Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market went always in short on the weekly chart, so we might pull back briefly next week. We have competing trend lines. Which will win? Currently, it is better to be short or flat. Some traders will be buying below the low of the bull spike and scaling […]
DAX 40 Measured Move Down, Middle of Broad Bull Channel
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures moved lower last week with a give-up bar, and so are going for a measured move down. The bulls tried to get a wedge bottom reversal or a High 2, but both failed, and no one wanted to buy the weak signal. It is close to support and […]
FTSE 100 Weak Buy Signal, Sell Vacuum Test of MA
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market moved lower last week with a give-up bar, a weak buy signal failing and creating a sell vacuum test of support. The daily chart has 3 strong bear bars, and a bear spike, so we should see a pullback and then a channel down form. Bulls expected […]
FTSE 100 Breakout Mode, 2nd Leg Up Likely
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market has had shrinking volatility into breakout mode into a triangle near the MAs. While we will probably get a move up and a move down, until the bears break strongly below that bull trend line, the scale in bulls will continue to strongly buy lows and scalp. […]
DAX 40 Sideways at Bear Swing Target, Gap Closed
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures moved sideways last week, low in a trading range at the prior swing low. The bears closed the last gaps and have struggled to get a break below this possible wedge bottom channel line. Bulls want to buy, but it is still a low-probability trade until a good […]
DAX 40 Wedge Bull Flag, Bear BO or Bigger ET?
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures moved sideways to down last week with a bear bar in what looks like a wedge bull flag. But it is confusing, for some traders it is always in short. Because we broke below the swing low, tested and now are moving down below the MA. For other […]
FTSE 100 Confusing BOM Between 2 Moving Averages
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market is in breakout mode (BOM) between 2 moving averages. The market is deciding where to go from here. There is a DB and a DT. It can be a wedge bull flag or a wedge bear flag. Take your pick! On this timeframe 50/50 so better to […]
Crude Oil Strong 4 Bar Bull Microchannel, Gaps, Testing Failed High 1
Market Overview: Crude Oil Futures Crude oil futures moved higher with a strong bull bar with a tail above in a bull microchannel. There were buyers below the MA in a 20-bar MA gap buy setup. The inside bar got good follow-through, and now there are open bull gaps. The bears see it as a […]
DAX 40 Dueling Lines, Wedge Top to a DT, Pullback to MA
Market Overview: DAX 40 Futures DAX futures was a dueling lines pattern last month, three pushes up a wedge top to a DT. It was a weak sell signal, but triggering a sell, high in a possible TR, and after three bull pushes up, might attract bear swing sellers. Some bulls are scaling in below […]
FTSE 100 BOM High in Trading Range, High 2
Market Overview: FTSE 100 Futures The FTSE futures market moved higher on the monthly chart with BOM and a High 2 setup. We have been going sideways for many months at the top of the prior trading range. The moving averages are pointed up, so it is a tight channel that is starting to flatten out. […]
