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March 20 Chart of the Day - S&P 500 before FOMC Meeting

March 20, 2024

Today at 2pm eastern the US Federal Reserve will announce its decision on whether or not to change interest rates. The announcement is followed by a press conference with Fed Chair Jay Powell.

Seems like each one of these interest rate, inflation, or employment related news days lately brings with it more and more volatility with the same old question of "how much higher can the markets go?"

See our planning charts BEFORE the FOMC announcement.

Posted in Chart of the Day, FOMC, Think or Swim, Trade Room

S&P 500 Trade Plan

February 10, 2023

S&P 500 Trade Plan for February 10, 2023 - Follow along with ChartPros Founder Tom Winterstein as he charts in real time and takes you through bi-directional levels of interest for the S&P 500 (ticker /ES).

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S&P 500 Recap for February 9, 2023

February 09, 2023

S&P 500 Recap for February 9, 2023 - Follow along with ChartPros Founder Tom Winterstein as he charts in real time and takes you through bi-directional levels of interest for the S&P 500 (ticker /ES).

Posted in Advanced Futures Trading Course, Chart Subscription, day trade, Dow Jones Industrial Average, FOR PROFESSIONAL AND ASPIRING PROFESSIONAL TRADERS, Income Disruption?, Market Education and Training, Price Action Mastery Course, S&P 500, Technical Analysis, Think or Swim, Tom Winterstein, Traditional Futures

S&P 500 (Ticker /ES) Higher Time Frame Analysis

December 03, 2022

Follow along with ChartPros Founder Tom Winterstein as he charted in real time and walked through step by step to identify bi-directional levels of interest for the S&P 500 (ticker /ES).

His analysis takes you through the last couple of months of 2022 and into 2023 and you'll see all the details as well as amazingly where price went to versus the anticipated levels so far.

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S&P 500 Market - Higher Timeframe Technical Analysis

February 23, 2022

S&P /ES Higher Time Frame Chart - Technical Analysis for February 23, 2022

Posted in Advanced Futures Trading Course, Chart Subscription, day trade, Dow Jones Industrial Average, FOMC, Income Disruption?, Learn to Trade, Market Education and Training, S&P 500, Stock Charts, Stock Market Crash, Think or Swim, Tom Winterstein, TOS, Trading Discipline, Trading Mindset, Trading Psychology, Traditional Futures, Tradovate

New Year Resolutions for Traders

January 09, 2022

Traditionally, many people make New Year's resolutions. Some promise themselves that they'll eat better, lose weight, behave nicer, stop bad habits, start new habits... You've probably been there done that.

But what about your trading? Have you made resolutions before? Like have more discipline? More patience? Stop chasing trades? Some may even consider quitting trading altogether? Read more...

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How High Can the Markets Go?

November 04, 2021

We frequently get asked "How High Can the Markets Go?"

The true answer is no one really knows for sure but technical analysis can help determine potential targets.

Once a market reaches its target there's no telling what can happen then. The prudent thing as a trader is to allow it time to develop new structure.

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Is the Market About to Crash?

September 04, 2021

Yeah, market sentiment can be tricky to try and figure out. One thing I see or hear over and over again are statements that begin with "I feel like..." and you can fill in the blank like:

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Price Targets for Oil - $100??

June 11, 2021

Remember last year when Oil (symbol /CL) went under $7 a barrel? Well if you got long then and stayed long you would have about10x return now...

We hear woulda, shoulda, coulda a lot.

Here are some updated higher time frame upside price targets for Oil. It's not out of the question to see $100 technically speaking.

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Trade Using Only Support/Resistance and Trend

February 17, 2021

We often get asked "can I trade without knowing more advanced charting techniques like Fibonacci?" And simply stated the answer is yes!

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Around the Markets - 2 minute outlook for the week of January 31, 2021

January 31, 2021

2 minute market outlook for the week of January 31, 2021 for /ES, /NQ, /YM, and /VX

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Around the Markets - 2 minute outlook for the week of November 15, 2020

November 15, 2020

2 minute market outlook for the week of November 15, 2020 for /ES, /NQ, /YM, /VX, /GC, and /CL

Posted in /CL, Advanced Futures Trading Course, Beginners Guide to Stock Market, Chart Subscription, Commodities Trading, Crude Oil, Dow Jones Industrial Average, FOMC, Gold, Income Disruption?, Learn to Trade, Market Education and Training, Nadex, NASDAQ, NinjaTrader, NinjaTrader Ecosystem, NinjaTrader Education Partner, NT8, Oanda, Price Action Mastery Course, S&P 500, Stock Charts, Technical Analysis, Think or Swim, Tom Winterstein, TOS, Traditional Futures, Tradovate, VIX