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Look ahead: Economic Calendar – for Thu Nov 2, 2017
A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.
Highlights: After the early-morning Bank of England policy statement, none of Thursday’s econ reports has a reliable track record for influencing price action. Some are high-profile, but the afternoon’s Fed speaker will be the next likely external influence. Meanwhile, afternoon volatility may evaporate ahead of Friday morning’s Employment Situation report.
*BOE Policy statement
7:00 AM ET
Challenger Job-Cut Report
7:30 AM ET
Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET
Productivity and Costs
8:30 AM ET
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET
EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET
*William Dudley Speaks
12:20 PM ET
Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET
Money Supply
4:30 PM ET
Raphael Bostic Speaks
6:15 PM ET
Afternoon Bias
| WED afternoon signal (triggered at 1:20 ET) | SPX | ES |
| Bias-up: above | 2585.75 | 2582.75 |
| …would target | 2590.25 | 2587.25 |
| Bias-down: under | 2577.00 | 2574.00 |
| …would target | 2567.50 | 2564.50 |
| Signal status: BIAS-DOWN INVALIDATED | FAQ | |
| INTRO VIDEOS #1 and #2 | ||
1. At 1:20, 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 1:20 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 1:20 would invoke a grace period through 1:30 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 1:30 after invoking the grace period would trigger “noN-bias,” with no bias influence.
Post-open Review… Anchored.
Open’s uptrend entrenches the rally.
Pulling back from the 2584.00 overnight high greeted the open at this morning’s 2581.50 bias-up target. Its reaction down had room down to 2580.00 without even threatening to reverse momentum. Touching 2580.00 reacted up to fresh high new highs at 2585.50.
Exiting the opening 15 minutes of volatility above its opening print formed uptrending. If not extended higher this morning, then that serves as an anchor to attract a dip’s recovery. Exceeding the 2581.50 bias-up target through 10:15 would have renewed the bias-up signal, but it was being touched to within 1 tick at 10:15.
There’s no grace period for renewing the bias-up signal. This is still a bias-up environment. A deeper pullback could test this morning’s 2576.00 bias-up signal as support. Meanwhile, back above 2584.00 would renew the rally’s momentum — although it’s difficult to attract reinforcements after gapping up so much when the FOMC statement is getting closer.
The First Trade & Pre-open Tour Recording… What could have been.
Proper context can start the day with a solid win and make all the difference.
DAILY SCHEDULE
First, watch the pre-open Tour recording HERE <<==
Then, meet in the chaRTroom here by 9:15 ET for updates and Q&A
Through the prior close…
Tuesday could have exploited a bullish setup that had been created Monday. Monday’s selling pressure kept the session exclusively in negative territory, while holding above 2563.75 key support nevertheless confirmed the next higher objective at 2590.50 is in-play. But gapping up only found sellers again — although the overnight rally had created room to absorb the selling without damaging the rally’s chart. Dipping into Monday afternoon’s range down to 2569.00 remained in positive territory and never gained traction. Hovering at session highs through the afternoon bias environment would be likely to rally through the final hour. But fresh highs only touched 2575.50 before tragedy in New York triggered a reaction back down to 2571.00.
Overnight action’s new info…
A surge soon probed above Tuesday’s highs up to 2577.00. Narrow ranging there started ticking higher ahead of Europe’s opens, and then surged again to touch Friday’s 2580.75 high. Now a brief consolidation is resolving up to new at 2584.00.
If, then…
Last night’s rally suggests yesterday afternoon’s tragedy did derail its late rally setup. Is that necessarily bullish for this morning? Perhaps in compensating for its delay, the overnight rally has gotten ahead of itself. We know three things that make this morning vulnerable to dipping: First, greeting the open with one-way, relentless overnight trending is vulnerable to attracting counter-trend sponsorship. Second, this week already has two consecutive opening dips, which is a pattern. And third, last night’s consolidations were either shallow or brief, both characteristics of impatience. Also relevant is the timing of this afternoon’s FOMC announcement, which could inhibit much more buying before then. Also that gapping up helps to prevent a morning dip from not damaging the rally’s chart. And that reversing down from a gap up above all prior highs would require an eventual retest, which is a tactic rallies employ to conserve and refuel buying pressure. So, NOT trending back down through the open would be likely to extend this morning, but not necessarily, and at least establish an anchor that helps to recover.
First Trade…
[Click here to view the Bias parameters] Exiting the open at 9:45 above 2583.50 would be likely also to exceed the 2581.50 bias-up signal at 10:15 to renew the bias-up signal. Exiting the open above 2577.75 would be likely at least to trigger the 2576.00 bias-up signal.
Phonetic dictation…
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Morning Bias
| WED morning signal (triggered at 10:15 ET) | SPX | ES |
| Bias-up: above | 2578.75 | 2576.00 |
| …would target | 2584.25 | 2581.50 |
| Bias-down: under | 2571.25 | 2568.50 |
| …would target | 2565.50 | 2562.75 |
| Signal status: BIAS-UP, BIAS-UP TARGET MET | 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.
