Trading Levels | Support 6898, 6884, 6873, 6870, 6855 Resistance 6950, 6973, 7000, 7017, 7044, 7102, 7112

Good morning. Well the volatility is certainly here this week, and on low volume as we go into the election. The bears dropped things off from the top of the 10 day Bianca at 7050 pretty well, though it did take 2 attempts and some help from a bearish US to drag things down to 6920 area, which was Friday’s low. We have had a slow rise up from there, though the daily EMAs are just crossing over to bear today so we could be on for some more downside. That said, if yesterdays lows on the S&P at 2088 hold as support then there could be some decent upside on that over the next few sessions aim for 2140. Might need something special to enable that sort of rise though, as generally markets are slowing down a bit on below par news and despite stimulus. The 10 day Bianca levels to watch today are 7017 resistance and 6870 support.

US & Asia Overnight from Bloomberg
Asian stocks outside of Japan dropped for a second day, with the regional gauge extending a two-week low, as banks and information technology shares declined following a slump in U.S. equities.

Woolworths Ltd. fell 3.8 percent after Australia’s biggest supermarket chain announced job cuts as sales missed estimates. Commonwealth Bank of Australia slid 4.3 percent as the nation’s top lender by market value posted third-quarter cash profit that was unchanged from a year earlier. HSBC Holdings Plc slipped 1 percent in Hong Kong after first-quarter revenue fell short of expectations at Europe’s largest bank.

The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index fell 0.8 percent to 509.12 as of 9:34 a.m. in Hong Kong. The measure dropped on Tuesday to its lowest level since April 21 as Chinese equities tumbled amid concern gains have been excessive. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slumped 1.2 percent on Tuesday as mixed data added to U.S. economic growth concerns. E-mini futures on the S&P 500 added 0.2 percent.

“Markets are a little tired,” Wayne Wilbanks, who oversees about $2.5 billion as chief investment officer at Norfolk, Virginia-based Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC, told Bloomberg Television. “Investors are starting to wake up to the reality that there’s not a whole lot of growth currently in the market. China is slowing down. What we have there is huge monetary stimulus which is causing this stock market semi-bubble.”

Regional Gauges
China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.5 percent after slumping 4.1 percent on Tuesday, the most since Jan. 19. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of mainland shares traded in Hong Kong slipped 0.2 percent, while the city’s benchmark Hang Seng Index declined 0.3 percent.

South Korea’s Kospi index dropped 1.3 percent as it resumed trading following a holiday. Taiwan’s Taiex index slipped 0.5 percent. Singapore’s Straits Times Index declined 0.5 percent. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index fell 0.2 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index slumped 1.8 percent. Japanese markets are closed for a third day of holidays.

Data on Tuesday showed the U.S. trade deficit widened in March to the highest level in more than six years, fueled by a record surge in imports as commercial activity resumed at West Coast ports following a resolution of labor disputes. A separate report showed service industries such as real-estate firms and restaurants unexpectedly grew at a faster pace in April as the biggest part of the U.S. economy picked up.

Stock Correction
China’s stocks will be hit by a 20 percent correction, Mark Mobius, who oversees about $40 billion as the executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, said on Bloomberg Television in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The upside for shares will be limited as initial public offerings draw out money, he said. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said last month it would increase the pace of new share sales.

Twenty-five Chinese companies are scheduled to sell initial public offering shares from Tuesday through May 11, which may freeze 2.34 trillion yuan ($377 billion), based on the median estimate of a Bloomberg survey.

Global equities are heading for their second week of losses amid heightened concern over whether Greece can meet its obligation to pay about $1.1 billion due to the International Monetary Fund by May 12. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 1.5 percent on Tuesday. [Ref]

FTSE Outlook

Todays pivot is 6973 so we have initial resistance there, with 7000 after that where we have the top of the declining 30minute PRT channel, but also, fairly crucially, the 2 daily EMAs converging here as well. The 10ema crossing down through the 25ema is fairly bearish, so I would be looking for the price to rise back to test the 25ema after that cross is locked in to confirm a bearish stance. There is the top of the 10 day Bianca at 7017, though not sure it will be bullish enough to reach that today. Never know this week as we jump about going into the election! There is some fairly decent looking support around the 6913 area, where we have the bottom of that 30min channel and I have plotted a rise from that but with a tight stop, as if it dips below that then 6898 and 6870 (the bottom levels of the 2 Bianca channels) are more than likely to be hit. As mentioned above I have one eye on the S&P as if that holds its lows from yesterday at 2088 then it could be on for a final push up to 2140 before more major declines (top of the 20 day Raff is 2140). If thats starts to play out (and its only a hunch currently) then the FTSE will be brought up with it, probably towards the 7100 area. Again!

I have plotted an initial dip down for today with support at 6915ish, however, I am half expecting it to go a bit further as the FTSE does look a bit weak currently. Worth trying along off the 2 Bianca channel bottoms at 6898 and 6870 for a bit of a high risk swing entry for some upside towards 7100, though a lot will depend on the S&P.

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