Monday December 29, 2025

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A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:

Battle Plan (2️⃣) for the win today! It activated last night, and had you entered and held a financed runner – it was a 40+ point move. 

Short Setup for MES Micros

Battle Plan (3️⃣) also activated while live on Zoom. A small “counter” scalp. Bounced to perfection. Multiple traders took that trade for quick Take Profit. As one of my members Joe remarked, “It was an elongated Battle Plan (3️⃣)”. Sure was!

On Zoom, we updated targets below… see the two magnets below. See the timestamp on the image. 

Targets

We reached target (magnet) # 1 at the Strong Level and bounced beautifully for 19 points! Now that is a strong level!

Strong Level Bounce

Today, we focused on trading at the right locations on the chart… that’s half the battle: knowing exactly where you want to engage with price. That’s the very purpose of the Battle Plan. My goal is that it brings calm and clarity to your trading, because when we know where to expect reactions, we can pair that with our Core Strategy for entry. It’s a perfect marriage.

TIP OF THE DAY

There are days that are “See Money – Take Money” and today was one of those days. The follow-through was small. I encouraged my traders to take profit and be happy. 

TRADE OF THE DAY

BATTLE PLAN:

Battle Plan (2️⃣) for 40 points. How many of those do you need a week? Two or three is my guess. Depending on your account,  you COULD still be holding into a LOTTO Financed Runner. The stop would be 5-10 points above todays RTH High. We will continue to play this out like the 200-point runner that ended today. 

Wed Dec 17 Battle Plan long concluded today for 190 points. ES finally took our stop. If it were your first 200 pointer, you concluded the trade last Thursday or Friday. Otherwise, you held. The discipline of holding a runner molds a trader into a better trade – IMHO!

190 Point Runner

ZOOM:

We called a long (Battle Plan (3️⃣)) and short off the SAME level – the Bull Bear Line. Both paid.

CORE STRATEGY:

There are a couple of entries. Once again – “See Money – Take Money”. Welcome to holiday trading! There was nothing exciting happening today (unless you traded metals!) 

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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:

The Bull Bear Line was the Battle Group today! POC (Point of Control) was within 1.5 points of the Bull Bear Strong Level. 

ES only finished down 22 points. No sure the bears accomplished much!

There is a clear identifiable trend line from Fridays High. It has held so far. See the chart below. 

Trend Line

Reclaiming the “WARNING SHOT TO BULLS” would be a big victory for the Bulls. I am not convinced we pulled back ENOUGH to make that happen. That said, I will trade my process. I will trade what happens, not what I want to happen. 

We had a gorgeous bounce off the 9636 Strong Level, The Bulls reclaimed and held the Bull Bear Strong Level into the close. So, we shall see! 

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TRADE IDEAS EXPLAINED

(1️⃣) Shallow pull back to 44-43 area that was well defended today. If it holds and we have a Snappy Ladder-Back over the Bull Bear Strong Level, breaking the trend line, and reclaiming the WARNING SHOT TO BULLS, one could entertain a long there. This trade idea requires a LOT of the Bulls, but they have to prove a lot – IMHO. If the bulls are real here, this is likely to happen. 

NOTE: I marked two key lows. If price takes either and ladders back with a vengeance, game on. Depending on WHEN this ladder back occurs, I might be interested in a small long on the reclaim/retest of the Bull Bear Strong Level.

NOTE II: I would love confluence with NQ for this trade. Otherwise, my eyes will look for entries lower!

(2️⃣) “Trap The Trader” long off the RTH LOW and Strong Range. 

(3️⃣) NADA

(4️⃣) Preferred Trade: Expected Range… ladder back long. This takes 2 RTH lows and is 35 points away as of this writing. Yesterday, it was 60 points away. It is a stone’s throw away now. Look to add to your winning trade on the reclaim/retest of Strong Levels. 

(5️⃣) Take the Sunday Opening price, fill the gap (or partially fill it) with a snappy reclaim.

(6️⃣) As mapped in yesterdays Battle Plan. 

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NADA. Too risky! Place your stop a comfortable distance above… 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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