Author: ChasW

S&P 500 Futures

Market Summary:

Copper retracing from new contract highs.  Gold to ATH’s, now retracing. Silver retracing, support at 32.43.

Crude off the lows in a bear flag.  Natural Gas in a move down toward mid three’s.

The US 30yr Treasury in consolidation. The 10yr yields consolidating around 4.25%.

The US Dollar in a month long base with Euro currencies stronger.

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S&P 500 Futures   #ESM25

Monthly –Monthly bar closes holds at the lower median line from 10/23. Trade pressures remain up, but declining. Volumes closed the month of February as bullish.  The 6181 price remains the high. The close below 5870 did confirm a weekly move lower. The next target down is 5419. A close above 6069 would confirm any weekly move higher.

Weekly – The weekly forms a bullish bar.  Trade pressures remain down. Volumes are bullish.  The close below 5911 confirmed the daily move lower.  The next target down is 5324. A close above 5875 would confirm any daily move higher.

Daily – Flat. At the 5537 downside target. Trade pressures are just above the neutral zone.  Volumes are bullish.

The next target down is 5606. The expected oversold level rises to 5501.

A close above 5744 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 5740.

(Look for a bear market rally, usually volatile and short lived.)

[3-24-25: Long @ 5744. Raise the SL to 5795.]

[3-25-25: Pre-market AM. raise SL to 5816.] [& Stopped out in the opening hour.]

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Navellier Top 5 Stocks – This Top 5 model portfolio begins each year at $100,000. The Top 5 Growth stocks are tracked throughout each year. This portfolio is marked to the market and is restarted at $100,000 for the 2024 year.

These Navellier Top 5 portfolio stocks closed:
Down 35% for the 2022 Year.
Up 17% for the 2023 Year.
Up 42% for the 2024 Year.

Portfolio stock values for 2025. 
The portfolio value up to $110,000.
The Year-to-Date portfolio performance is  up 10%.

[The author may be long or short any of these issues mentioned],

US$$

#usdollarfutures #ustreasurybondfutures

USD_ DXM25

Weekly –  In the March 2025 downtrend.  Trade pressures are down. Volumes remain bearish.

Daily – Flat. Consolidating at the downside pivot of 102.83. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes are bullish.

The next target down is 102.62. The expected oversold levels rises to 103.04.

A close above 105.35 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 104.25.

 

US30YR T-BOND_ USM25

Weekly – In a new October 2024 downtrend.  Trade pressures are now up.  Volumes are bullish.

Daily  – Flat. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes are neutral.

The next target up is 120-12. Overbought levels remain 120-18.

A close below 115-08 would resume the move down. Oversold levels are 108-07.

Oil & Gas

#crudeoilfutures #naturalgasfutures

CRUDE_ CLK25

Weekly – In the January 2025 uptrend, but still testing support. Trade pressures are down but rising. Volumes remain bearish.

Daily –Flat. Stopped out of the long from the bull flag breakout at 67.28. Still in the daily bear flag rising off the 65.01 low. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes remain bullish.

Need a close above 68.87 level to confirm the signal higher.  The expected overbought levels rises to 68.64.

A break below the Lower median line (bear flag) at 66.67 could precipitate a new leg down. The expected oversold level rises to 65.62.

[3-24-25: Long at 68.67. Set SL to trend, 67.52.]

[3-25-25: Raise SL to 68.69.] [3-25-25: stopped out ]

 

NAT GAS_ NGK25

Weekly – In the new January 2025 uptrend. Trade pressures are up but declining.  Volumes are now neutral.

Daily – Flat.  Now below the breakdown at 4.26 thru trend. Trade pressures are down.  Volumes are bearish.

The next target down is 3.88. The expected oversold level declines  to 3.80.

A close above 4.19 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 4.50.

 

Metals

#copperfutures #goldfutures #silverfutures

COPPER_ HGK25

Weekly – In the September 2024 uptrend; breaks above resisitance. Trade pressures remain up. Volumes remain bullish.

Daily – Flat. Breaks above the median line at 4.93. Then breaks above 5.00. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes remain bullish.

Now at the 5.14 upside resisitance and retracing. Short term support at 5.04. The next target down is 4.92. The expected oversold levels rise to 4.75.

A close back above 5.14 would signal higher. The expected overbought levels rise to 5.22.

 

GOLD_ GCJ25 ( Roll to June next week.)

Weekly – In the December 2023 uptrend.  Trade pressures are up.  Volumes remain bullish.

Daily – Long. Bull Flag breaks out at 2926 on 3/12. Trade pressures are down.  Volumes are neutral.

The next target up is 3065, the prior high. The expected overbought level rises to 3094.

A close below 2977 would signal lower. The expected oversold level rises to 2932.

[3-21-25: Set the SL at 3000.]

[3-28-25: Raise the SL to 3100.][Correction: rollover. Sell at market, 3089.]

 

SILVER_ SIK25

Weekly – In the December 2023 uptrend. Trade pressures are down, but rising.  Volumes remain bullish.

Daily – Flat. Retracement to 33.36 on 3.21 stops out the trade for a BE.  Trade pressures are down.  Volumes are bearish.

The next target up is 35.17. Overbought levels are 35.17.

A close below 33.36 would signal lower. The oversold levels are 29.15.

[3-24-25: Short at 33.45. SL at 33.82.]

[3-25-25: Stopped out for a loss at 33.82.]

S&P 500 Futures

Market Summary:

Copper pulls back and rallies again to contract highs.  Gold lower highs tutn into a bull flag and then a break out to ATH’s. Silver mirrors gold.

Crude fails at the September trendline support, holding just below.  Natural Gas, a second rally and a second retracement which has now broken the trend line down.

The US 30yr Treasury pulls back to Feb trendline support. The 10yr yields consolidating around 4.30%.

The US Dollar is now Flat, and at downside targets.

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S&P 500 Futures   #ESH25

Monthly –Monthly bar closes well below the prior week’s range. Trade pressures remain up, but declining. Volumes closed the month of February as bullish.  The 6181 price remains the high. The close below 5870 did confirm a weekly move lower. The next target down is still 5523. A close above 6082 would confirm any weekly move higher.

Weekly – The weekly has yet another lower close.  Trade pressures remain down. Volumes remain bearish.  The close below 5911 confirmed the daily move lower. The first target down of 5619 is met. The next target down is 5272. A close above 5883 would confirm any daily move higher.

Daily – Flat. At the 5564 downside target. Trade pressures remain down but a smal rise is developing.  Volumes are now neutral.

The next target down is 5631. The expected oversold level declines to 5456.

A close above 5724 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 5850.

Some basing is likely here and could generate some short covering, which would be a possible re-shorting opportunity.
(Perhaps the market is seeing some tariff relief? But even that won’t turn the GDP numbers higher soon.)

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Navellier Top 5 Stocks – This Top 5 model portfolio begins each year at $100,000. The Top 5 Growth stocks are tracked throughout each year. This portfolio is marked to the market and is restarted at $100,000 for the 2024 year.

These Navellier Top 5 portfolio stocks closed:
Down 35% for the 2022 Year.
Up 17% for the 2023 Year.
Up 42% for the 2024 Year.

Portfolio stock values for 2025. 
The portfolio value down to $108,000.
The Year-to-Date portfolio performance is  up 8%.

[The author may be long or short any of these issues mentioned],

US$$

#usdollarfutures #ustreasurybondfutures

USD_ DXM25

Weekly –  In the March 2025 downtrend.  Trade pressures are down. Volumes remain bearish.

Daily – Flat. Flat the downside target of 102.00. Trade pressures are down but turning up.  Volumes are bearish.

The next target down is 102.62. The expected oversold levels declines to 102.75.

A close above 105.47 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 105.65.

 

US30YR T-BOND_ USM25

Weekly – In a new October 2024 downtrend.  Trade pressures are now up.  Volumes are bullish.

Daily  – Flat. At 116-24. Trade pressures are down.  Volumes remain bearish.

The next target up is 120-12. Overbought levels remain 120-18.

A close below 115-08 would resume the move down. Oversold levels are 113-20.

Oil & Gas

#crudeoilfutures #naturalgasfutures

CRUDE_ CLK25

Weekly – In the January 2025 uptrend, but still testing support. Trade pressures are down but rising. Volumes remain bearish.

Daily –Long. Long from the bull flag breakout at 67.28. In a daily bear flag rising off the 65.01 low. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes are bullish.

Need a close above 68.87 level to confirm the signal higher.  The expected overbought levels declines to 68.74.

The next target down remains 64.64. A break below the Lower median line (bear flag) at 66.67 could precipitate a new leg down. The expected oversold level declines to 64.18.

[Set the SL at 66.67.]

 

NAT GAS_ NGJ25

Weekly – In the new January 2025 uptrend. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes are now bearish.

Daily – Short.  Now at 4.10. The retracement move formed a bull flag and the breakout was at 3.97 on 3/3; then failed with another breakdown at 4.26 thru trend. Trade pressures remain are down.  Volumes are bearish.

The next target down is 3.83. The expected oversold level rises  to 3.88.

A close above 4.25 would signal higher. The expected overbought level rises to 4.62.

[set a SL at 4.25]

[3-20-25: Rollover to May contract, NGK25. Cover short @ 3.96 for a gain.]

 

Metals

#copperfutures #goldfutures #silverfutures

COPPER_ HGK25

Weekly – In the September 2024 uptrend; breaks above resisitance. Trade pressures remain up. Volumes remain bullish.

Daily – Flat. Breaks out of the bull flag at 4.62. Then a back test of the breakout on 3/10. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes are bulish.

Now at the 4.92 upside resisitance, again at the upper median line. Retracing. The next target down is 4.83. The expected oversold levels rise to 4.54.

A close above 4.93 would signal higher. The expected overbought levels rise to 4.99.

 

GOLD_ GCJ25

Weekly – In the December 2023 uptrend, 4 weeks above resistance.  Trade pressures are up but declining.  Volumes are now bullish.

Daily – Long. Bull Flag breaks out at 2926 on 3/12. Trade pressures are up.  Volumes remain bullish.

The next target up is 3017, the prior high. The expected overbought level rises to 3011.

A close below 2977 would signal lower. The expected oversold level rises to 2900.

 

SILVER_ SIK25

Weekly – In the December 2023 uptrend. Trade pressures are down,but rising.  Volumes are bullish.

Daily – Long. Bull Flag breakout at 33.36 on 3/12.  Trade pressures turned up .  Volumes are bullish.

The next target up is the upper median line at 34.81. Overbought levels are 34.51.

A close below 33.36 would signal lower. The oversold levels are 29.36.

 

S&P 500 Futures

Market Summary:

Copper rallies to resisitance.  Gold rallies, but to lower highs. Silver rallies from its selloff, also to lower highs.

Crude fails at the September trendline support.  Natural Gas breaks out of retracement to new highs.

The US 30yr Treasury Bond at the 119 upside target. The 10yr yields consolidating.

The US Dollar is now a short, whipping about with every pronouncement.

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S&P 500 Futures   #ESH25

Monthly –Monthly bar closes well below the prior week’s range. Trade pressures remain up but declining. Volumes closed the month of February as bullish.  The 6181 price remains the high. The close below 5870 did confirm a weekly move lower. The next target down is be 5523.

Weekly – The weekly has another lower close.  Trade pressures remain down. Volumes increase again but bearish now.  The close below 5911 confirms the daily move lower. The next target down is 5619.

Daily – Flat. Down from the 3/3 trendline backtest at 5972. Trade pressures remain down.  Volumes are now bullish.

The next target down is 5631. The expected oversold level declines to 5695.

A close above 5839 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 6024.

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Navellier Top 5 Stocks – This Top 5 model portfolio begins each year at $100,000. The Top 5 Growth stocks are tracked throughout each year. This portfolio is marked to the market and is restarted at $100,000 for the 2024 year.

These Navellier Top 5 portfolio stocks closed:
Down 35% for the 2022 Year.
Up 17% for the 2023 Year.
Up 42% for the 2024 Year.

Portfolio stock values for 2025. 
The portfolio value down 12% to $105,000.
The Year-to-Date portfolio performance is  up 5%.

[The author may be long or short any of these issues mentioned],

US$$

#usdollarfutures #ustreasurybondfutures

USD_ DXH25

Weekly –  In the March 2025 downtrend.  Trade pressures are down. Volumes remain bearish.

Daily – Short, from the 107.06 channel breakdown on 3/4. Trade pressures are down.  Volumes are bearish.

The enxt target down is 102.00. The expected oversold levels declines to 103.02.

A close above 105.89 would signal higher. The expected overbought level declines to 106.56.

 

US30YR T-BOND_ USM25

Weekly – In a new October 2024 downtrend.  Trade pressures are now up.  Volumes are bullish.

Daily  – Flat. Reached the 119-08 target. Trade pressures are down.  Volumes are bearish.

The next target up is 120-12. Overbought levels remain 120-18.

A close below 115-08 would resume the move down. Oversold levels are 113-20.