If the broader index doesn’t give you an opportunity, look inside it. Heavily weighted stocks and sectors often will have setups. In this case, the S&P futures did not pullback enough for a “buy the dip,” so I looked elsewhere, and in this video I show a couple of setups that have triggered.

That means the bullish narrative is looking clearer, especially now that the technical picture is confirming strength. Here is the outlook on crude as well as crude oil stocks.

One of the many tools I make available free to Simpler Futures members are the multicharts and trade flags layout. This allows traders to see relative performance accurately at-a-glance. In this case, a great pullback buy was captured by members, and here’s the anatomy of the trade.

There are days that I reel my daytrades in before lunch and days that I give a trade more latitude to keep trending. Here is the simple technique I use to know when to expect a trend and when not to.

Today, as in many days, we see the bulk of the movement occur before the 9:30 bell. Today’s action, however, did trigger a bearish breach and offered up some retest and retreat entries for shorts. Narrow range? No problem, wait for the trigger and don’t get too greedy. Here is a walk-through of the Dow.