#ES Friday, 4,392 breakout failed, and so did 4,365 as a support. The next level in the low 4,340 (warranting stop-loss placement at 4,338) though worked – in a heavily risk-off day where gold rose $60 and utilities with consumer staples did well.

THREAD where we're going 👇 2. Odds are high that the three former leaders mentioned in the caption, would see inflows Monday lifting prices, because the fears going into the weekend have been heightened enough already, and weren‘t outdone by real world events,

Rising volume in $XLK, $VTV, and good enough $SMH transparently prepared the ground for improving #ES market breadth – but the one factor that made me reconsider the requisites of the medium-term (bearish) outlook, was this.
Financials.
LONG THREAD 👇 2. Back when I took the MT bearish view (mid Mar), it was well justified as two significant #banks had fallen, $CS was getting back on the radar screen, #deposit outflows continued, and demand for the #Fed emergency programs was rising.
It was questionable whether $KRE and $XLF

#ES flirted with 4,115 again after that great intraday $HYG reversal portended downside #volatility when cyclicals didn‘t really point higher.
The day ended with a profound deterioration in market breadth and unappealing sectoral overview.
THREAD 👇 2. #tech upswing invited selling interest, while #value and especially $IWM turned strongly south.
#ES though had been relatively resilient given both #manufacturing and #retailsales hits, and today‘s data in #housing weren‘t slated to bring a disaster.
The figures are

#ES close almost 4,149 resistance, $RSP $IWM improvements are key bullish achievements, but I doubt would be confirmed by rising #bonds.
Bit of a daily rotation into #cyclicals say that would be hard.
Key today - #retailsales
Quote from Sunday:
THREAD 👇

https://twitter.com/Monica___K/status/1658179153370177576

2. "I'm ooking for a meaningful undershoot on Tuesday, especially in core #retailsales turning even slightly negative".
Look at China's uneven recovery (18% vs 21% expected retail sales YoY), and compare then to situations when fiscal and monetary policy work in opposite ways.

Now some company #earnings

THREAD 👇

1. After correct predictions of $TSLA, $AAPL earnings (market impact), I was asked about $WMT and $TGT – on a company level, I of course expect $WMT to do considerably better than $TGT.
Note though $XRT weak chart posture, and how 2. relatively well $XLY is still doing. Therefore, I‘m looking for especially $WMT beat on profits, less so on revenue (if volume sales are taken into account) and darkening guidance – these earnings won‘t send #ES lower while $TGT effect would be more neutral.