Markets Trying to Second Guess the Fed’s Resolve?
With the 10-year yields easing off of the highs reached yesterday, the stock indexes seem to be rallying – based on the morning’s price action. Considering that the Fed is just going to get started their aggressive tightening from tomorrow’s FOMC decision, this “rally” seems to be second guessing the Fed’s resolve to fight inflation aggressively.
Another potential bull trap indicated around 4200 (today’s intraday highs)? Or, an interim bottom cemented at yesterday’s lows around 4050? The daily close tomorrow could be holding the key to that answer. In the meantime, our models continue to sport a bearish bias while the index is below 4262.
Positional Trading Models: As per the trading plans published last Thursday, 04/28, our positional trading models went short at Friday’s close at 4131.93. Models indicate holding the short into tomorrow’s FOMC decision as long as today’s daily close is below 4262. If the daily close is above 4262, models will close the short and remain flat.
Intraday/Aggressive Models indicate the trading plans below for today:
Trading Plans for TUE 05/03:
Aggressive Intraday Models: For today, our aggressive intraday models indicate going long on a break above 4202, 4181, 4160, or 4140 with a 9-point trailing stop, and going short on a break below 4193, 4166, 4147, or 4135 with a 9-point trailing stop.
Models indicate long exits on a break below 4215 or 4174, and short exits on a break above 4152. They also indicate a break-even hard stop once a trade gets into a 4-point profit level. Models indicate taking these signals from 12:31pm ET 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 5-minute closing or a higher time frame (a 1-minute if you know what you are doing) – depending on your risk tolerance and trading style – to determine the signals.
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