S&P Futures are lower at 8:30 AM. Trending down since 11:00 AM on Wednesday; broke below an upsloping flag at 7:30 AM – the 61.8% extension target near 4448.00 is achieved and the 100% extension target is near 4437.25 and 161.8% is near 4418.00
The odds are for a down day with elevated volatility – watch for a break above 4467.25 for a change in sentiments
The major economic data reports due during the day:
ADP Non-Farm Employment Change ( 497K vs. 226K est.; prev. 267K) at 8:15 AM
Unemployment Claims ( 248K vs. 247K est.; prev. 236K) at 8:30 AM
Final Services PMI ( 54.1 est.; prev. 54.1) at 9:45 AM
ISM Services PMI ( 51.3 est.; prev. 50.3) at 10:00 AM
JOLTS Job Openings ( 9.93M est.; prev. 10.10M) at 10:00 AM
Directional Bias Before Open:
Weekly: Uptrend
Daily: Uptrend
120-Min: Up-Side
30-Min: Side-Down
15-Min: Down
6-Min: Down
Key Levels:
Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 4422.44, 4398.39, and 4380.08
Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 4435.93, 4452.82, and 4488.29
The key levels for E-mini futures are 4467.25, the high at 7:15 AM, and 4448.75, the low at 6:00 AM on June 30
Pre-Open
On Wednesday at 1:00 PM, S&P futures (September 2023) closed at 4483.75, and the index closed at 4446.82 – a spread of about +37.00 points; the futures closed at 4483.75; the fair value is 0.0
Pre-NYSE session open, futures were lower – at 8:30 AM, S&P 500 futures were down by -29.50, Dow by -231, and NASDAQ by -109.75
Markets Around The World
Markets in the East closed mostly lower – Mumbai closed up
European markets are lower
Currencies (Compared to two weeks ago):
Up
Down
Dollar index
USD/JPY
USD/CHF
EUR/USD
GBP/USD
AUD/USD
NZD/USD
USD/CAD
INR/USD
Commodities (Compared to two weeks ago):
Energy futures are mixed
Precious metals are mixed
Industrial metals are lower
Soft commodities are mostly lower
Treasuries (Compared to two weeks ago)
The 10-year yield closed at 3.945, up +22.2 basis points from two weeks ago;
The 30-year is at 3.944%, up +13.6 basis points
The 2-year yield is at 4.955%, up +24.5 basis points;
The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at -1.010, down from -0.990
The 30-Year-&-10-Year spread is at -0.001, down from +0.085
VIX
At 14.96 @ 8:00 AM; up from the last close; above the 5-day SMA;
Recent high = 21.33 on May 4; low = 12.73 on June 22
Sentiment: Risk-Off
The trend and patterns in various time frames for S&P 500:
Weekly:
The week ending on June 30 was a green Bullish Engulfing breaking above the year’s high and at the highest level since April 2022.
Stochastic (9,1, 3): %K is above the %D;
RSI-9 is just above 70
The week was up +02.05 or +2.3%; the 5-week ATR is 130.40
An up week, fourth in the last five weeks, and seventh in the previous ten weeks;
The weekly pivot point=4412.31, R1=4496.55, R2=4542.71; S1=4366.15, S2=4281.91; R1/R2/R3 pivot levels were breached
Above 10-week EMA and 39-week SMA; below 89-week SMA
Uptrend
Daily
A small Spinning Top doji below the previous day’s real body. The index is mostly moving sideways over the past few days.
Above 20-day EMA, 50-day EMA, 100-day SMA, and 200-day SMA;
Uptrend
2-Hour (E-mini futures)
Moving sidewyas to down since 10::00 AM on June 30
RSI-21 has declined to be;low 20 from around 90
Below EMA20, but at/above EMA10 of EMA50
Bias: Up-Side
30-Minute (E-mini futures)
Trending lower since 9:30 PM on Tuesday after moving sideways from 10:00 AM on Junes 30. The bounce on Wednesday from a low of 4466.25 fizzled at 4491.25 and the futures are below the lows of Wednesday
RSI-21 has declined to 30 after the bounce on Wednesday but hasn’t made a new low
Below EMA 20, which is below EMA10 of EMA50
Bias: Side-Down
15-Minute (E-mini futures)
The Bollinger Band (20, 2.0) has been moving down since 3:30 PM on Wednesday.
The Bollinger Band has been expanding since 7:45 AM, with the price walking down the lower band.
Bias: Down
Previous Session
Major U.S. indices closed lower on Wednesday, July 5, in higher volume. The major indices opened lower following the July 4th holiday and then traded sideways to up in a narrow range.
Only four S&P sectors – Consumer Discretionary, Utilities, Real Estate, and Communications – closed higher.