X Marks The (Ideal) Spot

Before the open this morning I was cautiously predicting that ES would rally today to a higher high than yesterday, ideally failing today at a high in the 2865-9 area. As it happened the low of the day was happening at the time on ES, slightly before the RTH open, and ES is now testing yesterday's high. So far, so good.

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The scenario I was looking at then and now was a modest higher low and then a modest higher high to form a bear flag channel into a test of declining resistance from the highs on SPX. I have tentatively marked an X on the SPX 5min chart the ideal time and level for SPX to top out today and we'll whether that delivers exactly in the next hour or so. If not there is some wiggle room. 

SPX 5min chart: 

On the hourly chart I show the overall falling megaphone forming from the high so far. Declining resistance and the 50 hour MA are effectively the same resistance area at the moment.

SPX 60min chart: 

In the event that declining resistance and the 50 hour MA are broken and converted to support, which is possible but not looking particularly likely at the moment, then resistance higher is at the daily middle band, currently 2903 area, and the monthly pivot at 2914. SPX daily chart: 

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