ES Daily Plan | March 23, 2023
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ES Daily Plan | March 23, 2023
As usual, the market underwent volatility during FOMC. Today’s session resulted in an outside day down, with a pretty vicious downward spike as the M-period made a new daily low.
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Note the current weekly profile.
Contextual Analysis
During the overnight (ON) session today, the market traded within a narrow range and was relatively uneventful, except for a minor dip in the European session that was quickly bought up by buyers at the prior day's halfback.
The RTH session began trading within the prior day's spike area and remained within a narrow range during the A-period. However, in the B-period, buyers made a significant effort to explore prices above the prior day's high, with a positive delta of 5693. This effort failed heavily as passive sellers were able to absorb the aggressive buying. In other words, the buyers didn’t have size enough to push the price through the limit orders. This is the fundamental principle of orderflow trading, the presence or absence of absorption. Before FOMC, the primary theme was liquidity grabs and reversals, which was illustrated in a visual that I tweeted.
As usual, the market underwent volatility during FOMC. As mentioned yesterday, it’s usually a good idea to go flat 30 minutes before the event and save your mental capital for Thursday and Friday, which are generally much better days to focus on. Today’s upside was capped by the 4069 level, leading to an excess high forming. Is this and end of an auction and the beginning of another? During FOMC, the market was mostly within the range of 4070-4005, but the M-period witnessed a sharp liquidation and filled yesterday’s gap in the process. One interesting observation was that each upward move encountered selling pressure, coinciding with VIX testing the support level of 20.24, which was provided in the previous plan.
Today’s session resulted in an outside day down, with an downward spike as the M-period made a new daily low. The spike base is at 4005, which is a level that buyers need to regain immediately. Trading within and below the spike (Acceptance) is a more favorable outcome for sellers, while trading above the spike (Rejection) is a more favorable outcome for buyers as that negates the lower prices of the spike. I outlined in previous plan that sellers most favorable scenario is a daily close back below 3990, and they got it. Now we need to observe if they can follow-through. The M-period had a negative delta of 18222. The current weekly profile has been added on the chart, and the situation is clear-cut. For buyers to take charge, they must gain acceptance back within the upper distribution, whereas sellers have the upper hand in the short term if trading persists in the lower distribution. The daily has returned to a 2-day balance after breaking yesterday's low.
Observe the updated chart from the Weekly Plan below. That is a pretty vicious rejection from the weekly resistance area.
Going into tomorrow's session, I will observe 3988.
Holding above 3988 would target 4005 / 4022
Break and hold below 3988 would target 3962 / 3940 / 3920
Additionally, pay attention to the following VIX levels: 23.40 and 21.12. These levels can provide confirmation of strength or weakness.
Break and hold above 4022 with VIX below 21.12 would confirm strength.
Break and hold below 3920 with VIX above 23.40 would confirm weakness.
Overall, it's important to exercise caution when trading outside of the highlighted yellow levels. A non-cooperative VIX may suggest possible reversals i.e trade setups.
Be sure to check out the Weekly Plan, which provides a broader perspective and highlights significant levels of interest to watch in the coming week.
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ES Daily Plan | March 23, 2023
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