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 Post subject: December 2nd Friday 2011 Emini TF ($TF_F) points +11.00
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Trade Results of M.A. Perry
Trader and Founder of WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis)
Price Action Trading (no technical indicators)

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Trade Performance for Today: +11.00 points or $1100 dollars in the Russell 2000 Emini TF ($TF_F) Futures.
Russell 2000 Emini TF Futures - 1 tick or 0.10 = $10.00 dollars and there's more contract information @ The ICE.
S&P 500 Emini ES Futures - 1 tick or 0.25 = $12.50 dollars and there's more contract information @ CMEGroup.

In addition, all trades were posted real-time in the free #FuturesTrades chat room. Today's #FuturesTrades trading chat room logs provides details (e.g. time, price, contract size) about each one of my trades from entry to exit along with price action commentary as the trade traversed...all archived @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=1073.

To join our free chat room...registration instructions located at a different forum @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=630

Also, posted below are direct links to information about my trade methodology and trading plan (there's a difference between the two) that enables me to identify key trading areas in the price action that represent changes in supply/demand and volatility along with being able to exploit these changes via WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis).

Image WRB Analysis Tutorials @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/WRBAnalysisTutorials.htm and there's a free study guide of the WRB Analysis Tutorial Chapters 1, 2 and 3 @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=718.

Image Volatility Trading Report (VTR) @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/VolatilityTrading.htm and there's a free trade signal strategy @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewforum.php?f=89 so that you can freely test drive one of our trade strategies with support prior to purchasing the Volatility Trading Report (VTR).

Image Trading Plan Daily Routine @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=1312

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Market Summaries

The below summaries by Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance helps me to do a quick review of the fundamentals, FED/ECB/IMF actions or any important global economic events that had an impact on today's price action. Simply, I'm a strong believer that many variables (key market events) causes key changes in supply/demand and volatility that results in swing points and strong continuation price actions. Thus, I pay attention to these key market events from one trade to the next trade to give me the market context for my technical analysis. Just as important, these summaries becomes my archives to allow me to understand what was happening on any given trading day in the past...something I can not get from my broker statements alone.

Stocks: Strong Week Despite European Woes

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks ended a stellar week with a whimper on Friday, erasing the morning's big job-related gains as concerns about Europe's debt crisis took over in the afternoon.

The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) and the S&P 500 (SPX) each lost a fraction of a point, while the Nasdaq (COMP) rose less than 1 point. Earlier, all three major indexes had been up more than 1%.

Despite Friday's ho-hum finish, stocks logged robust gains for the week. The Dow rallied 7%, its biggest weekly gain since July 2009, while the S&P 500 climbed 7.4%, its best weekly performance since March 2009. The Nasdaq rose 7.6%, delivering its second-best weekly rise this year.

Bank stocks were among the top gainers Friday, with Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) posting the biggest increases on the Dow. Morgan Stanley (MS, Fortune 500), Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) shares also finished sharply higher.

The mood on Wall Street was positive after the U.S. government said employers boosted payrolls by 120,000 jobs in November, while the unemployment rate eased to 8.6% -- its lowest level since March 2009.

The drop in the unemployment rate was the "big surprise," said Timothy Ghriskey, chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management.

Investors know that figure is skewed by the number of people giving up on their job search and dropping out of the workforce, but they were still satisfied with the pickup in hiring, he said.

That early euphoria ebbed as mixed news out of Europe kept investors on edge.

In a speech to the German parliament Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed her support for a fiscal union.

"[Merkel] is pushing forward for more integration for the eurozone, which would safeguard the region and hold back on the worse case scenario of the eurozone breaking up," said Manoj Ladwa, a senior trader at ETX Capital.

The euro initially gained ground and eurozone bond yields eased on the news, but later reversed course amid several troubling rumors.

Talk of a downgrade on Spain's credit rating spooked investors, pushing the Spanish 10-year yield near 5.7%. Earlier in the day, it had slipped below 5.5%.

Also, ongoing chatter about the European Central Bank possibly lending hundreds of billions of dollars to the International Monetary Fund to aid Europe's debt-laden countries led to reports that Republicans would try to block any such move. And that further worried investors.

Conservative lawmakers are against the IMF's involvement because it could leave U.S. taxpayers on the hook with a hefty bill.

Developments out of Europe will be the main driver for the stock market's moves as the year comes to a close, said Ghriskey. If European officials can remain on the path toward a solution, stocks will likely end 2011 with modest gains. But roadblocks along the way will pressure the markets.

Two days into December, the Dow is up almost 4% this year to date, while the S&P and Nasdaq are in the red by a handful of points.

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U.S. stocks ended mixed Thursday, after a big rally on Wednesday, as investors were reluctant to push prices higher amid ongoing worries about Europe.

World markets: European stocks closed higher. Britain's FTSE 100 (UKX) jumped 0.9%, the DAX (DAX) in Germany rose 0.6% and France's CAC 40 (CAC40) gained 0.8%.

* Europe debt crisis threatens Obama campaign

Asian markets ended mixed. The Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) slid 1.1%, while the Hang Seng (HSI) in Hong Kong edged up 0.2% and Japan's Nikkei (N225) rose 0.5%.

Companies: Western Digital's (WDC, Fortune 500) stock jumped 7% after the company raised its revenue guidance for the fourth quarter. The company had restarted production at its flood-damaged facilities in Thailand ahead of schedule.

Shares of Research in Motion (RIM) slid nearly 10% after the company said it no longer expects to meet its full-year earnings target.

Shares of Big Lots (BIG, Fortune 500) fell more than 8% after the retailer posted a sharp decline in third-quarter profit.

Currencies and commodities: The dollar rose against the euro, the British pound, and the Japanese yen.

Oil for January delivery ticked up 76 cents to settle at $100.96 a barrel.

Gold futures for February delivery gained $11.70 to settle at $1,747 an ounce.

Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury rose, pushing the yield down to 2.04% from 2.12% late Thursday.

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Market Update

4:05 pm : This was an incredibly strong week for the equity markets, with the S&P 500 jumping nearly 8%. This week's rally follows a 5% decline last week.

The week started with a strong relief rally on Monday, helped by news that European authorities were discussing the possibility for a new eurozone fiscal pact that could make budget discipline legally binding and enforceable by European authorities. The market held onto gains and finished with a 2.9% gain.

After a relatively uneventful Tuesday, stocks surged on Wednesday after major central banks announced coordinated liquidity actions. The S&P 500 jumped 4.4% after the Fed and five other central banks agreed to lower the pricing on the existing temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements by 50 basis points to ease strains in financial markets and mitigate the effects of such strains on the supply of credit. Although these actions do not address the underlying solvency problems in Europe, they help to liquify the markets to help deal with the stresses that result from those solvency problems.

Prior to this coordinated action, equity futures had moved up after China eased policy by lowering its Reserve Requirement Ratio by 50 bps to 21.00%.

Thursday was uneventful, with mixed retailer Same Store Sales reports, but markets found an early bid on Friday ahead of the November Employment Report. That report turned out to be an encouraging read on the employment sector, with Nonfarm Payrolls coming in at +120K vs. the +123K Briefing.com consensus, and the Unemployment Rate falling to 8.6% vs. the 9.0% Briefing.com consensus and prior month's level. After moving higher off the open, equities reversed course and pared their early gains. The turnaround wasn't drastic, but did correlate with a decline in euro.

Outside of the macro news, there were some large individual movers as well this week on company news. Among the many stocks that had large gains this week, Zumiez (ZUMZ 28.99, +5.62) was an outperformer with a 39% gain on the week, helped by strong earnings/guidance on Friday. MBIA (MBI 10.62, +0.41) gained 40% on the week, helped by positive broker comments and S&P affirming its rating. Magma Design Automation (LAVA 7.16, +0.03) gained 37% on the week, after it was acquired by Synopsys (SNPS 27.44 -0.06) for $7.35/Magma share in cash.

As far as the losers go, Celsion (CLSN 2.18, +0.07) dropped 22% after announcing Monday that it received unanimous recommendation by independent data monitoring committee to continue and complete phase III heat study of Thermodox as planned. Retailers Gildan Activewear (GIL 16.99, +0.63), Talbots (TLB 1.54, -0.12) and Francesca's (FRAN 16.00, +0.64) fell 25%, 19% and 18%, respectively, on earnings and guidance.

Next week brings several central bank directives, including the ECB on Thursday, which will be of great interest given increased expectations for another rate cut. The Bank of England is also due out Thursday, but there is less uncertatinty there. Additionally, Germany's Merkel and France's Sarkozy are expected to meet on Monday, which could bring influential headlines with regard to Europe's debt crisis. The U.S. calendar lightens up a bit, but Monday brings Oct. Factory Orders and Nov. ISM Services, and Friday we get the Dec. Michigan Sentiment reading.DJ30 -0.61 NASDAQ +0.73 SP500 -0.30 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1518/1.61 bln/997 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1856/876.2 mln/1195

3:30 pm : Precious metals pared their strong overnight gains during U.S. trade and ended the session mixed. Gold managed to gain $9.60 and finish at $1749 per ounce while silver was unable to hold the flat line and shed $0.33 to close the day at $32.45 per ounce. Gold and silver were trading up as much as 1.6% and 3.0% respectively before the rally in the dollar wiped away their strong gains.

In the energy complex, crude oil prices settled with a gain of 0.7% at $100.94 after briefly slipping into negative territory before rallying into the close. Natural gas opened lower and trade sideways the entire session. The energy component finished down $0.06 at $3.58 per MMBtu. DJ30 +11.16 NASDAQ +4.19 SP500 +1.68 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1549/1.29 bln/982 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1896/595.0 mln/1151

3:00 pm : The major indices hover near their session lows as traders ready for the final hour of trading on the week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both trade higher by 0.4% while the Dow is up just 0.2%.

Retailer PVH Crop (PVH 73.71, +6.09) is trading higher by 9.0% after the company announced earnings per share of $1.89 which were $0.08 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. The company also announced revenues rose 9.1% year/year to $1.65 billion. Guidance for the fourth quarter anticipates earnings of $1.03-1.05 ($1.00 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate) and revenues of $1.467-1.487 billion ($1.48 billion Capital IQ Consensus Estimate).DJ30 +23.23 NASDAQ +8.10 SP500 +3.50 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1590/1.18 bln/940 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1947/541.6 mln/1077

2:30 pm : The major indices cotninue to hold modest gains in afternoon trade as the S&P leads the way with a gain of 0.5%.

Shares of ConocoPhillips (COP 72.80, +1.04) recently spiked to their best levels of the session after the company announced a 2012 capital program of $15.5 billion and that it would buyback an additional $10 billion of common stock.DJ30 +39.77 NASDAQ +10.30 SP500 +5.53 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1600/1.09 bln/904 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2010/497.9 mln/1007

2:00 pm : The dollar index is hovering near its best levels of the session near 78.70 as trade has been rather quiet since this morning's reversal off session lows. The index sank to 78.00 as headlines crossed regarding the European Central Bank loaning EUR100-200 billion to the International Monetary Fund. The index began pushing higher and ran to the 78.70 area after breaking out above intraday resistance near 78.30. The Swiss franc is the worst performing of the major currencies, trading down 0.6% against the greenback at .9210 as traders continue to price in yesterday's headline that the Swiss government is considering negative interest rates. The euro is lower by 0.5% against the dollar and has fallen below the 1.34 level after hitting almost 1.3550 earlier this morning. Poor unemployment data in Canada has the dollar up 0.5% against the Canadian dollar with the pair trading near 1.0185.DJ30 +27.32 NASDAQ +11.14 SP500 +5.13 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1621/1.01 bln/876 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2001/457.2 mln/1007

1:30 pm : The major averages continue their slide back towards their respective flat lines as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are both higher by 0.4% while the Dow trades up just 0.2%.

Financials continue to lead today’s advance as the S&P 500 Financial Index trades up more than 2.0%. Shares of JP Morgan Chase (JPM 32.86, +2.40) are the top performer in the index, currently holding a gain of 7.9%. Competitors Bank of America (BAC 5.75, +0.22) and Citigroup (C 28.55, +1.56) are also seeing solid gains, trading higher by 3.8% and 5.8% respectively.DJ30 +36.36 NASDAQ +13.88 SP500 +6.54 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1710/934.5 mln/755 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2104/421.4 mln/888

1:00 pm : Stocks have seen a large pullback from their early session highs, and now hold modest gains in afternoon trade. Markets opened sharply higher after reports surfaced that the European Central Bank would lend EUR100-200 billion to the International Monetary Fund , and after this morning's jobs report showed the unemployment rate fell to 8.6% from 9.0%. U.S. nonfarm payrolls added 120,000 jobs for the month of November.

Research in Motion (RIMM 16.94, -1.64) is under severe pressure after the company issued third quarter earnings per share guidance at the low end to midpoint of prior guidance. The company also expects revenues to be below prior guidance, and announced it will take a $485 million pretax provision to revalue the inventory from its Playbook.

Shares of Western Digital (WDC 31.72, +2.47) are sharply higher today after the company issued upside guidance and announced it will resume production that had been halted by the flooding in Thailand one week ahead of schedule. The company announced it sees second quarter guidance of at least $1.8 billion versus the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $1.19 billion.

Verizon Wireless (VZ 37.87, +0.10) is little changed after announcing it has entered into an agreement to acquire Wireless Spectrum from a joint venture between Comcast (CMSCA 23.50, +0.93), Time Warner Cable (TWC 63.42, +2.50) and Bright House Networks. Comcast is set to receive approximately $2.3 billion from the sale while Time Warner and Bright House Networks will receive $1.1 billion and $189 million respectively. The 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses that Verizon is purchasing cover 259 million POPs.

Treasuries have erased early losses and now trade near their best levels of the session. The 10-yr yield has seen a volatile session, falling close to 10 basis points off its session highs as it now hovers near 2.06%. A tighter yield curve has seen the 2-10-yr spread narrow to 181.5 basis points. DJ30 +57.10 NASDAQ +17.25 SP500 +8.16 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1753/869.9 mln/705 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2153/390.6 mln/828

12:30 pm : The major market averages continue to pare their gains as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are now up just 0.5%.

Shares of Zumiez (ZUMZ 28.89, +5.52) are up close to 24% after the company’s earnings beat on both the top and bottom lines. The company announced earnings of $0.45 per share which were $0.04 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate and revenues of $154 million. Guidance for the fourth quarter sees earnings per share of $0.52-0.54 per share and revenues of $174-177 million. DJ30 +49.76 NASDAQ +14.62 SP500 +7.28 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1727/800.2 mln/696 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2122/360.6 mln/857

12:00 pm : Treasuries have run to session highs in recent action as rumors of European sovereign downgrades make the rounds. Aggressive buying of the long bond has the 30-yr up 27/32 at 101 14/32 which is good for a 4 bp drop in yield to 3.053%. The flight into Treasuries has dropped the 10-yr yield into negative territory, pushing it to session lows near 2.05%. Flattening has taken hold along the yield curve with the 2-10-yr spread tightening to 181.5 bps. Meanwhile, precious metals are mixed with gold up $8 at $1748 and silver off $0.05 near $32.70.DJ30 +32.46 NASDAQ +12.40 SP500 +5.54 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1774/723.4 mln/638 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2184/328.7 mln/710

11:30 am : The major indices continue to pare their gains, and have now more than halved their earlier gains. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq continue to set the pace as both trade higher by 0.7% while the Dow lags behind slightly with an advance of 0.5%.

Verizon Wireless (VZ 37.75, -0.02) is little changed after announcing it has entered into an agreement to acquire Wireless Spectrum from a joint venture between Comcast (CMSCA 23.54, +0.97), Time Warner Cable (TWC 62.82, +1.90) and Bright House Networks. Comcast is set to receive approximately $2.3 billion from the sale while Time Warner and Bright House Networks will receive $1.1 billion and $189 million respectively. The 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses that Verizon is purchasing cover 259 million POPs. DJ30 +62.66 NASDAQ +18.65 SP500 +8.61 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1812/611.8 mln/553 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2282/281.8 mln/592

11:00 am : The major averages have eased off their best levels, but both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq still hold gains of 1.1%. The Dow is lagging the move with a gain of 0.9%

Shares of Western Digital (WDC 32.45, +3.20) are sharply higher today after the company issued upside guidance and announced it will resume production that had been halted by the flooding in Thailand one week ahead of schedule. The company announced it sees second quarter guidance of at least $1.8 billion versus the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $1.19 billion. DJ30 +101.00 NASDAQ +27.61 SP500 +13.69 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 2393/494.8 mln/551 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1875/227.3 mln/469

10:30 am : Movement in the dollar has helped dictate price action in commodities this morning. Jobs data, coupled with reports about possible ECB lending (to the IMF) have caused a couple of sharp swings in the dollar... In overnight trade, gold and silver futures rallied on the back of the weaker dollar. Both metals have since pulled back from their best levels, at $1767.10 and $33.74 respectively, as the dollar recoups earlier losses. Gold is currently higher by 0.8% at $1753 per ounce, while silver is up 1.6% at $33.27 per ounce.

Crude oil futures rallied as high as $101.56 in morning trade, aided by the weakness in the dollar. Futures have since pulled back to near unchanged, momentarily trading into negative territory, pressured by the rebounding dollar. Crude oil is currently higher by 0.3% at $100.53 per barrel. Natural gas is down 0.9% at $3.62 per MMBtu. Futures are selling off following yesterday's inventory-induced gains.DJ30 +118.74 NASDAQ +30.26 SP500 +11.85 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1886/382.7 mln/428 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2423/177.6 mln/437

10:00 am : The major market averages have eased off their best levels of the session, but still hold solid gains as all three are higher by close to 0.8%.

Shares of handset maker Research in Motion (RIMM 16.86, -1.72) are under severe pressure this morning after the company issued third quarter earnings per share guidance at the low end to midpoint of prior guidance. The company also expects revenues to be below prior guidance, and announced it will take a $485 million pretax provision to revalue the inventory from its Playbook. DJ30 +83.25 NASDAQ +21.18 SP500 +9.54 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 2300/210.3 mln/323 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1787/102.4 mln/314

09:45 am : The major market averages are holding solid gains in the opening minutes of trade. All three of the major averages hold gains of close to 0.7% as reports of the European Central Bank lending EUR100-200 billion to the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. nonfarm payrolls data provide support.

Financials are the market leader this morning, currently trading higher by 1.6%. All 10 components of the S&P 500 are trading in positive territory. DJ30 +71.97 NASDAQ +17.92 SP500 +8.26 NASDAQ Vol 125.7 NYSE Vol 73.8 mln

09:13 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +13.30. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +24.70.

Equity futures are pointing to a strong open, holding the majority of the gains following this morning’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls data. Futures ran to their best levels of the session ahead of the report on headlines that the European Central Bank was going to lend the International Monetary Fund EUR100-200 billion. Futures eased off their best levels following the jobs data, but still remain near their best levels.

The dollar has rallied off its worst levels of the session, but trades down 0.2% against a basket of currencies. Treasuries have rallied off their worst levels of the session with the 10-yr yield now at 2.12% after crossing 2.15% earlier this morning.

09:00 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +14.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +24.40.

European markets have eased off their best levels after the release of the U.S. nonfarm payrolls data after moving to session highs on reports that the European Central Bank would lend the International Monetary Fund EUR100-200 billion. France's CAC is the best performer among the major European averages, trading higher by 1.9%. French banks are seeing strong gains as BNP Paribas is higher by 9.2% while Societe Generale and Credit Agricole are up 7.8% and 5.9% respectively. Germany's DAX is up 1.6% as financials lead the way. Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank are the top performers, trading up 7.4% and 4.6% respectively. A gain of 1.3% has Britain's FTSE trailing the other major European averages as financials outperform. Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group are holding respective gains of 7.7% and 5.7%.

The major Asian averages closed mixed as Japan's Nikkei (+0.5%) and Hong Kong's Hang Seng (+0.2%) finished higher while China's Shanghai Composite (-1.1%) closed lower after new loans totaled CNY500 billion (CNY600 billion expected). Automakers finished mostly higher in Tokyo as Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co both added 1.1% on yesterday's U.S. auto sales report. Financials were among the best performers in Hong Kong as Bank of China rallied 4.5% and HSBC gained 1.6%. Metals stocks were weak in Shanghai with Jiangxi Copper falling 2.9%.

08:32 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +16.10. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +30.40. Stock futures continue to hold a strong bid following the latest jobs report. According to data, the headline unemployment rate now stands at 8.6%. It had been broadly expected to remain at 9.0%. Nonfarm payrolls for November totaled 120,000, which is slightly less than the tally of 123,000 that had been expected, on average, among economists polled by Briefing.com. Nonfarm private payrolls increased by 140,000, which is just less than the increase of 141,000 that had been expected.

07:59 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +15.30. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +29.40.

Equity futures are holding strong gains, moving to their best levels of the session after reports surfaced that the European Central Bank would loan the International Monetary Fund between EUR100-200 billion to fight the debt crisis.

In corporate news, Research in Motion (RIMM) is down 4% after the company announced a $485 million third quarter provision related to its Playbook inventory, and cut its guidance. Western Digital (WDC) is higher by 9% after issuing upside guidance, and announcing it will resume production that had been halted by the flooding in Thailand.

The dollar continues to struggle as it trades lower by 0.3% against a basket of currencies. It is down roughly 1.5% this week.

Markets await today's all important data as nonfarm payrolls, nonfarm private payrolls, the unemployment rate, hourly earnings, and the average workweek will all be released at 8:30 AM ET.

06:52 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +13.80. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +26.90.

06:52 am : Nikkei...8643.75...+46.40...+0.50%. Hang Seng...19040.39...+38.10...+0.20%.

06:52 am : FTSE...5567.98...+78.60...+1.40%. DAX...6132.16...+96.30...+1.60%.

Special thanks to Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance for their market summaries. gm

Best Regards,
M.A. Perry
Trader and Founder of WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis)
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