After Fridays futures close and reopen the ES sold off down to 2667.75. It was an ugly selloff during the day, and after the close. But, and there are always buts when it comes to trading, the ES gapped 6.75 handles higher Sunday night, and then traded all the way up to 2681.75, up 14 handles. At 4:30 am Tuesday morning the ES pulled back 2675.25, and 5 minutes before the 8:30 futures open traded up to 2688.25, up 20.5 handles from Friday’s reopen.
At 8:30 Tuesday morning the ES traded 2687.00, sold off down below the vwap at 2681.75, traded up to 2687.00, and then sold back off two ticks above the vwap at 2683.50just before 9:00. The next move was up to a double top at 2692.50. After that, the ES made two higher lows at 2687.25 and 3688.75, and lower highs at 2692.25 and 2690.25. From there it back and filled before making another higher low at 2689.25, and then slowly traded up to a double top at 2691.25. At 1:45 total volume was 695,000 contracts.
While total volume was just under 1 million, it was a decent day in terms of the overall tone and trade. In the end the S&P 500 futures (ESH18:CME) settled at 2693.00, up +17.00 handles, or +0.63%; the Dow Jones futures (YMH18:CBT) settled at 24,768, up +33 points, or +0.13%; the Nasdaq 100 futures (NQH18:CME) settled at 6514.75, up +106.00 points, or +1.62%; and the Russell 2000 (RTYH18:CME) settled at 1548.80, up +12.30 points or +0.79% on the day.
As always, please use protective buy and sell stops when trading futures and options.
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- In Asia 8 out of 11 markets closed higher: Shanghai Comp +0.65%, Hang Seng +0.15%, Nikkei -0.08%
- In Europe 10 out of 12 markets are trading higher: CAC +0.41%, DAX +0.44%, FTSE +0.04%
- Fair Value: S&P -0.13, NASDAQ +11.17, Dow -28.30
- Total Volume: 995k ESH & 890 SPH traded in the pit
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