Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Futures Pointing to a Higher Open...FOMC Announcement at 2:15 pm ET...

BMO – ES +4.00 and NQ +7.00 futures are higher in pre-market trading pointing to a higher open. AAPL +0.78, AMZN +0.81, GOOG +5.75 and BIDU +2.31 are higher in pre-market trading. The Euro is up 11 pips in overnight trading. Oil is quoting up 60 cents in electronic trading. XLE is up 32 cents in pre-market trading. The FOMC meeting will end today with their interest rate announcement at 2:15 ET. This may influence short term traders as some traders like to wait until the announcement. This Friday is triple witching with options and futures expiration. SPY is up 44 cents in pre-market trading from Tuesday’s close. Stay prepared for a breakout of resistance or a potential pullback to support in this five and a half week trading range. Financials, XLF, is up +7 cents in pre-market trading. Follow your rules in any trading actions today. Be logical. Dave is teaching an Advanced Technical Workshop with more than 300 traders in San Francisco today. SPX Support = 1,087…1,082…1,075 Resistance = 1,106 - 1,117…1,125 – 1,133 Trading Down: Trading Up: AKAM, JOYG, UAUA, RIMM, X, FCX, XLE Look at these Charts…NVDA, JOYG, BUCY, X... At the Open on Wednesday SPY – QQQQ – FAS – X – DOW – UAUA – V – JOYG – NVDA – LRCX – WHR – AAPL – AKAM – AMD – CREE – KLAC – PCLN – DECK – NFLX – ISRG – FLIR – CAT – DE – PCP – UNP – PNC – STLD – AMLN – POT – AGU – AMZN – RIMM – ACN –

4 comments:

Gary said...

Dave,

Thanks for the update always helps guide me. Would it be possible to post the paper trade from your class this week? Just curious to what you're looking at on the charts.

Thanks again,

Gary

Unknown said...

Dave,

We appreciate you putting out the blog the same day you are teaching.

Could you possible comment on MHS when you have a moment?

Thanks
Don

Anonymous said...

I missed you today especially in the morning at-cap and the coaching class. You are one of a kind and no no one can replace you . Hope you are having a good day in sf. Cannot wait till you get back.

Anonymous said...

Dear Dave I am with Anonymous 100%!

Hope you're having a productive, great time (In fact you're probably at dinner right now!) in SF, but can't wait till you get back!!

Thank you for all that you do-You are over the top, Great!

Laney