#202422 - a weekly price action market recap and outlook - sp500
Good Evening and I hope you are well.
sp500 e-mini futures
Quote from last week:
bull case: Bulls have every argument on their side for printing higher prices. Bears created 1 bear bar in 11 days and Friday closed 1 point below the daily high. That is as clear of a buy signal as it can get. At the minimum they want to retest 5349 but if bears step aside enough, we will melt right through for much higher prices. As of right now, the weekly chart printed an obvious double top but to confirm that, bears would need a strong sell-off next week. If bears will not get it, the big bull trend line pointing to 5450-5500 is the next magnet.
comment: So I posted my weekly chart, which is obviously not pretty and you should not trade on that. It’s to have a rough outlook and calculate targets on higher time frames. And currently I have two bullish third leg targets (bigger and smaller tf trends) at 5560. Those are rare but I would not bet my house on those, just because they are rare and it’s nice when a bigger and smaller trend align. Like stars, you know. Anyway. Still holding the possibility that bears surprise the bulls and drop hard below 5250 again to trap em. If bulls continue and melt above 5370, it’s reasonable that the next targets are the obvious bull trend line around 5500 and my calculated targets are around 5560.
current market cycle: trading range until new ath with follow through or drop below 5000
key levels: 5250 - 5370
bull case: Bulls have not touched the daily 20ema for 13 trading days. They are in full control and have all the odds on their side. Bears need to break below the ema to change that. The sell-off on Thursday was strong enough to make at least some bulls doubt another leg up. Friday’s bar only tested the breakout level 5330 and was an inside bar. On weekly/monthly time frames it still looks as bullish as can be. However, I gave my reasoning above why I’d for more confirmation above 5330. If you buy here, you could be buying right at the top of a trading range we have been forming for 4 months. So, I’m very bullish if we print big bull bars and break above 5370 with follow through. Bulls invalidation price is around 5250 for me.
bear case: Bears still have the argument that this was a higher high double top on low volume. If they can produce consecutive bear bars below 5250, it’s reasonable to assume that most bulls will cover longs and would look to buy much lower again, possibly around 5000. If bears fail to keep this below 5370, bulls will board the rocket to 5500 and higher. Keep in mind, we are above alomost all bull trend lines, far above the weekly ema, have not touched the daily ema in 13 days and if you still doubt this is as bullish as it get’s, look at weekly/monthly charts. Everyone knows this rally makes no sense from a valuations perspective but that does not matter. Price is truth.
outlook last week: “Slightly bearish - Retest of ath or 5330 expected before we should see more sideways to down price action. If bears are reasonably strong, we should see 5260 or 5200. Invalid above 5350 with follow through.”
→ Last Sunday we traded 5349 and now we are at 5321. We saw another smaller higher high 5368 and the low of the week was 5273. I’d say those targets were pretty freaking perfect. You are welcome.
short term: Absolutely neutral until we see a breakout. Got a huge bear reversal on Thursday and a bull inside bar afterwards. I wait. Bullish above 5370 and bearish below 5270.
medium-long term: Trading Range until 5000 is clearly broken and has turned resistance. If bulls can break strongly above 5350, it’s obviously a continuation of the bull trend and my next target would be 5500/5560.
current swing trade: Small short position from 5329, SL is 5345.
Chart update: Please read comment section above
sp500 e-mini futures
Quote from last week:
bull case: Bulls have every argument on their side for printing higher prices. Bears created 1 bear bar in 11 days and Friday closed 1 point below the daily high. That is as clear of a buy signal as it can get. At the minimum they want to retest 5349 but if bears step aside enough, we will melt right through for much higher prices. As of right now, the weekly chart printed an obvious double top but to confirm that, bears would need a strong sell-off next week. If bears will not get it, the big bull trend line pointing to 5450-5500 is the next magnet.
comment: So I posted my weekly chart, which is obviously not pretty and you should not trade on that. It’s to have a rough outlook and calculate targets on higher time frames. And currently I have two bullish third leg targets (bigger and smaller tf trends) at 5560. Those are rare but I would not bet my house on those, just because they are rare and it’s nice when a bigger and smaller trend align. Like stars, you know. Anyway. Still holding the possibility that bears surprise the bulls and drop hard below 5250 again to trap em. If bulls continue and melt above 5370, it’s reasonable that the next targets are the obvious bull trend line around 5500 and my calculated targets are around 5560.
current market cycle: trading range until new ath with follow through or drop below 5000
key levels: 5250 - 5370
bull case: Bulls have not touched the daily 20ema for 13 trading days. They are in full control and have all the odds on their side. Bears need to break below the ema to change that. The sell-off on Thursday was strong enough to make at least some bulls doubt another leg up. Friday’s bar only tested the breakout level 5330 and was an inside bar. On weekly/monthly time frames it still looks as bullish as can be. However, I gave my reasoning above why I’d for more confirmation above 5330. If you buy here, you could be buying right at the top of a trading range we have been forming for 4 months. So, I’m very bullish if we print big bull bars and break above 5370 with follow through. Bulls invalidation price is around 5250 for me.
bear case: Bears still have the argument that this was a higher high double top on low volume. If they can produce consecutive bear bars below 5250, it’s reasonable to assume that most bulls will cover longs and would look to buy much lower again, possibly around 5000. If bears fail to keep this below 5370, bulls will board the rocket to 5500 and higher. Keep in mind, we are above alomost all bull trend lines, far above the weekly ema, have not touched the daily ema in 13 days and if you still doubt this is as bullish as it get’s, look at weekly/monthly charts. Everyone knows this rally makes no sense from a valuations perspective but that does not matter. Price is truth.
outlook last week: “Slightly bearish - Retest of ath or 5330 expected before we should see more sideways to down price action. If bears are reasonably strong, we should see 5260 or 5200. Invalid above 5350 with follow through.”
→ Last Sunday we traded 5349 and now we are at 5321. We saw another smaller higher high 5368 and the low of the week was 5273. I’d say those targets were pretty freaking perfect. You are welcome.
short term: Absolutely neutral until we see a breakout. Got a huge bear reversal on Thursday and a bull inside bar afterwards. I wait. Bullish above 5370 and bearish below 5270.
medium-long term: Trading Range until 5000 is clearly broken and has turned resistance. If bulls can break strongly above 5350, it’s obviously a continuation of the bull trend and my next target would be 5500/5560.
current swing trade: Small short position from 5329, SL is 5345.
Chart update: Please read comment section above
