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Saturday, Oct 31 — what’s on the calendar, when it hits, and where this week’s /NQ levels are. Check it before the open.

 
Weekend · Saturday, Oct 31

Markets are closed for the weekend. /NQ futures reopen Sunday at 3:00 PM PT. The next brief is Monday morning — the week ahead is below.

Times are scheduled release times (Eastern, with Pacific). Confirm on the morning of each release — schedules can change.

This week’s /NQ plan · week of Nov 2
BEARISHbelow 29,230

the August–September floor broke Friday; lower highs intact

  • Resistance28,940–29,070the broken two-month floor, now overhead
  • Support28,232.75Friday's low, the lowest in about three months
  • Bias line29,230a 4-hour close above it turns the bias neutral

Event of the week: Election Day Tuesday; October jobs report Friday 5:30 a.m. PT.

The full trade scenarios — entries, two targets and stops — are in the BC Weekly Market Outlook (14 days for $0.99).

Live chart · delayed
This week’s /NQ levels:Bias BEARISH below 29,230Resistance 28,940–29,070Support 28,232.75Bias line 29,230

Chart by TradingView with delayed prices. The Nasdaq-100 view uses a CFD that tracks the index; /NQ futures usually trade a little above the cash index, so our /NQ levels won’t line up exactly with the chart’s prices. For context only — not for placing trades.

This week · Nov 2 – Nov 6
MON
11/2
10:00 AM ET
ISM Manufacturing PMI (Oct)
High impact
After close
Apple, Palantir
Big earnings
TUE
11/3
All day
Midterm Election Day
High impact
10:00 AM ET
JOLTS Job Openings (Sep)
After close
AMD, Arista Networks
Big earnings
WED
11/4
8:15 AM ET
ADP Employment (Oct)
10:00 AM ET
ISM Services PMI (Oct)
High impact
After close
Qualcomm
Earnings
THU
11/5
8:30 AM ET
Jobless Claims · Productivity & Unit Labor Costs (Q3)
After close
Airbnb, Cloudflare
Earnings
FRI
11/6
8:30 AM ET
Nonfarm Payrolls & Unemployment Rate (Oct)
High impact
10:00 AM ET
UMich Consumer Sentiment (prelim)

Today is outlined in bold gold. Key releases are shown in orange. All times Eastern (subtract 3 hours for Pacific). Confirm times the morning of each release.

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