Tug-of-War Along Our Proprietary Key Levels – Week-2, Day-2? To put the “Tug-of-war” into perspective, consider this statistic: In the last ten years (since 2008/06/14), S&P 500 closed within Monday’s 5.91 points range ONLY 68 times out of 2,517 trading sessions! That is, just 2.7% of the times!! That’s how rare Monday’s close is, and (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for MON 06/18
Tug of War Along Our Proprietary Key Levels In spite of the major geopolitical news headlines (North Korea-US Summit, Fed Interest Rates decision, European Central Bank Interest Rates decision), last week has NOT seen much movement in the S&P 500 Index at all – despite what occasional peek at financial media headlines might have you (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI 06/15
Continuation of Back To Basics? With all the major known geopolitical risks and events out of the way, including Thursday morning’s ECB interest rate decision, it is likely that investors would begin to focus on the BASICS – Profit, Loss, and Risk. Friday morning, there is one important economic release – University of Michigan Consumer (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 06/14
Most Known Geopolitical Risks Out-of-the-way – Back To Basics? The much awaited North Korea summit, and the much feared FOMC rate decision are out of the way now with no decisive dominance by either the bulls or the bears! Tomorrow morning, before the markets open for the regular session, even the ECB (European Central Bank) (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for WED 06/13
This 13th is All About The Interest Rates, Trader! The much awaited North Korea summit has come and gone with not much to show or move the markets! There is not decisive dominance by either the bulls or the bears! Everybody seems to be waiting for the FOMC decision on the interest rates tomorrow – (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for TUE 06/12
A Dogfight to Ensue Between the Bulls and the Bears? Friday’s action in S&P 500 stayed above our often-mentioned key level of 2760 and confirmed the dominance of the bulls on the market – or, the lack of dominance of the bears on the market. Considering the North Korea summit tomorrow, it might be prudent (more…)
S&P OUTLOOK for MON 06/11
Markets coming to the crossroads tomorrow? Friday’s action in S&P 500 stayed above our often-mentioned key level of 2760 and confirmed the dominance of the bulls on the market – or, the lack of dominance of the bears on the market. Considering the North Korea summit tomorrow, it might be prudent to wait to establish (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for FRI, 06/08
Looks Like the Bulls – While Still Strong – are Feeling Tired… Thursday’s action in S&P 500 is noteworthy since it approached but failed to pierce two important levels – the day’s high at 2779.90 just fell short of taking out our proprietary key level of 2780, and the day’s low at 2760.16 just fell (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for THU 06/07
The Bulls Charged Ahead Full Force – About to Get Tired? In our forecast for Wed, 06/06/18, we said: “The index failed to close above that band for two days in a row, closing at 2746.87 on Monday and at 2748.80 on Tuesday. The bulls have to clear this and close above 2750 today for (more…)
S&P 500 OUTLOOK for WED 06/06
What Can Stop This Bull Run? As mentioned in our IntradayAlert published on Monday, June 4th, our models indicate that the 2740-50 band is now the critical resistance band for S&P 500 Index, which is going to hold the clue about the next directional bias of the market. The index failed to close above that band for (more…)