Tails Defining Lows In Futures

August pork bellies
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gapped higher
on the open, showing price persistency out of their number one billing on
the Momentum-5
List
. Intraday, using five-minute bars, bellies left a “tail”
which may still provide a trigger and defined-risk point for traders looking
to get long this market. 

In a similar intraday pattern, August lean hogs
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,
which have shown upside momentum due to their standing on the
New 10-Day Highs List
, are also supported intraday by the 11:35 AM ET
“tail” bar. 

In a
Turtle Soup Plus One Buy
setup, natural gas
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faded from opening levels but has also found support off a “tail,”
which occurred at Friday’s low. This contract is currently setting up in a
Haggerty Slim Jim-like pattern. 

Although two of the signals are from the previous sessions, we still have four
down signals from the Market
Bias Indicators Page
, suggesting stock index futures will decline. We also have an
indication of a pending, larger-than-normal move: The Multiple Days Low
Volatility
List from the Futures
Indicators Page
has all three stock index futures on the list. The
implication is that stock index futures contracts (
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,
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) will make outsized moves as volatility reverts
to its mean.

September cocoa
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broke through resistance to trigger stops
and is exploding after trading above Friday’s high.