The S&P 500 index futures began the regular session slightly in the green and were having strong follow-through when the rally aborted off a headline. Just as the index was…
The sellers on the close in Wednesday’s session could not have been more wrong. In fact, right from the 6:00am EST opening print, the low and close from the session…
On many occasions, trading instruments will reverse course after putting in a double top or bottom. Unfortunately, that is what investors are confronted with respect to the S&P 500 index…
On Monday, the S&P 500 index futures four-day win streak that was interrupted, with only a small decline, resumed today in a big way. Even hawkish statements by a few…
It took some time, but the S&P 500 index futures did follow up Wednesday’s vicious late-day rally. In doing so, the index had its first three-day winning streak since late…
Volatility on a Fed announcement day continued in a big way even though investors got exactly what was predicted, a 0.25% interest rate hike. The rally from premarket trading continued…
What a difference a day or less makes under the current market conditions. The slide in the S&P 500 index futures in premarket trading breached last week’s low by a…
Investors cannot say that the S&P 500 index has not been giving them opportunities to sell into strength, instead of into weakness. The index offered up two chances to lighten…
Closing in the red by 55.75 handles at 4201.50 makes it a bad day. What makes it a really bad day is that at one point in premarket trading, the…
If the S&P 500 index futures are going to make a sustained move higher, it is going to have become less volatile first. Thursday was a small step in that…