As you prepare for the last week of February 2023 and start of March, see what our analysts have to say about the futures markets with visual representation of the market trends via Bollinger bands. They also cover what to focus on for upcoming economic and company reports. E-Mini Dow Jones Futures Daily Chart March E-Mini…

Learn about the importance of Harmonic Levels when analyzing potential price turning points in the futures markets. We also discuss proprietary technical analysis techniques in identifying and interpreting Rotation Zones through a series of moving averages. Applying Math and Analytical Skills to Trading Mike Arnold, Chief Strategy Officer at Path Trading Partners, harnessed his mathematical and…

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) Year over Year came in higher than expected on February 14, 2023, followed by Retail Sales, Empire State Manufacturing and Housing Market reports on the 15th that came in with better than forecast numbers. Do these findings point to the possibility that the Federal Reserve…

One of the key elements that drives major market index futures prices is trading and hedging in the index options markets. As large traders and market makers place new speculative positions or hedge against existing positions using the options markets, they can often move futures prices in real-time. …

Our analysts reviewed the markets and are forecasting possible bullish moves across various futures. Read more below. E-Mini S&P 500 Futures Daily Chart The E-mini S&P 500 futures shows early signs of breaking out of a bear trend that dominated in 2022. The lower swing highs and swing lows of 2022 have been replaced by higher…

The Employment Situation report published on February 3, 2023 moved markets with an unusually big beat, with 517,000 jobs created in January alone. With such an impressive start to the year, you may be asking yourself, “How does the employment situation report affect the financial market? How does this jobs…

E-Mini Russell 2000 Futures Weekly Chart The E-mini Russell followed through on the cross above the 52-Week Moving Average, reinforcing a bullish trend that began at the beginning of the year. The MACD ticked up into positive territory, another bullish indication that complements the positive MACD histogram. Last week’s price action also overcame the 38% Fibonacci…

If you’ve asked yourself, “what is purchasing managers index?” or wondered how the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) index are key economic indicators, read more. What to Take Away from the PMI and ISM Reports The PMI and ISM provide guidance on factors affecting durable goods among other inputs. …

If you’re looking for ways to identify intra-day support and resistance levels to help find turning points in the market, one of the more effective ways to do so is with volume profile data. Volume profile is a charting technique that displays the total volume traded at every price level…