Friday the 13th Eve: Outlook Outages, Strong Dollar, and Tomorrow’s Crucial PPI

Heading into Friday the 13th, the markets and corporate IT departments are already feeling the eerie pressure.

Thursday brought an unexpected pause for thousands of enterprises as Microsoft suffered a massive global outage affecting Outlook, Teams, 365, and Copilot. While many traders and workers found themselves unexpectedly cut off from email communication, financial markets continued to move aggressively.

The U.S. Dollar Index (DX) pushed higher toward multi-month peaks near 103, driven by sticky consumer inflation figures and rising Treasury yields that have fueled hawkish Federal Reserve expectations.

All eyes now turn to Friday morning’s October Producer Price Index (PPI) report at 8:30 AM ET. With wholesale price inflation serving as a key indicator for broader inflation pressures and incoming Fed policy decisions, tomorrow’s data release will determine whether the dollar’s momentum continues or if Friday the 13th brings a plot twist for market bulls.

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December Dollar Index

The December dollar index completed the third upside PriceCount objective last month and corrected. Now, the chart is breaking out where new sustained highs would project a possible move to the low percentage fourth count to the 107.44 area, another 4.5% higher.

The PriceCount study is a tool that can help to project the distance of a move in price. The counts are not intended to be an ‘exact’ science but rather offer a target area for the four objectives which are based off the first leg of a move with each subsequent count having a smaller percentage of being achieved.

It is normal for the chart to react by correcting or consolidating at an objective and then either resuming its move or reversing trend. Best utilized in conjunction with other technical tools, PriceCounts offer one more way to analyze charts and help to manage your positions and risk.

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Cannon Edge — Your Daily Futures Snapshot for Nov. 13th

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