12pm update – lunchtime chop

US equities remain choppy. VIX is holding above the key 20 threshold. WTIC has cooled to $82.33

sp’60min

VIX’60min

Summary

11.30am is typical turn time. On balance, we’ll settle net higher, but it’d likely make for a daily black candle, ahead of the Halloween/end month settlement.

*I’d almost forgotten what it was like to get my ass kicked. For now, I’m resilient enough to hold into tomorrow.


notable stock: CAT

Will likely settle with a black candle, or outright red.
E’ due early Tues’, might be the excuse for a drop straight into red gap.

notable stock: META

The current candle is spiky on the upper side from the intersecting 10 and 50dma. Leans s/t bearish.

notable energy: SLB

Lower with the sector. S/t bearish… 200dma $53s

notable miner: GOLD

Earnings are due early Thurs’.
Miners should be seeking Gold to settle October >$2K.

time to venture out…