An up-sloping flag is emerging on 6-minute chart and a break below 2864 will be bearish
Made all time high at the week’s open, good probability that it may be tested
Odds are an up to sideways day; good chance of increased volatility – watch for break above 2874.75 and below 2844.25 for change of fortunes
Key economic data due:
Personal Spending (0.4% vs. 0.5% est.) at 8:30 AM
Core PCE Price Index (0.2% vs. 0.2% est.) at 8:30 AM
Markets Around The World
Markets in the East closed mixed – Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo were down; Mumbai, Sydney and Seoul were up
European markets are mixed – Germany, Spain, Switzerland and STOXX 600 are down; U.K., France and Italy are up
Currencies:
Up
Down
Dollar index
USD/JPY
USD/CHF
USD/CAD
EUR/USD
GBP/USD
AUD/USD
NZD/USD
Commodities:
Up
Down
Crude Oil
NatGas
Gold
Silver
Platinum
Palladium
Cotton
Copper
Sugar
Coffee
Cocoa
Bonds
10-yrs yield is at 2.707% up from January 26 close of 2.703%;
30-years is at 2.950% up from 2.911%
2-years yield is at 2.136% up from 2.112%
The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at 0.571 down from 0.591
Key Levels:
Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2858.98, 2846.18 and 2830.94
Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2872.09, 2881.77 and 2890.66
Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2874.75, the high of 2:00 AM and break below 2864.00, the low of 5:00 AM
Pre-Open
On Friday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (March contract) closed at 2873.00 and the index closed at 2872.87 – a spread of about +0.25 points; futures closed at 2874.50 for the day; the fair value is -1.50
Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is to the downside – at 9:15 AM, S&P 500 futures were down by -9.50; Dow by -59.00; and NASDAQ by -21.50
Directional Bias Before Open
Weekly: Up
Daily: Up
120-Min: Up-Side
30-Min: Side-Down
15-Min: Down
6-Min: Down
The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:
The week ending on January 26 was a large body green candle, with almost no upper and lower shadows
Last week’s pivot point 2851.29 R1=28294.45 R2=2916.04; S1=2829.70, S2=2786.54; R1/R2/R3 were breached;
An up week; fourth in last five weeks and ninth 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 near 2687.41 is achieved; the 100% extension target is near 2913.13
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 near 2704.63 is achieved; the 261.8% extension target is near 3088.34
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
Confirmed Uptrend
Last big pattern, a down-sloping flag in June 2017, was broken to the upside on July 13, 2017; in August the index declined and tested the broken upper limit of the flag; since then the index has made three very small flags; it broke to the upside of the last flag on January 2
Above 20-day EMA but above 50-day EMA; Above 100-day SMA and 200-day SMA
2-Hour (e-mini future)
Broke above an Ascending triangle at 8:00 AM on January 22; 161.8% extension target near 2872.01 is achieved
RSI-9 divergence could still happen; at 6:00 PM on January 14 the price made a high of 2787.50 and RSI was 90.39; at 4:00 AM on January 16, the price made a high of 2803.50 but the RSI was at 85.63; at 2:00 AM on January 23, the price made 2842.00 and RSI was at 90.04; 1t 8:00 PM on January 28, the price was 2878.25 and RSI was 87.91
Sequence of higher highs and higher lows since 10:00 AM on November 2 and since August 29 with few exceptions; under pressure
Above flattening 20-bar EMA, which is above rising EMA10 of EMA50
Bias: Up-Side
30-Minute (e-mini future)
Broke above a symmetrical on January 24; High=2855.25, Low=2825.50; the 61.8% extension target near 2870.64 is achieved; the 100% extension target is near 2882.00
Last pattern bullish ABCD or symmetric triangle broke to the upside on January 22; 261.8% extension target near 2867.50 is achieved
RSI-14 is declining since 9:00 PM on Sunday; it is hovering around 50; a break below will be ominous
At 50-bar EMA which is below 20-bar EMA
Bias: Side-Down
15-Minute (e-mini future)
Bollinger Band (20, 2.0) is sloping down since 8:45 PM on January 28
The band expanded during the Asian session, then contracted briefly, then expanded and then again contracted briefly just before the NYSE open
The Stochastic (9, 1, 3): %K is below 20
Bias: Down
Previous Session
Major U.S. indices closed higher on Friday January 26. The gains across the board were large. There were almost no upper and lower shadows. Most indices made all time highs. Dow Jones Transportation Average made a green harami candle within a larger red candle. Russell 2000 is making a morning star type pattern. The high on Friday did not reach the high on Wednesday, the first candle of the morning star.
For the week, most indices made large gains. DJT declined and is making an evening star pattern. Russell 2000 had larger upper shadow and smaller body and almost no lower shadow. The candle could become an evening star. Most indices made large green candles with almost no upper and lower shadow. For the week, all S&P 500 sectors were up.
