Thursday Depends On ES Pivot
The Night Owl Trader | Feb 19, 2015 01:23AM ET
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- Thursday higher only if ES stays above its pivot, else lower...
- ES pivot 2094.17. Breaking above is bullish, below is bearish.
- Friday bias lower technically.
- Monthly outlook: bias higher.
- Single stock trader: VZ moving still lower.
Wow - Wednesday was pure scalper's heaven with Mr. Market bobbing up and down in a series of clearly defined intraday trends as the Fed minutes rippled through the Street. But for swing trading, it was just a big dud. I'm glad I called it uncertain as there was no way to figure out Tuesday night where this roller coaster was going to stop. Now let's just see where this week ends up as we move on to Friday.
The Technicals:/h3
The Dow: If you just look at the final candle, on Wednesday the Dow handed us a little red hanging man significant only because that makes it two in a row now. Back to back hanging men are always better than one. So with a failure to advance past resistance and indicators remaining highly overbought, I have to think the next move is lower here.
The VIX: How odd. Tuesday we had the Dow and the VIX both up. And on Wednesday they were both down - highly unusual. And the VIX was down a good 2.22% for a bearish engulfing candle. It's not really the evening star pattern I mentioned Tuesday night but it looks bearish nonetheless.
Market index futures: Last night all three futures were mixed at 12:12 AM EST with ES down 0.06% but NQ up 0.04% ES ended little changed on Wednesday but the candle was a tall dagger that traded outside a steep rising RTC. Add in highly overbought indicators and that's a good reversal warning for me. Last night's chart seems to be confirming that idea too.
ES daily pivot:Last night the ES daily pivot rose again from 2091.83 to 2094.17. That move leaves ES sitting smack dab on top of the new pivot so we have no guidance here. Being bullish or bearish will depend on which side of the fence it falls on.
Dollar: On Wednesday the dollar gained 0.12% but on a red spinning top. But it was enough to close outside its descending RTC for a bullish setup. And with indicators close to oversold, this one looks vaguely bullish (though I'm not 100% convinced).
Euro: Meanwhile the euro continues to consolidate around 1.1400. Nothing to see here until the break and no way to tell which way that may be. >Shrug< The indicators continue to rise though so I'm going to guess that the break when it comes will be lower.
Transportation: In a bit of Dow Theoretic bullish divergence, on Wednesday the trans gained 0.40% to make their winning streak six in a row and remain in a rising RTC. So with the upper BB® way far at 9156 there's nothing bearish on this chart.
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The charts were sort of mixed last night. The VIX looked lower, implying a higher market but the futures are guiding lower. But with ES sitting right on its pivot that makes it a perfect time for another conditional call. If ES breaks above its pivot by mid-morning Thursday, we'll close higher. If if breaks lower, we'll close lower.
Single Stock Trader
Last night I wrote "I don't think the selling is over" and it indeed was not as Verizon Communications VZ broke down through its 200 day MA to establish a new falling RTC. With an MA break and indicators all now falling too, I'd say there's more downside to come here.
/h2
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