Emini and Forex Trading Update:
Tuesday June 25, 2019
I will update again at the end of the day.
Pre-Open market analysis
By trading below Friday’s low, the Emini triggered a minor sell signal yesterday. The downside is small because the bull channel is tight. It could pull back to the tight trading range around 2900 over the next week.
However, the Emini has been sideways for a 3rd consecutive day. It might continue sideways into the China trade talks at the end of the week.
There are only 4 trading days left in June. The bulls have already achieved their goal of creating a buy signal bar on the monthly chart. This is because June is now the 2nd consecutive outside bar in a bull trend. The bulls would like June to close at a new all-time high on the monthly chart. If it closes near the high of the month, it will be a higher probability buy signal bar for July.
Overnight Emini Globex trading
The Emini is down 4 points in the Globex session. Traders are deciding if the Emini will pull back from here or have 3rd leg up on the 60 minute chart before pulling back. Because the month-long bull channel is tight, sideways to up is still more likely than down. Consequently, today will probably be another trading range day rather than a bear trend day. This is true even though yesterday triggered a sell signal on the daily chart.
Yesterday’s setups
EURUSD Forex market trading strategies
The EURUSD daily Forex chart has rallied strongly above the neck line of its head and shoulders bottom. I said that it would probably test the March 20 lower high and then pull back to below the 1.13 neck line.
It is now in the vicinity of that high. It should pull back to below the April 12/June 12 double top within the next week to test the 1.13 breakout point. Since the chart is still in a trading range, traders expect overshoots and undershoots. Therefore, the chart will likely close the gap above that double top.
In addition, it will probably break above the March 20 high within a couple weeks as well. It can do that before or after the pullback to 1.13.
I continue to make the point that the chart is still in a trading range. While it is now also in an early bull trend, that bull trend still has a 50% chance of being only a bull leg in the 4 month range and not the start of a move up to the September 1.18 start of the yearlong bear channel.
Overnight EURUSD Forex trading
The EURUSD 5 minute Forex chart sold off 30 pips overnight from above yesterday’s high. After a 200 pip rally to near resistance, the bulls are taking some profits.
Because the bull trend was so strong, the bulls will probably buy the 1st 50 – 100 pip selloff. Consequently, the best the bears can probably get over the next couple days is a trading range.
But the overnight selloff was big enough so that bear day traders now can finally begin to scalp. Furthermore, the rally was climactic and now near resistance. As a result, the bulls will switch to buying pullbacks and scalping for 10 – 20 pips. Traders expect a trading range for a couple days.
Summary of today’s S&P Emini futures price action and what to expect tomorrow
End of day summary
The Emini sold off in a Bear Trend From The Open. This is the 3rd day in its reversal down from above the September/May double top. It might continue down to below 2900 because there was a tight trading range there. That is a potential Final Bull Flag and therefore a magnet below.
A bear channel has a 75% chance of a bull breakout. Therefore, it is a bull flag. Traders should expect a break above the bear trend line at some point tomorrow and at least a couple hours of sideways to up trading.
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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