Market Day Ahead - August 19, 2022 - SPY - 426/430 range; low volume Friday; next week we get fireworks. 🎇
SPY | SPX Trading Plans (Friday)
- Scenario 1: If we dip to 426 and bounce off it, I’ll take calls to 428/430.
- Scenario 2: If we dip to 425 and break it, I’ll just clap.
- Scenario 1 is most likely, but I doubt I’ll trade at all on Friday unless I’ve just got an itch or it looks to be on autopilot like last Friday (will check it at 11am)
Review & Analysis…..
What Happened Today (Thursday)
- SPY traded between 425.50 and 428.61
- I had an overnight SPXp that I exited 5 minutes after ht open. Wasn’t the bottom, but it covered lunch. I shouldn’t have done it in the first place.
- DXY - this moved up all day, just about in a straight line, to close +1.00 from the open. That’s not trivial. How the SPY managed to close green with that is a real show of strength.
- Looking at the volume, I think this was the second or third lowest in months.
- Not really surprising. It’s just ticking up and no news of significance to push it either way - and the SPY always leans green if it’s on autopilot.
- BBBY got thrashed (in after hours) by Cohen selling out. I was surprised at how fast he was able to file the 144 and fully sell his position; didn’t that it was possible.
Technicals (Latest)
- SPY levels: 405, 416, 420, 429.50, 437
- Chart - Weekly: Neutral - we may have a top in (431). Friday/Monday will confirm/correct that.
- Chart - Daily: Bearish - hugging that overbought RSI. Pullback still pending.
- Chart - 4h: Bearish - riding that overbought RSI line, consolidating. Incredible strength, but the drop is coming..
- Chart - 1h: Neutral - nothing to see here.
Looking Ahead (Friday)
- As I noted, earlier, today’s volume was second or third lowest in months.
- Where are the sellers? I continue to think next week we’re going to have a big pullback (20+) and a big spike in volume.
- There’s absolutely nothing on the calendar for Friday. More chop with a bias to upside, I’d guess. 🤷‍♂️
- Probably very close to Thursday’s action.
- Heads up: NEXT week is going to be a bit more interesting. We’ll go into the weekend with overbought technicals, then we have PCE and other data on Friday morning and a possible JPow speaking in the wild. 🔥
- I intend to make a post over the weekend drawing the chart for the next 6 months. I’m feeling confident in it.
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I trade SPY, QQQ, and specific story sectors using technical analysis and gut rubs.
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Twitter: twitter.com/stonks_maverick
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