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In recent days, I have gotten into the habit of covering a lot of longer term trading information into the Emini Market Open reports on You Tube. I will try to stop doing this and stay within the constraints of the day. There is a method to my madness however. This is because the market rejected downward cycling largely in the last week and the ranges are contracting. This is consistent with the holiday market seasonal / scenario that is not uncommon. This is bolstered further by some good reports today and an FOMC who has a vested interest in pushing the markets higher (if they can). This all adds up to a bullish overall sentiment that may persist for a while. This can often translate into very narrow ranges that can make shorter term trading difficult. For example, the entire range of the last 6 trading days in the Russell TF futures is 15.2 points. Keep this in mind as a possibility during this season.
This coming week we have the FOMC meeting that will likely also be dealt with delicately. This occurs on Wednesday in a week that has a fairly busy report schedule. The only day next week that does not have reports in Monday. Thursday and Wednesday market mood will likely be flavored by the FOMC and the the remaining two days will express the sentiment that comes out of this.
This last week was largely one of consolidation as the natural down cycle was short lived. The market is consolidating both locally in the recent week as well as on the longer time frames. This region around 1406 that we mentioned in recent weeks has then become the support area for the current push higher.
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