Morning Notes – Wednesday December 6, 2017

Directional Bias For The Day:

  • S&P Futures are slightly down; moving up from the low of 2620.00 at 2:45 AM
  • At a resistance zone, which was prior support
  • Odds are for a sideways to down day – watch for break above 2628.00 and 2631.50
  • Key economic data due:
    • ADP Non-Farm Employment Change (190K vs. 189K est.) at 8:15 AM

Markets Around The World

  • Markets in the East closed down
  • European markets are mostly down – U.K. is up
  • Currencies:
    Up Down
    • Dollar index
    • USD/CHF
    • NZD/USD
    • EUR/USD
    • GBP/USD
    • USD/JPY
    • AUD/USD
    • USD/CAD
  • Commodities:
    Up Down
    • NatGas
    • Gold
    • Silver
    • Copper
    • Palladium
    • Cotton
    • Crude Oil
    • Platinum
    • Sugar
    • Coffee
    • Cocoa
  • 10-yrs yield is at 2.331% up from December 5 close of 2.328%; 30-years is at 2.713% down from 2.732%

Key Levels:

  • Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2621.96, 2614,35 and 2605.52
  • Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2642.12, 2648.72 and 2657.48
  • Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2626.50, the high of 4:00 AM and break below 2622.00, the low of 5:00 AM

Pre-Open

  • On Tuesday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (December contract) closed at 2629.00 and the index closed at 2629.57 – a spread of about 0.50 points; futures closed at 2628.25 for the day; the fair value is +0.75
  • Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is to the downside – at 9:00 AM, S&P 500 futures were down by -0.50; Dow by -12.00; and NASDAQ by -14.25

Directional Bias Before Open

  • Weekly: Up
  • Daily: Up
  • 120-Min: Up
  • 30-Min: Side-to-Down
  • 15-Min: Side-to-Down

The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:

Monthly
  • Confirmed Uptrend
  • Uptrend resumption since Feb 08, 2016 after a pull back of -15.2%
Weekly:
  • The week ending on December 1 was a large green candle with almost no lower shadow and a small upper shadow
  • Last week’s pivot point 2632.94; R1=2667.02, R2=2691.81; S1=2608.15, S2=2574.07; R1/R2/R3 were breached
  • An up week;  second in last five weeks and eight in last ten weeks
  • Broke above a down sloping flag on April 24 2017;
    • flag-low was 2322.25 during 27-Mar-17 week; shorter flag-pole length is 317.19 and longer flag-pole length is 590.88;
    • 100% extension target of shorter flag-pole near 2639.41 is achieved; and the 161.8% extension target is near 2835.46
    • 61.8% extension target of longer flag-pole is near 2687.41
  • Broke above a down-sloping flag on November 14, 2016;
    • the flag low was 2083.79 during 31-Oct-16 week; the shorter flag-pole length is 202.13 and the longer flag-pole length is 383.71;
    • 261.8% extension target of shorter flag-pole near 2612.97 is achieved
    • the 161.8% extension target of longer flag-pole is near 2704.63
  • Last swing low, 2322.25, was the low on March 27, 2017
  • Above 10-week EM; above 39-week SMA and 89-week SMA
  • Confirmed uptrend
Daily
  • A red candle with small lower shadow and larger upper shadow; a three-day evening star pattern
  • RSI-14 divergence – on October 20 the RSI was 79.65 and the 2578,29, on November 8 the high was 2595.47 and the RSI was 72.50; on November 30, RSI-14 was 76.67 and the index was at 2657.74
  • Last pattern, a down-sloping flag in June that was broken to the upside on July 13; in August the index declined and tested the broken upper limit of the flag
  • Above 20-day EMA but above 50-day EMA; Above 100-day SMA and 200-day SMA
  • Pivot Point=2635.34; R1=2642.95, R2=2656.33; S1=2621.96; S2=2614.35; S1 was breached
  • Confirmed Uptrend
2-Hour (e-mini future)
  • Drifting down after making a high of 2665.25 at 8:00 AM on December 4; at an uptrend line from the lows of November 15
  • 14-bar RSI continues to flash divergence – on November 21 the future was at 2600.50 and the RSI was at 75.8, on Sunday the future was at 2603.50 and the RSI at 64.47; on December 4 the RSI-14 was 66.12 and the price was at 2665.25
  • Sequence of higher highs and higher lows since 10:00 AM on November 2 and since August 29 with few exceptions is reasserted on November 21; it is again under pressure
  • Below falling 20-bar EMA, which is below falling 50-bar EMA
30-Minute (e-mini future)
  • Below a down trend line from the high of December 4; next support is at 2605.00, the low on December 1
  • Below falling 20-bar EMA, which is below falling 50-bar EMA
15-Minute (e-mini future)
  • An ascending triangle is emerging and the future is at the upper limit a break above will have a target near 2632.00
  • Envelop and Bollinger Band are mostly moving down since December 4 with occasional sideways moves
  • The Bollinger Band has contracted and moving sideways since 2:45 AM
  • The Stochastic (9, 1, 3) reached 8.33 at 8:15 AM and is turning up
  • At 20-bar EMA, which is below 50-bar EMA

Previous Session

Major U.S. indices closed down on Tuesday December 5. Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, NYSE Composite and Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index completed a three-day evening star pattern. The Dow Jones Transportation Average made bearish engulfing. The three day price action of NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000 indicate that Monday was a turning point.

  • S&P 500 Sectors
Up Down
  1. Technology
  1. Consumer Discretionary
  2. Consumer Staples
  3. Energy
  4. Materials
  5. Industrials
  6. Finance
  7. Utility
  8. Heath Care
  9. Real Estate