New Month, New Levelsby Tony Rago Price finally relaxed after that holiday push into 6,862 on ES and 25,500 on NQ, giving us room to check the structure beneath. We’ve got weekly pivots sitting just under 6,800 at 6,782 on ES and 25,115 on NQ — clean, well-defined spots where buyers and sellers tend to

Tuesday morning, I did something I don’t do often enough. I slowed down. Instead of jumping straight into trades like I normally do, I walked traders through the exact risk parameters I use on every single position: The 15-handle stop The plus-minus 10 violation threshold Why I trade two contracts minimum How I take profit

Grateful for the Grindby Tony Rago Plenty to be thankful for this morning, and the tape looks like it knows it too — expecting things to slow as the session rolls on, but we may get just enough early-day volatility to frame a few clean setups. Holiday sessions tend to thin out quickly, so the

  Rally Holds Its Groundby Tony Rago A solid rally so far — almost 3% off Friday’s lows with ES holding above 6,700 through the overnight session. When price can stay perched above a round figure like that, it usually tells you buyers are at least willing to defend progress. From here, I’d like to

  Short Week, Same Playbookby Tony Rago New week, fresh tape — even with the holiday schedule trimming participation later in the week, today still carries enough juice to move, especially with VIX sitting north of 22. That tells you volatility is still very much alive, even if headline flow thins out. As always, I’m

Not too many people outside the trading community know what I do for a living. But inevitably, when markets end up on the nightly news, someone will ask the same question: “Must have been a good week for you, huh?” I don’t blame them. Few people actually understand the difference between traders and investors. Frankly,

Waves Keep Rollingby Tony Rago Huge reversal off the monthly pivot yesterday, and bears owned the close once again — a reminder that there’s zero room for complacency in this kind of tape. This isn’t a scalper’s environment; these are full-body waves of volatility that can rip through intraday structure without warning. Coming into a

  Launch Pad or Last Gasp?by Tony Rago NVDA handed the bulls a clean launch pad, letting ES reclaim that 6,700 zone — now the whole game is whether they can keep it. For ES, 6,700 is the must-hold with a line in the sand at 6,677; lose that, and momentum shifts right back to

Settle-Line Standoffby Tony Rago We’re opening right on the SETTLE levels for both ES and NQ, and that’s the pivot zone that decides the next leg for me. If buyers can hold these areas as support, they’ve got room to run; lose them, and bears step back into the driver’s seat. Underneath these levels it

Heavy Start to the Weekby Tony Rago New week, fresh opportunities — but the tape is coming in heavy again as we trade back into that 6,733 zone on ES and the big 25,000 round number on NQ. These are meaningful areas where buyers have stepped in before, so the open will tell us a