Full ES Trading Plan for MondayPlan For Monday:
• Supports:
5755 (major), 5751, 5746, 5738-40 (major), 5733, 5729, 5726 (major), 5721, 5711, 5698-5702 (major), 5690, 5685, 5680, 5675 (major), 5666, 5661, 5655 (major), 5646, 5638 (major).
• Levels to Bid Direct:
• After a 120-point squeeze last week, ES spent friday in consolidation mode. Remember, trend days like last Thursday are anomalies and are typically followed by either a price correction (selloff) or time correction (consolidation). Friday, we saw the latter.
• For Monday, I view 5738-40 to 5782 as potential chop. We could see a repeat of friday’s ping-pong price action, requiring flexible level-to-level trading. 5738-40 is now range support, and while it’s been well-tested friday, it may have one more bid left in it, provided we don’t break above Thursday’s highs first.
• If 5738-40 fails, 5726 becomes the next magnet. While we’ve consolidated, there hasn’t been a significant selloff after the rally, so caution with new longs below 5738-40 is warranted. Markets love to condition dip buyers before flipping to deeper pullbacks. If 5726-28 breaks, 5698-5702 is the final support before a sharper leg down, where a small knife catch long could be considered. Below here, 5675, 5656, and 5638 are potential reaction points.
• Resistances:
5763, 5766 (major), 5771, 5776, 5782 (major), 5791, 5797, 5807 (major), 5812, 5818, 5830, 5843-45 (major), 5847, 5856 (major), 5866 (major), 5870, 5879, 5885, 5895-5900 (major).
• As always, I don’t short strength in ES uptrends. For those looking for countertrend trades, 5782 might have a final reaction left before breaking out, while 5807, 5845, and 5866 are other potential reaction levels.
• Bull Case for Monday:
• In the short term, the bull case centers around a potential bull flag. Support is at 5738-40 with 5725 as the absolute lowest, and resistance around 5782. We could ping-pong within this range for days, but as long as 5738-40 holds, we continue upwards.
• This could lead to another test of 5782, followed by a potential dip and a move to new highs at 5806+. From there, if ES stretches further, 5845 and 5866 are next targets. As of writing, we are defending 5755 support, and one could consider buying here at open or waiting for a 5766 recovery to target 5782. (Safer route)
• Bear Case for Monday:
• Shorts remain difficult, particularly breakdown shorts, which are notorious for trapping traders. For Monday, failure of 5738-40 could open the door for downside, with the next critical support at 5726.
• These breakdown trades are tricky as 80% of them typically fail. I prefer failed breakdown setups, where one could wait for a recovery above 5738-40 or for a flush below 5726 that recovers. A test of 5724-25 might trigger a short if the structure is right, with the next downside target at 5702.
• Summary for Monday:
• My general lean is to defer to the trend, with 5738-40 to 5782 forming a new consolidation range. We could see more chop inside this range for a couple days, but generally as long as 5738 holds, and any dips below are quickly bought up, we should revisit 5782 first, followed by a potential dip and then a move to new highs.
• If 5738-40 fails, we could see a more sustained pullback. Volume will be critical at these levels—if we don’t see strong buying volume, expect any breakdowns to accelerate the downside move.
