Morning Notes – Monday, March 31, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are lower. Moving sideways within a 30-point range around 5570.00 since 5:00 AM. Odds are for a down day with elevated volatility. Watch for a break above 5600.00 for a change of sentiment. The notable economic data due during the day: Chicago PMI (45.5 est.; prev. 45.5) at…

Five Short Market Stories in Charts

1) Are Inflation Expectations Anchoring? The tariffs are impacting the psyche, and people are reacting. Their inflation expectations are firming up, or as they say, the inflation expectations are anchoring. The 5-year Forward Inflation Expectations have been between 2.40% and 2.24% since November 2023. After declining from the high in April 2022, the University of…

Morning Notes – Thursday, March 27, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are lower. Moving within a descending triangle. Odds are for a down day with elevated volatility. Watch for a break above 5761.00 for a change of sentiment. The notable economic data due during the day: Unemployment Claims (224K vs. 225K est.; prev. 225K) at 8:30 AM. Final GDP…

Morning Notes – Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are a little higher. Moving within a range since 9:45 AM on Tuesday between 5689.50 and 5650.75 ahead of the FOMC statement and press conference at 2:30 PM. Odds are for a sideways day until 2:00 PM. The volatility will increase after that. Watch for a break above…

Morning Notes – Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are lower. Breaking below a range between 5724.00 and 5705.00. Odds are for a down day with elevated volatility and a good chance of moving sideways from the pre-open level around 5710.00. The notable economic data due during the day: Building Permits (1.46M vs. 1.45M est.; prev. 1.47M)…

Morning Notes – Thursday, March 13, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are little changed after rising following the PPI report at 8:30 AM. They were down more than 25 points before the report. Odds are for a sideways to down day with elevated volatility. The critical resistance level is 5609.75, and the critical support level is 5559.25. The notable…

Morning Notes – Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are higher. They have been moving higher since 3:00 AM after a sideways move. They are up more than 100 points since the start of the European session. The futures shot up following the CPI report at 8:30 AM. Odds are for an up day with elevated volatility.…

Morning Notes – Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are higher. They are moving higher after breaking below the NYSE session low in the Asian session. Up more than 90 points from the lows of 5558.00 at 9:00 PM. Odds are for an up day with elevated volatility. The critical support levels are 5627.50, 5615.50, and 5584.50.…

Morning Notes – Monday, March 10, 2025

Directional Bias for the Day: S&P Futures are lower. Down more than 60 points since the start of the European session. Odds are for a down day with increased volatility. The critical resistance levels are 5723.25, 5731.50, and 5757.75. No notable economic data is due during the day. Weekly: Correction Daily: Correction 120-Min: Down 30-Min:…