Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Market Approaching Top of Consolidation Range

Futures trading up this morning and key resistance on the ES remains at 1089-1092. I'll be watching that range closely as a close above it will force me to reconsider my bearish bias. I am a seller all the way up to 1092.

Housing starts and PPI announced at 8:30am EST and Industrial Production at 9:15am. A weaker than expected housing number could push the markets down. We'll see if the market responds. I am currently short the ES at 1084.50. I will exit this position if news is overwhelmingly positive. I will however look to get short again when the market finds resistance. As I said, I will not change my negative bias until we confirm a move above 1092.

4 comments:

  1. Housing numbers lower than expectations. This makes me more confident to hold my short positions

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  2. Covered my Short from 1084.50. Don't like the market action. Still looking to get short again, but waiting. Market feels like it wants to move higher...

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  3. Put my short back on at 1085, Doesn't appear that the market wants to buy the high area of the 3 day range. Must be careful... If buying does come in above 1087-1089, we could see short covering excel the market upwards

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  4. Ok covered again. Market can't find direction. I'm going into scalp mode. Will try and build up a cushion so that I can put on a short and buy myself a nice stop

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