Trade Plan for 2/20-2/24

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Last week I leaned slightly bullish for markets once again because even though I didn’t have a strong directional conviction for the market either way, key levels had not been breached.  For the bigger picture I outlined a zone where I intend to build a short and another as a potential buy.  My weekly resistances for $ES/SPX futures 4183 and $NQ/Nasdaq futures 12734.25 performed well, as did my daily levels shared on Discord.

I leaned slightly bullish for metals provided they hold key levels, but they did not.  I did, however state where I would buy them for a scalp and my 1827.3 aligned with the low of the week 1827.7 near perfectly.  Here’s my chart shared next to the printed price action🎯 and my commentary🎯 for $GC/gold futures:

Despite oil having had a bullish week in the prior week, I maintained a bearish bias, as it was still in the neutral zone for me. ✅

This week I share what I’m looking for a breakout or breakdown. @SLMacro writes about how to calculate the ‘fair value’ of

Summary of Market Action Last Week:

• Markets closed the week essentially flat, with $ES/SPX futures booking a marginal loss and both $NQ/Nasdaq futures and $RTY/small cap futures with slight gains.

• $GDX/gold miners declined, but held the weekly 20MA upon close.  $GC/gold futures and $SI/silver futures closed red. 

• $CL/Crude Oil futures and $XOP/oil equities closed lower with significant declines.

Here’s how last week closed out:

For the week ahead (2/20-2/24/23)