Recent Rally of Futures Trading Causes Short Term Sell Off, November 19th, 2010

As we asked many times before….is this bounce just a correction from the short term sell off we had over the last few days OR was the sell off of the last few days just a correction from the recent rally of last few weeks???

I wish I could tell you, but what I can share is that in situation like this one, it is wise to wait for market reaction, price behavior around key areas of support and resistance and perhaps look at a few time frames, i.e. look at 15 minute chart, an hourly chart and a daily chart…

Below you will see the hourly Mini SP chart and below that the mini SP Daily chart for your review along with key levels.

Mini SP 500 hourly chart:

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Mini SP 500 Daily chart:

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Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for November 16th, 2010

The market feels to me as if it is either ready to pick up some more momentum to the downside or that this small correction ran its course and the trend up will resume….

I am looking at the following levels and price behavior around these levels to give me more clues as to which way the next move will be.

1206 on the way up (Dec. Mini SP 500) and 1189 on the way down.

Hourly chart FYI below:

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Continued Increased Volatility in Futures Trading Market for November 15th 2010

Wishing all of you a great weekend and a successful trading week ahead.

Last two trading days we witnessed increased volatility, which usually provides for better day-trading ranges.

Understanding ahead of time what is the risk you are willing to take, accepting this risk when you enter a trade can help you manage your trades in a calmer way. Continue reading “Continued Increased Volatility in Futures Trading Market for November 15th 2010”

Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for Novemeber 9th 2010

We started out the week with slow trading day and narrow range on stock index futures.

I got a “small sell signal” on mini Dow, which I would like to see a bit more down move before acting on it, simply because volume was not sufficient enough to confirm a good probability of a correction. However, while the probability for down move is not big, the risk reward with a stop above the previous high is not bad….

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FOMC Sparks True Futures Market Reaction, November 4th 2010

FOMC came and gone. market had its normal volatile two sided action but finished on the highs.

I have said this before, many times you can see the “true market reaction” the day after FOMC.

Tomorrow and Friday (monthly un-employment figures) should be interesting and perhaps volatile trading days. Continue reading “FOMC Sparks True Futures Market Reaction, November 4th 2010”