Trading Update: Tuesday April 9, 2024
S&P Emini pre-open market analysis
Emini daily chart
- The Emini formed an inside bar yesterday, the consecutive inside bar on the daily chart.
- Consecutive Inside bars is a triangle on a smaller time frame, meaning it is in breakout mode.
- The market is deciding if last Thursday’s bear breakout will get a second leg down or if it is a bear trap.
- At the moment, the odds favor a second leg down, but the pullback could be deep since the daily chart is in a trading range.
Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today
- The Globex market rallied during the overnight hours and failed to break out above yesterday’s high. Causing the market to reverse back down.
- As the bears will try to get a failed breakout above yesterday’s high and a bear trend day. This means that yesterday’s high is a likely magnet on the open.
- Traders should assume that the open will have a lot of trading range price action and consider waiting for a clear top or bottom, such as a double top/bottom, or a wedge top/bottom.
- They can also consider waiting for a clear breakout, with follow-through before placing a trade.
Yesterday’s Emini setups
Richard created the SP500 Emini chart (Al travelling).
EURUSD Forex market trading strategies
EURUSD Forex daily chart
- The EURUSD formed a strong entry bar yesterday’s High1 buy signal bar.
- This will increase the odds of traders buying above yesterday’s high for a second leg up.
- The bears are hopeful that the bull will fail to break above the April 4th high and create a micro-double top. However, there are 5 consecutive bull bars, which is a sign of strength by the bulls.
- Overall, the bears need a strong reversal bar today to convince bears to sell below bars. Even if they do, the odds favor buyers not far below and higher prices.
Summary of today’s S&P Emini price action
Al created the SP500 Emini chart.
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.