’90s Flashback!… Here’s Why
The market remains a flashback to the ’90s as bull
trends remain on the daily and weekly charts with many eyes
on the mega ES resistance in the high 900s. Heck, even yesterday
afternoon’s FOMC oscillations brought fond tears to my eyes.
Keep an eye
This Keeps You On The Right Side Of The Trade
Yes, it’s that time of the quarter again as we await those pearls of wisdom from the ever-powerful FOMC. In the meantime, both major markets continue to hold recent uptrends
This May Become The Focus Over The Next Few Days
With respect to potential longer-term ES resistances to the north, it’s a bit nebulous as all trends are currently long with the exception of monthly, which has downtrend support (long resistance) at roughly the
What Reflects The True Guts Of This Business…
Both major markets have broken out of strong opening bull
cups on their respective 13 & 60 minute charts, and have
broken recent resistance to the north as we approach
midday. As we discussed yesterday, a reversal north of
910
Why You Should Watch The Cash Today
As we await end of the rain delay, keep an eye
on the developing daily vs. hourly trend battle, which may
provide ping-pong scalp opportunities until a potentially
larger break occurs to break the current conflict. Respecting
910 as interim resistance in addition to our standard
indicators, may provide at least one short-term pullback
trade with stops on a break back north which would attempt to
continue the daily. ES (S&P) Thursday May 1, 2003 11:40 AM ET
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What Might Trigger The Downside
Both major markets are testing critical hourly supports as
we head to midday, with Tuesday’s 920-923 zone
continuing to provide S&P resistance to the north.
Continuing our theme this week of using line charts
reflecting period closes, there is some longer-term market
topping
What’s Needed To Extend Climbs
Both major markets are hovering around even on the day and
are retaining Monday’s hourly uptrends as we head to press,
albeit after some serious pop and drop activity after the
Consumer Confidence data was released. Bear cups were
rampant
Three Stories You May Find Useful
While lines may lack certain subtleties and the high-to-low price bar
history associated with bar or candle charts, you may be surprised at how the
clarity of the “lesser” information provides a crisper view often missing in the
bar jungle, especially when the charts are moving dynamically. No you won’t find
tails and dojis, yet some traders find it easier to time strong trend pullbacks
by focusing on the closes reflected by the lines. In fact, when used
Why I’m In Pure Scalp Mode Today
As would be expected
after a strong trend day, light chop and oscillations have
been the name of the early game today as the market catches
up with yesterday’s action, and I am looking to be in pure
scalp mode for much of the day on both sides of the market,
given the hourly tailwind which is resistance on shorts and
potentially suspect risk/reward ratios to the north.
Yesterday’s guides were indeed effective
Key Support Angles Are Strong
All key trend support angles are strong at
midday which has us in our “TUB” (Trust Until
Broken) mode, especially given the final emergence of trend
after the recent tight consolidation. Doing so should
keep one on the long side of the intraday trade until
supports break. ES
An Interesting Test Ahead?
Any
further move up in the afternoon would also result in
13-minute bull cups, which if coupled with the hourly may
provide an interesting test to the upper end of the recent
longer-term logjam. Faithful readers will note I’ve made
How The Philly Fed Gave The Market Some Direction
The ES are in a flat line torn between tech strength and
industrial weakness, as well as torn between its opposing
13-minute and hourly trend supports. Release of the
Philadelphia