S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 06/01

It’s a dogfight between the bull and the bear! No bear territory yet! If all the headline news and the market buzz have you feel that the markets are tanking and you wish you sold all your holdings, you are probably not alone! Nor are you particularly to be blamed for feeling overwhelmingly negative, since (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKETS – THURSDAY, 5/31

S&P 500 THE GIST (The “What”): The index failed to hold on to its key support level of 100 DMA (now at 2710.25) for the second time this week,reaching the day’s low at 2700.68. Led by Industrials and Consumer Staples, the index closed a volatile trading day near session lows at 2705.27 (down 18.74 points), losing (more…)

INTRADAY Alert – PROFIT TARGET HIT

S&P 500 INTRADAY ALERT – Position Update – PROFIT TARGET HIT: As mentioned in our INTRADY update just an hour back: “– Intraday, aggressive Models are currently short at 2714, with a stop at 2718 and a target of 2708.”The profit tartget is just filled a few minutes back (on e-mini futures, ES) at 2708 and (more…)

INTRADAY Commentary and Position Check

From our trading plan for today – published last night: (1) “Aggressive, intraday models indicate trading from the long side while above 2725 and from the short side while below 2715 with tight stops (as small as 5 to 10 points). Stay flat between 2725 and 2715 (if not already long from this morning).”  – Intraday, aggressive Models are currently short at 2714, with a stop at 2718 (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKETS – WED, 5/30

S&P 500 THE GIST (The “What”): Pushing global political and trade war concerns aside for now, the index rebounded as global equity markets stabilized after Tuesday’s sell-off as investors flocked to safe haven assets following Italy’s political chaos during the U.S. Memorial weekend. Opening with gains and moving convincingly above the 100 DMA (now at 2710.63), (more…)

S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 05/31

This tug-of-war, we witnessed just a couple of weeks ago! The market action today has been almost the flipped version of it from yesterday (especially so if you consider the e-mini futures market as well). The apparently stalled S&P 500 Index that was confied to a directionless channel of about 40 points wide for more (more…)

Market Close – Performance Check!

(1) You read it here, in our outlook published last night:  – “Stay flat between 2683 and 2705.” (aggressive, short term traders)– “Models indicate no short bias until below 2675.” (medium term investors)So, whether you consider yourself a medium term investor or an aggressive, short term trader, you would NOT have sold short the market today, and hopefully avoided losses on any such (more…)

INTRADAY ALERT 1: SP500 testing the KEY LEVEL 2715

S&P 500 testing the KEY level of 2715 mentioned in our SP500 outlook published last night (current high for the day registered two points beyond, at 2717.26 with the index currently at 2714.93 @ 1125am EDT). If the index closes above 2705 today, it will negate yesterday’s bear push and point to it as a (more…)

HEADS UP: Major economic news releases at 0830am EDT

Traders AI – Powered by Artificial Intelligence AND Driven by Natural Wisdom. Good morning! There are a bunch of economic releases scheduled for 0830am EDT: – US GDP Annualized Quarter-over-Quarter– US GDP Price Index– US Advance Goods Trade Balance– US Wholesale Inventories– US Personal Consumption– US Core PCE Expect a lot of whipsaws around these (more…)

TODAY IN THE MARKETS – TUES, 5/29

S&P 500  THE GIST (The “What”): The index opened Tuesday’s session sharply lower as Italy’s political chaos threatened a global slow down. The broad based sell-off slowed down during the afternoon session and attempted to reverse, reaching the day’s high at 2710.67 (close to the 100 DMA now at 2710.63) following the release of Consumer (more…)