SPX And Upcoming US Industrial Production

 | Mar 16, 2015 03:51AM ET

During the Monday session, we anticipate that the Industrial Production numbers out of the United States will be about the only economic announcement the people will be paying attention to. Because of this, we feel that the S&P 500 pulling back on Friday may offer a nice buying opportunity, as we see the 2040 level as supportive, and an announcement better than the anticipated 0.3% could be the catalyst for the buyers to come back into the marketplace. With that, we would be buyers of calls in the S&P 500.

The EUR/USD pair continues to fall, and tested the 1.05 level again on Friday. Ultimately, we feel that this market should continue to break down from here, but we recognize that short-term rallies may be what we see in the next couple sessions. If that’s the case, we are buyers of puts every time it happens, and most certainly a buyer of puts below the 1.05 handle. We have no interest whatsoever in buying calls in this pair as it is most certainly broken at this point.