a daily price action after hour update - nasdaq
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Bears making lower lows but bulls buy them. That means prominent tails above and below bars and you have to be humble about your scalps. Markets don’t go from big bull to big bear trend and betting on breakouts after mind boggling rallies is low probability and a losing strategy.
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Bears tried all day to get the market down and bulls just bought the last hour to reverse 12h of price action. After hour spike was big enough for many stops and we will probably range between 17400 and 17800 the next days.
Nvidia’s earnings were happening while i typed it. Interesting bar from 17409-17618. But also changes nothing. Market is looking for the next trend and we keep ranging until a strong one has formed. It’s up and down and down and up. Confusion is the hallmark of a trading range. I think anything above 17500 is an incredible short opportunity. This spike might just retest the bull channel breakout and will be faded hard. Don't be exit liquidity at these highs.
bull case: Bulls bought 17400 and had a very strong close above the 1h 20ema. They now want a higher high above 17620 to stop the bears from making lower lows. Since the selloff was around 700 points, i expect some bulls who scaled in lower, to exit their longs along the way and the best the bulls get is another lower high below 18000 and first they need to close above the daily 20ema too (around 17570).
bear case: Bears want a lower high below 18000 and preferably below the open of the week 17722 to keep late bulls trapped. The month is almost over and the close of this months bar with the new ath is very important, if bears manage to close it below the old ath 17716, it’s a sell signal. They want the tail above to be as big a possible. Anything below 17300 would give us a bloodbath March.
short term: sideways - probably inside a range 17400 - 17700 (ignoring the after hour spike for now and wait for globex open). open of the week was 17722 and spike high was 17683
medium-long term: down - what would change that? two consecutive daily closes above 18300.
trade of the day: just short since EU open - 15m 20ema was resistance until the last hour and you had to get out on bar 58
Bears making lower lows but bulls buy them. That means prominent tails above and below bars and you have to be humble about your scalps. Markets don’t go from big bull to big bear trend and betting on breakouts after mind boggling rallies is low probability and a losing strategy.
nasdaq
Bears tried all day to get the market down and bulls just bought the last hour to reverse 12h of price action. After hour spike was big enough for many stops and we will probably range between 17400 and 17800 the next days.
Nvidia’s earnings were happening while i typed it. Interesting bar from 17409-17618. But also changes nothing. Market is looking for the next trend and we keep ranging until a strong one has formed. It’s up and down and down and up. Confusion is the hallmark of a trading range. I think anything above 17500 is an incredible short opportunity. This spike might just retest the bull channel breakout and will be faded hard. Don't be exit liquidity at these highs.
bull case: Bulls bought 17400 and had a very strong close above the 1h 20ema. They now want a higher high above 17620 to stop the bears from making lower lows. Since the selloff was around 700 points, i expect some bulls who scaled in lower, to exit their longs along the way and the best the bulls get is another lower high below 18000 and first they need to close above the daily 20ema too (around 17570).
bear case: Bears want a lower high below 18000 and preferably below the open of the week 17722 to keep late bulls trapped. The month is almost over and the close of this months bar with the new ath is very important, if bears manage to close it below the old ath 17716, it’s a sell signal. They want the tail above to be as big a possible. Anything below 17300 would give us a bloodbath March.
short term: sideways - probably inside a range 17400 - 17700 (ignoring the after hour spike for now and wait for globex open). open of the week was 17722 and spike high was 17683
medium-long term: down - what would change that? two consecutive daily closes above 18300.
trade of the day: just short since EU open - 15m 20ema was resistance until the last hour and you had to get out on bar 58