FOMC Chop?

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On SPX yesterday the low was 2077, slightly above my target in the 2074 area but maybe close enough. The key levels today are the ES weekly pivot at 2083.2 (approx 2087/8 SPX), and the SPX 50 hour MA at 2091 (approx 2086/7 ES). Under these levels this current pullback can go lower, above then the lean would be higher. Over 2092 ES (approx 2096/7 SPX) I’d be looking for a retest of the current high high at 2111 and likely marginally higher.

ES Jun 60min chart:

160426 ES Jun 60min

NQ Jun 60min chart:

160426 NQ Jun 60min

TF Jun 60min chart:

160426 TF Jun 60min

DX Jun 60min chart:

160426 DX Jun 60min

CL Jun 60min chart:

160426 CL Jun 60min

GC Apr 60min chart:

160426 GC Apr 60min

ZB Jun 60min chart:

160426 ZB Jun 60min

I’m looking for a short term topping pattern to form here and given that about 70% of reversal patterns on SPX are some kind of double top or bottom, there are decent odds that we will see a retest of the 2011 swing high after the current pullback completes. Ideally that would go a little lower but it may have already bottomed out.

FOMC days today and tomorrow of course. Historically these don’t tend to be big red days, and I’m not expecting to see one of those today or (assuming that the Fed won’t raise interest rates from almost nothing to very slightly more than almost nothing) tomorrow.