Futures Trading Levels, Stock Indeces Bounce Back

Strong bounce on stock indices today across the board. As one can see, market is volatile and one day it seems the market just can’t stop selling, the next it flips around and runs higher….part of volatility, part of uncertainty, fear and greed.

the only advice I can share at this point is be ready for the unexpected. Know yourself, what your goals are out of each trade, how much risk tolerance you have the stomach for and then and only then decide on a trading strategy.

Levels to be aware of as volatility will resume in the mini S&P 500 below:

Daily Futures chart of the S&P 500 from August 23rd, 2011

Daily Futures chart of the S&P 500 from August 23rd, 2011

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