Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures last week was a big bear bar closing at last week’s low. Since October, it has been tough to be a bear. Limit bears couldn’t even make money selling prior highs. This might have become climactic, and as bulls take profits, bears might sell second-entry signals around here. […]
FTSE 100 Big Pullback Test of Breakout Point
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market reversed last week with a big pullback test of the breakout point. It is a bear surprise, but sitting in a tight bull channel will likely form a bull flag. The bears want a follow-through bar to create a top for the next few months. The bulls […]
FTSE 100 Big Bull Breakout above All-Time High
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market was a FTSE 100 big bull breakout above the all-time high. The bears have been unable to make money in this tight channel. The bears that sold the double top at the high of the trading range are now trapped and might force the price higher. The […]
DAX 40 Micro Double Top at Measured Move Target
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX 40 micro double top at a measured move target. It’s a tight bull channel that is slowing down, and we might need to go sideways for profit-taking next week. The daily chart is forming a possible head and shoulders top, which could signal a two-legged pullback. The lack of […]
DAX 40 Bull Micro Channel Possible Wedge Top
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures was a bull micro channel and a possible wedge top. It is a low probability sell signal, taking a chance that it is a wedge and failed breakout above a double top. But most traders expect higher prices, so bulls will scale in lower, knowing it is unlikely […]
FTSE 100 Bear Doji at All-Time High
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market was a FTSE 100 bear doji at the All-Time High (ATH.) The bulls needed one more bar to confirm the breakout and follow-through but we went sideways instead. We are always in long but might need to go sideways here to find more buyers to go up. […]
DAX 40 Big Bull Surprise Bar, Leg in a Trading Range
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures was a big bull surprise bar on the monthly chart. Still always in long on this timeframe, and it looks like a leg in a trading range. It was a tight trading range to the left, so it was a magnet, and we might need to go sideways […]
FTSE Big Bull Breakout Closing at All-Time High
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market increased last month, closing at an all-time high with a FTSE big bull breakout. Bulls need another bull bar for consecutive bull bars and breakout and follow-through, but the tail on January’s bar might reduce the number of bulls willing to hold long there. Bears need a […]
DAX 40 Possible Bull Leg in Trading Range, Tight Bull Channel
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures were in a tight bull channel last week. Traders are deciding if it is a possible bull leg in a trading range. The bulls are at one measured move target and want the swing target above. The bears want to sell to keep the price in the range […]
FTSE 100 Pullback in Bull Micro Channel, Higher High
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market dipped below the low of a prior bar last week, a FTSE 100 pullback in a bull Micro Channel. We said last week there would likely be buyers there. We are always in long, but after 12 months in a trading range, a strong reversal here could […]