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S & P - Trading Range Is Alive And Well


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Tuesday  15 June 2010

 Last time, we recommended buying weakness and did so at 1076, last Friday, shown on the chart.  Of
some concern was a narrowing of Friday's range, indicating some lack of demand.  Overnight trade,
coming into Monday's day session, showed price rejection at the 1096 area.  We felt it was opportune to
take partial profits at 1094, pre-opening.  As the day developed, a lessening of volume and upward range
extension suggested there was not enough buying activity to get through overhead resistance, so we
opted to exit the final portion at 1099, just prior to the highs for the day.

 It is apparent from the low end close on Monday, [second bar from the end...the last bar is overnight
activity and pre-opening for Tuesday], that sellers were still active in defending the upper end of the
trading range, and it appears that a reaction may ensue.  Support is expected around the 1070 area,
which happens to be a 50% retracement as well as where demand showed up, last week.

 

 S&P D 15 Jun 10

 The 60 minute chart gives a more detailed look at where support is likely to halt any decline.  1070 is the
50% retracement, and there are a few lows that held just under 1070 on 10 June.   As always, support or
resistance should be viewed as an area and not an absolute price.  For as long as the trading range
remains intact, anything can happen in either direction.  We have areas where we want to initiate a new
position.  It will depend upon HOW the market activity develops, at the time.

 No position, for now.

S&P 60m 15 Jun 10



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Michael Noonan is the driving force behind Edge Trader Plus.  He has been in the futures business for 30 years, functioning primarily in an individual capacity.  He was the research analyst for the largest investment banker in the South, at one time, and he managed money
in the cash bond market for a $5 billion pension fund using Peter Steidlmeyer’s Market Profile.

Proficient in Gann, Elliott Wave, Market Profile, etc, Mr Noonan no longer uses any of those technical procedures.  Instead, his primary focus is on developing market activity, relying solely on the information generated by the market itself, such as the interaction between  price and volume, and how they relate to important price levels in the market structure.  He incorporates proven market principles, such as knowledge of the trend, supply and demand, along with disciplined rules for to find developing high probability trade opportunities.

He can be reached by e-mail at his website: mn@edgetraderplus.com

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