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Through the prior close... Thursday's gap down to 2057.00 was the center of choppy ranging through the morning's bias environment. When the window began lapsing, the decline extended. A noon hour bounce back up to 2057.00 was the last bit of optimism, as the balance of the cash session trended down to 2041.00. Overnight action's new info... Actually, the afternoon's slide was still optimistic, since its likely target was 2039.75. Stopping optimistically short then made the next lower objective likelier. Ranging narrowly sideways overnight between 2040.00-2045.00 seems to have been even more optimism, since a sudden break lower quickly extended down to 2034.00. If, then... Meeting the 2034.50 target overnight creates a reversal setup unique to Fridays. Opening back in positive territory could get the best of both worlds -- isolating the selling to overnight, while also leveraging the slingshot effect into an opening surge. Regardless of the opening print, not surging through the open would suggest the decline's momentum remains intact. Then another Friday factor would become influential, as everyone rushes to be first through the exit ahead of weekend illiquidity. A renewed bias-down would essentially target the 2025.00 area. First Trade... Exiting the open at 9:45 above 2039.75 would be unlikely to trigger the 2034.50 bias-down signal at 10:15. Exiting the open under 2032.25 would be likely to trigger bias-down.

Race for the exit drives price sharply lower. Not opening positive had already avoided one bullish setup. Opening within the 2034.50-2039.75 range still could have recovered the 2039.75 bias-down signal to avoid triggering. But remaining within the range made a probe under overnight lows likely. Probing overnight lows still could have recovered both 2034.50-2039.75 bias parameters. But it had become a little late for that, and the bottom dropped out. Dropping all the way through 10:15 fulfilled every bit of potential to the 2025.00 area, including the room for noise under it to 2023.25. The weekend's impending illiquidity can accelerate afternoon intentions to fuel morning trends. Oversold RSIs at the low doom any bounce to failure until the low's retest. Not holding the low's retest would next target 2012.00. If a bounce does form, it would benefit from future selling pressure having been accelerated into the morning.

FRI afternoon signal (triggered at 1:20 ET) SPX ES Bias-up: above  2037.00 2031.75 ...would target  2042.00  2037.00 Bias-down: under  2031.00  2026.00 ...would target 2025.75  2020.50 Signal status: LATE NO-BIAS, TESTED BIAS-DOWN SIGNAL, TESTED BIAS-UP PARAMETERS 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.

Bouncing, still within the context of a correction. Bouncing this morning from 2023.00 up to 2029.00 resolved down to 2021.25. But only briefly, as the dip was recover faster than it had developed. Attacking 2029.00 was consolidated. And then it broke higher. The break higher targeted 2035.25. A 9-point surge is testing it up to 2036.75. While still well in negative territory. Back under 2032.00 would signal the bounce had ended, probably reversing down to probe fresh session lows. But extending much higher first, through 2038.00, would start to suggest a bigger rally is underway.

A daily summary of high-profile members of several complexes... View a more detailed discussion of each chart at the end of today's Market Wrap. Eurodollar Sep Contract (EC, ETF: (FXE, UUP)) Thursday's test of 1.0785 resistance didn't extend higher Friday, and instead dipped back down to test Thursday's 1.0725 low as support. Gold Dec Contract (GC, ETF: (GLD)) Narrow ranging at or under 1082.00 didn't suggest the decline was extending, but still doesn't signal momentum reversing up. Silver Dec Contract (SI, ETF: (SLV)) Friday's narrow ranging entered the weekend still hovering at its recent trend lows instead of rejecting the trend, suggesting at least a fresh low intraday remains likely. 30-year Treasury Dec Contract (US, ETF: (TLT)) The bounce extended to 153-21 resistance Friday where reversing back under 152-15 would now resume the decline, but recovering 154-10 would still signal a much bigger recovery underway. Crude Oil Dec Contract (CL, ETF: (USO, USL) (UWTI-long, DWTI-short)) Fresh lows testing 40.35 can extend to its 39.95 target so long as 41.00 now holds as resistance. Natural Gas Nov Contract (NG, ETF: (UNG, UNL)) Gapping up into the EIA report extended up through 2.31, but closing also above 2.37 is needed to launch a new rally leg.

MON morning signal (triggered at 10:15 ET) SPX ES Bias-up: above  2032.00 2027.00 ...would target  2038.00  2033.00 Bias-down: under  2022.00  2017.00 ...would target 2017.00  2012.00 Signal status: NO-BIAS, TESTED BOTH BIAS-UP AND BIAS-DOWN SIGNALS 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.

The two-week old pullback is really less than that. The first two sessions two weeks ago had rallied, and the next 2-3 sessions had retraced that. The newly-finished week didn't trend down throughout, but it wasn't much for counter-trending. Only one prior low of the rally has been broken, which keeps the pullback corrective. Break another prior low, and the trend will have reversed down. How will that affect the potential to new highs? A lot. The upside was never a target, but the objective of a new upleg. A new downleg can take its place. Having steepened the slope of the decline from the two-week old highs, a lot of selling pressure has now been expended without reversing the trend down. At least, not yet. There is room for a little more follow-through at or before Monday's open. But not already rallying into the afternoon would undermine the recovery attempt. Friday's market wrap began early to encompass a bigger picture discussion. Details and other markets coverage are discussed in the post-market Wrap recording here: https://roddavid10.mitel-nhwc.com/join/zvvrpzy REMINDER: No Saturday Review this weekend