Before the market opened, I was watching the /ES level 4440 (pretty damned unlucky value in Chinese culture there……….) as the face-off point.

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Before the market opened, I was watching the /ES level 4440 (pretty damned unlucky value in Chinese culture there……….) as the face-off point.

Unfortunately the week has become dominated by the news relating to the possible imminent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. At the time of writing there has been no invasion, and the consensus view this morning seems to be that there is no credible sign that Russia is backing down yet either. We’ll see, but news could move this tape a long way in either direction.
At the close yesterday SPX closed slightly back over the daily middle band, currently at 4465. Only a slight break, more of a close on the band than over it, but a follow through today would open a possible test of the monthly pivot at 4519.
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