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Identifying market direction with unusual volume and price — S&P 500 day trading [Video]

Find out how to determine the market direction of the trend with unusual volume and price when day trading S&P 500 futures without any technical indicators.

Check out the video for a complete walk through of the market analysis of S&P 500 futures (ES) for 6 Jan 2021 trading session. In this video, you will find out the market recap during the last session and a trade review in the three-minutes timeframe (including entry, exit and the rationale behind). Going forward, I will cover the bias, the key levels to pay attention to, my trading plan for the session later.

Timestamps

  • 0:52 Market recap.

  • 4:20 Trade review.

  • 6:55 Bearish market direction.

  • 7:20 Unusual volume.

  • 10:20 Compare the unusual volume.

  • 12:30 Wyckoff Effort vs results.

  • 15:00 Trade entry opportunity.

  • 17:45 Current stock market outlook.

Watch my market analysis video in the last session if you haven’t in order to better relate to the market recap and the trade review.

Bias — neutral (Day trading); bullish (long term).

Key levels — Resistance: 3770, 3720; Support: 3670–3680.

Potential setup — Look for potential reversal at the key levels.

Author

Ming Jong Tey

Ming Jong Tey

Independent Analyst

Ming Jong Tey has been trading since 2008. He started his learning journey from technical analysis (indicators, Fibonacci, etc...) to value investing. Throughout his journey, he develops an interest in price action with chart pattern trading.

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