Directional Bias For The Day:

• The futures are moving up since 6:00 AM
• 2.75 points above 3:30 AM high of 2147.25 points and up 8.50 points above 2:00 AM low of 2141.50
• Odds are for an up day
• Key levels for eMini futures: break below 2143.00 for bears and break above 2158.25 for bulls
• Markets in the East were mixed; Hong Kong and Tokyo were up, Mumbai, Sydney and Seoul were down; Shanghai is closed for the week
• European markets are mostly down following gap-down at the open
• On Tuesday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future (Dec contract) closed at 2143.50 and the index closed at 2150.49 – a spread of about 7.00 points; futures closed at 2144.75 for the day

Key Levels:

• Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2144.03, 2139.57 and 2131.20
• Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2158.89, 2165.46 and 2175.30
• Pre-NYSE session open, futures price action is to the upside; at 8:45 AM, S&P 500 futures were up by +5.25, Dow by +44.00 and NASDAQ is up by +9.25

The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500 are:

Monthly	Up trend since Feb 08, 2016
Weekly:	Current uptrend under pressure Up trend since Feb 08, 2016 with one pullback; broke out of a 2-year trading range in July, 2016 Last swing low, 1991.68, was reached on June 27, 2016
Daily	Uptrend remains under pressure Tuesday formed a large red candle following a Monday’s small red harami candlestick within Friday’s large green candle An up-sloping flag is forming; a break below 2145.20 will be bearish Price crossed below 10-day EMA
2-Hour (e-mini future)	An ascending triangle is being formed since September 8 gap down A symmetrical triangle being within the ascending triangle since September 22 Sequence of Higher high and higher lows since 10:00 PM on September 22 not broken; break below 2135.75 will do it Hugging since 12:00 Noon October 4 the uptrend line from the lows of September 2
30-Minute (e-mini future)	Down trend since September 30 3:00 PM high of 2168.25 Making higher highs since October 4 2:30 PM low of 2136.00

Before NYSE Session Open

On Tuesday, major U.S. indices were down from the start and closed 0.2%-to-0.5% below Monday’s close. S&P 500 erased all that it gained on Friday. All breached the Monday low.

Dow Jones Transportation Average faced resistance at April high of 8149.00. It formed a red candle with a large top-tail, which, though, does not resemble shooting star. The price remains above a broken ascending triangle.