushed up average hourly earnings by 0.5%, or 5.8% Y/Y. Stay tuned for the release of the report by the Labor Department at 8:30 a.m. ET.

8:30 Non-farm payrolls
8:45 Fed’s Evans Speech
1:00 PM Baker-Hughes Rig Count

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S&P 500

Prior Session was Cycle Day 3 (CD3): Price “waffled” throughout this cycle day with a downside lean, as bulls could not hold onto a firm bid, with each attempt to move higher was thwarted by “Da Bears.” Prior range was 78 handles on 1.503M contracts exchanged. 

 …Transition from Cycle Day 3 to Cycle Day 1

This leads us into Cycle Day 1 (CD1): Today begins a new cycle, with the Average Decline measuring 4312, which is currently in-place. As such, estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.

Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 4312, initially targets 4336 – 4346 zone. 

Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 4312, initially targets 4290 – 4280 zone. 

*****3 Day Cycle has a 91% probability of fulfilling Positive Cycle Statistics covering 12 years of recorded tracking history.

PVA High Edge = 4387       PVA Low Edge = 4351        Prior POC = 4361

Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) March 2022 (H) Contract

HOD  ATR Range Projection: 4410; LOD ATR Range Projection: 4247; 3 Day Central Pivot: 4350; 3 Day Cycle Target: 4381; 10 Day Average True Range;  127; VIX: 34

Nasdaq 100 (NQ)

Today is Cycle Day 1 (CD1)…Average Decline for CD1 measures 13864, which is currently in-place. Prior range was 436 handles on 591k contracts exchanged. As such, there are two estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.

Bull Scenario: IF Bulls sustain a bid above 13864, THEN initial upside estimate targets 13990 – 14085 zone.

Bear Scenario: IF Bears sustain an offer below 13864, THEN initial downside estimate targets 13787– 13748 zone.

PVA High Edge = 14235       PVA Low Edge = 14042     Prior POC = 14137

Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) March 2022 (H) Contract

HOD  ATR Range Projection: 14275; LOD ATR Range Projection: 13556; 3 Day Central Pivot: 14117; 3 Day Cycle Target: 14204; 10 Day Average True Range: 530; VIX: 34

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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