Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures moved sideways last week, with a DAX 40 inside bar closing above its midpoint. The bull trend has been strong, and without bears closing consecutive bear bars, it’s hard for bears to swing short. There are open gaps below, and it looks like the bulls will get to […]
FTSE 100 Bull Flag, LH DT, High in Trading Range
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market formed a FTSE 100 bull flag with a lower high double top (LH DT). The price moved lower, but the tails tell us bears were scalping and ran into the scale-in bulls. After a strong micro channel, traders bought below the low and will buy 50%, expecting […]
Crude Oil Failed Bear BO, Possible Small Second Leg Down
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures The Crude Oil futures moved lower last week, but it was a failed Bear BO (breakout). Price rebounded strongly and finished with consecutive bull bars by Friday on the daily chart and a bad bear close on the weekly. After breaking a trend line, the bulls are setting up a […]
DAX 40 Outside-Outside, Expanding Triangle in Bull Channel
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures was a OO, a Dax 40 Outside-Outside bar setup and expanding triangle high in a bull channel. The bulls want a break above and push to the all-time high (ATH) and their measured move target above. The bears want the bull BO to fail and reverse strongly back […]
FTSE Head and Shoulders Top or High 1 Buy?
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market formed a possible FTSE head and shoulders top on the weekly chart. The bulls want a High 1 buy above the pullback, but they might wait for a better entry bar. The bulls want a strong close or double bottom above the prior trading range high from […]
FTSE 100 Small Pullback Bull Trend, Double Top
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market has been in a small pullback bull trend since COVID. We moved higher last month, retracing the deep 50% pullback in March. The bears are happy with the sell-off before and will look to sell above February. The bulls will buy all pullbacks to the moving average […]
DAX 40 Breakout above Expanding Triangle
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures moved higher last week with a small doji. The bull breakout above expanding triangle is weak, but the small pullback bull trend is strong. We may need to get to the all-time high before bears get a decent sell signal. The bull channel line is far above, so […]
FTSE 100 Closed Bear Breakout Gap in Tight Range
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market moved higher last week as bulls closed the bear breakout gap. Longer-term bulls bought the 200-week MA and are sitting on big profits. The bear spike down was strong enough, so likely sellers above and near the highs, so we might need to go sideways here. Expect […]
DAX Bad Follow-Through above Expanding Triangle
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX bad follow-through with two dojis now after a bull breakout from the moving average. The bulls moved the price higher, but with dojis now expect some trading range price action. We have already begun an expanding triangle, so we could even get a fast move down. But without any […]
FTSE 100 Big Bull Micro Channel Testing BO Point from TTR
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market has been in a big bull micro channel since it hit the 100-week MA. We now have 2 open micro-gaps between the weeks, creating a layer of support at the prior top of the trading range. This supports the bull case for going higher. The bears know […]