Directional Bias For The Day:

• S&P Futures are higher;
• The odds are for an up to sideways day – watch for a break below 3309.00 for change of sentiments
• Key economic data due:
  • ADP Non-Farm Employment Change ( 167K vs. 1200K est.; prev. 4314K) at 8:15 AM
  • Trade Balance ( -50.7B vs. -50.3B est.; prev. -54.8B ) at 8:30 AM
  • Final Services PMI ( 49.6 est.; prev. 49.6) at 9:45 AM
  • ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI ( 55.0 est.; prev. 57.1) at 10:00 AM

Directional Bias Before Open:

Key Levels:

• Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 3295.34, 3286.37 and 3272.17
• Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 3317.77, 3328.45, and 3341.52
• Key levels for E-mini futures: break above 3321.75, the high of 7:30 AM and break below 3309.00, the low of 4:30 AM

Pre-Open

• On Tuesday at 4:00 PM, S&P futures (September 2020) closed at 3300.00 and the index closed at 3306.51 – a spread of about -6.50 points; futures closed at 3300.00 for the day; the fair value is +0.00
• Pre-NYSE session open, futures are mostly higher – at 8:45 AM, S&P 500 futures were up by +15.25; Dow up by +183 and NASDAQ down by -1.00

Markets Around The World

• Markets in East closed mixed – Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Singapore were up; Tokyo, Sydney, and Mumbai were down
• European markets are mostly higher – Switzerland is lower
• Currencies:
  

  Up	Down
  EUR/USD GBP/USD AUD/USD NZD/USD	Dollar index USD/JPY USD/CHF USD/CAD INR/USD

• Commodities:
  

  Up	Down
  Crude Oil NatGas Gold Silver Copper Platinum Palladium Sugar Coffee Cotton Cocoa

• Bond
  • 10-yrs yield is  at 0.545%, up from August 4 close of 0.515%;
  • 30-years is at 1.236% up from 1.191%
  • 2-years yield is at 0.113% up from 0.097%
  • The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at 0.432 up from 0.418
• VIX
  • Is at 23.25; down -0.51 from August 4 close; at/below 5-day SMA;
  • Recent high 33.67 on July 14; low 22.17 on August 3
  • Sentiment: Risk-Neutral

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

Previous Session

Major U.S. indices closed higher on Tuesday, August 4 in lower volume. Most indices made bullish candlestick formations like Bullish Engulfing and are trying to break above a resistance level created by June highs. All but two S&P sectors – Financials and Healthcare – closed higher.

From Briefing.com:

The S&P 500 gained 0.4% on Tuesday to close at session highs in a tight-ranged session, even as negotiations surrounding the next coronavirus relief bill remained deadlocked. The Nasdaq Composite (+0.4%) kept pace with the benchmark index to close at a record high, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.6%) and Russell 2000 (+0.7%) outperformed. […] The energy sector rose 2.5% amid higher oil prices ($41.68/bbl, +0.66, +1.6%), followed by gains in the real estate (+1.4%), utilities (+1.4%), and materials (+1.3%) sectors. The health care (-0.5%) and financials (-0.4%) sectors were the lone holdouts. […] Gold futures ($2020.80/ozt, +$33.80, +1.7%) also rallied to new highs above $2000/ozt. The U.S. Dollar Index declined 0.1% to 93.27 after trading higher in the morning. […] The key takeaway from the report is the affirmation that business spending picked up in June as economies reopened, evidenced by a 3.4% increase in new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft that was up slightly from the 3.3% increase noted in the Advance Durable Goods Orders report. […] Nasdaq Composite +21.9% YTD S&P 500 +2.3% YTD Dow Jones Industrial Average -6.0% YTD Russell 2000 -9.1% YTD