Market Review
Topic: Taylor 3 Day Cycle
Author: David D Dube’ (a.k.a. PTGDavid)
Website: Polaris Trading Group
Tuesday’s Session was Cycle Day 3 (CD3): ES rallied continued unchallenged by the bears, fulfilling CD3 upper penetration objective (4506), settling 2 pts off high of day. Range was 46 handles on 982K contracts exchanged.
…Transition from Cycle Day 3 to Cycle Day 1
This leads us into Cycle Day 1 (CD1): Price momentum may take price higher before the decline begins, the average measuring 4488. Bulls have strong momentum, so it is theirs to lose. Primary trade has been and remains buying the pullbacks to key support zones. As such, estimated scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
1.) Price sustains a bid above 4518, initially targets 4528 – 4535 zone.
2.) Price sustains an offer below 4518, initially targets 4505 – 4500 zone.
*****The 3 Day Cycle has a 91% probability of fulfilling Positive Cycle Statistics covering 12 years of recorded tracking history.
For more detailed information for both bullish and bearish projected targets, please visit: PTG 3 Day Cycle and/or reference the Cycle Spreadsheet below:
Link to access full Cycle Spreadsheet > > Cycle Day 1 (CD1)
Thanks for reading,
PTGDavid
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Last Trading Day:
High: ~15:50
09:30 – 10:00 >90% (wrong).
Low: ~09:45
09:30 – 10:00 36% (right)
15:30 – 16:00 43% (wrong)
Today:
High: 09:30 – 10:00 > 90%
Low: 09:30 – 10: 00 ~50%, 15:30 – 16:00 ~40%, 12:00 – 15:30 ~10%
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Our View
The ES opened Tuesday’s regular session at 4493.50, working on its fifth straight day of gains. The bulls didn’t disappoint, jamming it higher again on the day.
While the ES wobbled a bit in the opening 30-minute range — with a high of 4497.25 and a low of 4487.25 — the index eventually resolved to the upside. In the early afternoon, the ES eventually hit a high of roughly 4510, before pulling back to a low of 4500.50 at 2:30.
The bulls took over from there, running it higher into the close. The ES closed at 4511.75 at 4:00 pm and hit a high of 4517.50 at 4:30, before settling at 4515.25 at 5:00 pm.
In terms of the ES’s overall tone, it was firm all day. In terms of the ES’s overall trade, only 984,600 contracts traded.
Our View
There really isn’t much to say that hasn’t already been said: The ES and NQ are on a tear.
The ES is now up 200 handles in 5 sessions. Clearly strong earnings have been trumping supply chain problems and labor shortages. A time will come when it will matter…just not now. Unless the government can pull off a miracle there will be mass shortages. There was talk that the Biden administration was considering calling in the National Guard. It would be the smartest thing they could do, but the idea seems to have cooled. The other concern is heating oil and natural gas as winter rolls in. With crude oil approaching $80.00 a barrel, things seem ripe for a major disruption.
Our Lean: On the lighter side, the stock market is on a roll. I know I have been a cautious bull but when the markets rally so much on low volume and negative breath, I believe there is reason to be concerned. That said, the ES is currently taking bad news and making good of it. When will it end? I think a small pullback could start today. The ES ran 90% of the buy stops I posted yesterday. Our lean is more slanted toward selling the rallies. That does not mean I’m bearish, I just think a 20 or 30 handle pullback is in order.
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