Trading Update: Friday December 13, 2024
Emini end of day video review
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S&P Emini market analysis
Emini daily chart
- The Emini formed a bear bar closing on its low yesterday. The Bears want a double top with the December 6th and 11th high. The bears will likely be disappointed, and any selloff will likely be minor.
- Next, the bears want a break of the December 10th neckline, followed by a measured move down the 6-day tight trading range.
- The channel up is tight, increasing the odds that the bears will be disappointed and the market will go sideways.
- The bull channel is weakening and likely evolving into a trading range. The bears have done a great job of making the market go sideways. However, they need to do more.
- Ideally, the bears need follow-through selling below the moving average. Ideally, the bears need 2-3 consecutive bear bars closing below the moving average. The odds favor a trading range, and the market goes sideways without this.
- Channels evolve into a trading range. For the bull channel to end, the market must fall below November 15th, the highest recent high low.
Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today
- The Emini gapped up on the open and formed an opening reversal with bar 4. This increases the chances that bar 4 will be the day’s high.
- The bears need to do more than the selloff to bar 6 to convince traders that the day’s high is in.
- The bulls want a higher low major trend reversal and will look to buy the selloff below bar 1.
- As of bar 6, a trading range is more likely than a bear trend. This means that the market will probably find buyers somewhere between the bar 1 low and yesterday’s low.
- Yesterday, a bear bar closed on its low on the daily chart. The bears want the market to trigger the sell below yesterday’s low. This increases the risk of the market needing to test down to yesterday’s bar 81.
- The selloff to bar 7 is strong enough that the odds favor a 2nd leg down. This is good for the bears and increases the odds of today forming a bear trend, or a trading range day, but not a bull trend.
Yesterday’s Emini setups
Al created the SP500 Emini charts.
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
Al created the SP500 Emini charts.
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.
