This morning’s hourly chart of the ES futures looks a lot like yesterday’s. But boy is this thing pregnant. The question is, with what?
A little bit lower here and bears gonna get some action today. But if this sucker peeks out above 3329, it’s gonna blow. As in sky high. 20 hour momentum is in a very bullish pattern… potentially.
What will happen, I don’t know. And it doesn’t matter. The market will tell us by the direction it takes out of this tiny range it’s been in for the 2 days.
Meanwhile over in China, we continue to see the free market at work…
OK. I kid.
The Shag High Composite is now at 2890. I said yesterday that it looked headed for the broken uptrend line at 2925. “That would be a perfectly “normal” rebound from a technical perspective. Then we’ll see. A rollover from there could lead to a test of the low or worse.”
Meanwhile, back in the US the S&P fucutures (ES) have essentially regressed to the trend mean. That usually results in congestion around that area. Momentum and True Strength are absolutely inconclusive. Do I know what will happen? Hell no. I’ll wait for the market to break out of the congestion area before I pretend to have a clue.
3333 holds the key. If it breaks, the trend centerline at 3320 would be likely support. If either of those levels holds, then the rally would resume and would target 3400+. Looks like there’s a trade on the long side if they clear 3333, and short below 3300. Potential upside is 3400. Downside, 3340-50.
But it is more likely that they’ll mush around in a tight range- a meat grinder that just chews up cash unless you’re really good at trading minute bars.
Below is the S&P index (cash) hourly chart. That little green oval at the far right is where the futures have been trading this morning. The futures are at 3325 as I write at 8:30 AM ET. The trendline currently around 3330 is the Maginot line for the bears. Above that, bulls can ram it up. If that holds, bears get the ball, with the goal line at 3310-15. That’s not the whole game, just one drive.
The 5 day cycle oscillator has been falling since last Wednesday. That cycle is primed for a low today. We should get a bounce, but hard to say if it comes out of the gate, or the PM.
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