Briefly:

Intraday trade: Our Wednesday’s intraday trading outlook was neutral. It proved accurate because the S&P 500 lost 0.1% following the slightly higher opening of the trading session (+0.2%). The market fluctuates after its Friday-Monday rally. We still can see technical overbought conditions. However, there have been no confirmed negative signals so far. Therefore, we prefer to be out of the market again, avoiding low risk/reward ratio trades.

Our intraday outlook is neutral today. Our short-term outlook is neutral, and our medium-term outlook is neutral:

Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): neutral
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): neutral
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): neutral

The main U.S. stock market indexes lost 0.05-0.1% on Wednesday, following higher opening of the trading session, as investors continued to take short-term profits off the table. The S&P 500 index trades around 0.6% below its Monday’s new all-time high of 2,694.97. The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its three-day-long fluctuations along new all-time high, as it lost 0.1% yesterday. The technology Nasdaq Composite closed 0.05% lower following higher opening. The nearest important level of support of the S&P 500 index is at around 2,680, marked by Monday’s daily gap up of 2,679.63-2,685.92. The next support level is at 2,670, marked by recent consolidation. The level of support is also at 2,640-2,650, marked by the December 8 daily gap up of 2,640.99-2,644.10. On the other hand, resistance level is at around 2,695-2,700, marked by new all-time high. There have been no confirmed negative signals so far. However, we still can see medium-term technical overbought conditions along with negative technical divergences:

Positive Expectations Again

Expectations before the opening of today’s trading session are slightly positive, with index futures currently up 0.1-0.2% vs. yesterday’s closing prices. The European stock market indexes have gained 0.1-0.3% so far. Investors will wait for some economic data announcements: the U.S. GDP final number, Initial Claims, Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 a.m., Leading Indicators at 10:00 a.m. The market expects that GDP grew 3.3% and Initial Claims were at 232,000 last week. The S&P 500 futures contract trades within an intraday uptrend, as it retraces some of its yesterday’s move down. The nearest important level of support is at around 2,675-2,680. On the other hand, resistance level is at 2,695-2,700. The futures contract remains relatively close to new record high, as the 15-minute chart shows:

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