Markets can move erratically throughout this period. Happy Thanksgiving!

Top Day Rec

11.25

Welcome to Wednesday that will seem like a Friday.

Initial jobless claims were moved up by a day due to Thanksgiving Thursday and came in at -35K to 466L, first time below 500K. Factory orders lower than expected while Consumer Spending up .7.

The holiday results in a rare 4 day trading holiday for some but be cognizant, Europe and Asia trade throughout this period and markets can move erratically.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Nov 23	10:00	Existing Home Sales	Oct	5.85M	5.70M	5.57M
Nov 24	08:30	GDP - Preliminary	Q3	2.8%	2.9%	3.5%
Nov 24	08:30	GDP Deflator - Preliminary	Q3	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%
Nov 24	09:00	Case Shiller 20 City Index	Sep	-9.25%	-9.05%	-11.32%
Nov 24	09:00	Consumer Confidence	Nov	46.3	47.5	47.7
Nov 24	10:00	FHFA Home Price Index	Sep	-0.2%	0.1%	-0.3%
Nov 25	08:30	Personal Income	Oct	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
Nov 25	08:30	Personal Spending	Oct	0.3%	0.5%	-0.5%
Nov 25	08:30	PCE Prices	Oct	0.2%	0.1%	-0.5%
Nov 25	08:30	PCE Prices - Core	Oct	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Nov 25	08:30	Initial Claims	11/21	510K	500K	505K
Nov 25	08:30	Continuing Claims	11/14	5630K	5560K	5611K
Nov 25	08:30	Durable Orders	Oct	0.3%	0.5%	1.0%
Nov 25	08:30	Durable Orders ex Transportation	Oct	0.5%	0.7%	0.9%
Nov 25	09:55	Mich Sentiment-Rev	Nov	65.0	67.0	66.0
Nov 25	10:00	New Home Sales	Oct	420K	405K	402K
Nov 25	10:30	Crude Inventories	11/20	NA	NA	-0.887K

Current views, speculations and suggestions

(good till close of business today). These are technical in nature only, not fundamental.

Dec ES: pos with support at 1096.00 and res at 1113

Dec NQ: neg with res at 1803

Dec Mini Dow: pos with support at 1034

Dec Gold: pos with support at 1165.00 (no sign of a short term trend reversal yet while RSI at 84 should concern complacency

Dec Silver: neg with res at 18.83

Mar Copper: pos with support at 312.00 and res at 319.5

Dec Yen: neg but above daily res of 113.70

Dec Swiss: potential reversal day

Dec EC: potential reversal day

Dec Canadian: neg but above daily res of 95.14

Dec BP: neg with res at 166.90, just above as we trade

Dec Aussie: neg with res at 93.04

Jan Crude: neg with res at 78.60

Jan Soybeans: pos with support at 10.35

Mar Wheat: neg with res at 5.91

Dec Ten Year: pos with support at 119.11

Dec 30 Year : pos with support at 120.17

Mar Eurodollar: potential reversal day

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International Markets

Dec Bund: pos with support at 122.33

Dec Dax: potential reversal day

Dec NKD positive but below daily support of 9270

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N.B.: if you initiate a trade using ANY of these numbers use a STOP at least equivalent to 2 ½%. Repeat: use Stops. Don’t think about using Stops. Use Stops. Some find it appropriate to look at the margin requirement and use that as a stop or if it’s a steep initial requirement, use half.

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Futures trading entails considerable risk and is not for everyone. An account can lose more than its initial investment. Stops are not necessarily filled at the stop level. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Charles Kespert

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