Markets losing bearish after loss of key numbers, will we bounce...

Markets losing bearish after loss of key numbers, will we bounce tonight?

Yes ESS lost half cent to finish at 35c. Our volume was low, just over 956k shares traded. Yesterday I had mentioned that lower range of this zone is 34c. We started on that, but have managed to finish above that so that is good. Hopefully we stay above. Our June bottom is 31.5c touch and finish at 32c - it didn't look like we may visit these numbers just a some 7 weeks back reaching 61.5 - but such has been the markets. Hopefully we are trading in the bottom zone. Regarding someone asking about news to come next week - I feel its better we don't get any good news in these conditions. It may be sold off. GL1 did a very good announcement and they are down after 2 days. Broad market/Li sector sentiment is strong that it is overpowering individual stocks.

ASX Li stocks lost again, but not like a big 5% of yesterday. Of the 54 stocks that I track, average loss was 1%

Overnight US Li looked very weak. Though the ETF of LIT lost only 2%, most other stocks average loss was over 4%. That way ASX Li did well. Maybe in anticipation of some bounce tonight.

What next:
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Yesterday US markets had a big fall. It played out in similar fashion of what has happened in recent times after the Rate Rise decision. Falling big the day after. SP 500 declined by a massive 2.5%. ASX started the morning very weak, but tried to come back during the day, but lost a few in the end - finishing down around 0.8%
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So yesterday SP 500 lost some critical levels. Last few days I have been saying we need to hold 3930 to stay within the current range. We lost that. We finished at 3895. This was below the big number of 3900 which has acted as support/resistance. Same way as play makers touched 4100 twice to give a bearish double top, they were again successful in finishing it below 3900 to present another bearish scenario. So from a technical perspective the numbers are coming up to give a very bearish look. Many algos and analysts follow these numbers, and its playing into bear hands. It goes without saying that for last 3 days bears have started taking control.
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SP 500 does need to get above 3900/3930 to start with. Getting to 4000 should be next target. For bears first number is 3810 and then a very big number at 3750. This number 3750 may be first target by bears, but maybe not tonight.
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Job data came yesterday which was not favourable to stocks. Tonight big Options Expiry night - event called Quadruple Witching - 4 types of options expiring, third Friday every quarter. This time $4 trillions dollars are at stake. Big money, some say a very manipulated day. Market makers who run Wall Street are the ones who have to pay out to Option Holders if they are in the money. They try their best to finish market in a position where they have to pay less, if not least amount out, so that they can make a hefty amount by Options Expiring worthless. At this stage with options in play, they will make maximum money if market finishes at 3920 for SP 500. They will have to pay out a lot if market reaches 3800, and also a lot around 4100/4200. So lets see where they take the market tonight.
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Today most stocks started very weak, but many regained and did not finish on day's lows - market oversold/reaching attractive buy levels? Its possible, a lot of stocks have fallen at least 20-30% in just couple of weeks. So it was good to see punters stepping up. There's a possibility that even if indices fall further, stocks may not that much as they already are pricing in a good decline forthcoming. Speculative at this stage, but possible - at least today's trading was pointing towards that.
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Personally as I have ben writing last few days, especially when I saw that it rebounded of 4100 making a double top, I have been playing defensive. These play makers can do anything and are powerful as well, so best to see what plans they have. The Fed has been very hawkish in last couple of days - they for sure want markets to go down if not crash, and they are trying their best.
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So what will happen tonight? Its been a very poor last 3 days, though we finished green on Tuesday - but after giving up a much larger gain. The bears will try to crush now that they have an upper hand. But both probability and Options Expiry point towards a green day and finishing markets again in the chopping range - around 3950 +/- 1%. Will that happen? Lets hope so. Enjoy your weekend and all the best.