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A leak in an Alaskan pipeline affecting 15% of the crude supply
 Top Day Recommendations

January 10

NFP underwhelmed on Friday with a gain of only 103K against an expected

of 150K with a whisper number of 250K based on the ADP number. So

much for the forecasting ability of the ADP number. The dollar gained

against every counterpart anyway. EC continued to decline even on news

that could have sparked a counter trend rally. It’s always good to remember

that Germany is an export engine and a weaker EC is good for business.

No eco news today. ECB has a rate decision on the horizon. Over the

weekend, there was a leak in an Alaskan pipeline affecting 15% of the crude

supply. BP suspended 95% of its North Slope production. The debt market

was steady on the idea that Portugal would seek a bail out and copper was

under pressure due to a reduction in Chinese imports and an increase in

inventories.

Week of January 10 - January 14

Date ET Release For Actual Briefing.com Consensus Prior Revised

From

Jan 11 10:00 Wholesale Inventories Nov 1.0% 1.3 1.9%

Jan 12 07:00 MBA Mortgage Purchase Index 01/07 NA NA +2.3%

Jan 12 08:30 Export Prices ex-ag. Dec NA NA 0.8%

Jan 12 08:30 Import Prices ex-oil Dec NA NA 0.8%

Jan 12 10:30 Crude Inventories 01/08 NA NA -4.16M

Jan 12 14:00 Treasury Budget Dec NA NA -$91.4B

Jan 12 14:00 Fed's Beige Book Jan

Jan 13 08:30 Initial Claims 01/08 415K 420K 409K

Jan 13 08:30 Continuing Claims 01/01 4000K 4070K 4103K

Jan 13 08:30 PPI Dec 0.8% 0.7% 0.8%

Jan 13 08:30 Core PPI Dec 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%

Jan 13 08:30 Trade Balance Nov -$39.5B -$40.6B -$38.7B

Jan 14 08:30 CPI Dec 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%

Jan 14 08:30 Core CPI Dec 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

Jan 14 08:30 Retail Sales Dec 1.0% 0.7% 0.8%

Date ET Release For Actual Briefing.com Consensus Prior Revised

From

Jan 14 08:30 Retail Sales ex-auto Dec 0.8% 0.6% 1.2%

Jan 14 09:15 Industrial Production Dec 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%

Jan 14 09:15 Capacity Utilization Dec 75.3% 75.5% 75.2%

Jan 14 09:55 Mich Sentiment Jan 75.5 75.0 74.5

Jan 14 10:00 Business Inventories Nov 0.9% 0.7% 0.7%

Read more: http://briefing.com/Investor/Public/Calendars/EconomicCalendar.htm#ixzz1AONDOS4o

Current views, speculations and suggestions

good till close of business today. These are strictly technical in nature

only, not fundamentally based or biased.

Legend:

P is positive

N is Negative

PRD is Potential Trend Reversal Day

S2 is strong support

S1 is good support

DS is Daily Support

DR is Daily Resistance

R1 is Good resistance

R2 is Strong Resistance

S1, S2, R1, R2 change once, weekly, so DS can be below weekly support

levels and DR can be above weekly resistance levels as a week of trading

unfolds

Levels are for the most active futures contract.

DAILY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE

Trend S2 S1 DS DR R1 R2

Emini

S&P PRD 1244.50 1256.00 1258 1275 1278 1288.50

Emini NQ P 2195 2234 2256 2286 2297 2232

Yen N 117.23 118.87 119.76 121.02 122.80 125.09

EC N 125.57 127.43 128.79 130.01 132.73 136.17

10 year P 118.15 119.18 119.16 120.18 121.10 121.31

30 year PRD 117.28 119.14 119.29 121.22 122.11 123.22

Soybeans PRD 13.255 13.45 13.56 13.76 13.96 14.28

Corn PRD 5.09 5.82 5.92 6.01 6.26 6.47

Gold N 1310.50 1340.1 1364.00 1379.7 1411.8 1453.9

Silver N 26.48 27.60 28.20 29.26 30.55 32.58

Copper PRD 409.5 419.0 424 433 443.50 459.0

Crude PRD 84.10 86.29 87 89.25 91.02 94.70

Sugar P 30.04 32.56

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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. 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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