Today is August 23rd and we saw the markets holding on with only modest losses as the S&P dropped -4.75 points.
I think tomorrow will be a pretty important trading day and will be looking for the market to hold on. This is not a far gone conclusion, but this is what I would be looking for. If we see big selling and close that way, we will be seeing other factors come into play. Currently the daily and hourly momentum is clearly down. Support will have to make itself clear or the markets momentum will take over and we will drop.
After Tuesdays session, a new weekly poll from the Investment Newsletter Writers will come out for Wednesdays market. The negative sentiment will likely have a reverse effect on future market direction. So, the key is for the market to hold on, without any major damage, but we will see.
Below, I have a chart of today’s first 90 minutes showing the turning points during that time. There are only a few trades and they were all pretty clear. If all the trades were taken, 3 would have been big winners with one small loss. This is only based on the trade indicators. I won’t say if I would have taken all of these trades but I will say that I really liked the first one and the last one.
One would only have to capture a few points from one of these trades to make a nice daily goal. The chart below is a tick chart and the smallest size of which I use on most trading days.
Still laying low on personal trading and may be ready to get back into it by this coming Monday. I am enjoying the time off, as it will help me recharge myself for the many coming months of good volatility, that’s the plan anyway.


