Monday January 5, 2026

BEST ES EMINI LONG SETUPS

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A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:

SUNDAY OPENING: 

With the Venezuela news, the ETH opening was NOT an ideal time to trade.

ASIA OPENING:

Battle Plan (1️⃣) for the win! 50+ pointer. 

Yesterday I wrote, “Continuation long from the beautiful Battle Plan (3️⃣) from Friday. Small Long trade idea or add-on.” It was indeed a continuation of Friday’s Battle Plan long.

Once Asia opened, Battle Plan (1️⃣) was activated with multiple taps on the Strong Level. To “stay in this trade” required perfect execution of our 3-Contract System. 

If you took the trade during Asia and held, congrats! Price made it to the mapped-out target. The London session continued the follow-through. 

See the chart below. 

ES Battle Plan (1️⃣) Long

RTH SESSION:

We got a “Small Range Alert”. This generally means there will be little level development and little opportunity for new entries. Moderate expectations when that happens. 

Beautiful follow-through to the north. 

If you were short from LAST Sunday, your stop got hit today – congrats!

If you were long from Friday’s Battle Plan long, keep trailing that stop – congrats!

I am still holding my long from Friday’s Battle Plan (3️⃣) (video). Today, the price got within 3.5 points of a 100-pointer – not a bad way to start off the year! 

MES Long Trade Setup from Friday

TIP OF THE DAY

Never counter short covering. 

TRADE OF THE DAY

BATTLE PLAN:

100-Point short from last Sunday’s Battle Plan (2️⃣) was stopped out today! Congrats to the traders who took that and held! 

96-Point long from Fridays “Speculator Special” and Battle Plan (3️⃣).

ZOOM:

I told the group, “Don’t short this“. 

Then… we also discussed… “When can you short an up move?”… a VERY important question to know the answer to!

I painted three detailed scenarios/answers. 

 To illustrate the first scenario with a specific price… I told the group, “IF you MADE ME SHORT, I would short 62.” (Remember, I am already long!). And I outlined the reasons for my rationale. 

A clean 10-pointer, had one taken it. 

See the chart… the white line highlights the 62/Strong Range. If you had multiple contracts, TP at the Bull Bear Strong Level (the most likely price will bounce back up) and keep a lotto runner back “just in case”. NOTE: You could still be short!

62 Short

CORE STRATEGY & DISCORD:

Small Range Alert…. No level development. No Level, No trade. 

6943 Long at 2:53 EST. Played Well. 

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    These trade ideas highlight high-probability reaction zones and are for educational purposes only. I am not a financial advisor, nor have I ever played one on TV. Nothing here should be taken as personalized trading advice. Always trade based on your own confirmation — these are simply one trader’s opinions.

The Battle Plan for Tonight & Tomorrow:

After a nearly a 100-point move from Friday’s low, there will be a lack of high-quality setups here. PAYtience will be required.  

RTH made a Higher-High and Higher-Low. It was great to see the bulls alive and well! 

Asia, London, RTH sessions stacked nicely to the north. 

We are now “in balance.” We never go from “Bear” to “Bull”. There is always a period of BALANCE. We went from BEAR to BALANCE. Now, we wait and see what happens. 

Today’s POC = Bull Bear Strong Level. This should not be a surprise. 

✏️ Yesterday’s POC is now a VPOC – Mark it.  6900. This is … basically… the close and ONL as well. A very important level moving forward. The bulls do NOT want to revisit that level – IMHO. 

Can the bulls stick the landing here? YM made a new ATH. NQ had a TINY inside day! RTY with a strong move north. “We” are NOT on the same train. These moves stick better when we all move in unison. 

To its credit, NQ spent the RTH session ABOVE the previous day RTH HB. A small win, but a win nonetheless. 

We need a nice pullback or 1-2 days of chop to establish new structure we can trade around. YMMV. 

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TRADE IDEAS EXPLAINED

(1️⃣) Micro pullback long. This is so close to Battle Plan (2️⃣), BUT if the bulls are REAL, they won’t take the RTH Low at all! Base your entry on the snappiest of the ladder-back price action and Core Strategy. Longing above the Strong Level seems ideal …OR… above 6940. Let the price action dictate which. 

(2️⃣) “Trap The Trader” long off today’s low. The pullback is deeper, I would use this Strong Range as a reclaim/retest long. Below here, I bet retest the Sunday Opening if not go deeper! Longing above 35 seems ideal. 

(3️⃣) Note Battle Plan (3️⃣) (4️⃣) (5️⃣) (6️⃣) are all below the 2026 RTH Opening Price. CAUTIOUS with longs!

(4️⃣) This trade idea takes three daily lows. I want to see strong, snappy ladder-back action here. Below here and it could get dicey! Depending on WHEN this setup occurs, this could be a clear break of the Daily Trend Line discussed in this morning’s AM Briefing (time-stamped link). 

(5️⃣) This trade idea takes three daily lows. I like that! Snappy ladder-back action required. Look to add above 6872 Strong Range. 

(6️⃣) Way Down Yonder long as mapped. 

    SPECULATOR’S SPECIAL

NADA. Too risky! Place your stop a comfortable distance… your choice. Set ATM and walk away. Not financial advice. And remember the name… Speculator’s Special.

    These trade ideas highlight likely “reaction zones” and are for educational purposes only. I am not a financial advisor, nor have I ever played one on TV. Nothing here should be taken as personalized trading advice. Always trade based on your own confirmation — these trade ideas simply one trader’s opinion – they are just “trade ideas”.

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