MrTopStep

Yesterday, the S&P 500 futures sold off down to 2427.00 on Globex, opened at 2429.50 on the 8:30 CT open, double bottomed at 2427.00, and then traded up to 2434.25 at 9:26 am. After the push up,...

After a weaker than expected jobs number, the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) sold off down to 2428.50, and then short covered before the 8:30 CT open. After the open, the ES rallied up to the 2433.25...

The S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) closed firm on Wednesday, then pulled back slightly on the overnight Globex session, before trading back up to the 2414.50 level. The ES opened the day session at...

Knock, knock. Who’s there? No one. At 1:00 cst on Friday, the total trading range in the S&P 500 futures was a mere 4.5 handles. MrTopStep has a trading rule called the ‘walk away...

The S&P 500 futures started out the day making back the loss from the Friday late day sell off, and more… After a flat to modestly higher 8:30 CT futures open, the ES initially rallied up...

The political circus was in full swing last week, and the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) bore the brunt of it. After a quiet start to the week, the President Tump / former FBI director Comey...

We will not be doing all the little ups and downs today. We laid out what was taking place in Tuesday’s Opening Print. The first part of it is all the low volumes, and what we call a ‘thin...

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. CNBC and FOX have theirs, and I have mine. What you will be reading are excerpts of yesterdays messages I sent out in the MrTopStep forum, ICE chat and...

Hold onto your hard hats traders. If you think the ranges are small and volume is low… You haven’t seen anything yet! For many years traders were drawn to the e-mini S&P 500 futures...

IYT, the ETF for Dow Jones Transportation Average, is currently at a Yellow Light on the road to upside continuation.It is my opinion that harmonic patterns create a roadmap for price action and...

It seems like there will always be a reason to sell the S&P. Last week it was the French elections. This week its North Korea’s announcement regarding its 7th nuclear test, and then...

No matter how you look at it, Tuesday’s trade was excruciatingly slow. The S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) started to rally around 5:00 am, and continued the uptick right into the 8:30 CT...

There has been a big disconnect recently between the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) and crude oil futures (CLM:NYM). While the (ESM17:CME), (YMM17:CBT) and the (NQM17:CME) raced to new highs last...

Labor Department hiring data furthered the idea that the broader economy is strengthening after a batch of weaker data earlier this year. While Friday’s rally may not have changed investors...

The slow grind in the S&P 500 futures continued yesterday with overnight weakness on Globex, and a quick run of some downside sell stops. The e-mini S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME), which had been...

With the U.S. budget bill passed over the weekend, and all of the European exchanges closed for the the May Day holiday, the S&P 500 futures had a very quiet day. The (ESM17:CME) made a high on...