S&Ps UpThrust The US Stock Market as represented by the S&P e-Mini futures, had a trend day down today. We could see evidence of mounting supply over the past few weeks, and the most recent rally to last month's high was on receding volume. We had an UpThrust today. Now, the question is: will this take us down? We did have some increase in volume compared to … [Read more...]
Trading the S&P e-Mini
Even though the market has been showing a lot of daily price bars overlapping one another recently, there are still levels at which the market can be watched carefully for buying or selling to reveal itself. In Deep Practice this week, I highlighted the narrow green box on the daily chart as an area that the market could find support, should it chose to return to that level. … [Read more...]
Anticipating a Pullback Early Next Week
The market has been in a bullish mode since the mid-November lows. I expect that bullishness overall will continue into and perhaps past the New Year. But in any uptrend there will be pullbacks. I am anticipating a pullback early next week. In fact, it may have already started. My Routine At the end of each week - usually on Saturday afternoon when I have some quiet time … [Read more...]
S&Ps and 1400 Level
I have been mentioning the 1400 level in the S&P e-minis for a few days. You can read the posts where I discussed that level here. I've been looking for a pullback to the 1400 level for a buy opportunity. That came this morning. Here is the 3,000 Tick Chart of the S&P e-minis with the Weis Wave. The 1400 level is highlighted. Note how we became oversold in the … [Read more...]
Constructive Actions in the US Stock Market
Market Acts Constructively The US Stock Market as represented by the S&P e-minis had a constructive week last week. After rallying out of an oversold condition in mid-November, the market pushed up underneath the trend channel at A. It hung there for two days and then on Wednesday flushed out longs who had jumped on board as the market rose aggressively. The shakeout … [Read more...]