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Through the prior close... Thursday's last-minute reaction down from the 2641.50 on INTC's disappointment greeted Globex at 2634.00. The overnight rally greeted Friday's open with a late surge to 2662.00 which held a post-open dip to 2656.00 support. The rally resumed through 2666.00 and filled the gap back to last Friday's ~2671.00 close. Its natural resistance held, and held the afternoon's retest up to 2672.50. That was also the bias-up target, rejected back under the bias-up signal to indicate that buyers were done as the afternoon trended back down to 2657.50. The cash session closed back at the 2662.00 pre-open high, extending through the close back up to 2666.00. Overnight action's new info... Sunday night's open gapped down just enough to erase the several-point gain above Friday's cash session close. The balance of the night has trended down gradually, but relentlessly. Friday's 2650.00 pre-open low was probed by more than 2 points, but its reaction is now tying to recover above 2653.00. If, then... (notes to accompany the Tour recording) Friday afternoon gained no traction for the morning's rally effort. Closing between 2656.00-2666.00 avoided both putting back into play the bear market rally's next higher objective at 2701.00, or suggesting that buyers were done. Monday's open can do either by proxy, or at least lay the groundwork, with either setup still requiring a second consecutive confirming close. Opening under 2653.00-2656.00 could start to reverse the trend down, but would otherwise be irrelevant if not extended down intraday. And Friday's session, which was gapped into, would resolve most bearishly by not filling the open's gap down under it -- or by not delaying a pre-open recovery. Not yet behaving bearishly through the open would suggest that overnight relentless bearish sponsorship was unable to attract intraday reinforcements. First Trade... [Click here to view the Bias parameters] Exiting the open at 9:45 under 2653.50 would be likely to trigger the 2658.25 bias-down signal at 10:15. Exiting the open under 2645.00 would be likely also to exceed the 2649.75 bias-down target at 10:15 to renew the bias-down signal. Exiting the open above 2622.00 would be unlikely to trigger the 2658.25 bias-down signal at 10:15.

Pre-open fall over the edge extends post-open. The overnight drop was on the verge of absorbing its reaction to CAT's warning by trying to bounce back above 2653.00. But that was retraced back down to and through the earlier 2648.00 low when NVDA added its own warning. Recruiting NDX's sympathy so near the open triggered a slide to 2637.50. Post-open action extended down to 2626.50 while 3-minute RSI remained persistently oversold. Meanwhile, 1-minute RSI had begun to diverge positively, and soon 3-minute RSI left oversold territory. A bounce is now probing above 2634.50 with potential up to 2643.75-2645.00.

Holding last week's repeated tests of "lower prior highs" at 2625.00 had formed the basis for a bounce. Bouncing into Friday's high wasn't arbitrary, having neutralized attractions above. There is no bullish reason to be revisiting 2625.00.

2625.00 support is thoroughly chipped away. This morning's low has attacked 2625.00 to within 6 ticks. It may not be quite so close as to qualify as impatient buying, so beware that the bounce may be shallower than 2643.75-2645.00. Regardless, any bounce should be only a formality before actually touching 2625.00. And touching 2625.00 should offer little if any noticeable support before revealing an air pocket below.

MON afternoon signal (triggered at 1:20 ET) SPX ES Bias-up: above 2635.00 2633.75 ...would target 2642.00 2640.75 Bias-down: under 2624.25 2622.75 ...would target 2615.50 2614.00 Signal status: noN-BIAS, TESTED BIAS-UP SIGNAL . BIAS VIDEOS... INTRO // EXAMPLE 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.

Last week's lows hold a test, for now. A bounce had become likely last week, after holding several tests of "lower prior highs" at 2625.00 through relevant timing windows. The bounce was not arbitrary, having neutralized attractions above. So, there is no bullish reason to revisit 2625.00. And having chipped away so thoroughly at 2625.00, any bounce produced by its retest should be only obligatory. Actually, having chipped away so thoroughly at 2625.00, any bounce should be unlikely. But its test has reacted up to 2637.50.

The 2625.00 test wasn't arbitrary. It bottomed upon testing this afternoon's 2622.75 bias-down signal. Triggering bias-up would have been bullish, but only noN-bias triggered by still testing the 2633.75 bias-up signal both at 1:20 and 1:30. Its resistance doesn't require holding, and its bias-up target doesn't require being met.

Not yet leveraging this retest of 2625.00 into a new downleg today would undermine sellers greatly. A probe back into Friday's range would become very likely. Back under 2633.00 would start to signal another attempt underway.

Friday and Monday are almost mirror images of each other. Each gapped either up or down, respectively. Each extended intraday in their gaps' direction. Each returned to their opening prints, not gaining any traction for their intraday efforts. And each tested an attraction at its intraday extreme. Monday's 2638.50 open was overlapped at the close, after extending intraday down to 2622.25 and recovering temporarily up to 2642.75. Monday's lows held the afternoon's 2622.75 bias-down signal and the ongoing relevant 2625.00. The island-like patterns formed Friday and Monday aren't actually Islands, because they developed within prior recent price action. Neither is a reversal pattern, and neither requires being retested if it produces a reversal. So, Friday's range doesn't require being retested, yet... Almost any overnight strength is likely to recover back into Friday's range. That would mean back above 2656.00, and closing above 2666.00 would reinstate upside momentum. Similarly, almost any weakness -- overnight or through Tuesday's open -- would be likely to resume the decline through 2625.00. And under 2625.00 lies an air pocket likely targeting 2605.00. Perhaps even deeper to compensate for the delay in breaking under 2625.00 Details and other markets coverage are discussed in the post-market Wrap recording here. Monitor overnight Globex trading in the chaRTroom here.

TUE morning signal (triggered at 10:15 ET) SPX ES Bias-up: above 2646.25 2645.00 ...would target 2654.25 2653.00 Bias-down: under 2634.25 2633.00 ...would target 2628.50 2627.25 Signal status: NO-BIAS INVALIDATED, TESTED BIAS-UP SIGNAL . BIAS VIDEOS... INTRO // EXAMPLE 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.