May 2nd Trade Journal & Stock Market Analysis** May 2nd Trade Journal & Stock Market Analysis**
EOD accountability report: +821
Sleep: 6 hour, Overall health: :thumbsup:
Another great day in the market, Signals worked decent.
**Daily Trade recap based on VX Algo System**
— 12:50 PM VXAlgo ES X1 Sell Signal :check:
— 1:12 PM VXAlgo ES X3 Sell Signal :x:
— 3:30 PM Market Structure flipped bearish on VX Algo X3! :check:
Next day plan--> Over 5650 = Bullish, Under 5650 = Bearish
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ESM2015 trade ideas
$ES = More downside, the bear flag and $3914 - $4376 targetsIf you look at the chart, you can see that ever since April 7th, we've been consolidating in a bear flag.
I think what's most likely here is that we break down and hit one of the targets below. The reason being, if we look at the chart since the start of the correction, we've seen 4/5 waves so far, so it would make sense that there'd be a final leg down.
Let's see if we end up hitting one of the targets. If we do, it'll mark the bottom of the correction.
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Weekly Market Forecast: Buy Stocks! Sell Oil! Buy Gold!In this video, we will analyze the S&P 500, NASDAQ, DOW JONES, Oil, Gold and Silver futures, for the week of April 28 - May 2nd.
Markets are looking tradeable again.
The indices look bullish, creating +FVGs as they move higher.
Oil has corrected a bearish impulse, so it could be poised to move lower from the Daily and Weekly -FVG.
Gold took a breather last week and could move higher from the Weekly +FVG it just created.
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This Thing Can Move Like It Did 1 Year Ago.
With All of The Trouble NASDAQ:NVDA NASDAQ:AMD NASDAQ:SMCI NASDAQ:SMH Are Dealing with Tariffs.
This Is A Work Around.
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BUYS For the Markets. Wait for BUYS in Gold and Silver.In this video, we will analyze the S&P 500, NASDAQ, DOW JONES, Gold and Silver futures, for the week of May 5 - 9th.
The Indices are moving higher, and it's buys until they are not. Simple.
Gold is near potential support at 3201. This may present a great buying opportunity once the lows are swept. A weakened USD will help this cause.
Silver has made a bearish market structure shift (MSS), so buys are not yet on the table. If it disrespects a Daily -FVG, then sells are warranted. It is considerably weaker than Gold.
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Bullish WeekMarket Maker Buy Model still in play. I will be looking for a perfect moment to enter longs. This will either be after sweep on 4H or once we start pushing through the FVG marked on the chart. I want break above the 4h OB (2 STDV). If we break above, it will have to retrace back to it (second possible entry) and then distribute more to the upside.
If this currently forming 2AM 4H Candle sweeps 10PM 4H Candle and closes back in the range, it will be ideal. I wouldn't want the push below the breaker.
04/28 Weekly GEX AnalysisDETAILED IMAGE:
Here’s what the charts and indicators are showing right now until Friday.
We are approaching a key breakout zone.
🐂 🟢 IF the market breaks above the white bearish daily trendline, the next bullish target could be between 5515–5680.
🟦 ⚖️ The chop area is between 5435–5515.
Expect more back-and-forth moves here if the breakout fails.
🐻🔴 Watch out: if the price drops below 5435 or 5425, there’s little support left.
This could trigger a sharp sell-off ("Bearish Armageddon" scenario).
GEX profiles remain positive 🟢 across all near expirations — for now — suggesting that underlying support still exists, but we need to monitor any changes closely.
IVRank is still relatively high (30.9), meaning options are priced with a decent amount of implied volatility.
🟢Short-term sentiment is currently bullish, with some speculative activity picking up.
This suggests that traders are expecting less volatility over the next month compared to what we saw in the past week.
However, if we look at institutional positions focused on longer-term expirations (especially beyond 30 days on SPX/AM maturities), the picture remains bearish 🔴 or at least highly volatile.
These players are still strongly hedging against downside risks.
This confirms the broader point:
Even though price action managed to recover to pre-tariff-announcement levels — with very low trading volume — we’re not out of the woods yet.
Until we can break and hold above the key resistance bearish trend with HIGH BUY VOLUME (aka. momentum), we shouldn't expect a strong, stable GEX profile across all expirations like we had in the past.
ES Futures: Upcoming Mag 7 Earnings and NFP Report
This week, although there was not much market-moving macro newsflow over the weekend, we are approaching month-end. In addition, several key catalysts are on the horizon, including earnings from the Magnificent 7 and the release of Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) data, which typically arrives on the first Friday of the month.
The Federal Reserve is currently in its blackout period ahead of the interest rate decision scheduled for May 7th, 2025.
As part of our process, we will be reviewing technical levels and drawing a plan based on current market structure. ES futures are currently trading above the March 2025 lows. A “death cross” — where the 50-day moving average crosses below the 200-day moving average on the daily timeframe — was recently observed. This pattern is commonly touted by analysts as a bear market indicator.
However, in a macro-driven environment, this could potentially be a false signal.
Key Levels:
• mCVAL: 5622
• Upper Neutral Zone: 5620 -5585
• March 2025 Low: 5533.75
• 2022 CVAH: 5384.75
• Lower Neutral Zone: 5171.75 -5150.75
Our scenarios are as follows:
Scenario 1: Range-bound price action
A P-shaped micro composite profile suggests resistance at our neutral zone. It is labeled neutral because the price is trading above the March 2025 lows. However, if the level above acts as resistance, we expect further range-bound price action. Markets may trade below the mCVAL for further price discovery and potentially establish a new short-term range, with the 2024 lows acting as downside support.
Scenario 2: Mag 7 and NFP as bullish catalysts
Four of the Magnificent 7 companies are reporting earnings this week. The Mag 7 collectively represent around one-third of the S&P 500 index by market capitalization. Microsoft and Meta are scheduled to report on Wednesday after the close, while Amazon and Apple report on Thursday after the close.
On Friday, the NFP data will be released. This could serve as a fundamentally net-positive catalyst for U.S. markets, especially in light of recent shocks that have weakened sentiment.
In this scenario, we will be closely watching our neutral zone and mCVAL as potential areas to initiate long trades.
Glossary Index for all technical terms used:
Blue Zones: Neutral zones.
C: Composite (prefix before VAL, VAH, VPOC, VP, AVP)
mC: micro-Composite (prefix before VAL, VAH, VPOC, VP, AVP)
VAL: Value Area Low
VAH: Value Area High
VP: Volume Profile
CME_MINI:ES1!
Equity market, another monthly technical close! Debriefing.1) Lessons from the monthly technical close for the medium/long term
It's Wednesday April 30, the end of the stock market month with another monthly technical close this evening. April has been a highly volatile month, with a bearish shock at the start of the month on the back of the trade war, followed by a bullish recovery when the time for trade diplomacy between the United States and its main trading partners arrived.
In technical analysis, it's the monthly timeframe that enables us to project the underlying trend, i.e. the market's medium/long-term trend.
We will therefore be taking a decision on the monthly chart, which will be fixed for good at the close of the trading session on Wednesday April 30. Two markets will be studied: the S&P 500 index and APPLE, the world's largest market capitalization.
2) Equity markets: the (long-term) supports of the monthly time horizon are preserved
The S&P500 fell by 21% between its all-time high in February and the low point of the bearish shock at the beginning of April. We now have the technical close for the month of April, represented on the chart below by Japanese candlesticks in monthly data, complemented by the RSI and LMACD technical indicators.
In terms of price action, the essentials have been preserved: the uptrend line which joins all lows since the health crisis has been defended, and still acts as support for the market's underlying uptrend.
In terms of the ichimoku system, the Kijun-sen has also been preserved, as has the former record of 2021, the horizontal support at 4808 points. As long as the S&P 500 remains above the combination of these three supports, the long-term momentum remains bullish.
On the other hand, there are warnings of trend exhaustion in terms of market momentum, represented below by the RSI and LMACD technical indicators. Volatility should therefore remain at a relatively high level, even if the VIX peak is probably behind us.
3) APPLE, the technical message from the stock with the world's largest market capitalization
Technical analysis applied to stock market indices is the first job to be done in order to form an opinion on the underlying trend. But let's not forget that a stock market index only exists because there are stocks in it. The S&P 500 is considered the benchmark index for US finance, and in its calculation, the weight of shares from the “magnificent 7” is dominant. This is particularly true of Apple shares, the world's largest market capitalization on the international equity market. Its market capitalization exceeds 3,000 billion US dollars, second only to that of gold at 22,000 billion US dollars.
It is therefore interesting to note that APPLE's new monthly technical close highlights the preservation of a long-term chartist bullish channel.
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Dow Jones - April ReviewUnlike ES and NQ, YM has the potential to book massive gains if the algorithm was to spool prices higher into the $42,836 lower range FVG in comparison to the others. However, if the market is weaker than many anticipate, YM could be frontrunning the overall stock index pairs (out of NQ, ES and YM) to the downside.
Gun to my head, we are bound for some short term bullish price action back up into the premium array
S&P 500 - April ReviewI see more potential in S&P 500 than Nasdaq for the mere fact that the premium array at $5,773.25 - $5,902.50 has not been met yet but Nasdaq has already made it's way inside of the same SIBI imbalance. (refer to my most recent S&P500 analysis)
Aiming for low hanging fruits for now.
I am Slightly bullish BUT waiting for more dataFollowing the ideas from earlier in the week, I’m currently waiting on price action to give me more clarity. The market has been pushing higher for the past two days, and while there’s potential for a retracement, it could also be setting up for a continuation to the upside.
I’ll wait until the market opens before making any decisions, but if I had to choose right now, I’d lean slightly bullish.
April 29, 2025 - Waiting for the Crash or the Miracle?Hello everyone, it’s April 29, 2025. Yesterday’s market session was about as exciting as watching paint dry. After months of Trump-fueled chaos, investors seem almost relieved that… nothing happened. Indices barely moved: TVC:DJI up 0.28%, SP:SPX up a pathetic 0.06%, CME_MINI:NQ1! down 0.10%. In short: we’re falling from a 150-story building, and so far, so good — but we know the real pain comes when we hit the ground.
Markets are clinging to hopes that Trump’s trade war with China might get a Hollywood-style happy ending. He’s calmed down a bit. Stopped slamming Powell, flirted with diplomacy, and softened up on auto tariffs. But with an avalanche of critical economic data coming (Consumer Confidence, GDP, PCE, Jobs) and Magnificent Seven earnings, no one’s taking big bets right now. Everyone’s waiting to see if the economic parachute opens, or if we get pancaked on impact.
Meanwhile, US macro isn’t looking great. Confidence is sinking — 53% of Americans say their finances are worsening, a record since COVID. Consumer spending is stalling, companies like NASDAQ:AAL and NASDAQ:DPZ are canceling forecasts, and the real estate market is coughing. Even hardcore Trump supporters are starting to sweat. The US might still technically be growing, but psychologically, the recession has already started.
OANDA:XAUUSD is holding strong at $3,321, BLACKBULL:WTI is around $61.57, and BINANCE:BTCUSDT is cruising near $94,400. Futures this morning are flailing between -0.6% and +0.2%, dancing to the tune of whatever headline drops next.
On the political front, Trump pulled a classic backpedal on auto tariffs: no double penalties for carmakers, partial refunds on tariffs already paid, and promises of time for US production reshoring. Nice words but rebuilding car factories will take years.
As for NASDAQ:NVDA , it’s under pressure after China banned sales of its H20 chips. Huawei’s Ascend 910D chip is stepping in — good for China, but too slow and too pricey for the rest of the world. Nvidia stays king globally for now, but the tech war is heating up.
Today, eyes are on key numbers: US Consumer Confidence (expected 87.7) and JOLTS job openings (expected 7.49M). Also, a heavy lineup of earnings: NYSE:V , NASDAQ:SBUX , NASDAQ:COKE , NYSE:PFE , NYSE:SNAP , and more.
For now, we’re still in free fall, hoping there’s a giant crash pad waiting at the bottom. Hang tight — it’s going to be another wild one.