Shortly before midnight, the futures were laboring to reach an 850.70 rally target that had looked like it was in-the-bag following the breach of its sibling midpoint, 846.30, earlier in the evening. That last number will hold the key to the short-term picture, since buyers must get past it to test the mettle of the higher number. Most bullish of all for the near term would be an uncorrected thrust that exceeds peaks at 850.00 and 855.00. The location of each is shown in the accompanying chart.