Emini bulls poor follow-through from October 13 breakout

Trading Update: Wednesday October 19, 2022

Emini pre-open market analysis

Emini daily chart

• The bulls gapped up yesterday, and the market sold off from the opening session and closed around its midpoint. But bulls poor follow-through, and a disappointing bar being a reminder that the market is still in a trading range environment.
• The bears see yesterday’s gap as the second leg from the October 13 breakout and a test of the October 5 high.
• The bears want yesterday to be a signal bar for the double top (October 5) and for the market to break below the neckline (October 13) and fall for a measured move below the 2020 Pre-Pandemic high.
• The probable with the above argument for the bears is that the market is already down 22% on the year and may not fall much further. Also, the measured move from the October 5 high to the October 13 low would take you more than 100 points below the 2020 Pre-Pandemic high. If the market falls below the Pre-Pandemic high, there will likely be value bulls buying aggressively, limiting the downside.
• More likely, the daily chart is in a trading range, and the odds favor more sideways price action.
• Overall, the odds favor higher prices and a test of the 4,000 big round number over the next couple of months. Even if the market falls to a new low below October 13, the odds will still favor a failed breakout and a test of the 4,000 big round number.

Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today

• Emini is down 37 points in the overnight Globex session.
• The overnight Globex session has been in a bear trend. However, there have been strong moments of buying pressure which increases the odds of this being a bear leg in what will become a trading range more likely than a continued bear trend.
• At the moment, the bears are trying to break below yesterday’s session low, and the bears might be successful.
• While the selloff in the Globex session looks like a leg in a trading range, the channel down is tight and has open gaps (1:30 AM PT low and 5:15 AM PT high). Traders have to be cautious because that gap can lead to a measured move down.
• As always, on the open, traders should be cautious and not be too eager to trade. The open has frequent reversals, so traders should consider waiting for 6-12 bars to avoid getting trapped on the wrong side of the market.
• Traders can also wait for a credible double top/bottom or wedge top/bottom before looking for a good swing trade.
• Lastly, traders should be open to some opening reversal days. This is because the market does not typically trend from the available days in a row, which increases the odds of a trading range lasting all day or most of the day.

Yesterday’s Emini setups

Al created the SP500 Emini charts.

Here are several reasonable stop entry setups from yesterday. I show each buy entry with a green rectangle and each sell entry with a red rectangle. Buyers of both the Brooks Trading Course and Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns have access to a much more detailed explanation of the swing trades for each day (see Online Course/BTC Daily Setups).

My goal with these charts is to present an Always In perspective. If a trader was trying to be Always In or nearly Always In a position all day, and he was not currently in the market, these entries would be logical times for him to enter. These therefore are swing entries.

It is important to understand that most swing setups do not lead to swing trades. As soon as traders are disappointed, many exit. Those who exit prefer to get out with a small profit (scalp), but often have to exit with a small loss.

If the risk is too big for your account, you should wait for trades with less risk or trade an alternative market like the Micro Emini.

EURUSD Forex market trading strategies

EURUSD Forex daily chart

• The bulls are continuing to be disappointed with every rally.
• Right now, the market is forming a triangle over the past month.
• The bulls need to get above a credible major lower high (September high) to convince traders that the market is no longer in a bear trend.
• Right now, the market is clearly in a trading range, and the bulls are starting to get multiple closes above the moving average, which is a sign of strength.
• The bears are trying hard to get a second leg down from the 5-bar bear micro channel that began on October 10.
• The odds still favor a second leg up and a test of the October 4 close due to trapped buy-the-close bulls. Some of the bulls who bought the October 4 close scaled in lower and used the past couple of trading days to exit breakeven on the entire trade, which is partly why the market is selling off today.
• Overall, the market is still in a trading range, and until one side gets a clear breakout, the probability is close to neutral but slightly favors the bulls.

Summary of today’s S&P Emini futures price action and what to expect tomorrow

Al created the SP500 Emini charts.

End of day review

• Video update will be release soon.

See the weekly update for a discussion of the price action on the weekly chart and for what to expect going into next week.

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Charts use Pacific Time

When times are mentioned, it is USA Pacific Time. The Emini day session charts begin at 6:30 am PT and end at 1:15 pm PT which is 15 minutes after the NYSE closes. You can read background information on the market reports on the Market Update page.

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