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US Market Technicals Ahead (22 Mar – 26 Mar 2021)For this upcoming week, Investors will be watching the scheduled testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday and Wednesday before Congress, as 10-year bond yield reached its highest in 14 months. Personal consumption expenditures inflation data will also be released at the end of the week.
Before his joint testimony to Congress with Yellen, Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak Monday at the start of a four-day conference organized by the Bank for International Settlements on innovation in the digital age.
Here’s what you need to know to start your week.
S&P500 (US Market)
The benchmark index ($SPX) traded the week to a all time high of 3,989, before returning all its gain with a weekly loss of -0.77% (-30.2 points) for the week. Optimism about the prospects for the economic recovery has accelerated a shift into bank and other value stocks, powering the $SPX to record levels during the week.
With $SPX remaining above its 20DMA & 50DMA and at a higher low trend formation, the immediate support to watch for $SPX is at 3,860 level, a break on the convergence of both major moving averages. Resistance to watch for $SPX is at 3,989 level, a continuation to break its all time high level.
Powell, Yellen testimony
Powell and Yellen testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday and the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday where they will discuss the health of the U.S. economy and the importance of fiscal and monetary stimulus in the recovery from the pandemic.
Financial markets have diverged from the Fed on the possible future outlook for monetary policy, sending yields on U.S. Treasuries to their highest in more than a year.
Investors are pricing in a first rate hike sooner than the Fed currently expects, amid fears that the economy could overheat as it recovers from the pandemic given President Joe Biden’s massive stimulus package combined with the Fed’s easy money policy.
U.S. economic data
On the data front, durable goods orders and the personal income and spending reports are set to be the highlights of the week, along with figures on new and existing home sales.
The housing data together with the personal income and spending figures, which includes the PCE deflator, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, will probably show weakness, due to the impact of severe winter storms on economic activity in February. However, economists expect the slump to be short-lived.
The U.S. is also to publish the latest revision of fourth quarter 2020 GDP, which was last reported at an annualized 4.1%.
SPYHI! We are trading in a nice Rising Wedge channel and retesting the support area. In this case we may have a small pullback. The Stochastic Momentum Index is curving down + the Histogram .
Waiting for a confirmation (to hit the Fibonacci levels / On the smaller time frames (1h / 5m) to identify patterns to enter a long position.
For a small period I`m bullish on SPY.
Today may be a day with nice discounts on markets. Have a plan ! (Exit target- Entering point).
Have a nice weekend everyone! .
Blue Skies Plan - So Far So Good! We bounced off the .38% perfectly for the completion of a mini 4 which coincided with a retest of one of the channel trend lines. Looks like next stop is 4004-4034 for a small wave 3. It'll look like a rejection off of those numbers when we reverse down for another wave 4 which could retest the same channel trend line we bounced from today. After that we'll start to see some crazy action both directions. Our 5 will look like it's blowing through the 4000 range and could possibly break out of this channel we've been in since November. After 5 completes, this could be a good profit taking spot or time to buy a hedge via uvxy/vxx calls.
Our 2 down could make this move look like a failed breakout from the channel depending on if it's a standard 2 or a shallow 2. If it's a 23% 2 (which we've commonly seen this year), it'll simply retest the channel and resume up. If it's a deep 2, people will think we're crashing again but we won't be. This will be an excellent buying opportunity again for a wild 3/4/5.
Banks & energy are incredibly strong right now and I think this is why we're headed up instead of into a deeper correction. The time WILL come. It just doesn't seem like it's now. Until then, we continue to defy gravity. Happy safe trading, not investment advice, just my 2 cents.
US Market Technicals Ahead (15 Mar – 19 Mar 2021)We have officially mark the start of daylight saving time (DST), as North America have moved ahead an hour on Sunday 14th March. US and Canadian markets will trade one hour earlier than usual in Asia time.
The Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated monetary policy meeting will be the big deal for global financial markets in the week ahead. Last week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said that the economic reopening could boost inflation temporarily and that the US economy was going to start to see stronger employment in the next few months. Still, the Fed chief also said that the central bank was still a long way from its inflation and employment targets. Investors would be eager to hear if the central bank will take any measures to bring bond yields down, which saw the 10-year yield surge above 1.60% to the highest in a year on Friday.
Besides the Fed meeting, U.S. retail sales data will be in focus for further indications on the strength of the reopening rebound.
Meanwhile, in earnings, there are just a few big names set to report their latest financial results, with global economic bellwether FedEx ($FDX) and athletic apparel giant Nike ($NKE) likely to draw the most attention.
Here’s what you need to know to start your week.
S&P500 (US Market)
The benchmark index ($SPX) continued its recovery to end up +2.63% (+100.8 points) for the week, gaining traction to recapture its all time high at 3,965 points, a mere 20 points (0.5%) away.
At the current junction, $SPX have managed to trade back above its 20DMA & 50DDMA, along with a negation of its short term trendline resistance highlighted last week. Immediate resistance for $SPX is currently at 3,965, a continuation to break its all time high level.
Federal Reserve Policy Meeting
The Federal Reserve is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting at 2:00PM ET (18:00 GMT) on Wednesday, keeping it in a range between 0.0%-0.25%.
Perhaps of greater importance, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold what will be a closely watched press conference 30 minutes after the release of the Fed’s statement.
Investors will be looking for clear signs that Powell and fellow policymakers are concerned about the current spike in yields amid mounting inflation expectations.
U.S. Retail Sales
The Commerce Department will release data on retail sales for February on Tuesday at 8:30AM ET (12:30 GMT).
The consensus forecast is that the report will show retail sales fell 0.6% last month, following January’s surge of 5.3%.
Excluding the automobile sector, core retail sales are expected to drop 0.1%, after climbing 5.9% in the preceding month.
Rising retail sales over time correlate with stronger economic growth, while weaker sales signal a declining economy.
Consumer spending accounts for as much as 70% of U.S. economic growth.
FedEx, Nike Earnings
The fourth-quarter earnings season has all but wound down, however results are expected from a number of big names in the week ahead, with most of the focus falling on FedEx, and Nike, which both report Thursday after the close.
Other notable companies reporting this week include Dollar General ($DG), Crowdstrike ($CRWD), Coupa Software ($COUP), PagerDuty ($PD), and Sundial Growers ($SNDL).
Wedge FormedThere is an important level at around 390 that forms the top of the Wedge along with the higher highs and higher lows forming the upward line.
I believe it might pop all the way to 395-398 and then take a steep drop from the people collecting profits and then the stops kicking in so you'll likely see a double legged drop. Demand Zone spotted at around 378 so I would think that would be the bottom but would be cautious. I do mostly Options Swing Trades within a day or two.
US Market Technicals Ahead (08 Mar – 12 Mar 2021)President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill was passed by the Senate on Saturday and sent back to the House for approval which will take place on Tuesday. Investors will be closely watching the progress of this aid bill through Congress this week against a backdrop of concern over what such a large stimulus package could do to inflation and interest rates. Market participants will also be focusing on U.S. inflation figures with a report on the consumer price index due out on Wednesday and the producer price index scheduled for Friday. In Europe, the European Central Bank will hold its latest policy meeting on Thursday.
Here’s what you need to know to start your week.
S&P500 (US Market)
The benchmark index ($SPX) reversed most of its losses in late Friday to end up +0.83% in a sign some bargain-hunters may have already swooped in after a bumpy week. This comes after $SPX decline over -3.55% in three consecutive session.
At the current development (since last week’s highlight on the structural breakdown of $SPX)
Price Action remains below 20DMA
Price Action remains below 50DMA
Price Action is resisted at lower band of 4 Months uptrend channel
Further increase of implied volatility since 16th Feburary 2021
$SPX has a short term establishment of Lower Highs and Lower Lowers for a short term consolidated downtrend channel of 100 points range
At the current junction, $SPX remains bullish at a mid-term higher low. Further signs of weakness in this correction will require $SPX to breach its immediate support level at 3,720.
Immediate resistance for $SPX is currently at 3,915, a breakout of its short term downtrend channel.
Stimulus: a double-edged sword?
The pandemic relief package will give a powerful boost to the economic recovery and to the stock market, but optimism has been offset by fears over rising inflation and interest rates.
Investors have taken the recent run-up in bond yields – which has propelled the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield to levels not seen since before the pandemic – as a sign of potentially damaging inflation expectations.
But U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen indicated Friday that higher long-term Treasury yields were a sign of expectations for a stronger recovery, not of increased inflation concerns.
U.S. inflation figures
Investors will be closely watching U.S. inflation figures on Wednesday and Friday amid worries over the potential implications of rising price pressures.
Last week Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said that even if prices jump as anticipated this spring, “I expect that we will be patient,” and not change monetary policies that need to remain supportive until the economy is “very far along the road to recovery”.
ECB meeting
Thursday’s ECB meeting is the main event for the euro zone after extended lockdowns in the first quarter. Policymakers will assess the damage to economic growth against a background of a vaccination rollout that is struggling to gain traction, particularly compared with similar efforts in the UK and the U.S.
ECB head Christine Lagarde will also announce the bank’s new quarterly forecasts at the post policy meeting press conference.
Besides the ECB meeting, the euro zone will release figures for January industrial production on Friday, which are expected to contract.
SPX500- Bullish Megaphone Pattern (or Bull Trap)Please do your DD.
Watch out for the bounce from the trend line which will confirm the bullish megaphone pattern and trap a lot of shorts.
But if it breaks the trend line to the downside then we could be going down to 2000 on SPY
Be careful out there and do your DD before investing.
SPY (3/8)-(3/12) Trade PlanWatch SPY for a break and hold over 384.60-385.00 and (EMA 200) resistance and minor trendline resistance back from last Tuesday 3/2. Stimulus news should help SPY break above, holding above and we'll find a retest to the high 380's and low 390's again. Rejecting 385 and we'll find support near 378/379.20.
#SPY OR SPX500 OR S&P500 ANALYSIS FOR MARCH 2021Hello Traders,
Welcome to March 2021,
It has been quite the mixed start in the markets especially with the huge sell-off in the Technology sector. This has
alerted us to activity taking place in the market and we've decided to see if it's really a turn for a BEARISH Stock Market but it doesn't
seem that we are there yet. After the week of predominant sell off in the markets, we've spotted the S&P Index for a Buy opportunity.
As of now, this week seems to be in corrective mode after February's buying, so we shall see next week onwards if bullish action
continues above $3900 and higher.
TVC:SPX
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