E-mini S&P (December) / E-mini NQ (December)
S&P, yesterday’s close: Settled at 6003.75, up 45.50
NQ, yesterday’s close: Settled at 21,224.75, up 330.75
The E-mini NQ finally set a fresh record high, its first since July. Suitably, yesterday was a tech led rally with XLK +1.74% and more granularly a massive day from software with IGV +2.5%. E-mini S&P futures also had a party, crossing the 6000 mark for the first time.
The Federal Reserve cut 25bps yesterday but spoke about risks in the economy being balanced and removed verbiage in its statement pointing to having ‘greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward its 2% target’. When asked at his press conference Fed Chair Powell pointed to the downward trajectory of inflation being achieved in order to break ground on rate cuts, and it is unnecessary to focus on inflation in the same manner that it had for the last three years. Regardless, we are mindful that this could be perceived as a bit more hawkish than expected.
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The rally continues and major three-star resistance levels from yesterday in the E-mini S&P at 6004.75 and that which aligned with previous closing highs in the E-mini NQ at 21,160-21,179 are now our Pivot and point of balance. While the immediacy of the rally may be reaching some exhaustion and a consolidation within the first half of today’s session would be completely normal, a response to our listed supports and then regaining the aforementioned Pivot and point of balance would set up for a very constructive weekly close and this could easily pin the E-mini S&P deep into our wide rare major four-star resistance at…
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