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$ES_F $SPY Short-Term Bullish Then Something Bad Might HappenEarnings are clearly propping up the markets at this point.
Just a quick glance at the chart will show you that $ES_F was heading downwards pretty aggressively until the first red line; the first big E.R. reports of the season. $NKE and $MU crushed their reports, and the markets responded upwards...but not on much volume.
The second red-line shows another save of $SPY ... aided by beats by $RHT and $PAYX .
Rinse and repeat for a while...then the final line is at April 6th, when the first big bank earnings came out.
$GS - Missed EPS but big revenue beat
$WFC - Beat top and botton
$C Beat top bigly , slight miss bottom line.
The markets were happy with that but then geopolitical tensions settled in towards the end of the day which caused the markets to pull back.
The upside resumed yesterday, once again on good earnings.
But the issue I see is illustrated by the purple price line. If you look at the OBV at this price level vs the OBV when the S&P 500 Index was at this level before, we are way below where we used to be OBV wise. This divergence is bearish.
The money flow indicator shows that there has been some buying, but the size of the buying has dropped on each spike since the largest one. The Chaikin Oscillator follows a very similar pattern (as it should, confirming each other).
So I think we will indeed see some more upside in the near-term...but some large E.R. misses or another geopolitcal event could really pull us down viciously.
Or maybe we continue to float up slowly throughout the rest of E.R. If that happens, I'd want to see the OBV and the Chaikin Oscillator start to move up aggressively to at least where we were in early March. If that doesn't occur the markets may very well collapse at the end of the season (if not before that).
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How I see it Pt 2I'm looking at the futures because it gives me a cleaner look than spy. This is how I see it playing out, and my plan for it. I will be legging into my short at Option A zone with a 60% position, with remaining 40% being entered into near option B or upon failure at A. using sell stops. Good luck and I hope this helps someone.
2200s the target AFTER this pop. Should see some bullish action today and into early next week. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE HIGHER TIME FRAME TREND.
THE BIG TARGETS ON THE DOWNSIDE ARE IN THE 2200s AND THEN RIGHT AROUND 1920/1930.
No straight lines. Just something to keep in mind big picture.
p.s. we NAILED this short omg.
S&P 500 -- STFP or BTFD? Short the fkn pop or buy the fkn dipThis is the S&P 500 Futures chart. Currently, we have breached the 200MA. If the SPY gaps below the 200MA tomorrow and does not break back above, then I believe we may be days away from the beginning of a bear market. What i'd like to see happen is the SPY holding its 200MA and possibly popping back up around its 100MA. If it does this I will enter a short position.
2659 or better potential for SPX based on measured movesThe way breakouts typically function is with measured moves as a way of determining how far price will move until it reaches its climactic point of selling. In this case, I measured the range of the top to bottom in our past 5-7 trading sessions and determined that 2659 would be a decent level to cover some shorts or initiate a long day trade idea. Heres why, the length of the move will coincide with central bollinger band, thats the only technical indicator I used. Also moves tend to overshoot so this measured range of 15-20 points may blow straight past my target. Lets check in on this idea later and see how it worked.