Today’s Trading Plan: The Trap

Technical Outlook:

• S&P 500 (SPX) had a hard bounce yesterday of 1.5% that took price back to the underside of the 50-day moving average before failing to break through it. 
• The volume on SPDRs S&P 500 (SPY) came in strong yesterday again, though slightly less than what we saw on Friday. 
• Trend line off of the February lows is in play again today with weakness emerging once again with a strong gap down shaping up. Watch support at 2100. 
• Despite yesterday’s rally, SPX is still trading below the 5, 10, 20 and 50-day moving averages. 
• Resistance yesterday on SPX at 2156-7 was broken yesterday. 
• Russell (RUT) bounce wasn’t overly impressive and less than the bounce on SPX. Plenty of resistance in the 1236 area. 
• Massive reversal candle after climbing above 20 on the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX). Overall on the day, it shed 13% after it rose 40% on Friday. 
• Crude (/CL) quickly weakening in the premarket. 
• Two support to watch on SPX: 2168, 2155, and 2147. 

My Trades:

• Closed SPXU at $24.10 yesterday for a 4.7% profit. 
• Closed GME at $27.12 yesterday for a 3.0% profit. 
• Closed MSFT as close to $56.98 for a 0.9% profit. 
• Added two long positions as hedge positions yesterday.  
• Closed out DOW at $53.28 on Friday for a 1.5% loss. 
• Remain short: TGT at $70.30, T at $40.63.
• May add 1-2 new swing-trades to the portfolio today. 
• Will consider adding new long positions to the portfolio if the market shows signs of putting together a possible bounce. 
• Currently 20% Long / 20% Short / 60% Cash
• Join me each day for all my real-time trades and alerts in the SharePlanner Splash Zone

Chart for SPX:

S&P 500 (SPX)