Market Wrap (recording & summary)

Friday’s open was preceded by the monthly Employment Situation report. Its reaction had surged 12 points back up to Thursday’s 2709.00 high. The volatility was deceptive, itself preceded by a relatively narrow overnight range. Even that was contained within Thursday afternoon’s range. So, trending beyond the range wasn’t likely, especially if not done early.

If we can’t have trending, then at least we want to know it’s unlikely. Still, we gave trending one opportunity, which the first hour tried by probing fresh highs up to 2716.00. The bias-up signal even triggered — late, but the 10:30 grace period contained fresh highs to confirm. Although that makes the 2719.50 bias-up target more reliable, the balance of the Friday instead returned back into the earlier range.

We knew with greater certainty that trending intraday wasn’t likely. Nevertheless, the morning’s reaction down was recovered enough at the bias environment exit for the unmet bias-up target to become “unfinished business.” And the second consecutive close above 2701.00 confirms the rally’s next higher objective at 2756.00 is in-play. None of which prevents an interim detour with room down to 2656.00-2666.00.

Details and other markets coverage are discussed in the post-market Wrap recording here.
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