Non-Farm Payrolls: Do You Trade the Print or Let It Pass?NOTE – This is a post on Mindset and emotion. It is NOT a Trade idea or strategy designed to make you money. If anything, I’m posting this to help you preserve your capital, energy and will so you can execute your own trading system with calm, patience and confidence.
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ES1!: Trading range and Levels for Oct 6 - 7 Haven't shared day trading levels in a while.
Here are the levels for ES1! that I am watching.
The labels correspond to the probability of hitting based on the condition of passing one level.
For example, ES1! has crossed below 6,784, putting at hit of 6,773 at 85%. If it crosses below that, the
ES - Weekly Trading Plan - October 5th-11thOctober 5th - 11:30am EST
We had a great week, and Institutions continued to buy and keep price moving higher. We reached our weekly targets of 6767, 6792, 6801.
(You can read last week's trade plan under the related publications section)
Our weekly low was around 6680 on Wednesday and we reache
S&P 500 Futures: Trend Intact, Nothing Suggesting a Top YetDaily chart view on ES (S&P 500 Futures) — the trend remains extremely clean with price holding well above the 5, 10, 20, and 50 MAs. Each pullback has been shallow and met with strong buying, confirming that momentum and structure are still fully bullish.
There’s currently nothing on the chart sug
ES (SPX, SPY) Analyses, Key Zones, Setups Fri (Oct 10)Session Roadmap (London → NY)
London (02:00–05:00 ET): Expect balance 6792–6807. A sustained London hold above 6802–6805 increases odds of a pre-NY probe into 6809–6812. A London slip below 6784.5 shifts risk to a VWAP check 6777–6780 and potentially 6766–6761 into NY AM.
NY AM (09:30–11:00):
ES - October 9th - Daily Trade PlanOctober 9th- 6:3am EST
*Before reading this trade plan, IF, you did not read yesterdays, or the Weekly Trade Plan take the time to read it first! (You can see both posts in the related publication section) *
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ES (S&P 500) Futures - Analyses, KeyZones, Setups Tue, (Oct 7)Context
We’re sitting just under a shallow ceiling built around 6,785–6,805 after holding a higher-low near 6,766. Trend is still constructive on higher timeframes, but intraday momentum is chopping under that overhead band. Expect two-way trade early with directional follow-through only if one of
ES (SPX, SPY) Futures Analyses, Key Zones, Setups for Wed, Oct 8The E-mini S&P 500 (ES) is currently exhibiting a primary uptrend on the higher timeframes while consolidating just below a significant resistance level between 6,785 and 6,795. As we approach the New York morning session, the prevailing expectation is for a range-to-trend expansion, dependent on wh
ES 10/9Shorts are distributing on a 15min timeframe as of posting.
a 15min bull flag is forming for long pants to get interested.
A distribution to the daily median range or the 4hr BS level in orange is not improbable later today.
If price starts to create low highs and price ladders down from the bo
ES (SPX, SPY) Analyses, Key Zones, Setups for Thu, Oct 9Market Drivers (ET)
• 08:30 — Fed Chair Powell: pre-recorded welcoming remarks at the Community Bank Conference. risk flag
• 08:30 — Initial Jobless Claims: suspended while the federal government remains shut down; will publish only if funding is restored before release time.
• 08:35 — Fed Vic
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The nearest expiration date for E-mini S&P 500 Futures (Dec 2023) is Dec 15, 2023.
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