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Through the prior close... Tuesday's gap up to 2478.00 neutralized all unfinished business and attractions above. Even attractions that had yet to be created --  the morning's 2477.00 bias-up target, whose 2472.00 bias-up signal wouldn't trigger for another 45 minutes. Reinforcements weren't attracted to extend higher, and a reaction down attacked 2472.00. Probing the morning's high during the noon hour also held, and also reacted down to attack 2472.00, albeit a little less closely. Overnight action's new info... Eventually dipping to a fresh low actually touched 2472.00. Firming greeted Europe's opens at Tuesday's 2472.50-2474.25 lows. That triggered a rally which has extended to attack 2478.00. If, then... Buyers gained no traction for Tuesday effort, having fulfilled objectives without creating any new ones. And the afternoon dip requires gapping up above Tuesday's highs to rally this morning -- at least, for a rally to be credible, and for it to be durable. That could even form a "session-long rally" setup targeting 2484.00 or 2490.00. Holding an opening test of yesterday's highs would be very vulnerable to reversing back under yesterday's lows to 2469.00 or 2458.50. First Trade... [Click here to view the Bias parameters] Exiting the open at 9:45 under 2477.00 would be unlikely to trigger the 2478.75 bias-up signal at 10:15. Exiting the open above 2472.00 would be unlikely to trigger the 2469.00 bias-down signal. Phonetic dictation... good morning and welcome it is Wednesday it's time from Wednesday's Morning Market to her and not a lot to go over overnight there's one interesting development and one interesting lack of development the interest interesting development is 2470 tubing touched remember that was yesterday's bicep signal it was never actually touched intraday the open and gapped up and immediately fulfill the 2477 bias up Target its reaction down stop short of 72 it was much too late by the time it was even attacking 72 to have any degree reliability that I might even break it was likelier to hold and do it by some signals do and bicep environments and that is defined the Rangers lower it did and it produced a retest to the hi-hat 78-75 that was the objective that was the objective of the afternoon Valance and actually the objective was 78 but likely to touch something that is this morning speaking of careless of the RC is tested retested resistance of a 960 area reacted down fresh low there is an attraction below its 78 if sellers were to become so inclined the pound still despite yesterday's reaction down from its cap up still likely to prove a fresh High no real signal on the Livi even the Euro fulfilled its objective in the case of a retest of Friday's High the objective was tested reacted back down neutralize the attraction back to Monday's close overnight is dipped even deeper not arbitrarily deeper it's testing a cell signal 1 1657 port in it that holds or not but holds if there's going to be any higher Heights gold backing off further down to the Rally's the Rally's initial initial objective about that is natural support which was for the backing and filling maybe even starting a new down leg or extending the deadline as opposed to finishing this down leg and recovering okay any questions let me know I will see you at the open good luck today  .

Gap up not exploited, or reversed. Pre-open action had probed yesterday's 2478.75 high by a full point. Yesterday's high is also this morning's bias-up signal. It was last touched 2 minutes before the open, which was only 1 tick lower. An offsetting test of the 2469.00 bias-down signal won't be required for not triggering bias-up, but it would be an attraction. Gapping up above yesterday's highs could have formed a "session-long rally" setup. Had triggering it rejected an effort more substantial than 1 point, then the setup's opposite resolution would be likely. We can give a fresh session low that benefit of the doubt, but not otherwise. Probing higher anyway this morning would be doomed to failure, if not this afternoon during the FOMC reaction, then tomorrow. Probing above the bias-up signal through 10:30 would invalidate the 10:15 no-bias signal. Fresh highs would be likely, but still doomed to failure.

WED afternoon signal (triggered at 1:20 ET) SPX ES Bias-up: above  2481.00 2478.75 ...would target  2486.25  2484.25 Bias-down: under  2473.00  2471.00 ...would target  2467.75  2465.50 Signal status: NO-BIAS FAQ INTRO VIDEOS #1 and #2 1. At 1:20, trading above the bias-up signal or under the bias-down signal would put into play a test of its bias-up or bias-down target. 2. Not triggering either bias signal at 1:20 would be "no-bias," and the bias signals should define the bias environment's range. -- A test of the opposite bias signal would be targeted if one bias signal was tested before triggering no-bias. 3. Touching the bias signal within 3 minutes either way of 1:20 would invoke a grace period through 1:30 to trigger a late signal. -- "Late" signals don't require testing the opposite bias signal, but it's still likely. 4. Still testing the bias signal at 1:30 after invoking the grace period would trigger "noN-bias," with no bias influence.

Even Wednesday's FOMC policy statement couldn't shake what is now a four-day streak of narrowly ranging sessions. There's no actual trending, and it IS for lack of trying: Gapping up Wednesday above Tuesday's 2478.75 high could have formed a session-long rally setup. But the prior high held, and the balance of the session trended down to the 2472.00 overnight low. Had the attempt been any more substantial, there would be a more substantial bearish consequence for its rejection. Instead, the complete retracement is sufficient. On the other end of the day is the small, late probe under Tuesday's low. Somewhat similarly, starting it earlier would have reflected strong-handed sponsorship. Instead, the late break's failure doesn't imply some bullish resolution. Once again, neither sellers nor buyers gained traction for their efforts. So, trending in either direction Thursday morning won't be very credible without a gap up originating it. Details and other markets coverage are discussed in the post-market Wrap recording here.

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THU morning signal (triggered at 10:15 ET) SPX ES Bias-up: above  2480.25 2478.00 ...would target  2486.00  2484.00 Bias-down: under  2471.00  2469.00 ...would target 2465.75  2463.50 Signal status: LATE BIAS-UP FAQ INTRO VIDEOS #1 and #2 1. At 10:15, trading above the bias-up signal or under the bias-down signal would put into play a test of its bias-up or bias-down target. 2. Not triggering either bias signal at 10:15 would be "no-bias," and the bias signals should define the bias environment's range. -- A test of the opposite bias signal would be targeted if one bias signal was tested before triggering no-bias. 3. Touching the bias signal within 3 minutes either way of 10:15 would invoke a grace period through 10:30 to trigger a late signal. -- "Late" signals don't require testing the opposite bias signal, but it's still likely. 4. Still testing the bias signal at 10:30 after invoking the grace period would trigger "noN-bias," with no bias influence.