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Emini Bad Follow-through after Friday’s Reversal Up

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Trading Update: Tuesday January 7, 2025

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S&P Emini market analysis

Emini daily chart

  • The Emini gapped up yesterday and formed a bear doji bar for follow-up after last Friday’s reversal bar. This is bad follow-through for the bulls and increases the odds of more sideways trading.
  • The Bulls are hopeful that yesterday’s reversal is just a pullback and retest of last Friday’s bull reversal bar.
  • Next, the bulls want a rally above the December 26th neckline of the double bottom (December 20th and January 2nd), followed by a measured move up above the December high.
  • The bears want yesterday to be a reversal that leads to a lower high and a test below the January 2nd low.

Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today

  • The Emini formed a gap up in the open. However, the context was bad for the bulls.
  • Yesterday, a tight bear channel was formed for most of the day, which increased the odds of today’s gap, leading to a trading range and not a successful bull reversal.
  • The bears
  • The bears formed consecutive bear bars on the open, which increased the odds of a second leg down.
  • The bears formed a strong selloff down to bar 9. The Bulls are hopeful that the selloff down to bar 10 is a 2nd leg bear trap.
  • More likely, the best the bulls can get is a trading range. This means the rally on bar 11 will probably find sellers above and lead to sideways trading.
  • Bar 7 is a large climactic bar, which increases the risk of sideways trading for several bars. The bears are hopeful that bar 7 is strong enough to get another leg down. As of bar 11, the odds favor a second leg down for the bears after bar 7 and for the market to fall at least 1 tick below the bar 10 low.

Yesterday’s Emini setups

SP500 Emini 5-Min Chart Wedge Top Then Major Reversal Down

Al created the SP500 Emini chart.

Here are reasonable stop entry setups from yesterday. I show each buy entry bar with a green arrow and each sell entry bar with a red arrow. Buyers of both the Brooks Trading Course and Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns have access to a near 4-year library of more detailed explanations of swing trade setups (see Online Course/BTC Daily Setups). Encyclopedia members get current daily charts added to Encyclopedia.

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.

Summary of today’s S&P Emini price action

SP500 Emini 5-Min Chart Bear Trend Resumption after Opening Range Breakout

Richard created the SP500 Emini chart – Al travelling.

EURUSD Forex market analysis

EURUSD Forex daily chart

  • The EURUSD formed a bear breakout bar on January 2nd; however, the context is bad for the bears.
  • The daily chart has formed several bear breakouts that had bad follow-through. This increases the odds that the bear channel on the daily chart is evolving into a trading range.
  • January 3rd formed a strong bull reversal bar; yesterday, an upside breakout was formed for the entry bar.
  • The bulls are hopeful that reversal up from the January 3rd entry bar is strong enough for a 2nd leg up and that it will find buyers on any retest of the January 3rd high.
  • Because the selloff on January 3rd is likely exhaustion, the bulls want a test of the January 2nd high.
  • If the bulls are going to take control of the daily chart, there needs to be a series of bull bars closing above the moving average. Without it, a trading range is more likely, and the daily chart will likely go sideways.

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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