Article #25 S&P500 E-mini Forecast Review

There were almost no Change-In-Trend(CIT) points in the overnight market on August 5, 2015. This always makes it harder for MarketWarrior 5 to calculate the cycle that is operating on the 5 minute chart for the E-mini. On August 5 the overnight market basically sloped up with only two minor CIT. When I am forecasting the E-mini, I like to make the first calculation for the 5 minute forecast before the main trading session opens at 9:30 AM ET. On the chart below, I have calculated the forecast at 9:15 AM ET. I am using the DTN IQFeed and the continuous future symbol @ES#.

There are two main sections to this forecast. The first is a forecast bottom at 10:05 AM ET;  the second is a rally up to a double top pattern. The double tops occur about one hour apart at 11:40 AM ET and 12:45 PM ET. I have drawn a red arrow labeled A to mark this rally.

The second part of the forecast is a decline after the 12:45 PM ET forecast top. After this forecast top, the 5 minute forecast declines for the rest of the day. I have drawn a blue line labeled B, which identifies this decline.

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The chart below shows the pattern made by the E-mini on August 5, 2015. The forecast pattern was correct, but the E-mini made the pattern approximately one hour earlier than forecast. The red line labeled A1 shows the first rally of the day. This rally ran from 9:20 AM ET to 10:30 AM ET. The forecast shows a rally from 10:05 AM ET to 11:40 AM ET.

The E-mini made a double top at 10:30 AM ET and 11:25 AM ET. The forecast shows a double top at 11:40 AM ET and 12:45 PM ET.

The E-mini then declined after the top at 11:25 AM ET. For this day, August 5, 2015, the forecast pattern for the 5 minute E-mini was correct but it was offset from the actual E-mini price action by approximately one hour.

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Advanced Use of The MarketWarrior E-mini Forecast

This article is a review of the forecast made by MarketWarrior for the 5 minute S&P500 E-mini contract for Tuesday July 21, 2015. This article uses the word advanced in the title because I am going to describe the analysis I went through during the day to make the decision to recalculate the forecast during the main E-mini trading session. In past forecast reviews, I have calculated the forecast one time as the start of the main trading session approached and then let the forecast stand without change so readers could see how the forecast worked. There are many cases when I decide to recalculate the forecast during the main trading session, so I am going to start writing about the more advanced use of the MarketWarrior E-mini forecast.

The main trading session starts for the E-mini at 9:30 AM ET. As the main trading session approaches, I usually calculate the forecast. I calculate the forecast before the main trading session starts, because the volatile price action at the open often provides a misleading indication of the current day’s cycle. Therefore I try to get a cycle calculation before the main trading session opens. On Tuesday July 21, 2015 at 9:10 AM ET, I calculated the E-mini forecast. This forecast is shown below. On this chart I have manually drawn a red arrow pointing up and labeled A. This arrow shows the direction of the forecast culminating in a forecast top at 9:20 AM ET. The second red arrow points down and is labeled B. This shows the direction of the actual price action. You can see the forecast and the actual E-mini price are already diverging even though the forecast has just been made. This is telling us the forecast was not able to accurately calculate the E-mini cycle and a problem exists. Because of this divergence between the forecast and the E-mini, I decided to take a wait and see approach.

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The picture below was taken at 9:55 AM ET and it shows the same forecast seen above. I have manually added a blue dotted line at the forecast top 9:20 AM ET. You can see the top forecast time was the exact time for an E-mini bottom. This E-mini bottom at 9:20 AM ET adds one extra change-in-trend point for MarketWarrior to calculate a more accurate forecast for the rest of the trading day.

On the chart below, I have also added two brown lines. The first brown line connects the forecast tops and is labeled 1. The second line connects the forecast bottoms and is labeled 2. These two brown lines make a low volatility sideways wedge pattern for almost the whole main trading session. This pattern would be unusual for the E-mini, which usually has more price movement than is indicated by this forecast. Because of these two factors, the new bottom CIT at 9:20 AM and the unusual low volatility in the forecast, I decided to recalculate the forecast.

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I recalculated the forecast just before 10:00 AM ET and the new cycle forecast is seen below. This forecast has a normal amount of price volatility with a forecast decline down to a bottom at 14:35(2:35) PM ET at the price 2105. The forecast also shows a main trading session with two main swings. First is a decline to 14:35(2:35) PM ET and then a rally to the end of the main trading session. The main trading session ends at 4:14:59 PM ET when the CME Group closes E-mini trading and reopens at 4:30 PM ET. This 15 minute close in trading ends the main trading session. The forecast pattern seen below with two main swings is fairly common in the E-mini as traders will push the market in one direction most of the day but then try to take profits in the last one or two hours.

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The picture below shows the same forecast as seen above after the main trading session has ended. The E-mini fell into the 2 PM hour (14:00) and then rallied to the end of the day. The recalculated forecast for the E-mini was in fact the correct cycle forecast for July 21, 2015. By recalculating the forecast at 10 AM ET, MarketWarrior was able to make a much more accurate forecast for the rest of the day. I will be writing more advanced articles about the process I go through when making the decision to recalculate the forecast. The large drop seen at the end of the chart occurred at 4:30 PM ET after the market reopened. Look over the chart below and if you think this forecast would help you trade the E-mini, there is a free trial for both MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. You can click here and here to learn more.

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Article #22 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 5min chart

The charts below shows a review for the automatic MarketWarrior E-mini forecast for Monday July 13, 2015. The E-mini main trading session opens at 9:30 AM ET and I usually calculate the forecast for the day as the open approaches. I usually do not recalculate the forecast during the day but you have the option to recalculate a forecast at any time. The chart below uses the DTN IQFeed. At 9:15 AM ET I calculated the forecast seen below. The forecast covers the main E-mini trading session on July 13, 2015.

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The forecast showed a rally up to 10:05 AM ET. The actual E-mini prices rallied until 10:20 AM ET. The forecast then shows a decline until 12:25 PM ET. The actual E-mini declined until 12:55 PM ET. The forecast then showed a sideways move that ended with a top at 14:05(2:05) PM ET. The E-mini followed this path to 14:05(2:05) PM ET. After 14:05(2:05) PM ET, the forecast showed a decline and the E-mini rallied. So the last two hours of the trading day saw the forecast and the E-mini diverge.

When the forecast and the E-mini diverge, I would normally recalculate the forecast, but in this case I used just one forecast calculated at 9:15 AM ET for the whole day. In a future example, I will show a situation when I recalculated the forecast. In this case on July 13, 2015, the forecast was accurate from 9:15 AM ET to 14:05(2:05) PM ET. Look over the chart below and if you think this forecast would help you trade the E-mini, there is a free trial for both MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. You can click here and here to learn more.

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Article #21 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 5min chart

Here is a review of the MarketWarrior forecast on the E-mini 5 minute chart for July 10, 2015. The chart below is created with the DTN IQFeed using the symbol @ES#. This symbol is the nearby E-mini contract, so you need to check which contract is currently the nearby before trading. The current nearby is the September 2015 contract.

When I use the automatic forecasting module in MarketWarrior 5, I usually identify the time period I want to trade, and then calculate the forecast as that time period approaches. The only two time periods I trade in the E-mini are the overnight period from 1:00 AM ET – 4:00 AM ET which correlates to the Shanghai exchange, and then the main trading session in the US which starts at 9:30 AM ET. On the chart below, at 9:10 AM ET leading up to the start of the main trading session, I calculated the forecasts for the 5 minute chart.

The forecast is the thin red and green line. The top arrows identify the forecast top Change-In-Trend(CIT) based on price and time. The bottom arrows identify the forecast bottom CIT based on price and time. One important part of the forecast is simply the overall pattern in the forecast. In the forecast below, there are two parts. A decline until 11:00 AM ET and then a rally through the rest of the day.

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The chart below shows the same forecast as above, but now the 5 minute price data has filled in during the day. You can see the over all pattern of the forecast was accurate. The price data fell to 10:45 AM ET and then rallied through the rest of the day. Look over the chart below and if you think this forecast would help you trade the E-mini, there is a free trial for both MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. You can click here and here to learn more.

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Article #20 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 5min chart

Here is a review of the 5 minute S&P500 E-mini forecast for July 08, 2015. I worked on a few market reviews last week but did not have time to post them so I am going to do a little catch up this week. On July 08, 2015 as the main trading session approached, I calculated the forecast for the 5 minute S&P500 E-mini. The main trading session opens at 9:30 AM ET. I actually did the calculation at 8:55 AM ET. The forecast picture is below.

This is an unusual forecast for two reasons; first there was a lot price volatility leading up to 8:55 AM. The over night price action was very active. Second is the fact that the forecast slopes down almost all day. It is unusual to see a E-mini intraday cycle that moves down all day. This forecast was made using the DTN IQFeed and MarketWarrior 5.  The symbol used is @ES# from DTN, which is the continuous nearby contract.

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The picture below shows the same forecast as above, but now the price data has filled in. I took this picture at 16:10(4:10) PM ET. This did turn out to be an unusual day because the S&P500 E-mini actually did slope down through most of the day. I am not going to review each of the forecast Change-In-Trend (CIT) points in this forecast. The overall pattern in the forecast was correct, which is very powerful. The 5 minute forecast for the E-mini is quickly becoming the most popular feature in MarketWarrior 5.

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Article #19 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 5min chart

This blog will review the MarketWarrior 5 forecast for the S&P500 E-mini for Monday July 6, 2015. I will be discussing the 5 minute chart. The data used comes from the DTN IQFeed subscription using the symbol @ES#, which is the nearby S&P500 E-mini contract. The following top chart shows the E-mini through 9:10 AM ET. The main trading session opens at 9:30 AM ET. I will usually recalculate the forecast for the E-mini a few minutes before the main trading session opens. In this case I recalculated the forecast at 9:10 AM ET. The forecast does not have any user settings; it just requires a single button click.

When a forecast is made, there is a way to see if the forecast has a higher than normal probability of success. If the most recent three Change-In-Trend (CIT) points in the MarketWarrior cycle line and the E-mini are accurately aligned, then the forecast has a much better chance to accurately forecast the day’s price action. The reason for this is that when the most recent three historical CIT points are accurately aligned, it indicates MarketWarrior has correctly calculated the cycle and the forecast should be accurate. On the chart below, I have added the large red numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. These are identifying the four most recent historical CIT points when the forecast was made at 9:10 AM ET. These four CIT points in the MarketWarrior cycle and the CIT points in the E-mini have a close alignment based on both price and time. This indicates the cycle is calculated accurately and the forecast for the rest of the day should be accurate.

The forecast for the rest of the day shows four CIT points. First is a Top at 11:10 AM ET at the price 2054.19. Then a Bottom at 12:25 PM ET at the price 2058.84. Then a Top at 13:30(1:30) PM ET. Finally the fourth point is a Bottom at 14:50(2:50) PM ET. The high of the day is forecast CIT #1 at 11:10 AM ET and the low of the day is forecast CIT #4 at 14:50(2:50) PM ET.

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The chart below shows the 5 minute price data after the main trading session has ended. You can see the basic pattern in the forecast was also the pattern made by the E-mini. The forecast had a rally to 11:10 AM ET and the E-mini actually rallied to a top at 10:45 AM ET. The second forecast CIT was for a bottom at 12:25 PM ET. At this time a E-mini top occurred. So this was an accurate forecast for the CIT time but the CIT type(top or bottom) was wrong. When making forecasts based on market cycles, this will sometimes happen. The third CIT was for a top at 13:30(1:30) PM ET and this CIT did not occur in the E-mini. The final CIT was forecast for 14:50(2:50) PM ET and was a bottom. The E-mini made a bottom at 14:40(2:40) PM ET. The E-mini then rallied to the end of the chart as indicated in the forecast.

This shows the forecast was calculated one time at 9:10 AM ET and correctly forecast the overall pattern for the day, three of four forecast CIT points aligned to an E-mini CIT and the forecast correctly identified the location of the high and low of the day at forecast CIT #1 and forecast CIT #4.  Look over the chart below and if you think the forecast below would help you trade the E-mini. There is a free trial for both MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. You can click here to learn more.

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Article #18 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 5min chart

The MarketWarrior automatic forecast for the 5 minute S&P500 E-mini, will forecast one day’s price action. This means the 5 minute forecast must be recalculated at least once a day. I usually recalculate the 5 minute forecast sometime in the hour before the main trading session opens at 9:30 AM ET.  Below is a 5 minute E-mini chart made with MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. The chart runs through 9:10 AM ET on July 1, 2015. At this time I calculated the forecast for the rest of day. The 5 minute forecast can be seen below.

The forecast line is the thin green and red line. The forecast area on this chart runs through 16:00(4:00) PM. There are four Change-In-Trend shown in the forecast area. The first is a Bottom that occurs at 10:00 AM ET with a target price of 2062.48. The second CIT is a Top at 11:35 AM ET with a target price at 2071.09. The third CIT is a Bottom at 14:05(2:05) PM ET with a target price of 2059.41. Finally the fourth forecast CIT occurs at 14:55(2:55) PM ET with a target price of 2064.63. If the E-mini makes a CIT which is not in the forecast and starts to move away from the forecast, I will recalculate the forecast. Under normal circumstances I do not recalculate the forecast during the day.

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Below is the E-mini 5 minute chart with the price data filled in through the end of the chart. I have added a blue dotted line to mark the first forecast CIT. This was a forecast for a bottom at 10:00 AM ET. You can see on the chart below. this turned out to be the exact time for a Top CIT. When making a forecast based on cycles and patterns. it is sometimes the case that a top forecast will turn out to be a bottom and vice versa.

The second forecast CIT was very close in both time and price. The forecast Top was for 11:35 AM ET at 2071.09 and you can see the E-mini price bars made a top very close to the forecast.

The third forecast CIT was also very close in both time and price. The forecast was for a bottom at 14:05(2:05) PM ET at the price 2059.41. You can see below, the E-mini price and the timing of the corresponding bottom was very close to the forecast.

The fourth and final CIT forecast was for a top at 14:55(2:55) PM ET at the price 2064.63. The E-mini actually touched the forecast price level during the price bar for the time 14:55. The E-mini rallied into the last CIT forecast and continued to rally. It did not make a top. On this day July 1, 2015, the E-mini followed the pattern and price direction in the forecast almost all day expect for the last two hours 15:00 and 16:00. Look over the chart below and if you think the forecast below would help you trade the E-mini there is a free trial for both MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. You can click here to learn more.

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Article #17 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 60min chart

Each morning I review the overnight price action in the S&P500 E-mini. The MarketWarrior forecast for the E-mini on a 60 minute chart covers one week so each morning I make a decision to either recalculate the forecast for the rest of the week or leave the forecast unchanged. I do this before the main trading session opens. The chart below shows the 60 minute chart for the E-mini through 6:00 AM ET on July 1, 2015. The forecast shown on this chart is the same forecast seen in the previous article discussing the 60 minute E-mini chart. The forecast made the previous day shows a Change-In-Trend (CIT) at 7:00 AM ET on July 1, 2015 at the price 2073.43 and the overnight market had been moving up toward 7:00 AM and the price levels were similar to the forecast price levels. Because of this I decided not to recalculate the forecast.

The forecast shows three CIT for July 1, 2015. These are a Top at 7:00 AM ET at the price 2073.43. Second is a Bottom at 12:00 (noon) PM ET at the price 1068.38 and finally a Top at 19:00 (7:00) PM ET at the price 2073.07. On the chart below I have drawn a red box around the forecast area. This creates a forecast pattern for July 1, 2015 which is a sequence of Top-Bottom-Top and should look like a V or double top pattern.

This forecast was made with MarketWarrior 5 using DTN IQFeed. The tool that makes the forecast does not require any user settings or inputs, it is fully automatic.

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The chart below shows the 60 minute E-mini chart during the 21:00(9:00) PM hour on July 21, 2015. The forecast for July 1 turned out to be very accurate. The pattern on July 1, 2015 shows a top early in the day at 5:00 AM then a bottom at 2:00 PM and finally a top at 4:00 PM. This created a Top-Bottom-Top pattern similar to the forecast pattern. Each forecast CIT was off by two bars. The price action during the main trading session was sideways but a rally did occur between the June 30 and July 1 main trading sessions. This occurred in the after hours session of June 30, 2015 and the pre-market session on July 1, 2015. When you see a trend between the main trading sessions it indicates there was some important international news that caused the Globex E-mini market to move overnight. Recently overnight markets have been affected by economic news from China or news about the Greek economic crisis. A strong up trend overnight often leads a sideways pattern in the main trading session.

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Article #16 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 5min chart

Recently I have become interested in the overnight session for the S&P500 E-mini. MarketWarrior 5 can automatically forecast the 5 minute and 60 minute charts for the E-mini. The 5 minute chart is the most appropriate time frame for forecasting the overnight E-mini because the volatility is often very low and the five-minute chart shows the small swings while the 60 minute chart does not. The first chart below shows the S&P500 E-mini 5 minute chart through 3:15 AM ET on July 1, 2015. I am using the DTN IQFeed symbol @ES#, which is the nearby E-mini contract. At this time this symbol is showing the September 2015 E-mini contract. I like to use the @ES# because it takes care of the roll over but when trading you need to keep track of which contract is being displayed so you can make sure you trade the correct contract month.

On the chart below. I have clicked the forecast recalculation button. You can see the thin red and green line. This is the forecast line. The forecast has four Change-In-Trend points on this chart. The CIT are:
(1) Top at 5:40 AM ET at the price 2072.39.
(2) Bottom at 6:05 AM ET at the price 2067.87.
(3) Top at 7:15 AM ET at the price 2073.78.
(4) Bottom at 8:10 AM ET at the price 2070.30.

On the chart below, I have manually drawn a red line labeled Forecast Cycle Pattern. This red line is the simplest representation of the forecast CIT points. Many traders find it easier to understand the forecast cycle when it is presented as a simple cycle line.

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The chart below shows S&P500 E-mini chart after it filled in the forecast area. The heavy red line under the price data is the Actual Forecast Pattern. This is a simple cycle line that represents the CIT points that actually happened in the E-mini. You can compare the simple cycle line in the two charts.

The forecast had a top at 5:40 AM. The actual top came at 5:25 AM. The forecast has a bottom at 6:05 AM and the bottom happened at 6:25 AM. The forecast had a top at 7:15 AM and the corresponding top occurred at 6:55 AM. The final forecast was for a bottom at 8:10 AM and the actual bottom came early at 7:35 AM.

The forecast points are usually off by a few bars but getting the cycle pattern correctly counts for a lot. If the forecast has the correct sequence of tops and bottoms and the correct pattern, then trading the forecast profitably is very possible. If you think the forecast below would help you trade the E-mini there is a free trial for both MarketWarrior 5 and DTN IQFeed. You can click here to learn more.

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Article #15 Forecasting the S&P500 emini 60min chart

This week is shortened for the 4th of July weekend. There is no trading Friday July 3. The two charts below shows the S&P500 E-mini forecast for Tuesday June 30, 2015 on the 60 minute chart. The forecasts are made with MarketWarrior 5 using the DTN IQFeed symbol @ES# The first chart below shows the S&P500 E-mini through approximately 8:55 AM ET. At this time I recalculated the 60 minute chart forecast and the result is below. The forecast has two Change-In-Trend(CIT) times on June 30. The first is a top at 13:00(1:00) PM ET with a top price at 2068.38. The second CIT is a bottom at 20:00(8:00) PM ET with a bottom price forecast of 2059.38. Normally I do not recalculate the 60 minute chart forecast during the main trading session although you have the option of recalculating the forecast at any time.

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The second chart below shows the S&P500 E-mini during the hour 22:00(10:00) PM ET at approximately 10:50 PM. The forecast for a top in the 13:00(1:00) PM ET was off by one bar as a top formed in the E-mini during hour 14:00(2:00) PM ET. The forecast for a bottom during hour 20:00(8:00) PM ET was off by two bars. The actual bottom came early at 18:00(6:00) PM ET.

Today, June 30, 2015 the overall pattern of the day, was a sideways pattern that made several swings up and down over the same price levels. The automatic forecast shows a pattern with an upward slope from the start of the day to the end of the day, which was not reflected in today’s sideways price action.

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