Morning Ideas March 16, 2022Good morning traders...
Market has just opened and we have quite a bit for strength since yesterday, RIGHT BACK to 4300 level.
Remember this level? You should because if you look at the big picture chart, 4320 is where we have a massive amount of volume. It's where the market kept failing from last week.
With that said, all of this takes a back seat to the FOMC announcement todAy at 2pm. I think this is a dangerous announcement for Powell to navigate. The last few announcements have been taken as a positive by the market, but I don't see how further tightening and rate hikes will be positive for this market.
I want to be clear, I do NOT trade news, and I don't think you should either. The reason is that even if you knew what Powell was going to say, you still don't know how the market will react to it.
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Morning Ideas March 14, 2022Good Morning Traders,
I've added some new stuff to the chart, if you guys want the new version, just click on the microphone at the bottom right of the video and use the "make it mine" feature. It's nothing groundbreaking, just a top down approach with some VWAP's now that you can use monthly, weekly, and daily VWAPs in TradingView.
As for the market, we are stuck in the same cycle, market sitting around and waiting for news. The market continues to struggle to hold on to higher prices. However, I'd take all price action with a grain of salt in front of this massive FED announcement on Wednesday this week. I think the closer we get to that announcement, the slower the market gets.
For that reason, I'd take a more neutral stance here
Morning Ideas March 11, 2022Good morning traders!
First thing, I forgot to mention on the video that you should roll to the new contract. We are now trading the June 2022 contract.
By Friday afternoon, usually, the majority of the volume is on the new contract. I would expect that to be the same today.
Let us know if you have any questions!
Morning ideas March 10, 2022Good morning traders!
4300 continues to be heavy resistance above. We tried again overnight and now we are trading 80 handles lower.
So, while fundamentally there is a whole slew of issues that need to be resolves (interest rates, Russia/Ukraine, inflation, etc), the technical levels are still holding just fine.
I'd hope that continues because it provides pretty solid entries. I'd look for more volatility today, and a 2 way trade.
Morning Ideas March 7, 2022Good morning Traders...
The market is really liking this 4322 area, as it keeps returning and churning in that area. With that said, this is still a market that is susceptible to big moves due to news.
I would expect to see the market continuing higher today, as we try to push back into the middle/upper part of this heavily traded area.
Morning Ideas March 3, 2022Good morning traders...
After powell spoke yesterday, the markets went higher. Not sure what to make of the news about the interest rate hike/inflation coupled with all of the Russia/Ukraine stuff.
However, the market is holding on to technical levels pretty well, which is not always the case in high volatile environments. I would expect to see 4500 next, without any news headlines. This DOES NOT mean that it has to be fast, or today, but I think that's the next destination.
Morning Ideas March 2, 2022Good morning traders...
Much of the same yesterday. Brief rally, then some selling, then rally again.
This leaves us precariously close to the "cliff" at 4275. Keep an eye on that level today if we get sellers early.
I didn't mention in the video that powell is speaking at 10 today, and will likely cause some large swings in the market.
Morning Ideas February 28, 2022Good morning traders,
Market gapped down and took much of the move from Friday back. Since then, the market has rallied again.
I don't know what to make of this, except for the market is back in the bottom of a heavily traded area. I would give the edge to the longs here, until the next headline :)
Morning Ideas February 22, 2022Morning Traders!
I probably should have done morning ideas yesterday, but I don't usually do them on holidays due to the lack of movement. However, this market is volatile even on holidays!
We saw a big gap down overnight on escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia. I would imagine the combo between that situation, and the FED rate hike, we will continue to see an unstable kind of market.
Near the end of the video this morning, I talk about the mistake of getting too much size on in a market like this. It's absolute poison to your longevity as a trader. Some of our prop traders were sized WAY TOO BIG last night, and were fortunate they weren't wiped out completely.
Remember, your risk of ruin is 100% if you put too much risk on any one trade. Even with a 99% probability (which doesn't exist) the 1% trade will wipe you out.
Morning Ideas February 17, 2022Good morning traders,
Some news on twitter saying that there were some shots fired in a village in Ukraine spooked the market briefly overnight, it looks like.
This market feels like it's one news move pushes it one way, just to get pulled in the other direction by the next news move. This leaves us with a market that is swinging wide from side to side, but going nowhere.
This makes it difficult to judge direction, so I will sit on my hands here and wait for some clues.
Morning Ideas February 16, 2022Good Morning Traders,
Today is a big day with the FOMC minutes at 2pm. It's "bigger than usual" meeting minutes because of the inflation worries.
If you're used to reading and not watching the video, I think the video today is important to watch. It talks about technical, and a little bit of fundamental context.
Be careful out there today after 2pm, it's not worth it to take a massive loss on some speculative play. Remember, even if you know EXACTLY what the FED minutes say, you have no idea how the market will "trade" it. Some of it is already priced in, but how much?
That's a billion dollar question, and one I can't answer.
Morning Ideas Februrary 14, 2022Morning Traders,
We have some weakness this morning starting with the european open. This leaves the market in between two areas, and I talk about those in the video from this morning.
Not sure what to expect for volatility today, but if I had to make my best guess, I would expect it to to be another volatile day.
Morning Ideas February 9, 2022Morning Traders!
Yesterday turned more trendy than I expected, but we are running into some of that stopping volume above us now.
Low volume again today, so we will have to see if we have enough push to get through the resistance, but I think the long side has to be favored here.
Morning Ideas February 7, 2022Morning Traders!
Market trying to find a balance area that is in between the much larger balance above, and the smaller balance below.
I would give a slight edge to the buyers here, especially if we can push back into that area that I reference on the video.
Volume is a bit low overnight, so maybe a lower volatility day than we've seen lately.
Morning Ideas February 4, 2022Good morning traders,
Buckle up, it's going to be a wild one today.
We have NFP jobs report coming out in 15 minutes and we are in a HIGH volatility environment. I would expect the market to be very noisy and travel very far today.
Please do not take big risks around the announcement at 830. It's not worth trying to interpret how the market will price in the news.
One good thing is that amazon posted good earning and is up over 10% overnight. Even with that, the market seems to be dragging. I'd give the edge to the downside here but WOULD NOT be surprised in the least to see a rip-your-face-off rally either.
Morning Ideas February 3, 2022Morning Traders,
Big news overnight was the Facebook (Meta) news. FB is down 25 percent in the overnight session, which will likely have some effect on the overall index because of its size.
Otherwise, the market has run into the volume above us and is pulling back now. This doesn't mean that a reversal has happened and we are going to plunge, it's just a very common occurrence when the market runs back into a heavily traded area.
I'd look for the market to try and take back 4600 but you need to keep an eye on FB volatility today.