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After a big day of thrashing up and down on Wednesday, the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) saw a quiet day of trade Thursday. As April comes to a close and we look toward May, even the bears are...

The S&P is doing exactly what it has been doing for the last eight years, making new highs. On October 8th 2007, the E-Mini S&P 500 futures made a new all time high at 1586.75, and along came...

When it comes to the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME), there are times when there is a lot to talk about, and then there’s not. Yesterday was most definitely the latter. After a two day 1.9%...

The S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) and the Dow Jones futures (YMM17:CBT) closed up over +1.10% Monday off of the French election results. The Nasdaq 100 futures (NQM17:CME) traded at a new high, or...

Friday was another case of a failed early rally. The S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) rallied on Globex, but started to sell back off before the 8:30 CT futures open. After the open the ES traded...

In its usual ‘take no prisoners’ style, the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) was up over 1% at 1:00 pm CT yesterday. After falling 19 handles from high to low on Wednesday, U.S. indices...

According to Merrill Lynch, allocations to equities in the eurozone jumped to a 15-month high in April, while U.S. stock/equity allocations dropped to its lowest level since 2008. The flip flop came...

The markets go up, and the markets go down. No one knows for sure where the S&P 500 futures are going, but if there is one sure thing when it comes to trading futures, it’s that the...

See how things work? Last Thursday the S&P closed on its lows due to geopolitical concerns surrounding North Korea’s possible nuclear bomb test, and what actually happened was a failed long...

Lets just tell it like it is… The stock market does not act well. All of last week, early day rallies gave way to the downside. Over the last few weeks I have said several times that; 1) the...

There has been a high level of anxiety hanging over the S&P 500 futures as of late, and it all seemed to start the week of President Trumps failed health care bill. Then, it was a batch of weak...

Things happen. Last week it was President Trump’s Syrian cruise missile attack and some weaker than expected economic reports. Yesterday it was a shooting at an elementary school in San...

Equity Markets Shrug Off Disappointing NFP ReportGoing into Friday’s regular session open the S&P 500 futures had seen overnight weakness as news broke concerning the missile strikes in...

After Wednesday’s impressive reversal in the S&P 500 futures, which saw a 30+ handle sell off from the intraday highs, all eyes were on the equity markets again Thursday. Traders were...

In yet another stunning rip to the upside, the S&P 500 futures (ESM17:CME) traded all the way up to 2375.00, just 26 handles (points) from its all time contract highs, as U.S. Non Manufacturing...

Crude Oil futures have been on an impressive rally for more than a week now, as shown on the 30-minute candle chart below . After a $4.50 bounce, this market is almost irresistible to short; however,...