Morning Notes – Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are higher at 9:00 AM; the futures shot up 60 points following a favorable inflation report at 8:30 The odds are for an up day with volatility and a good chance of moving sideways to down from the pre-open levels around 4200.00 elevated volatility – watch for a…

Morning Notes – Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are lower at 8:30 AM; the futures are drifting lower since 12:00 AM The odds are for a down day with elevated volatility – watch for a break above 4150.25 for a change of sentiments A Double Bottom pattern is emerging – a lasting break below 4129.25 will…

Morning Notes – Monday, August 8, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are higher at 9:00 AM The odds are for an up day with elevated volatility – watch for a break below 4153.25 for a change of sentiments No key economic data report due during the day: Directional Bias Before Open: Weekly: Uptrend Daily: Uptrend 120-Min: Up-Side 30-Min: Side-Up…

Morning Notes – Friday, August 5, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are sharply lower to the 4105.00 level at 8:50 AM following the Non-Farm Payroll report after moving between 4166.25 and 4146.50 from 1:00 PM on Thursday to 8:30 AM The odds are for a down day with elevated volatility – watch for a break above 4136.00 for a…

Morning Notes – Thursday, August 4, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are a bit higher at 8:00 AM; down more than 15 points from the 6:30 AM high and a Double Top  resistance The odds are for a sideways to down with elevated volatility – watch for a break above 4173.25 and below 4148.00 for clarity The key economic…

Morning Notes – Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are higher at 8:00 AM; trending up since 4:00 AM – up more than 25 points since then The first nine days of August are historically weak (Stock Trader’s Almanac) The odds are for an up day with elevated volatility – watch for a break below 4106.50 for…

Equity Indexes Testing Resistance

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, the FOMC raised the Fed Funds rate for the fourth time this year. The next day, the Bureau of Economic Analysis  (BEA) announced that the 2022 Second Quarter GDP declined by 0.9%. Finally, to close out the week, the BEA reported that the Core PCE rose by 4.8% from a…

Morning Notes – Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Directional Bias For The Day: S&P Futures are lower at 9:00 AM; trending down since 10:30 AM on Monday The first nine days of August are historically weak (Stock Trader’s Almanac) The odds are for a down day with elevated volatility – watch for a break above 4106.50 and above 4122.25 for a change of…