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1.03.12
HNY, again. Overnight, things are choppy as traders regain their bearings and look for merging themes. German unemployment drops as a mild winter encourages construction while global manufacturing expands, particularly in China and India. Sanctions against Iran have continued to support crude oil. The EU is considering a ban of Iranian oil.
We apparently will get the release of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting g minutes at 2pm giving an inciting insight into the Fed mind.
Otherwise, being the first trading day of the year, expect prices to slosh around, tread and trade lightly without giving anything much credence.
Week of January 02 - January 06
| Date | ET | Release | For | Actual | Briefing.com Briefing.com | Prior | Revised | |
| Forecast | Consensus | From | ||||||
| Jan | 10:00 | ISM Index | Dec | 53.2 | 53.4 | 52.7 | ||
| 03 | ||||||||
| Jan | 10:00 | Construction | Nov | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | ||
| 03 | Spending | |||||||
| Jan | 14:00 | FOMC Minutes | 12/13 | |||||
| 03 | ||||||||
| Jan | 07:00 | MBA Mortgage Index | 12/31 | NA | NA | -2.6% | ||
| 04 | ||||||||
| Jan | 10:00 | Factory Orders | Nov | 2.6% | 2.1% | -0.4% | ||
| 04 | ||||||||
| Jan | 14:00 | Auto Sales | Dec | NA | NA | 4.36M | ||
| 04 | ||||||||
| Date | ET | Release | For | Actual | Briefing.com Briefing.com | Prior | Revised | |
| Forecast | Consensus | From | ||||||
| Jan | 14:00 | Truck Sales | Dec | NA | NA | 5.98M | ||
| 04 | ||||||||
| Jan | 07:30 | Challenger Job Cuts | Dec | NA | NA | -12.8% | ||
| 05 | ||||||||
| Jan | 08:15 | ADP Employment | Dec | 200K | 180K | 206K | ||
| 05 | Change | |||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Initial Claims | 12/31 | 375K | 375K | 381K | ||
| 05 | ||||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Continuing Claims | 12/24 | 3650K | 3620K | 3601K | ||
| 05 | ||||||||
| Jan | 10:00 | ISM Services | Dec | 53.0 | 53.0 | 52.0 | ||
| 05 | ||||||||
| Jan | 11:00 | Crude Inventories | 12/31 | NA | NA | 3.899M | ||
| 05 | ||||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Nonfarm Payrolls | Dec | 165K | 150K | 120K | ||
| 06 | ||||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Nonfarm Private | Dec | 200K | 170K | 140K | ||
| 06 | Payrolls | |||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Unemployment Rate | Dec | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.6% | ||
| 06 | ||||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Hourly Earnings | Dec | 0.1% | 0.2% | -0.1% | ||
| 06 | ||||||||
| Jan | 08:30 | Average Workweek | Dec | 34.3 | 34.3 | 34.3 | ||
| 06 | ||||||||
Numbers are good up until the close of business today. These are strictly technical in nature, not fundamentally based or biased.
Legend
U is Up
D is Down
PRD is Potential Reversal Day
S2 is Weekly strong support
S1 is Weekly good support
DS is Daily Support
DR is Daily Resistance
R1 is Weekly Good Resistance
R2 is Weekly Strong Resistance
Levels are for the most active futures contract
| Daily Support and Resistance | |||||||
| Trend | WS2 | WS1 | DS | DR | WR1 | WR2 | |
| Mar | U | 1231.50 | 1242 | 1248 | 1264 | 1253 | 1271 |
| ES | |||||||
| Mar | U | 2232 | 2353 | 2268 | 22290 | 2296 | 2371 |
| Nasdaq | |||||||
| Mar | PRD | 127.64 | 128.87 | 129.19 | 130.62 | 130.78 | 131.46 |
| Yen | (U) | ||||||
| Mar | D | 127.50 | 128.58 | 129.19 | 130.56 | 130.87 | 132.06 |
| EC | |||||||
| Mar 10 | U | 129.08 | 130.06 | 130.11 | 131.12 | 131.20 | 132.05 |
| Year | |||||||
| Mar 30 | U | 140.26 | 142.26 | 143.22 | 145.10 | 146.01 | 147.08 |
| Year | |||||||
| Mar | U | 11..28 | 11.50 | 11.86 | 11.99 | ||
| Soybea | |||||||
| ns | |||||||
| March | U | 5.68 | 5.94 | 6.34 | 6.50 | ||
| Corn | |||||||
| Feb | D | 1481 | 1524 | 1547 | 1601.8 | 1609 | 1652 |
| Gold | |||||||
| Mar | PRD( | 24.67 | 26.27 | 27.29 | 29.07 | 29.34 | 30.82 |
| Silver | U) | ||||||
| Mar | U | 327 | 335 | 338 | 350 | 349 | 353 |
| Copper | |||||||
| Feb | U | 96.24 | 97.64 | 98.24 | 100.75 | 101.22 | 103.18 |
| Crude | |||||||
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. But whatever you do, stop thinking about any other alternative and use Stops.
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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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