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- Monday lower.
- ES pivot 2130.83. Holding below is bearish..
- Rest of week bias uncertain technically.
- Monthly outlook: bias lower.
- YM futures trader: short at 17,670.
So we called last Friday higher and that's what we got, though it was sort of a mirror image of Thursday. After an initial pop out the gate, the Dow spent the rest of the day retracing to end with just a 39 point advance. Technically, this tall inverted hammer doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. Let's see what the new overnight might hold as we head into the start of a news-heavy October op-ex week.
The technicals
The VIX: On Friday the VIX came off its upper BB as expected and kept on going back down through its 200 day MA for a 3.4% loss. The pattern looks fairly bearish and the stochastic (bottom row on this chart) is on the verge of a bearish crossover.
Market index futures: Tonight, all three futures are lower at 12:26 AM EDT with ES down 0.22%.
ES daily pivot: Tonight the ES daily pivot rises from 2122.08 to 2130.83. That places ES back below its new pivot so this indicator is once again bearish.
The stars are definitely not all aligned tonight. The VIX in particular is looking rather bearish which ought to be good for the market. But the Dow with its gap-up inverted hammer isn't looking so hot, nor is the trans which also fell on a day the Dow moved higher. Oil also seems to be ready to move lower again and with futures guiding lower in the Sunday overnight I'm going to vote with the majority and call Monday lower.
YM Futures Trader
No trade tonight.