Directional Bias For The Day:
- The futures are up since NYSE session close on Monday
- Tuesday after September expiry Friday is bearish for S&P 500 – 73% odds for a down day
- Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2146.75 for bulls and break below 2135.50 for bears
- Markets in the East were mostly down with only Australia and South Korea being up; China, Japan, Hong Kong and India were down
- European markets are up following through to the up Monday, which also gapped-up at the open
- On Monday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (Dec contract) closed at 2131.25 and the index closed at 2139.12 – a spread of about 8.75 points
Key Levels:
- Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2138.28, 2135.91 and 2131.20
- Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2146.45, 2153.61 and 2157.57
- Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is to the up side; at 8:30 AM, S&P 500 futures was up by +7.50, Dow was up by +56.00 and NASDAQ was up by +17.25
The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:
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Before NYSE Session Open
Major U.S indices were mixed. Big cap lost ground but small-cap advanced. S&P500 and Dow Jones Industrial Averages declined -0.4 and -3.63 respectively. NASDAQ lost -9.54 or -0.2% but Russell 2000 gained +7.75 or +0.6% and Dow Transportation Average gained +22.05 or -0.3%.