Trading Update: Tuesday June 20, 2023
S&P Emini pre-open market analysis
Emini daily chart
- The Emini sold off last Friday after forming a buy climax the prior day.
- The bears hope the rally was a buy climax test of the 4,500 big round number. Next, they want the market to form a strong downside breakout to cause the bulls to give up.
- While the June rally on the daily chart is climactic, the channel up is tight. Any selloff will likely be brief and lead to a trading range instead of a bear trend.
- The bears will likely need to create more selling pressure before taking control.
- Since the daily chart is in an overall trading range, and the bulls reached the August 2022 high, traders should assume they will soon become disappointed.
- While the market can go higher, it will probably begin to go sideways on the daily chart for at least a few days and try to get closer to the moving average.
- The bears want today to become a strong entry bar following last Friday’s strong bear close.
- Overall, today will probably be disappointing for both the bulls and the bears and will have a lot of trading range price action.
Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today
- Emini is down 15 points in the overnight Globex session.
- The Globex market has gone sideways for most of the overnight session. Traders should assume that today will have a lot of trading range price action.
- As I often say, most traders should wait 6-12 bars before placing a trade on the open. This is because the open usually have many reversals, and it is easy to get trapped trading a breakout.
- There is at least an 80% chance that the opening will form a swing trade beginning before the end of the second hour. There is also a 40% chance that the opening swing will double the opening range.
- It is common for the opening swing to begin after forming a double top/bottom or a wedge top/bottom. This provides good risk/reward for a trader looking to enter on a strong entry.
- Overall, traders should assume that today will have a lot of trading range price action. This means that the day’s open will likely be an essential magnet.
- If the day begins to form strong trending bars and breakouts, traders must not be in denial of a trend forming.
Emini intraday market update
- The Emini gapped down and went sideways for the first 5 bars of the day. The bears got the downside breakout, and the market ended up getting a selloff down to bar 12.
- The bears tried to get a bear flag up to bar 29 (8:55 AM PT).
- However, the bears failed, and the market broke to the upside and tested up to the day’s high.
- The sideways trading on the open lowered the probability for the bears.
- Also, the selloff down to bar 12 was climactic, which lowered the probability as well.
- As of bar 48 (10:30 AM PT), the Bulls have done an excellent job. The bull’s problem is that the selloff down to bar 12 was big, increasing the odds of a trading range day and not a bull trend day. If it is a trading range day, the market may test down to the 33 high (9:15 AM PT).
Friday’s Emini setups
Al created the SP500 Emini charts.
EURUSD Forex market trading strategies
EURUSD Forex daily chart
- The EURUSD had a strong upside breakout last week (June 15th), testing the May 10th low.
- The breakout is strong enough to have a 2nd leg up likely. However, the bar is big, which means it is climactic.
- The bears see the June 15th bull breakout as a buy vacuum test of resistance.
- The odds were that there would be profit-taking for a few days following the last week’s bull breakout bar before an attempt at a 2nd leg.
- The bulls want today to form a high 1 buy signal bar closing near its high. Next, they will wish to create a strong bull entry bar tomorrow, trapping the bears.
- Traders will pay close attention over the next few days to see how determined the bulls are to get follow-through. Since the market is in a trading range, traders should expect the bulls to become disappointed.
- The bears know that a 2nd leg up is likely. They will try and cause any attempt at a second leg to fail and lead to a reversal down.
Summary of today’s S&P Emini price action
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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.