S&P 500 E-Mini Retests the December High: What’s Next?

Market Overview: S&P 500 Emini Futures

The retested the December excessive following a 1 bar pullback on the weekly chart. The bulls desire a breakout above the December 28 excessive and retest the all-time excessive. The bears need the market to stall across the December excessive space and type a Low 2 promote setup.

S&P 500 Emini Futures

This week’s Emini candlestick was a bull bar closing close to its excessive with a small tail above.
Final week, we mentioned that the market might nonetheless be within the pullback section. Odds barely favor the pullback to be minor and the market to nonetheless be All the time In Lengthy.
This week’s candlestick opened larger and retested the December 28 Excessive.
Beforehand, the bulls bought a robust rally within the type of a 10-bar bull microchannel with bull bars closing close to their highs. Which means robust bulls.
Often, merchants anticipate patrons under the primary pullback from such a robust bull microchannel. It was the case this time.
The following goal for the bulls is the all-time excessive. They need a robust breakout into new all-time excessive territory, hoping that it’s going to result in many months of sideways to up buying and selling.
The bears hope that the robust rally is solely a buy-vacuum take a look at of what they imagine to be a 37-month buying and selling vary excessive.
They need a reversal from a better excessive main pattern reversal (with the July 27 excessive) or a decrease excessive main pattern reversal (with the all-time excessive). 
In addition they see a big wedge sample (Feb 2, July 27, and December 28), a micro wedge (Dec 14, Dec 20, and Dec 28) and a small double high (Dec 28 and Jan 12).
The issue with the bear’s case is that the rally could be very robust. 
Merchants would favor a second entry (Low 2 promote setup) earlier than they’d be keen to promote extra aggressively.
If the market trades larger, the bears need it to stall across the December 28 excessive space, forming a bear bar with an extended tail above.
Since this week’s candlestick is a bull bar closing within the higher half, it’s a purchase sign bar for subsequent week.
Merchants will see if the bull can create a follow-through bull bar and resume the transfer larger.
For now, odds barely favor the market to nonetheless be All the time In Lengthy.