Dow Jones Futures Comeback – Real or Not?

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Written By: Mircea Vasiu

Nov 27, 2020, 11:31 GMT 11:31

Dow Jones

Summary:

Dow Jones has a short session today due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Futures bounced back but there is a rising wedge in place that bears may consider.

Dow Jones bounced back from its recent bearish trend. It did so while the cash was closed – a rather typical way of recovering from losses.

Traders must understand the difference between Dow after hours and when the cash is open. The dynamics of the two sessions are incredibly different.

Today the Dow will have a short session due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Because people took an early weekend, it is a habit for Dow to close earlier today. Because of that, and because we are ahead of the end of the week, some extreme moves may be possible. At this point, the Dow can go either way, but the downside should be favored considering the potential of a rising wedge pattern.

Dow Jones Technical Picture

Bears have two possibilities to trade today. One is to wait for the Dow to reach the upper edge of the pattern before going short for 28,800. Another is to wait for the Dow to break the lower edge of the pattern and to go short for the same target. A move above 30.800 would invalidate the wedge. At the same time, as long as Dow remains inside the pattern, it means it still looks for direction.

Dow Jones Daily Chart

Written By: Mircea Vasiu

Mircea, MBA in International Business graduating Magna Cum Laudae, trades for a living and contributes to various financial publications for more than six years. He writes about macroeconomics, stock indices, currencies, and most recently ETFs and individual stocks. For the past decade, he’s involved in everything trading related, mostly in the currency market, both with manual and algorithmic trading.