Wednesday, September 8-Jim Wyckoff's Morning Web
Log

JIM'S MARKET THOUGHT OF THE DAY *

Recent price action has seen the crude oil market
become decoupled from many other commodity markets.
Cotton, coffee, the grains, sugar, gold and silver
are all in solid bull market runs, while crude oil
languishes in choppy trading and well off its
summertime high. This suggests the commodity
markets are trading more on their own individual
supply and demand fundamentals and with less of a
"herd mentality" that occurred during the major
commodity market bull run in 2008. The
aforementioned commodity markets that are in bull
runs do hint that the downside in crude oil is
probably limited, what with crude already well down
from its summertime high.--Jim

U.S. STOCK INDEXES

S&P 500 futures: The shorter-term moving averages
are bullish early today. The 4-
day moving average is above the 9-day and 18-day.
The 9-day is above the 18-day moving average.
Short-term oscillators are
neutral to bearish early today. Today, shorter-term
technical resistance comes in at 1,100.00 and then
at Tuesday's high of 1,107.10. Buy stops likely
reside just above those levels. Downside support
for active traders today is located at the
overnight low of 1,086.70 and then at 1,075.00.
Sell stops are likely located just below those
levels. Wyckoff's Intra-day Market Rating: 5.0

Nasdaq index futures: The shorter-term moving
averages are bullish early today.
The 4-day moving average is above the 9-day and 18-
day. The 9-day average is above the 18-day. Short-
term oscillators are
neutral early today. Shorter-term technical
resistance is located at Tuesday's high of 1,878.00
and then at 1,890.00. Buy stops likely reside just
above those levels. On the downside, short-term
support is seen at the overnight low of 1,852.25
and then at 1,834.50. Sell stops are likely located
just below those levels. Wyckoff's Intra-Day Market
Rating: 5.5

Dow futures: Sell stops likely reside just below
support at Tuesday's low of 10,325 and then more
stops just below support at 10,300. Buy stops
likely reside just above technical resistance at
Tuesday's high of 10,405 and then at last week's
high of 10,440. Shorter-term moving averages are
neutral early today, as the 4-day moving average is
above the 9-day. The 9-day moving average is below
the 18-day moving average. Shorter-term oscillators
are neutral to bullish
early today. Wyckoff's Intra-Day Market Rating: 5.5

U.S. TREASURY BONDS AND NOTES

December U.S. T-Bonds: Shorter-term moving averages
are neutral early today. The 4-day
moving average is below the 9-day and 18-day. The
9-day is above the 18-day moving average.
Oscillators are neutral to
bullish early today. Shorter-term resistance lies
at the overnight high of 133 12/32 and then at 133
22/32. Buy stops likely reside just above those
levels. Shorter-term technical support lies at 132
16/32 and then at 132 even. Sell stops likely
reside just below those levels. Wyckoff's Intra-Day
Market Rating: 5.5

DECEMBER U.S. T-Bonds

135 19/32--lifetime high
135 19/32--Previous Month's high
134 9/32--second pivot point resistance
133 21/32--first pivot point resistance
133 11/32--9-day moving average
133 2/32--previous day's high
133 --previous day's close
132 23/32--18-day moving average
132 18/32--4-day moving average
132 13/32--pivot point
131 25/32--first pivot point support
131 6/32--previous day's low
130 17/32--second pivot point support
126 7/32--previous month's low
124 10/32--100-day moving average
112 --lifetime low

December U.S. T-Notes: Shorter-term oscillators
are neutral to bullish
early today. Buy stops likely reside just above
shorter-term technical resistance at the overnight
high of 125.03.5 and then at 125.16.0. Shorter-term
moving averages are bearish early today. The 4-day
moving average is below the 9-day and 18-day. The
9-day is below the 18-day moving average. Sell stop
orders are likely located just below support at
124.16.0 and then at 124.00.0. Wyckoff's Intra Day
Market Rating: 5.0

DECEMBER U.S. T-Notes

126 2/32--lifetime high
126 2/32--previous month's high
125 19/32--second pivot point resistance
125 7/32--first pivot point resistance
124 29/32--18-day moving average
124 28/32--9-day moving average
124 28/32--previous day's high
124 27/32--previous day's close
124 18/32--4-day moving average
124 16/32--pivot point
124 4/32--first pivot point support
123 25/32--previous day's low
123 13/32--second pivot point support
122 16/32--previous month's low
120 10/32--100-day moving average
111 9/32--lifetime low

U.S. DOLLAR INDEX

The December U.S. dollar index is weaker in early
trading, on a corrective pullback from solid gains
on Tuesday. Slow stochastics for the dollar index
are bullish early today. The dollar index finds
shorter-term technical resistance at Tuesday's high
of 83.29 and then at 83.53. Shorter-term support is
seen at the overnight low of 82.91 and then at
Tuesday's low of 82.60. Wyckoff's Intra Day Market
Rating: 4.5

CRUDE OIL

Crude oil prices are slightly lower early today.
Trading has turned choppy recently. In October
crude, look for buy stops to reside just above
resistance at Tuesday's high of $74.63 and then at
$75.00. Look for sell stops just below technical
support at the overnight low of $73.37 and then at
$73.00. Wyckoff's Intra-Day Market Rating: 4.5

GRAINS

Prices were mostly weaker in overnight trading, as
the markets are pausing following recent gains. The
grain market bulls still have some upside near-term
technical momentum, led by the corn market.

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Jim Wyckoff has been involved with the stock, financial and futures markets for more than 20 years.  He was born and raised in Iowa, where he still resides.

Wyckoff became a financial journalist with Futures World News for many years, cutting his teeth as a reporter on the futures trading floors in Chicago and New York, where he covered every futures market traded in the United States at one time or another.

Not long after he began his career in financial journalism, he began studying technical analysis. By studying chart patterns and other technical indicators, he realized this approach to analyzing and trading markets could level the playing field between “professional insiders” in the markets and individual traders.

His extensive studies of technical analysis and knowledge of markets led to several positions, including chief technical analyst at several well-known companies.  He says his mission is not just to generate profits for traders but to also provide them with educational and insightful information because, in the fascinating business of trading, one never stops learning.

Wyckoff received a Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State University, graduating in 1984 with a major in journalism and a minor in economics. He and his wife have two children, a son in high school and a daughter in college.

When he’s not analyzing markets and educating traders, Wyckoff says he loves adventures, from driving a Jeep across the highest mountain pass in the continental United States to extreme winter camping in the Boundary Waters to hiking in the jungles of South America.