At the upper limit of a symmetrical triangle, that is emerging since 12:30 PM on June 7
Odds are for sideways to an up day; watch for break below 2433.50 for change of fortunes
No Key economic data
Markets Around The World
Markets in the East closed mostly higher – Hong Kong was lower
European markets are mixed – Germany, U.K., France and Switzerland are up; Spain, Italy and STOXX 600 are down
Dollar index, USD/JPY and GBP/USD are up; EUR/USD is down
Commodities are mixed – crude oil, NatGas and copper are up; gold and silver are down
10-yrs yield closed at 2.194% on June 8 up from June 7 close of 2.178%; 30-years closed at 2.855% up from 2.837%
Key Levels:
Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2428.07, 2424.75 and 2413.54
Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2439.27, 2445.00 and 2450.72
Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2438.25, the high of 3:00 AM and break below 2433.50, the low of 2:30 AM
Pre-Open
Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is little changed – at 7:30 AM, S&P 500 futures were down by -0.50; Dow by -19.00; and NASDAQ is up by +9.75
On Thursday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (June contract) closed at 2433.25 and the index closed at 2433.79 – a spread of about 0.50 points; futures closed at 2432.50 for the day; the fair value is +0.75
Directional Bias Before Open
Weekly: Up
Daily: Up
120-Min: Side
30-Min: Side
The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:
Candlestick for the last week, Friday June 2 was a large green candle with almost no upper shadow and very small lower shadow
Last week’s pivot point 2427.63; R1=2451.67, R2=2464.27; S1=2415.03, S2=2390.99
Second up week in a row – third in last five weeks; sixth in last ten weeks
Broke above a down sloping flag (2378.36), which has bullish implications;
Broke above a down-sloping flag on November 14, 2016; first target of 2285.92 and second target of 2363.14 are achieved
Last swing low, 2083.79, was the low on November 4, 2016
Above 39-week SMA and 89-week SMA
Confirmed uptrend, though pulling back
Daily
A small green doji with slightly shorter upper shadow than the lower shadow; like Wednesday, the real body was above previous day’s real body
Forming a bullish flag on 30-minute chart; break above 2436.07 and target near 2460.00
Above a horizontal channel – high 2400.58 and low 2322.25 – 100% extension target near 2480.00
Formed a double top – March 1 high of 2400.98 and May 16 high of 2405.77; the intermediate low is 2322.25; a break below it will have a target near 2240.00 level
Falling back within the down sloping flag that it broke above on April 24; break below 2328.95 will nullify the pattern
Move above an up-sloping channel since December 27 still relevant
Above 20-day and 50-day EMA; above 100-day and 200-day
Last swing low 2263.62
Mostly sideways move since February 17 – high near 2400 and the lo near 2330
Uptrend resumed
2-Hour (e-mini future)
Following U.K. election exit poll made a low of 2423.00 but bounced off the low of 12:00 PM on June 7
Continue to make a shallow rounding up pattern near the top, though it is flattening a bit
Trading within a range since 8:00 PM on Jun 1 – high 2439.75 and low 2424.00
Higher highs and higher lows since 4:00 AM on May 18;
At flattening 20-bar EMA and 50-bar EMA
30-Minute (e-mini future)
Near the upper limit of a down sloping-flag, which is generally bullish in nature; break above the pattern on June 8 petered out; need a break above 2435.75 will complete the pattern with 100% extension target near 24609.00
Up trend since 5:30 AM on May 18 – higher highs and higher lows; made one lower low and one lower high; break above 2439.75 is critical
At flattening 50-bar EMA and 20-bar EMA
Previous Session
Major U.S. indices mostly higher on Thursday June 8. Most also made near doji patterns or small real body with relatively shorter upper shadow than the lower shadow.
Market is indicating indecisive ness with an up bias. Dow Jones Transportation Average declined but still made a near doji pattern. Russell 2000 made a large body bullish engulfing pattern.
