2 Jan – Early selling reverses to break new highs

Published by SallyU on 3 January 2019

Pre-open Scenarios

The first day of trading in the new year is often seen as bullish and the ON market opened with a big gap up but then gave it all back and more. This morning the 10253 level is a critical on the downside and the 10583 on the upside. Between the two the market is in short term no-man’s land in a strong down trend.

Futures opened at 10498 with a down gap of 61pts. The ON high was around 10700, so it broke the upper TL but this was quickly rejected.

If the market can get above and stay above the pink TL on the H4 chart on the left, that wil indicate that the trend has changed – in the short term at least. The orange TLs on the H1 chart on the left show today’s active TLs

What the market looked like at the end of the day

The reversal was a perfect 3-legged stool and the market staged a powerful reversal up to RES 1 at previous day’s highs. Was this classic ‘blood on the floor’ price action where the market lures in new sellers, demolishes traders trying to buy the low and then stages a sharp rally?

Key points about today’s PA and setups that worked

The market broke out of my Neutral Zone for 80pts in early and since this was also below CBOS, this was an easy break to take.
The best entry into the sell was to take the cash open spike but this would have been a tricky trade to take given that it was the first trading day of the year.
The market hardly paused at SUP or the Low but reacted to these levels on the way back up.
The reversal was indicated by nice clear PA, but up until then we had all the marks of a trending day: 169 was far away from prices and levels were smashed through.
Once it regained my Neutral Zone and confirmed the lower side of it with a restest (see gold circke ion above cahrt), the stage was set for at least a retest of the Highs.
PA tells me that the lower TL was active as it retested it during the afternoon and then went on to break the upper TL, but this was all outside my trading hours.

How effective was my Neutral Zone? A break of the zone saw 80pts come off the market and once the market regained it, it stayed bullish which all tells me it was the right place.
How precise were my levels? SUP 1 was spot on as it provided the level for the lower side of my Neutral Zone; SUP 2 was smashed through on the way down but reacted on the retrace. RES 1 was rejected for 25 pts on the first hit and broken through on the second