S&P 500 OUTLOOK for TUE 06/19

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…)

TODAY IN THE MARKETS – MON 06/18

Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook,Forecast, and Trading plan for TUE 06/19″ – please check back later (usually published between 8:30pm EDT and 10:30pm EDT). S&P 500 TODAY THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index opened significantly lower, extending Friday’s losses as trade war concerns escalated after China retaliated with tariffs on U.S. imports (more…)

INTRADAY ALERT – S&P 500 Failed breaching the key level

S&P 500 Index registered a low of 2757.12 – just about 3 points below the proprietary level of 2760 that we mentioned in our forecast published last night – before rising above that level (currently at 2769.11, as of 11:58am EDT). Our models indicate this as potential low for the rest of the session. Intraday (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 Trading Models for THU 06/14

Reiteration of our models’ trading plans for today, THU 06/14: The gist of the trading plans for today. For full details, click here for the outlook/forecast published last night. Note that the levels mentioned in these reports refer to the S&P 500 Index levels. An investor/trader may trade their choice of instrument tied to the index (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…)

TODAY IN THE MARKETS – WED 06/13

Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook,Forecast, and Trading plan for tomorrow” – please check back later, after 1:00am EDT. S&P 500 TODAY THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) The S&P 500 index held steady ahead of the much awaited FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) rate hike announcement, trading in a tight 4 point range and registering the (more…)

EARLY ALERT – Post FOMC Early Trade Indications

S&P 500 Post-FOMC Early Trade Indications As per the forecast published last night, the medium term “models indicate no short bias until at least a daily close below 2740 (slightly bearish) or below 2735 (outright bearish). Models indicate staying flat (no positions) between 2760-35″.  Early action following the FOMC decision and statements indicate no significant change in the medium term outlook. However, short term/intraday/aggressive models indicate a slightly bearish outlook (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…)