I have no life... I'm starting this topic early because I am sitting around, waiting for Sunday night GLOBEX and my world to begin again...

Now, on the way to that 86.00-87.50 area I am watching let's call it 76-78. That's a really key spot.

yes...........

There is something here at 74.50, so I want to see it blast through that. Then, above, I see 1280. Really 76.50, then some hardcore lines, then 1280. The lines are right between those two levels.

I'm trying to post as fast as I can, pay attention to my own stuff, and give the readers the key things I am watching as they happen. This isn't easy.

Careful here...

Okay, that challenge was easy.

Deep in the heart of the first, key, very short-term levels... Next come the short-term levels if this area is overcome. I, for one, would be impressed with this if it can get to 86.00-87.50 today.

This is it, Mr. Market. Time to decide.

Crude sure is going nuts.

Watch the little bullish ABCD here to see if perhaps another leg is coming up to the 80 area, or if this is it.

Loopy Jim. I need more sleep. Lots more sleep. I was just sitting, watching the news on TV, pondering my day with the markets, when it hit me I had been off by one cycle in identifying the ES contracts in my posts. I was saying Mar like it was the ending contract and June like it was the upcoming rollover contract, when I meant June and Sept, respectively.

No one called me on it (if you see something like this please post a comment so I can get it straightened out). I'm sure everyone knew what I meant, and the highs I mentioned, with their numbers, would have made it clear which contract I meant, but anyway, I fixed it in the posts where I saw it. I think I got them all, but if not, feel free to point it out to me.

When I was much (much) younger I was into motocross racing. Like all the major endeavors in my life, I do things 110% or not at all. I had a T-shirt back then that I still remember word for word what it said: We eat, sleep, ride, talk, breathe, dream, live and love motorcycles. I need a new shirt now that says: We eat, sleep, ride, talk, breathe, dream, live and love the markets. The 'ride' part is especially apropos. I thought of this because before I remembered my Faux Pas with the contract dates I was going to post:

Like I mentioned last week, I have no life outside the markets. Here I sit, on a Friday night, my better half sitting there probably wishing I'd come up with something for her and I to do, and all I can think about is how am I going to make it to Sunday at 3 PM?...