Support & Resistance Levels

This Blog provides futures market outlook for different commodities and futures trading markets, mostly stock index futures, as well as support and resistance levels for Crude Oil futures, Gold futures, Euro currency and others. At times the daily trading blog will include educational information about different aspects of commodity and futures trading.

Day Trading Education | Support and Resistance Levels

Jump to a section in this post:
1. Market Commentary
2. Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000
3. Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Support and Resistance Levels – March Corn, March Wheat, Jan Beans, March Silver
5.Economic Report for February 2, 2012

1. Market Commentary

Many clients new and veteran have asked me in the past for different resources as far as day-trading education so I wanted to share a few pointers from my colleagues at Naturus.com about day-trading in general and day-trading futures in specific.
This ain’t rocket science. But it ain’t easy either.
Day-trading is just the process of buying and selling a futures contract within the same session.
It sounds pretty simple. If you buy and the price goes up you make money. Buy low, sell high (or sell high and buy low) and go fishing.
But knowing how it is done is not remotely close to knowing how to do it.
Learning to trade is a bit like learning to play the piano. You can’t learn by reading about it, or by watching somebody else do it, any more than you can lose weight by watching work-out videos.
You have to do it yourself, which means spending time – lots of time – in front of the screen, trading and analyzing. Experience isn’t just the best teacher; it is the only teacher.
The problem is that you can get hurt while you are learning. When you risk your money in the market, the guys taking the other side of your trade are much more experienced and much more skillful. They are pros, and there is no minor league where you can learn without getting hurt. Continue reading “Day Trading Education | Support and Resistance Levels”

Wednesday Morning Support and Resistance Numbers

Here’s a morning cup o’ joe for all you futures traders, our morning support and resistance levels. Good trading!

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Support and Resistance Levels – S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Mini Russell 2000, 30-Year US Bond, 10-Year US Note

Contract (Dec. 2011) Mini S&P 500 Mini Nasdaq 100 Dow Jones Mini Russell 2000 30-Year US Bond 10-Year US Note
Resistance Level 3—————————————— Resistance Level 2

——————————————

Resistance Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 2

——————————————

Support Level 3

1329.75 

1324.5

 

1319.25

 

1311

 

1305.25

 

1296

2501 

2490

 

2484

 

2463

 

2450

 

2430

12849 

12786

 

12720

 

12609

 

12558

 

12476

808.80 

801.70

 

799.2

 

793.5

 

790.1

 

784.6

14700 (All time high)14611

 

14515

 

14409

 

14320

 

14216

13228.5 

13216.5

 

13211 (All time high)

13123

 

13112

 

13102.5

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Monthly, Weekly and Daily mini SP 500 | Support and Resistance Levels

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1. Market Commentary
2. Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000
3. Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Support and Resistance Levels – March Corn, March Wheat, Jan Beans, March Silver
5.Economic Report for February 1, 2012

1. Market Commentary

New month is starting and I would like to wish everyone great trading in February.

As the new month starting, I am sharing 3 different charts with you, Monthly, weekly and daily of the mini SP 500.

EP - E- mini S&P 500, Monthly Continuation
EP – E- mini S&P 500, Monthly Continuation

 

EP - E- mini S&P 500, Monthly Continuation
EP – E- mini S&P 500, Monthly Continuation

Regardless if you are day-trading or position trading, sometimes traders can get a better prospective by looking at larger time frames and going down.

EP - E- mini S&P 500, Equalized Active Daily Continuation
EP – E- mini S&P 500, Equalized Active Daily Continuation

Would you like to have access to my DIAMOND ALGO as shown above and be able to apply for any market and any time frame on your own PC ? You can now have a two weeks free trial where I enable the ALGO along with few studies for your own sierra/ ATcharts.

If so, please send me an email with the following information:

1. Are you currently trading futures?
2. Charting software you use?
3. If you use sierra or ATcharts, please let me know the user name so I can enable you
4. Markets you currently trading?

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Tuesday Morning Support and Resistance

Here’s a morning cup o’ joe for all you futures traders, our morning support and resistance levels. Good trading!

As always, if you’d like these numbers before the market opens for free (for the time being), sign up above.

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Support and Resistance Levels – S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Mini Russell 2000, 30-Year US Bond, 10-Year US Note

Contract (Dec. 2011) Mini S&P 500 Mini Nasdaq 100 Dow Jones Mini Russell 2000 30-Year US Bond 10-Year US Note
Resistance Level 3——————————————

Resistance Level 2

——————————————

Resistance Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 2

——————————————

Support Level 3

1329.75 

1319.25

 

1317

 

1309.25

 

1304.25

 

1296

2501 

2490

 

2478

 

2465

 

2459

 

2447

12786 

12720

 

12679

 

12603

 

12555

 

12476

808.80 

801.70

 

799

 

793.5

 

790.1

 

784.6

14611 

14513

 

14426

 

14400

 

14313

 

14211

13228.5 

13216.5

 

13207(all time high)

13120

 

13109.5

 

13100.5

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Monday Morning Support and Resistance Numbers

Here’s a morning cup o’ joe for all you futures traders, our morning support and resistance levels. Good trading!

(If you would like these numbers emailed to you before the S&P open, sign up and have them emailed.

Cannon respects your privacy and will not share your information with anybody else for any reason.)

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Support and Resistance Levels – S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Mini Russell 2000, 30-Year US Bond, 10-Year US Note

Contract (Dec. 2011) Mini S&P 500 Mini Nasdaq 100 Dow Jones Mini Russell 2000 30-Year US Bond 10-Year US Note
Resistance Level 3——————————————

Resistance Level 2

——————————————

Resistance Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 2

——————————————

Support Level 3

1318.5

1311.5

 

1307.5

 

1303

 

1294.75

 

1286.5

2461

2451

 

2445

 

2433

 

2409

 

2390

12679

12614

 

12577

 

12502

 

12435

 

12219

808.80

801.70

 

798.7

 

781.9

 

773.2

 

765.5

14611

14513

 

14426

 

14325

 

14307

 

13208

13228.5

13216.5

 

13205.5 (all time high)

13118.5

 

13109

 

13100

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FRIDAY Morning Support and Resistance Levels

Here’s a morning cup o’ joe for all you futures traders, our morning support and resistance levels. Good trading!

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Support and Resistance Levels – S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Mini Russell 2000, 30-Year US Bond, 10-Year US Note

Contract (Dec. 2011) Mini S&P 500 Mini Nasdaq 100 Dow Jones Mini Russell 2000 30-Year US Bond 10-Year US Note
Resistance Level 3——————————————

Resistance Level 2

——————————————

Resistance Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 2

——————————————

Support Level 3

1293.75

1301.75

 

1310.5

 

1328.25

 

1347.75

 

1354.5

2385

2405

 

2428

 

2469

 

2478.5

 

2490

12493

12558

 

12631

 

12768

 

12804

 

12873

765.5

773.2

 

781.9

 

798.3

 

801.70

 

808.80

13920

14025

 

14123

 

14219

 

14226

 

14319

13013

13025

 

13031.5

 

13112.5

 

13117.5

 

13123.5

Continue reading “FRIDAY Morning Support and Resistance Levels”

Few pointers for you day-traders out there | Support and Resistance Levels

Jump to a section in this post:
1. Market Commentary
2. Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000
3. Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Support and Resistance Levels – March Corn, March Wheat, Jan Beans, March Silver
5.Economic Report for January 27, 2012

1. Market Commentary

Few pointers for you day-traders out there. I am sure you have heard some from different resources but never hurts to read and absorb this again:

1. Be patient
2. Limit the number of hours you trade
3. Know your DAILY risk before the day begins and this will dictate
the number of contracts you trade
4. Choose markets with high liquidity
5. Know what reports come out every day and their impact on the markets.
6. Understand that even the best methods will have losing days.
7. Learn to accept loses
8. use RISK CAPITAL only
9. Don’t try to trade and do other things….
10. Educate yourself
11. Keep a trading journal

More to come in a webinar over the next few weeks. Will keep you posted.

2. Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000

Contract (Dec. 2011) SP500
(big & Mini)
Nasdaq100
(big & Mini)
Dow Jones
(big & Mini)
Mini Russell
Resistance Level 3 1346.17 2510.67 12895 809.77
Resistance Level 2 1337.83 2494.33 12837 804.23
Resistance Level 1 1326.17 2474.17 12759 798.17
Pivot Point 1317.83 2457.83 12701 792.63
Support Level 1 1306.17 2437.67 12623 786.57
Support Level 2 1297.83 2421.33 12565 781.03
Support Level 3 1286.17 2401.17 12487 774.97

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Thursday Morning Support and Resistance Numbers

Here’s a morning cup o’ joe for all you futures traders, our morning support and resistance levels. Good trading!

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Support and Resistance Levels – S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Mini Russell 2000, 30-Year US Bond, 10-Year US Note

Contract (Dec. 2011) Mini S&P 500 Mini Nasdaq 100 Dow Jones Mini Russell 2000 30-Year US Bond 10-Year US Note
Resistance Level 3——————————————

Resistance Level 2

——————————————

Resistance Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 1

——————————————

Support Level 2

——————————————

Support Level 3

1354.5 

1347.75

 

1328.25

 

1310.5

 

1301.75

 

1293.75

2490 

2478.5

 

2469

 

2428

 

2405

 

2385

12873 

12804

 

12768

 

12631

 

12558

 

12493

808.80 

801.70

 

798.3

 

781.9

 

773.2

 

765.5

14319 

14226

 

14219

 

14123

 

14025

 

13920

13123.5 

13117.5

 

13112.5

 

13031.5

 

13025

 

13013

Continue reading “Thursday Morning Support and Resistance Numbers”

E-Mini S&P 500 – Support and Resistance Levels

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1. Market Commentary
2. Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000
3. Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Support and Resistance Levels – March Corn, March Wheat, Jan Beans, March Silver
5.Economic Report for January 26, 2012

1. Market Commentary

FOMC is behind us and below you will find some commentary from WSJ online as well as my daily chart of the Mini SP 500, which like always have at least two scenarios…upside possible targets as well as reversal zones if the market losses momentum..While I think this market may be overbought, I would not look to fight this momentum unless I see signs of buying exhaustion and reversal.
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WSJ BLOG/MarketBeat: Today Looks a Lot Like a QE Trade
01/25/12 14:32

(This story has been posted on The Wall Street Journal Online’s Market Beat blog at http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat.)

By Min Zeng
US stocks and gold are bouncing, the ten-year Treasury yield is tumbling below 2% again (at least briefly) and the dollar is getting hit — sounds like the typical picture of a QE trade rippling through the financial markets.
Indeed, some market participants are taking today’s dovish FOMC statement as QE-lite.
The key boost for risky assets lies in the Fed’s further extension of its promise to keep its ultra-low target rate into late 2014. That means investors can be assured that the first rate hike won’t come until then or even later.
A bond trader says that the statement signals the Fed is more worried about deflation, which suggests more policy easing to co! me.
“They won’t use the D word but that is what they are thinking,” he says. “Expect QE3 to come.”
The dollar wilts on the dovish Fed, with the euro up 0.4% at $1.309.
Gold, another QE beneficiary, bounced from less than $1660 an ounce before the Fed’s statement to more than $1710 at last check.

EP - E- mini S&P 500, Equalized Active Daily Continuation
EP – E- mini S&P 500, Equalized Active Daily Continuation

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60 Minutes mini SP Chart – Support and Resistance Levels

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1. Market Commentary
2. Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000
3. Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Support and Resistance Levels – March Corn, March Wheat, Jan Beans, March Silver
5.Economic Report for January 25, 2012

1. Market Commentary

A day full of reports ahead of us tomorrow along with State of the Union tonight.

Be ready for the unexpected.

FOMC meeting tomorrow. Statement will be released around 2:15 PM EST

FOMC days have different characteristics than other trading days. If you have traded for a while, check your trading notes from past FOMC days that may help you prepare for tomorrow.

If you are a newcomer, take a more conservative approach and make sure you understand that the news can really move the market.

My observations suggest choppy, low volume up until announcement, followed by some some sharp volatile moves right during and after the announcement. However, with tomorrow early morning reports and recent volatility, we may see wild action through out.

One advice everyone can benefit from is, reduce your trading size in proportion to the increase in volatility. This should help your comfort level while in the day-trade.

Below is a another tip from using our ATcharts ( ATcharts comes free for our live TransactAt clients who trade 10 round turns and more per month and is
available for a free demo )

In today’s “tip” I want to share how I like to look at different type of charts sometimes when it comes to day trading, below you will see how I change my 60 minutes chart into 8 ticks range bar chart:

1. As you can see below I right click in the middle of the chart
which is a 60 minute chart of the mini SP
2. I than choose chart settings and select
range in ticks ( true ) under the bar period.
3. From the same menu one can also change the graph style from OHLC to candlesticks and much more under Graph Type on the bottom left corner.

Continue reading “60 Minutes mini SP Chart – Support and Resistance Levels”