Monday, December 21, 2015

E-mini S&P 500 Futures: Keep It Simple Stupid Series


The Winner?

Today’s session pretty much went as expected according to the weekend update’s white line projection. The regular “A Tier” hourly extreme oversold signal confirmed at 10PM Sunday night that gave us a quick 10-20 point target to 2010-2020. When we woke up we realized the market made an overnight high of 2013.75 which fulfilled the signal’s target. 

Before the day session opened, we noted that there’s a high probability it’s going to be an inside day. During the open, the market started with two consecutive hourly top wick candles that closed on the 1HR 20EMA support trapping traders on both sides. Shortly after, the bears broke 2005 key level and rolled over to test the grey support area around 1998. Subsequently, the hourly extreme oversold signal “A+ Tier” setup confirmed itself with targets to 2035.75 and 2045.75. This meant that a 40-50 point bounce is likely in the works as long as bulls hold above 1991. The next 3 hours was just a snoozefest shaking inside a 10 point range. When it seemed like everybody fell asleep, the final day session hourly candle closed as a massive bull bar that eclipsed the previous 6 hours in gains. However, daily still closed below all moving averages so this is still considered a deadcat bounce.

What’s next?
Daily closed at 2018 and it was an inside day. The bulls currently have the ball and it’s up to them to score because there’s a very clear double bottom/higher low setup that targets 2033-2035. This coincides with the “A+ Tier” hourly extreme oversold signal targets of 2035.75 and 2045.75.

There is still no clear winner as today was just an inside day. Bulls still need to retrace above Friday’s high of 2029.75 and bears need a break below 1991 to continue the bear train assault. However, our bias remains the same which is the white line projection from the weekend report. If the market is really following our white line projection, then bulls must hold above 2010 in order to march towards 2035-2045. This means that tomorrow/Wednesday “should” reveal the winner for the intermediate roadmap of either Santa Claus Rally or the daily Double Top bear train. If nothing happens, then a rangebound shake between 2020 vs 1995 becomes a real possibility.

Knowing and understanding your timeframes is extremely important as we head towards next year. The weekly chart has a giant bull flag setup and a minor double bottom sticksave. For bears they must absolutely break below last week’s in order to keep the momentum alive for the bear train daily double top setup to 61.8% fib at 1932 and 100% at 1892. The monthly chart still favours bulls based on the large bull candle from October providing the market with the “hold half and go” setup. 

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This is the last KISS update for 2015 as I take a two week break in order to rejuvenate and cherish the moments with family and friends. Admittedly, I wasn’t able to end 2015 on a high note as December has almost always been a tough month for me. Regardless, this year has been fun and intriguing along with great prosperity. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful Happy New Year! May all your dreams and goals for the coming year be fulfilled.