Markets
Some traders are attempting a brave climb up the “wall of worry” despite a multitude of negative forces that continue to spook the market. Overnight, U.S. stock index futures rose by 1% despite aggressive selling on Wall Street in the previous session, which saw the Nasdaq plunge nearly 4% and the Dow slide by more than 800 points.
Source: SeekingAlpha.com
Economic Calendar
8:30 International Trade in Goods (Advance)
8:30 Retail Inventories (Advance)
8:30 Wholesale Inventories (Advance)
10:00 Pending Home Sales
10:00 State Street Investor Confidence Index
11:00 Survey of Business Uncertainty
11:30 Results of $24B, 2-Year FRN Auction
1:00 PM Results of $49B, 7-Year Note Auction
https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/
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10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
Oil was up on Wednesday morning in Asia. Investors digested Russian threats of gas supply cuts to Poland and Bulgaria, while hopes that China will roll out more economic stimuli supported the oil demand outlook.
Meanwhile, Tuesday’s U.S. crude oil supply data from the American Petroleum Institute showed a build of 4.780 million barrels for the week ended Apr. 21. Forecasts prepared by Investing.com predicted a build of 2.167 million barrels, while a 4.496-million-barrel draw was recorded during the previous week.
Investors now await crude oil supply data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, due later in the day.
Source: http://Investing.com
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): Selling spilled over into this CD1 day as decline exceeded the average, as implied volatility (IV) remains elevated. Prior range was 167 handles on 1.954M contracts exchanged.
…Transition from Cycle Day 1 to Cycle Day 2
This leads us into Cycle Day 2 (CD2): Normal for a Cycle Day 2 is for some ‘back n fill’ consolidation activity to balance previous selling. CD1 Low is marked at 4136.75, with price rallying higher overnight back to 5-day POC (4215). As such, estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 4215, initially targets 4232 – 4240 zone.
Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 4215, initially targets 4196 – 4180 zone.
PVA High Edge = 4232 PVA Low Edge = 4170 Prior POC = 4212
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Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) June 2022 (M) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 4246; LOD ATR Range Projection: 4120; 3 Day Central Pivot: 4251; 3 Day Cycle Target: 4259; 10 Day Average True Range 97; VIX: 30
Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
Today is Cycle Day 2 (CD2)…Following another wide range sell-down, price has recovered approximately one-half of prior decline. Normal for CD2 is for consolidation/stabilization albeit with elevated implied volatility (IV). Markets can certainly use an IV (intravenous drip) to help calm down current negative sentiment. As such, there are two estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: IF Bulls sustains bid above 13122, THEN initial upside estimate targets 13196 – 13262 zone.
Bear Scenario: IF Bears sustains offer below 13122, THEN initial downside estimate targets 13065 – 12960 zone.
PVA High Edge = 13265 PVA Low Edge = 13012 Prior POC = 13122
Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) June 2022 (M) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 13322; LOD ATR Range Projection: 12739; 3 Day Central Pivot: 13317; 3 Day Cycle Target: 13364; 10 Day Average True Range:96; VIX: 30
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.
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Good Trading…David
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