Markets
U.S. stock index futures rebounded 1% overnight after the S&P 500 closed down 0.8% on Tuesday – snapping a seven-day winning streak – as the tech sector weighed on the benchmark.
Source: SeekingAlpha.com
Economic Calendar
8:30 Consumer Price Index
10:00 Atlanta Fed’s Business Inflation Expectations
10:00 Fed’s Rosengren: “U.S. Economy and Current Economic Conditions”
10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories
11:00 Fed’s Kaplan Speech
Inflation reading expected to be tame
Traders will examine the latest consumer price report before the opening bell. The CPI is forecast to have increased 0.3% in July, half the monthly increase seen in June, while the core CPI is expected to rise by 0.2%, or 1.2% on an annualized basis.
https://www.investing.com/economic-calendar/
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S&P 500
Prior Session was Cycle Day 1 (CD1): Price had a relatively firm bid most of prior session until the last “hour of power”. Traders then slammed price lower in anticipation of Market on Close Sell Imbalance of $1.8 Billion. Range was 59.50 handles on 1.7M contracts traded.
…Transition from Cycle Day 1 to Cycle Day 2
This leads us into Cycle Day 2 (CD2): Price has rallied sharply back from CD1 Low (3319.50) recovering 90% of prior session’s final hour decline. In addition, CD2 average range rally objective (3351.50) has been fulfilled. We have two scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
1.) Price sustains a bid above 3350, initially targeting 3360 – 3370 zone.
2.) Price sustains an offer below 3350, initially targeting 3340 – 3330 zone.
*****3 Day Cycle has a 91% probability of fulfilling Positive Statistic covering 12 years of recorded tracking history.
PVA High Edge = 3374 PVA Low Edge = 3356 Prior POC = 3370
Range Projections and Key Levels (ES) September 2020 (U) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 3363; LOD ATR Range Projection: 3323; 3 Day Central Pivot: 3343; 3 Day Cycle Target: 3351.50; 10 Day Average True Range 37; VIX: 22
Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
Today is Cycle Day 2 (CD2)…Price has recovered approximately three-quarter’s of prior session’s last hour decline. Today we have two scenarios to consider:
PVA High Edge = 11075 PVA Low Edge = 10965 Prior POC = 11000
Bull Scenario: IF Bulls sustain a bid above 10965, THEN initial upside estimate targets 11000 – 11015 zone
Bear Scenario: IF Bears sustain an offer below 10965, THEN initial downside estimate targets 10925 – 10910 zone.
Range Projections and Key Levels (NQ) September 2020 (U) Contract
HOD ATR Range Projection: 11059; LOD ATR Range Projection: 10810; 3 Day Central Pivot: 11059; 3 Day Cycle Target: 10930; 10 Day Average True Range: 180; VIX: 25
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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