Sep 10 MES Recap: Watching MAG7, Session Highs/Lows, and Higher

MES Journal – September 10, 2025

Today I traded MES using supply and demand levels, while also tracking leadership from the MAG7 (with QQQ as my main proxy).

Track the MAG7 with me on TradingView using the MAG7 List.

I didn’t trade with this strategy until a few guys in my Discord recommended it. I had a bit of a learning curve, but I finished green on most accounts for the first time in a while.

Context I Tracked

• Asian session high/low: 6,514 / 6,492
  
• London session high/low: 6,528 / 6,506
  
• Previous day high/low: 6,536.25 / 6,489.25
  
• PPI report (Aug 2025): -0.1% vs forecast, shifted bias from bullish to bearish intraday
  
• VWAP levels on both ES and QQQ
  

Wins

• Stayed green overall on funded accounts with payout potential.
  
• Saw the end-of-day pump confirmed by MAG7, even after an initial retrace.
  
• Reinforced my supply/demand and VWAP process.
  

Losses and Lessons Learned

• Entered one trade without higher timeframe confirmation, which cost me a FundingTicks eval account (treating this loss as tuition).
  
• Learned that higher timeframes (1H/4H/Daily) must confirm intraday levels before entering.
  

Looking Forward
I’ll combine:

• Supply/Demand + Session Highs/Lows
  
• Leader ETF (QQQ/MGK/MAG7)
  
• Higher Timeframes (1H/4H/Daily)
  

This approach gives me more conviction and fewer blind trades.

Indicators
Since I’m still learning how to mark levels properly, I’m starting out with indicators to help reinforce that I’m using potentially correct levels. I primarily used:

• Asian & London Sessions High/Lows
• Previous Highs & Lows
• Supply and Demand Visible Range
• TradingView default VWAP indicator