Emini Breakout below OO Pattern

Market Overview: S&P 500 Emini Futures

S&P 500 Emini futures breakout below OO pattern (outside-outside) and tested close to the June low. The June low is close enough to be a magnet. Bulls want a reversal higher from a double bottom major trend reversal. However, because of the strong sell-off, the bulls will need a strong reversal bar or at least a micro double bottom before they would be willing to buy aggressively. 

S&P500 Emini futures

The Weekly S&P 500 Emini chart

• This week’s Emini candlestick was a big bear bar closing in the lower half of the range. 
• Last week, we said that odds slightly favor sideways to down. Traders will be monitoring whether the bears get a consecutive bear bar or fail to do so. 
• The bears got a strong consecutive bear bar this week and a breakout below OO pattern (outside-outside).
• The bears got a reversal lower from above the 20-week exponential moving average. They want a retest of the June low.
• They want a strong leg down like the one in April. The bears will need to create consecutive bear bars closing near their lows, to increase the odds of a retest of the June low. They got that this week.
• The selloff from August was in a tight bear channel. That means strong bears.
• The bears want a test of the June low, followed by a breakout and a measured move down to around 3450 based on the height of the 12-month trading range starting from May 2021.
• The move up from June 17 low was in a tight channel. The bulls want a second leg sideways to up after a pullback. At the very least, they want a retest of Aug 16 high.
• They want a reversal higher from a double bottom major trend reversal. 
• However, they were not able to create follow-through buying following the bull outside bar 3 weeks ago.
• We said that the problem with the bull’s case was that the recent selloff was very strong. The second leg sideways to up may only lead to a lower high. 
• The bulls hope that this is simply a re-test of the June low and want a reversal higher from a double bottom major trend reversal with the June low.
• However, because of the strong sell-off, the bulls will need a strong reversal bar or at least a micro double bottom before they would be willing to buy aggressively. 
• Since this week was a big bear bar with a prominent tail below, it is a moderate sell signal bar for next week. 
• This week was a breakout below OO pattern (outside-outside pattern). 
• If next week closes as another consecutive bear bar, odds are the 3^rd leg down of a larger wedge pattern is forming.
• For now, odds slightly favor sideways to down. The June low is close enough to be a magnet below.
• If the Emini trades higher, the bears want a reversal lower from a lower high around the bear trend line or the 20-week exponential moving average again.

The Daily S&P 500 Emini chart

• The Emini traded sideways earlier in the week but reversed lower after the FOMC announcement and continued lower for the rest of the week. Friday gapped down but closed with a long tail below.
• Last week, we said that while the sell-off was strong enough for traders to expect at least slightly lower prices, traders should be prepared for some sideways to up pullback lasting days in between which can begin at any moment.
• The move up from June 17 low was in a tight channel. That increases the odds that the bulls will get at least a small second leg sideways to up, to retest August 16 high.
• So far, they have only managed to create a lower high. 
• They see the strong selloff simply as a sell vacuum testing June low within a trading range.
• The bulls want a reversal higher from a double bottom with June low and a wedge bull flag (Aug 23, Sept 6 and Sept 23).
• The bulls will need to create consecutive bull bars closing near their highs to convince traders that a reversal higher soon to prevent a breakout and follow-through selling below the June low.
• The problem with the bull’s case is that the recent selloff from August 16 was very strong. The larger second leg sideways to up may only lead to a lower high which was the case.
• The bears want a retest of the June low, followed by a breakout, and a measured move down.
• The June low is close enough to be a magnet. 
• If the Emini trades higher instead, the bears want a reversal lower from a double top bear flag with Sept 21 high, or around the bear trend line or the 20-day exponential moving average.
• Since Friday was a bear bar with a long tail below, it is a weak sell signal bar for Monday.
• While the selloff is strong enough for traders to expect at least slightly lower prices, traders should be prepared for some sideways to up pullback lasting days in between which can begin at any moment.

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