Frontrunning - SPX had a break of structure early today (so was looking for a higher low) 

    Matt mentioned the symmetry break

    Posted by rmoore100 on 21st of Dec 2023 at 04:17 pm

    Matt mentioned the symmetry break yesterday.  Steve, does your break of structure comment therefore negate the symmetry break from yesterday, or do we probably still get a retrace down ?   Thanks for your thoughts.

    You may still see a

    Posted by steve on 21st of Dec 2023 at 04:22 pm

    You may still see a lower high but yesterday price moved down into demand zone and then broke above a previous high creating a bullish shift in structure which favored the pullback today being bought.   

    Yesterday's move down could be a wave C of an expanded flat  or first leg of a triangle (both regarding larger wave 4's)  as long as holding above yesterday's low. 

    Steve  Really appreciate you responding to

    Posted by arun on 21st of Dec 2023 at 07:13 pm

    Steve 

    Really appreciate you responding to this ( though it wasn’t my question). I actually raised a significant amount of cash this morning ( lot more than what I usually do - and it’s totally my own business). I know one or two days don’t make a market.  

    The second paragraph seems too technical to understand. Can you dumb it down a little bit please. 

    Think of it like any

    Posted by steve on 21st of Dec 2023 at 09:59 pm

    Think of it like any other sentiment gauge...simple as that

    Ok, Thanks !!

    Posted by rmoore100 on 21st of Dec 2023 at 04:24 pm

    Ok, Thanks !!

    Wasn't core PCE hotter than

    Posted by DigiNomad on 21st of Dec 2023 at 04:07 pm

    Wasn't core PCE hotter than expected last time and the market jumped up like a scalded dog? There have been lots of hotter prints (maybe it wasn't core PCE, but wage data, etc) and the media literally runs stories about the prints being proof that inflation is going down no matter what (I posted proof of this phenomenon last week). Would be funny if we actually got a consensus or below consensus print tomorrow and the market sold off. Whatever hurts the most people on a given day is the direction the market will take. However, for now, net delta suggests that it is still the bears that have to be scared away.  *I'm pretty sure it was core that was above consensus last time though...

    I'm not saying it's political, but if CNBC and Bloomberg editors had a political bone in their bodies and it happened to be bent even slightly to the left (doubtful, I'm sure they are all very non partisan) there would be a HUGE political benefit to spinning every data print towards the narrative that inflation has been conquered. 

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