Futures are up moderately on positive earnings reports from several key equities.
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Charts I’m Watching: Oct 23, 2023
Futures have dropped through our 200-day moving average target – a significant move that opens the door to a more important backtest.
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Powell Speaks
Futures have bounced back from overnight lows in advance of Jay Powell’s comments at 12pm ET at the Economic Club of NY.
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Mideast Worries Mount
Escalating carnage in the Middle East points to a protracted and increasingly complex set of circumstances for markets, with oil prices and currencies confused as to how to respond. Futures are off moderately this morning, supporting our notion that a 200-DMA tag is still in the cards.
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Charts I’m Watching: Oct 17, 2023
Futures are off moderately, backtesting the recently broken channel after much stronger than expected retail sales.
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Charts I’m Watching: Oct 16, 2023
Futures are up moderately, running into their own channel top following VIX’s recent retreat from resistance,
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Charts I’m Watching: Oct 13, 2023
Futures are up modestly following establishment of a new rising channel.
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PPI Hotter Than Expected
September PPI came in at 0.5% versus 0.3% expectations, briefly driving down futures prices…until VIX was hammered back down. Its 200-day moving average continues to be the critical threshold for algos.
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The Other Shoe
Futures are testing the upper bounds of the channel from Sep 14. Judging from VIX, currencies and the commodities we watch, ES won’t break out just yet – thus allowing SPX to fully backtest its 200-day moving average.
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Oh, So Close
Futures came within 7 points of our 200-day moving average target overnight, begging the question: was that close enough for a legitimate backtest? SPX itself is still 15 points away, close enough by Aug-Oct 2019 standards but nowhere near the overshoot experienced this past March.
The more important question is whether the factors driving stocks lower haven’t yet finished? As we discussed yesterday, the bearish fundamental case has been building momentum lately. What if investors started to care?continued for members… (more…)
