– Apple and Amazon both disappointed after the bell yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Apple is -3.5% after missing on revenues and pointing to supply chain issues that may get worse into the holidays. The company eked out an EPS beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Amazon is -4% after whiffing on both earnings and sales. Higher labor and input costs weighed on margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Starbucks also missed sales after the bell and is down more than 5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Chevron, Exxon, and AbbVie all beat top and bottom line estimates this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– U.S. benchmarks melted higher into the close (ahead of earnings). The S&P, Dow, and NQ all set fresh record highs. Retreated after earnings deluge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Core PCE for September, the Fed\u2019s preferred inflation indicator. In line to a shade under expectations 3.6% versus 3.7% expected and 3.6% in August Personal Spending and Income data mixed. Leads into next week\u2019s FOMC meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Final October Michigan Consumer data due at 9:00 am CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– China PMIs due tomorrow night at 8:00 pm CT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Sovereign debt markets are beginning to balk at policy makers. Both U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen and ECB President Lagarde called inflation transitory and said they expect energy costs to recede. These types of comments have begun to underpin yields and support Crude Oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Bond prices topped out on opening bell yesterday and yields have risen since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– 7-year auction yesterday was poor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– 10-year yield on a two-day climb back to 1.60% ahead of PCE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– German 10-year back retesting recent high yield of -0.07%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Eurozone CPI at 4.1%, highest since July 2008 high<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sign up for a Free Trial at Blue Line Futures to have our entire fundamental and technical outlook, actionable bias, and proprietary levels for the markets you trade emailed each morning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n S&P, yesterday\u2019s close: Settled at 4587.50, up 43.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n NQ, yesterday\u2019s close: Settled at 15,764.75, up 177.50<\/p>\n\n\n\n – NQ cleared September record high by 0.5%. S&P new high on Tuesday was not taken out yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Gaps on charts from yesterday\u2019s settlement and overnight reopen. Bring thick resistance, but strength of uptrend cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – A range has developed on the week, Wednesday\u2019s low on close 4543.75 and yesterday\u2019s high at 4590 area; a weekly close outside of this range would encourage a directional move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Similar range in NQ at 15,500 and 15,780<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Higher floor of support developing at 4559 level; previous gap and now opening bell low yesterday<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Momentum indicators align with our Pivots to create a point of balance on the session, decisive action above or below 4570 in the S&P and 15,670-15,708 in the NQ will encourage sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sign up for a Free Trial at Blue Line Futures to have our entire fundamental and technical outlook, actionable bias, and proprietary levels for the markets you trade emailed each morning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bias: Neutral\/Bullish<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resistance: 4579.75-4980.50**, 4587.75-4590***, 4600**, 4620****<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pivot: 4570<\/p>\n\n\n\n Support: 4559**, 4543.75-4549.50***, 4536.50**, 4519.75-4525.50***, 4507.50-4511.25***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resistance: 15,764-15,780***, 15,800**, 15,899***, 16,000-16,021***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pivot: 15,670-15,708<\/p>\n\n\n\n Support: 15,581-15,591***, 15,495-15,507***, 15,434-15,451**, 15,326-15,341**, 15,273-15,290***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yesterday\u2019s close: <\/em>Settled at 82.81, up 0.15<\/p>\n\n\n\n – OPEC+ meeting next week in focus as Iran comes back to the nuclear negotiating table. This likely keeps OPEC+ on pace to keep increase at 400,000 bpd. Remember, some nations are struggling to add production. Resulting in over-compliance and a bullish undertone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Low on the week yesterday at 80.58 but settled 2.5% higher. Major three-star support at 80.77-81.17 still very intact. Above here, the bulls remain in the driver\u2019s seat across all time frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – CoT after the bell, Managed Money increased the previous week back above 300k but still shy of June high 382k. Room to grow is a tailwind but becoming over-crowded means loose hands on down move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sign up for a Free Trial at Blue Line Futures to have our entire fundamental and technical outlook, actionable bias, and proprietary levels for the markets you trade emailed each morning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bias: Neutral\/Bullish<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resistance: 83.00-83.29**, 83.74-83.96***, 84.26**, 84.60-85.00****<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pivot: 82.50<\/p>\n\n\n\n Support: 81.55-81.76*, 80.77-81.17***, 79.82-80.04***, 78.76-78.77***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gold, yesterday\u2019s close: Settled at 1802.6, up 3.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silver, yesterday\u2019s close: Settled at 24.12, down 0.071<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Trend turning bearish after Gold\u2019s inability to rally amid favorable conditions earlier in the week, weaker U.S. Dollar and higher Treasuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Favorable conditions dissipating. U.S. Dollar oversold yesterday and working higher today, German yields on the mend and a poor U.S. auction yesterday bringing Treasury weakness. Bearish landscape fundamentally for precious metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Developing: September PCE in line to a shade under expectations 3.6% versus 3.7% expected and 3.6% in August; could help buoy Gold, maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Price action slipped and retesting major three-star support at 1781.9-1784. A break below opens the door to 1760.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Silver battling again at major three-star support at 23.87-23.96 after coiling this week. A true break could bring $23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sign up for a Free Trial at Blue Line Futures to have our entire fundamental and technical outlook, actionable bias, and proprietary levels for the markets you trade emailed each morning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bias: Neutral\/Bearish<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resistance: 1811.5-1815.5***, 1825-1829***, 1836***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pivot: 1799<\/p>\n\n\n\n Support: 1781.9-1784***, 1760***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resistance: 24.28**, 24.52**, 24.95-25.17***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pivot: 23.07 Support: 23.87-23.96***, 23.65**, 23.35-23.48**, 22.92-23.03***<\/p>\n\n\n\n —<\/p>\n\n\n\n Originally Posted on October 29, 2021 – Apple & Amazon Set Tone as Dolla<\/a>r<\/a> Rebounds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The support and resistance levels are created through our systematic and proprietary technical analysis and ranked by significance from 1 to 4 stars (****). 1-2 star levels are typically best focused on intraday or early in a session to help confirm momentum. 3-4 star levels are used to define a floor or ceiling in a market, a move and close above or below could signal a breakout or breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our bias is our outlook for the underlying market, with 7 separate rankings from outright bullish to outright bearish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bullish \u2013 Outright bullish<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bullish\/Neutral \u2013 Bullish the market but there may be technical\/fundamental headwinds around the corner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Neutral\/Bullish \u2013 relatively upbeat from a cautious standpoint <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Neutral<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Neutral\/Bearish \u2013 relatively downbeat from a cautious standpoint<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bearish\/Neutral- Bearish the market but there may be technical\/fundamental headwinds around the corner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bearish \u2013 Outright bearish<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apple and Amazon both disappointed after the bell yesterday. 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