What a week it has been!
The S&P 500 has blasted off our 20% line (that's 20% above fair value, by the way) to the 23.33% line at 2,728 and that's what we call a strong bounce from the fall we endured way back in late Jan/early Feb and doesn't actually mean a thing until we're over it. Otherwise, it's just the top of the same trading range we've been in all year.
This morning we have the Fed's Bullard speaking at 8:30, who used to be reliably hawkish but turned doveish last year – so anything can happen when he gives a speech this morning at his local Business Development Corporation (Springfield, MO) on “US Monetary and Economic Policy.” People tend to get a bit more real when talking to their hometown crowd – like the time Trump boasted that he “could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose votes” to illustrate how blindly loyal his base was.
In our Live Member Chat Room (my “hometown” audience), I called for shorting the S&P (/ES) at 2,725 this morning as well as the Nasdaq. Here it is in context.
Markets holding on to yesterday's gains so far. All about that strong bounce line.
Bullard speaking at 8:30 so we'll see what he has to say and then Consumer Sentiment probably decreasing a bit at 10, but nothing likely to move the market other than Trump's Drug speech later and that's bound to spook that sector so I'd short /ES here (2,725) as we know they have trouble at 2,728 so $150 loss limit but very likely to give us a little run lower (though maybe wait until Bullard to be sure).
2,725 on /ES is lined up with 24,750 on /YM, 6,975 on /NQ (still a shorting line with tight stops above) and 1,608 on /RTY and same there with a stop over 1,610.
Also, Dollar is back to 92.41 and may be bouncy here – so more ways to pressure the markets.
Oil $71.37 and /RB 2.19 is also a short with a stop over $2.20 but only for quick money.