It’s Sunday, December 10, 2017, and here are a few notes about today’s Top-Down Day Trader market view:

Stock Market – the overall markets continue to be moving upward in general, although U.S. markets have been moving sideways in recent days. For day-trading most US market instruments, it’s a good time to WAIT for price to drop into the bottom of the current daily channel and then turn back up.

Crude Oil – crude has been moving upward for a couple months now. It’s currently off its one-year high of about 10 days ago. Price remains above the 30-EMA on a “continuous” chart (rolling contracts) – but price is right about where it was a month ago. There’s no real prevailing trend, and oil is consolidating. There’s no good tradable pattern from a Top-Down perspective except channel returns.

Gold and Silver – after about 6 weeks of moving sideways, the precious metals have been dropping for the last 8 – 10 sessions. Silver is near one-year support, gold has a ways to go before it gets there. Looking for opportunities to SHORT gold and silver could pay well – but beware of support levels.

Forex Pairs

• EUR/USD – it’s been moving in shallow waves the past few months, and right now price is in a SQUEEZE between flat 30-EMA and 100-EMA lines. No clear TDDT indication.
• USD/JPY – moving upward, and just 2 days ago broke free above its 30-EMA. Look for good LONG entries, with a couple caveats. #1 – as we write this, price is STRETCHED at the top edge of a steep sloping channel. It might be prudent to wait until price drops into the buy zone then reverses back up in long-term direction. #2 – beware of topside resistance from the channel top of about 4-6 weeks ago.
• GBP/USD – consolidating after an upward move. The last few daily price bars have been “flat and skewered” on the 8-EMA; long entries on market turns near the daily 30-EMA could be profitable.
• AUD/USD – trending downward the past few days, but possibly forming support around 0.75. From a TDDT perspective, price looks squeezed between 0.75 and the descending daily 30-EMA – but that’s a nice big squeeze. Look for entries on short-term turns in those zones.
• USD/CAD – trading in a volatile channel between about 1.27 and 1.29. Channel return entries near those boundaries could be good plays.

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