Just as Suspected Since Monday, 01/31
We wrote in our trading plans published this Monday, 01/31: “…Any remaining strength of the bulls will be likely tested from Wednesday, 02/02”. And, yesterday we wrote: “Today is that day when we will get an idea of how much juice is left in the “bounce back” from recent lows”.
Turns out, there is not much juice left in the bullish bounce, and that the action early this week was just artificial moves. Expect the bulls to retreat and the bears to come out in the open bolder. BUT, do NOT jump all in on the short side as well – expect whipsaw moves in the market for a day or two.
Positional Trading Models: Our positional models indicate going short on a break below 4575 or 4540, with a hard stop at 4588. No long trade indications for today.
Intraday/Aggressive Models indicate the trading plans below for today:
Trading Plans for THU 02/03:
Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4553, 4535, 4523, or 4503 with an 8-point trailing stop and going short on a break below 4530, 4518, 4509, or 4497 with a 9-point trailing stop.
Models indicate long exits on a break below 4555 or 4560, and short exits on a break above 4513 or 4486. Models also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 10:01 am EST or later.
By definition the intraday models do not hold any positions overnight – the models exit any open position at the open of the last bar (3:59pm bar or 4:00pm bar, depending on your platform’s bar timing convention).
To avoid getting whipsawed, use at least a 1-minute closing or a higher time frame – depending on your risk tolerance and trading style – to determine the signals.
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