Is the "First Trading Day of the Month" behaving as we expected?

08/03/2020 03:00 PM - By Brian Casto
In the last trading hour, can we identify a trading bias on this First trading Day of the Month?  After pushing higher it seems we will not get a bullish bias.  In fact historically only 1 of 3 Long Futures Indices trades has been a winner in a scenario like this.

Opening Gap Direction - UP

Market Status - Futures Indices have gained some strength and consolidating

Instrument - ES, NQ, YM, RTY

Trading SetUp - Time Based Entry

Market Trend - Above the 200 Day Moving Average (200MA) and setting a new 10 Day Moving Average (10MA)

Trade Type - Long

Entry - 3:00 am ET

Exit - 4:15 pm ET (Market Close)

Brian Casto