S&P
Post-open Review… Settling in.
Opening surge hits resistance, crawls back into its hole.
The pre-open pattern that I described during the Tour had formed a setup which could surge immediately. And it did, from 2053.75 to 2057.25.
Yesterday’s cash session close equates to 2057.00. Its obligatory resistance was enough to end the surge. Its reaction down fell back into the pre-open pattern’s range. And then through it to 2050.75.
Bouncing back up to 2054.75 was retraced to 2052.00. Probing beyond either end is possible, but not required. And trending is unlikely to begin this far past the open with an early close looming.
[NOTE: There is no Afternoon Bias.]
Pre-market Tour (recording & summary)
The more reliably profitable strategies for such a low-volume session require patience for the market to probe the range’s extremes. A pre-open formation may have formed a pattern that would point higher through the open. So, I might give that a benefit of the doubt for getting to the range’s upper-extreme. A benefit of the doubt, and a tight trailing stop.
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The First Trade… A gift-shopping morning?
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(pre-open Market Tour begins at 8:55 ET)
Through the prior close…
Wednesday’s gap up to its 2043.00 bias-up target wasn’t being rejected, so the morning rallied as reward for Tuesday afternoon’s buyers having gained traction up to 2035.00. And then it kept rallying. The next likely objective of 2053.00 was met during the noon hour, and the potential to 2058.00-2060.00 was attacked to within 1 tick while the bias environment was lapsing. A late reaction down targeting 2051.25 stopped 1 tick short. Buyers gained traction for their efforts again, and left outstanding overbought RSIs.
Overnight action’s new info…
Sellers stopped short on the drop into Wednesday’s close. They’ve been thrown another bone overnight, but didn’t hold on to it, either. Globex had initially bounced up to 2056.50, and then sank to touch what is this morning’s 2049.00 bias-down signal. Now that has been recovered to test 2054.00, unchanged from yesterday’s futures close.
If, then…
Today’s session closes early. Trending is never more difficult except for Saturdays and Sundays. And that’s without even indicating a gap. A dry cleaners gift-shopping morning? Fading the extremes may be easier than trying to position at the range’s midpoint. Somehow gapping under yesterday afternoon’s 2048.00 low could form a session-long decline, or just the opposite if the gap down were not maintained or extended through the open. Yesterday’s traction suggests a reward due by probing fresh highs this morning, but not necessarily effortlessly like yesterday — and not necessarily durable.
First Trade…
Exiting the open at 9:45 under 2048.00 would be likely to trigger the 2049.00 bias-down signal at 10:15. Exiting the open above 2053.00 would be unlikely to trigger bias-down.
Morning Bias
| THU morning signal (triggered at 10:15 ET) | SPX | ES |
| Bias-up: above | 2069.25 | 2060.00 |
| …would target | 2075.75 | 2066.75 |
| Bias-down: under | 2058.00 | 2049.00 |
| …would target | 2052.25 | 2043.00 |
| Signal status: NO-BIAS | FAQ | |
| INTRO VIDEOS #1 and #2 | ||
1. At 10:15, trading above the bias-up signal or under the bias-down signal would put into play a test of its bias-up or bias-down target.
2. Not triggering either bias signal at 10:15 would be “no-bias,” and the bias signals should define the bias environment’s range.
— A test of the opposite bias signal would be targeted if one bias signal was tested before triggering no-bias.
3. Touching the bias signal within 3 minutes either way of 10:15 would invoke a grace period through 10:30 to trigger a late signal.
— “Late” signals don’t require testing the opposite bias signal, but it’s still likely.
4. Still testing the bias signal at 10:30 after invoking the grace period would trigger “noN-bias,” with no bias influence.
Post-market Wrap (recording & summary)
Wednesday’s late dip stopped within 1 point of its 2051.25 potential. The reaction recovered all but 1 tick back to the 2057.75 high. The high wasn’t touched, leaving outstanding the overbought RSIs there requiring a retest.
The RSIs retest is likely since sellers expended energy without gaining traction. That’s due to a post-close reaction down that came within 1 tick of fulfilling the 2051.25 potential. Also, buyers gained traction for their efforts (I’m giving them a benefit of the doubt on the bias environment exit and final hour entry trending up.)
Gapping down Thursday under Wednesday afternoon’s 2048.00 low could form a “session-long decline” setup. But Thursday being a half-session can also be a wild card with the most reliable of setups.
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