Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:08 PM GMT +1
Trading the Odds on Wednesday – September 30, 2009
Although on Monday’s session the ES E-MINI S&P 500 fully complied to the forecasted slightly negative bias on the close and the supposed tight range (see my posting Trading the Odds on Tuesday – September 29, 2009), unfortunately it didn’t leave much to lean on short term.
The ES E-MINI S&P 500 opened higher +0.12%, posted an intraday low of -0.54% below and an intraday high of +0.64% above Monday’s close, and finally closed lower -0.42% on the day, while the Nasdaq 100 closed lower -0.40% (S&P 500 -0.22%, DJ Ind. -0.48%, Russel 2000 -0.45%, SOX Philadelphia Semiconductor Index -1.43% , BKX Philadelphia Bank Index -0.36%).
None of those setups which were triggered on Tuesday’s close provides a significant edge on any side of the market (and/or show contradictory tendencies), but a lower close immediately following a strong up day (and therefore the markets inability to immediately build upon those gains) is – from a longer-term historical and statistical perspective – not a winning proposition with respect to the next session’s performance (profit factor, average trade), although probabilities are slightly – if at all – tilt in favor of a higher close (see my posting Pullback After Strong Up Days – Positive or Negative ?).
Due to the fact that I’ll be busy tomorrow morning (German local time) due to some personal matters, next regular posting will be for Thursday’s session.
Successful trading,
Frank
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