Outlook 10/28: Stock futures rise on Monday as investors looked for a batch of megacap technology earnings to keep driving the Nasdaq to new heights this week. A cooling geopolitical situation also aided risk sentiment. We start a big week in markets that will mark the busiest week of third-quarter earnings reporting season and the final week before the Nov. 5 U.S. Presidential election. Five of the Magnificent Seven companies, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Amazon and Apple are scheduled to report third-quarter earnings. Investors expect to see play out is these megacap tech names continuing to reinforce commitment to AI in tech spending broadly
ESZ24 (DEC2024): YVAH 5879 YPOC 5850 YVAL 5840 GAP 5842
/ES Plan: Last session market closed bearish (PBT 5800), but overnight looks more bullish, still moving within previous value, so these're the opening and initial balance options for today: