This was published Tuesday 16 June 2009 on TraderFeed by Brett Steenbarger. More generally, traders look at how the market reacts to news, good and bad. If it rises after bad news, it is a bull market. If it falls after good news it is a bear market.
Here’s a look at my Market Delta screen shortly after release of the PPI and housing numbers (bottom chart), both of which were better than expected. We have held above Monday’s lows in the overnight trade, with commodity weakness and dollar strength reversing. Note the volume at offer exceeding volume at bid (bottom histogram) so far; I’m now watching to see if we can move back into the June trading range vs. establish value lower, into May’s range. A bounce following a high momentum decline is not unusual; returns thereafter tend to be dicey. A move below the level from which we rallied with the 7:30 AM CT numbers would suggest difficulty moving higher on good news; that would hit my radar.
9:03 AM CT – Here’s an update of ES trading (top chart); note how we’re building value between 921 and 924 in a range trade so far this morning. I’m watching closely to see if moves toward the edges of this range attract volume (institutional participation). Should volume slow significantly, we could set up some extended range trade.
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