Top Day Recommendations
3.26
This morning’s news is being dominated by a speech from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. I don’t know if many expected to see the Chairman giving a detailed overview of the economy at this early hour. At any rate, he appears to be explaining the unemployment situation, it’s recent improvement and its structural difficulties. He’s even introducing some pretty arcane stuff including the Beverage curve. The market is generally responding favorably with stocks higher, Yen lower, dollar weaker crude and gold higher. Other than this, all the market has to deal with today is pending home sales at 10.
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Date
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ET
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Release
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For
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Actual
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Briefing.com Briefing.com
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Prior
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Revised
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Forecast
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Consensus
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From
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Mar |
10:00 |
Pending Home Sales |
Feb |
0.5% |
0.5% |
2.0% |
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26 |
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Mar |
09:00 |
Case-Shiller 20-city |
Jan |
-4.0% |
-3.8% |
-4.0% |
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27 |
Index |
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Mar |
10:00 |
Consumer Confidence |
Mar |
71.0 |
70.0 |
70.8 |
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27 |
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Mar |
07:00 |
MBA Mortgage Index |
03/24 |
NA |
NA |
-7.4% |
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28 |
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Mar |
08:30 |
Durable Orders |
Feb |
2.5% |
2.5% |
-3.7% |
-4.0% |
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28 |
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Mar |
08:30 |
Durable Orders -ex |
Feb |
0.5% |
1.0% |
-3.0% |
-3.2% |
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28 |
Transportation |
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Mar |
10:30 |
Crude Inventories |
03/24 |
NA |
NA |
- |
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28 |
1.160M |
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Mar |
08:30 |
Initial Claims |
03/24 |
350K |
350K |
348K |
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29 |
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Mar |
08:30 |
Continuing Claims |
03/17 |
3400K |
3385K |
3352K |
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29 |
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Mar |
08:30 |
GDP - Third Estimate |
Q4 |
3.0% |
3.0% |
3.0% |
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Date |
ET | Release | For | Actual | Briefing.com Briefing.com | Prior | Revised | |
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29
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Mar |
08:30 |
GDP Deflator - Third |
Q4
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0.9% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
29 |
Estimate
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Mar |
08:30 |
Personal Income |
Feb |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
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30 |
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Mar |
08:30 |
Personal Spending |
Feb |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.2% |
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30 |
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Mar |
08:30 |
PCE Prices - Core |
Feb |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
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30 |
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Mar |
09:45 |
Chicago PMI |
Mar |
62.0 |
62.0 |
64.0 |
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30 |
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Mar |
09:55 |
Michigan Sentiment - |
Mar |
73.5 |
74.3 |
74.3 |
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30 |
Final |
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MARKET PLACE
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
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R1 is Weekly Good Resistance
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R2 is Weekly Strong Resistance
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Levels are for the most active futures contract
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Daily Support and Resistance |
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Trend
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WS2 |
WS1 |
DS |
DR |
WR1 |
WR2 |
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June
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D
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1366
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1380 |
1384
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1404 |
1407 |
1421 |
ES
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June
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D
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2677
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2703 |
2710
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2764 |
2751 |
2774 |
Nasdaq
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June
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U
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117.7
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119.51 |
119.90 |
122.06 |
122.61 |
123.90 |
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Yen
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June
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D
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130.7
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131.73 |
132.10 |
133.14 |
133.35 |
133.96 |
EC
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6
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June
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U
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127.0
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128.02 |
128.07
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129.12 |
129.21 |
130.08 |
10
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3
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Year
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June
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U
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134.0 |
135.30 |
137.00 |
138.12 |
138.29 |
140.00 |
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2 |
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Year
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May
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U
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13.21
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13.43 |
13.53 |
13.81 |
13.77 |
14.00 |
Soybea
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ns
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May
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PRD(U)
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6.14 |
6.30 |
6.37 |
6.51 |
6.69 |
6.92 |
Corn
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April
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D
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1610.
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1635.00 |
1647 |
1681 |
1678 |
1695 |
Gold
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3
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May
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U
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30.12 |
31.16 |
31.70 |
32.86 |
33.16 |
34.12 |
Silver
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May
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U
|
365 |
373 |
377
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386 |
390 |
399 |
Copper
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May
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U
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102.4 |
104.60 |
103.67
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108.36 |
108.80 |
110.85 |
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Crude
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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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HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM.
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