Searching For Clues

 Wednesdays Fed Meeting went off without a hitch. Sometimes the following day can get a little volatile, so Lets look at some clues within the market moves and see if things look normal or sketchy

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SPX-  bounced off of the 200sma and now has good follow through above the 50sma.  I would expect a possible break above the recent highs

SPX 7-29  

You cant help but notice that the markets have been basically going sideways all year. Will they break out here and just start a nice rally?  Here is an interesting clue...

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FED WEDNESDAY July 29

Keeping in mind that anything can happen on Fed Wednesday,  Lets look at some Pre-Fed Charts and a few possibilities.

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SPX - Nice reversal at the 200sma.   It look like it wants to go higher, but can it finally break to new highs?

SPX 7-28   Read More

A Good Hand

Have you ever heard the expression , "You have to play the hand you're dealt." ?  Well, that term is usually used when you are dealt a bad set of circumstances in life.  You need to do the best you can with what you have in front of you.  In the markets you can choose to sit this one out, use whats in front of you, and so on.  The choice is yours.  Right now we have been dealt a pretty good hand,  but tomorrow we'll be playing against the Fed.  🙁    Thats not always a  bad thing, but we should also try to  think in terms of what could beat our hand and prepare accordingly. We will discuss that further in this report.  Lets discuss the charts right now.

We are seeing a variety of things in the markets.

First we see that the SPX landed on the 200sma. Futures as I write look ready to give the markets a good bounce.

SPX 7-27 

Remember my bigger picture view posted in the weekend report looked like this...

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