✅ Alpha Insights — U.S. Daily Macro Watch
🗓 Thursday 15 May 2025
(times New York / ET)
🎯 Market Mood Snapshot
Futures opened modestly softer after Tuesday’s cooler CPI and a steady mix of Fed speak. Energy names lag on rising yields. Today’s focus is April PPI and weekly jobless claims, so expect knee-jerks around 08 : 30 ET, with bond yields and the dollar leading bias.
⏰ U.S. Economic Diary
– 08 : 30 PPI (Apr): +0.3 % m/m headline; +0.2 % core
– 08 : 30 Initial Jobless Claims: ~220 k filings expected
– 10 : 00 NY Fed Manufacturing Survey (May) – early factory sentiment read
– 17 : 00 Fed speeches (Daly, Jefferson) – final colour before Asia open
🛠️ Titan Set-ups on the Radar
• S&P 500 E-mini (ES1!): 5 882.75 — holding 5 880; break above picks up 5 920, below 5 860 risks 5 800.
• Nasdaq-100 E-mini (NQ1!): 21 467.00 — stalled at 21 500; reclaim for 21 600, else test 21 300.
• DXY: 100.76 — probing 100.50; a drop below opens 100.00, while a bounce could retest 101.20.
• Gold Spot (XAUUSD): $3 200.74 — support at $3 180; clear $3 205 to target $3 240.
• WTI (Jun): $77.62 — key pivot 77.60–78.40; hold higher keeps bulls in control.
✅ Final Word
With tier-two data in charge, fade extreme moves around the 08 : 30 prints and watch for follow-through beyond the first two five-minute bars. Liquidity thins into afternoon Fed sessions—trade the levels, not the story.
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