Monday October 27, 2025

Trade Plan for ES Emini Futures

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A Recap of Today’s Price Action & Setups:

On Twitter X… many people predicted Friday was a “blow the top off” move… And those predictors and prognosticators who went short on Friday afternoon… Oh my. 

Monster “gap up” Sunday night. I provided an update on the Battle Plan after the monster opening. I wrote, “SUNDAY OPENING UPDATE: Monster gap up to the NEXT STRONG LEVEL. I recommend NOT DOING A SINGLE THING. Careful!”

Inside of Discord I further wrote, “MIGHT be a NO TRADE WEEK… not kidding. Hold those horses. MAYBE price will chop here ALL NIGHT. At least give us a solid high and low here.”

Furthermore I added, “Man, when we break out of range, it is powerful! That is why we hold a runner when possible… for that explosion.“

Now… the test of a PATIENT TRADER begins.

Monster move on CPI Friday – PLUS – monster move with China tariff news. Time to sit back and be patient. Keep that DOM closed until your trade setup sets up. Hard to be in a stupid trade with that DOM closed!

Because of the monster GAP UP… no Battle Plan trades existed. 

RTH SESSION: Several thoughts…

ONE: Small opening ranges are RARELY worth trading. True again today. ATR most of the day was 1.4! “No Thank You, Mr, Market”. 

TWO: Break Levels, do indeed, tell the story! Inside Discord I mentioned more than once, “The bears can’t break a break level.. hold longs until they do”. (Paraphrased)

THREE: We said all day, “BULLS CONTROL”. 

FOUR: Holding runners should always be a primary focus when you are trading longs with the trend! Longs are OVEN trades. Today the oven was a SLOW AND LOW setting! 

TRADE OF THE DAY

Battle Plan:
No “Trade Of The Day” because no Battle Plan trades activated. 

Core Strategy:
Our “Core Strategy” PLUS strong levels produced a fantastic long at 1:21PM EST. You could still be long with a financed runner if you traded multiple contracts you could hold overnight. 

Mental Trading:
Piggybacking off the AM Briefing Video (time-stamped link)… we are still mentally trading a couple trades from last week ASSUMING you held over the weekend. Up 200+ points now. This is always worth the mental exercise. 

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The Battle Plan for Tonight & Tomorrow:

EXPECTED RANGE: Monster gap up, relentless laddering up and we ALMOST arrived at the expect range for the week – WILD. 

Monster Gap Up & Expected Range

Well well well.. YM, NQ, ES, and RTH…. ALL made NEW  ATHs. Sitting at the ATH is my least favorite place to enter a trade. 

TECH EARNINGS REMINDER: Meta, Apple, MSFT, Google, Amazon, …. Wednesday and Thursday. 

Earnings Whisperer

FOMC on Wednesday. Tomorrow AM should be “normal” and the afternoon is a WILD CARD – tread carefully. Tomorrow is a SPECIAL DAY in our journaling software, “Day Before FOMC” – so journal accurately. 

Volatility is on the calendar – buckle up!

As far as setups for our Battle Plan… nothing much up here where we closed – ONCE AGAIN. Ughh. I warned this ENTIRE WEEK could be a “No Trade Week”. I think Monday certainly qualified. It was not worth the mental drawdown to trade today – IMHO, YMMV. 

Seriously, I am looking at this chart and a 90-Minute, end of RTH, “Death Star” nap and NOTHING interest me here, like at all. 

We are in a parabolic move north PLUS at ATH after a MONSTER GAP Up. So, “No Thank You”.

Derailing this bullet train??? It could be… FOMC, Earnings, Tweet, …

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TRADE IDEAS EXPLAINED

(1️⃣) A possible short trade idea. Pop near the “Expected Range” and ladder back inside the range. If you get short, try to keep a runner! The “Day Before FOMC” can be wild-card and you just might hold a full house!

(2️⃣) This strong level here at 6889 was the ROCK STAR – study that thing. It confirms it is a killer level we can trade. Can bulls defend it? I would enter this small. 

(3️⃣) “Trap The Trader” long off IB LOW and reclaim of the Sunday Opening. This FEELS like “Warning Shot to Bulls” here. Once again, small IMHO. 

(4️⃣) The MOST convoluted Battle Plan trade idea ever drawn! BUT, I wanted to show the possible laddering sequence. Entry on the reclaim/retest of the IB Low, Sunday Opening, Strong Level, …

(5️⃣) Watch Out Below. If short from Battle Plan (1️⃣), look to ADD and peel the add-on off just before the 6841 and continue to hold a runner. 

(6️⃣) Way down yonder trade idea tapping Friday’s RTH Close and ladder above the Strong Level and over the RTH High. 

    SPECULATOR’S SPECIAL

Short 63920ish. 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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