Wednesday’s Futures Setups

The U.S. Dollar index
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took out the
11/23 swing high in another wide-range bar, and this Momentum
5
player could go higher here. The 127.2% retracement is at 119.117 and the
161.8% retracement is at 120.207.

After gapping down, the Canadian dollar
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looks like it may have reversed in a Turtle Soup today. Look to the
long side.

After bouncing off its downtrend line Friday,
10-year notes
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fell today, and looks like they may test the 50%
retracement of the last up-move, around 103.896.

Copper
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continues in its consolidation
just above the neckline in a head and shoulders pattern, and still looks ready
to make a move…one way or the other.

The meats gapped up, with live cattle
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closing at its 10/9-11/29 downtrend line. If Wednesday’s bar is lower, this will
form an evening star formation, indicating a reversal. Don’t jump to conclusions
just yet, as the gap up may also show some follow-through…we’ll see.

Sugar
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was stopped at the confluence
of its 50-day moving average and its downtrend line, and still looks like a
pullback from lows.

For the past three sessions, cocoa
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has trading near the 50% retracement of its most recent up move, and has bounced
off the 8/15-10/4 trendline, drawn off the highs. It is also trading in a
triangle. A bounce Wednesday indicates higher prices.

From the Volatility Explosions – Low
Multiple Days Readings
list, corn
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looks ready to test its lows.

Contract

Setup

Direction

Trigger

Copper
(HGH2)

head and shoulders

down

below
neckline

US
dollar index (DXH2)

continuation

up

above
Monday’s high
Canadian
dollar
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Turtle Soup continuation

up

above
Monday’s high
Cocoa

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rally
out of pullback

up

above
Monday’s high
Soybeans
(SH2)

pullback from lows

down

below
Monday’s low

Please note that while there are strong trends in
some commodities, one bar or a series of bars forming a setup can sometimes
indicate a contra move for the next day. This contra move may not be
long-lasting — maybe only for a day or two. Trading with the main trend is
always the highest probability trade.

Use stops on all your
trades.