Wednesday January 7, 2026

ES EMINI ATH TRADE PLAN

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A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:

Yesterday I warned, “After a nearly 120-point move from Friday’s low AND near the Non-Back-Adjusted ATH, there will be a lack of high-quality setups here.” 

That was true!

We took the RTH Non-Adjusted ATH today, while YM made another ATH. Wild day!

Small Overnight Session.

⚠️ Small Range Alert during RTH… signifying there might be little trading opportunities. Tight ranges make clean level development nearly impossible. PAYtience would be required.

No Battle Plan trades activated (as of this writing).

We can NOT complain… yesterday presented a couple of 30-pointers and a 50-pointer. And Friday presented a 100+ runner. A rest day for entries was due!

SPECIAL NOTE: If you are NOT a Full Member, I would still encourage you to read the write-up below under “CORE STRATEGY & DISCORD” about the afternoon move down. It might be insightful.

TIP OF THE DAY

TIP ONE:

This isn’t a trading tip, but here it is: Be grateful. Be kind.

Life’s too short to operate any other way. Kindness costs you nothing but returns more than any trade ever will.

TIP TWO:

“No Trade Days” happens. They should occur a few times a month. If you NEVER have a “No Trade Day”, is that a good thing?

TRADE OF THE DAY

BATTLE PLAN:

 At the VERY end-of-the-day, price dropped right into the Battle Plan (2️⃣) zone. Since we already took the unadjusted ATH (a delightful magnet) and it is the end-of-the-day, “No Thank You.” There are easier trades to take! 

 The 100-point long runner from Friday????? Where did I put my stop and WHY? We will discuss this in the AM! 

DOM Screenshot Today

ZOOM:

NADA. No trades presented themselves. We certainly discussed what NOT to do while waiting for multi-index confluence to bounce price to the north – which it did! A very educational Zoom, IMHO. 

Sometimes, you come to the chart with a trade plan, and no entry presents itself. Do you have the discipline to say, “Oh Well!”???

I bet some traders never had their DOM open – good move!

I also bet other traders had their DOM open and entered trades they shouldn’t have. Was that you?

A smaller percentage had their DOM open and did not place a single trade – you rock. 

CORE STRATEGY & DISCORD: (For Full Members)

Although we got a Small Range Alert, PAYtience was indeed rewarded with several scalping opportunities! 

Two 3M FS Shorts: Both for a 15-point bounce. 

💡 Since these would be COUNTER TREND, be sure to capture HALF the move with your primary contracts and keep a runner “just in case”. Being greedy when counter-trading RARELY EVER pays. See Money – Take Money! 

One of those FS shorts (7005 – see chart below), had you kept a runner… ran 40+ points and you could still be short.   

A 3M FS Long for 20-points. 

A 3M BL Long against the opening for 10-points. 

Let’s not forget: The MENTAL TRADE you were supposed to keep trading from yesterday’s amazing entries! The 50-pointer could have turned into a 70-pointer! And the 30-pointer into a 50-pointer! 

In The Afternoon: After losing the opening with a large FVG’ing candle, I warned…. See Image Below…. Not a bad warning and profit target for shorts. 

Discord Warning

Then, I warned at 3:18 PM CST… “If short, tighten it up.”

With 30M left in RTH, we tapped yesterday’s RTH HB at 6967.

Target Hit! 6964. See the chart below.

Either “Take Profit” and be done… or hold lotto runner short! Your choice.

Target Hit!

NOTE: Price dropped right into the beginning of Battle Plan (2️⃣) posted last night. See the chart below. 

In a LOUD voice, “NO THANK YOU!”

Why?

1️⃣ Since we already took the unadjusted ATH (the monster magnet), “No Thank You.” I prefer trading toward clear, identifiable, untapped liquidity pools. After all, ES is a liquidity-seeking machine—a real-life Pac-Man gobbling up orders (1980s video game reference for the younger crowd).

2️⃣ Since we already took the unadjusted ATH (the monster magnet) and it is the end-of-the-day, “No Thank You.”

3️⃣ Since we already took the unadjusted ATH (the monster magnet) and it is the end-of-the-day after days without a decent pullback, “No Thank You”

 🎯 There are easier trades to take!  

Another illustration of WHY I loathe trading near the ATHs!

That said, Battle Plan (2️⃣) DID not perform per the mapping, so no trade ANYWAYS! 

Post Close ES Chart

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