Directional Bias For The Day:
The futures are higher- Near the upper bound of a horizontal channel that is forming since 9:30 AM on February 3
- Odds are for an up day; watch for break below 2285.25 for change of fortunes
Markets Around The World
- Markets in the East were mostly lower; Sydney was the lone exception
- European markets are higher
- Dollar index and USD/JPY are up; EUR/USD and GBP/USD are down
- Commodities are mostly down – NatGas is lone exception
- 10-yrs yield closed at 2.413%, down from February 3 close of 2.491%; 30-years closed at 3.048%, down from February 3 close of 3.114%
Key Levels:
- Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2287.88, 2275.14 and 2271.65
- Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2296.18, 2300.99 and 2303.91
- Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2294.25, high of 5:30 AM on February 6 and break below 2284.00, the low of 10:00 PM on February 6
Pre-Open
- Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is to the upside – at 7:00 AM, S&P 500 futures were up by +6.75, Dow is up by +68.00 and NASDAQ by +13.50
- On Mondday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (March contract) closed at 2288.00 and the index closed at 2292.56 – a spread of about 4.50 points; futures closed at 2286.50 for the day; the fair value is +1.50
The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:
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Previous Session
Most of the major indices made a small body doji candle. Their chart pattern on daily timeframe also did not change materially.