Directional Bias For The Day:

• S&P Futures are lower
• The odds are for a down-to-sideways day – watch for a break above 3924.75 and a break below 3908.25 for clarity
• Key economic data report due during the day:
  • Current Account (-188B vs. est. -189B; prev. -181B) at 8:30 AM
  • New Home Sales ( 872K est.; prev. 923K) at 10:00 AM
  • Richmond Manufacturing Index ( 15 est.; prev. 14) at 10:00 AM

Directional Bias Before Open:

Key Levels:

• Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 3911.67, 3899.15, and 3886.75
• Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 3947.21, 3955.31, and 3969.62
• Key levels for E-mini futures: break above 3924.75, the high of 3:15 AM and break below 3908.25, the low of 6:15 AM

Pre-Open

• On Monday at 4:00 PM, S&P futures (June 2021) closed at 3929.50 and the index closed at 3940.59 – a spread of about -11.50 points; futures closed at 3930.00 for the day; the fair value is -0.50
• Pre-NYSE session open, futures are mixed – at 8:30 AM, S&P 500 futures were down by -12.50; Dow down by -126, and NASDAQ up by +0.25

Markets Around The World

• Markets in the East closed mostly lower – Mumbai and Singapore were up
• European markets are mostly lower – Itlay and Switzerland are lower
• Currencies (from two weeks ago):
  

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

• Commodities (from two weeks ago):
  • Energy futures are mixed
  • Precious metals are mixed
  • Industrial metals are mostly lower
  • Most soft commodities are lower
• Treasuries (from two weeks ago)
  • 10-years yield closed at 1.684%, up 8.8 basis points from two weeks ago;
  • 30-years is at 2.383%, up 7.5 basis points;
  • 2-years yield is at 0.153%, down 1.6 basis points;
  • The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at 1.531, up from 1.427
• VIX
  • At 19.17 @ 8:15 AM; up from the last close; above 5-day SMA;
  • Recent high =  23.90 on March 19; low =  18.87 on March 22
  • Sentiment: Risk-Off-to-Neutral

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

Previous Session

Major U.S. indices closed mixed on Monday, March 22 in lower volume. Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, NASDAQ Composite, and Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index closed higher. Dow Jones Transportation Average, Russell 2000, and NYSE Composite closed lower.

From Briefing.com:

The S&P 500 advanced 0.7% on Monday, as quarter-end rebalancing efforts drove the mega-caps higher and suppressed Treasury yields, although it did close off session highs (+1.1%). The Nasdaq Composite increased 1.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased just 0.3% and the Russell 2000 (-0.9%) fell victim to rebalancing activity. […] In terms of sector performances, the information technology sector (+1.9%) was the most influential gainer given it’s the most heavily-weighted sector in the S&P 500. A strong showing from the semiconductor stocks supported the cause. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index advanced 2.2%. The consumer staples (+1.2%), real estate (+1.1%), health care (+0.9%), and communication services (+0.8%) sectors followed suit, but there were still more declining issues than advancing issues at the NYSE and Nasdaq. The financials (-1.3%), energy (-1.0%), industrials (-0.1%), and utilities (-0.1%) sectors closed lower. […] The 2-yr yield was unchanged at 0.15%. The U.S. Dollar Index declined 0.1% to 91.80. WTI crude futures settled little changed at $61.47/bbl. […] Existing home sales decreased 6.6% m/m in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.22 million (Briefing.com consensus 6.50 million) from a downwardly revised 6.66 million (from 6.69 million) in January. Total sales in February were up 9.1% from a year ago. […] Russell 2000 +14.8% YTD Dow Jones Industrial Average +6.9% YTD S&P 500 +4.9% YTD Nasdaq Composite +3.8% YTD