Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures hit a new All Time High on Wednesday and then again on Friday. It’s strongly bullish but also at the top of an expanding triangle, so far away stop, traders should consider trading another timeframe where they can manage risk more easily. But until the bears do something, […]
FTSE 100 Bull Closes Above MA, High 2, Triangle
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures FTSE 100 futures moved higher last week with a bull doji and now two bull closes above the MA. We are still at the apex of a triangle, and BOM will finish soon – or so traders think. Bulls have a small pullback trend on the daily chart, and buyers […]
FTSE 100 Bull Inside Bar at MA, BOM, Trendline
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures FTSE 100 futures was a bull inside bar on the monthly chart. Inside bars, MA, triangles, think breakout mode (BOM) and sit on the hands until a clear entry sets up. Bulls might have a High 2 above the MA, but the bear channel is tight, and the first reversal […]
DAX 40 Bull Trend Bar above MA, Test Highs
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures had a bull trend bar last month, closing on its high. It is a buy signal for next month, but the 1:1 target would be a new ATH. It is also reasonable that if we get up to the high of that sell climax, those 3 bear bars, […]
DAX 40 Breakout Follow-through With MC BO Gap
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures continued up last week with a breakout follow-through, creating a microchannel (MC) with a breakout gap (BO Gap.) We are always in long, so traders should be long or flat. Now we have a small signal bar – small risk. That increases the chance of a test above […]
FTSE 100 Breakout Pullback, Small Gap at MA
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures FTSE 100 futures went higher last week with a breakout and a pullback, creating a small gap. The pattern is fractal, doing the same thing on the lower timeframe, the daily chart. Traders are deciding if we are swinging up or down. Because bears and bulls are still in, scalpers […]
FTSE 100 High 2, Bull Breakout of Inside Bar
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures FTSE 100 futures moved higher last week with a bull breakout of an inside bar, a High 2. It is still BOM on the weekly chart, but the daily bulls are getting buy signals. After getting another always-in-short signal, the bears want the price to fail at the MA and […]
DAX 40 Bull Breakout and FT, Testing TTR
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures rocketed higher last week with a bull breakout, 5 bull days reaching a measured move target. It was 3 pushes down, a wedge bottom and a test of the swing low in a trading range. A type of double-bottom buy setup. But the failed sell signals on the […]
EURUSD Weekly Low 2 at Moving Average, DB or Breakout Mode?
Market Overview: EURUSD Forex The EURUSD Forex market moved lower last week, with bulls unable to close above the MA in what could be breakout mode. It is a High 2 on the Daily chart and a Low 2 on the Weekly chart – ie confusing. It is also a big expanding triangle, and we […]
FTSE 100 Bear Inside Bar Under 100-Week MA
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market went slightly lower last week with a bear inside bar. Bears have had trouble breaking below this low, but keep getting bars under the MA. The risk/reward favours the bulls who want a move up, betting that we will not get another low in the year. Bulls […]