In what may become a weekly feature of the blog, here is a summary of our coverage of the FTSE futures for the week 28th June – 2nd July.<\/p>\n
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Monday, 28th June <\/strong><\/p>\n We said:<\/p>\n “The bigger picture clears things up a bit. On the line chart plotting daily closes we are shaping up to give a big “Head and Shoulder” sell signal if we saw a close below 4966… Hence we are siding with the bears, and looking for a test of these key supports below”<\/em><\/p>\n What happened:<\/p>\n We got the sixth red candle in a row with the market failing short of R1 (through not reaching 4966).<\/p>\n Tuesday, 29th June<\/strong><\/p>\n We said:<\/p>\n “…it looks increasingly like we’re going to retest 4970, then 4883.5, then 4801… 4897.5 is “the big one” as far as the longer term skew is concerned.”<\/em><\/p>\n What happened:<\/p>\n The Futures closed at 4862.5<\/p>\n Wednesday, 30th June<\/strong><\/p>\n We said:<\/p>\n “We think a break of 4897.5 (already done) and 4852.5 (not yet done) will trigger further selling, but we are tempering our targets to 4620, or at worst 4342.<\/em><\/p>\n What happened:<\/p>\n There was a low at 4811 and a close at 4814.<\/p>\n Thursday, 1st July<\/strong><\/p>\n We said:<\/p>\n “Unless we get back above 4851.5 and 4897 a bit sharpish things could deteriorate very quickly, and we could be in for a couple of weeks dominated by bears”<\/em><\/p>\n What happened:<\/p>\n The market failed at 4858 and sold down to 4757.<\/p>\n Friday, 2nd July<\/strong><\/p>\n We said:<\/p>\n ….we’re still below the Neckline of our Head and Shoulders pattern, and unless today’s US employment numbers can craft us a close above 4850 we’re going to get a close that doesn’t look good from a chart point of view.”<\/em><\/p>\n What happened:<\/p>\n With the jobs data it spiked briefly up to a high at 4852.5. As of 14:45 the market is threatening to test this level again….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In what may become a weekly feature of the blog, here is a summary of our coverage of the FTSE futures for the week 28th June – 2nd July.<\/p>\n Monday, 28th June
\nWe said:
\n“The bigger picture clears things up a bit. On the line chart plotting daily closes we are shaping up to give a big “Head …<\/p>\n