Playbook Archive
Every published Pre-Market Playbook, most recent first.
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Friday, August 28, 2026 ## Market Context Friday opens as a reactionary, catalyst-driven session rather than one where I want to…
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Thursday, August 27, 2026 ## Market Context Thursday opens with a constructive equity backdrop following Nvidia earnings, but there…
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Wednesday, August 26, 2026 ## Market Context Wednesday is a catalyst-heavy session, and patience matters more than prediction.…
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Tuesday, August 25, 2026 ## Market Context We’re coming into Tuesday with a somewhat constructive tone in equity futures, but this…
MES1! Overnight we have come off the lows and price has been crawling higher into the premarket MES - From the last LTF CISDs, is trading near yesterday's sell…
MES1! We're already on the move today and the targets I want to see are getting taken out in premarket. We are about to get the Unemployment Claims released…
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Tuesday, August 18, 2026 ## Market Context Risk is clearly heavier this morning. The dominant macro combination is higher global…
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Monday, August 17, 2026 ## Market Context We’re starting the week relatively muted after the S&P 500 completed a three-week winning…
MES1! 📊 Friday Pre-Market Playbook – August 14, 2026 🎯 One Sentence Thesis The indices are sitting near weekly and all-time highs after another strong week…
MES1! Trade Review — Thursday, August 13, 2026 Session Summary Thursday was a no-trade day, and in context that was the correct outcome. The session had a…
MES1! Pre-Market Playbook — Wednesday, August 12, 2026 ## Market Overview The major event today is CPI at 8:30 a.m. ET. Price action has been back-and-forth…
MES1! # Pre-Market Playbook — Monday, August 10, 2026 ## Market Environment We’re starting the week in a relatively muted environment. MES and MNQ are both…
MES1! PMP – Friday, August 7, 2026 Friday begins with a very different market than the one we entered at the start of the week. The initial diplomatic rally…
MES1! PMP – Thursday, August 6, 2026 The market enters Thursday near record highs after completing most of this week’s projected expansion during Monday and…
MES1! This review is very different from Monday's. Monday was about model execution. Wednesday was about trader psychology. Ironically, I think Wednesday is…
MES1! # PMP – Monday, August 3, 2026 The market begins August attempting to price another geopolitical de-escalation. President Trump called off planned…
MES1! PMP – Monday, July 27, 2026 Markets begin the new trading week repricing a possible pause in the U.S.–Iran conflict. Equity futures opened with a gap…
MES1! PMP – Friday, July 24, 2026 This is a strong continuation of the framework you have been building over the past week. The important improvement is that…
MES1! PMP – Thursday, July 23, 2026 Wednesday’s session clarified the market’s immediate priorities. The overnight weakness in MES and MNQ continued while VIX…
MES1! # PMP – Wednesday, July 22, 2026 This playbook builds directly on Tuesday’s auction. Yesterday, MES and MNQ pushed into their decision areas but failed…
MES1! PMP – Tuesday, July 21, 2026 This is much closer to the standard we've established over the past two weeks. After reading your transcript and looking at…
MES1! PMP – Friday, July 17, 2026 Markets head into the final session of the week with a very different tone than they carried just 24 hours ago. Yesterday's…
MES1! # PMP – Thursday, July 16, 2026 Today's session follows one of the week's most volatile trading days. Yesterday's PPI largely reinforced the disinflation…
MES1! PMP Review – Wednesday, July 15, 2026 I actually think this is your strongest PMP of the week. The structure is becoming very consistent, and you're…
MES1! PMP Review – Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Absolutely. I actually prefer the previous format for these reviews because it makes them much easier to compare week…
MES1! PMP – Monday, July 13, 2026 This is another noticeable improvement. I think you've crossed an important threshold with your PMPs. A few weeks ago your…
MES1! PMP – Friday, July 10, 2026 This is another step forward. The biggest difference I noticed this week is that your PMPs are no longer just "level…
VIX PMP – Thursday, July 9, 2026 ## CNBC Headlines [Nasdaq futures rise led by chip stocks; traders assess U.S.-Iran tensions: Live…
MES1! PMP – Wednesday, July 8, 2026 ## CNBC Headlines [Dow futures drop more than 500 points, oil surges after Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘over’: Live…
MES1! PMP – Tuesday, July 7, 2026 ## CNBC Headlines [Nasdaq futures fall as chip stocks struggle: Live…
MES1! PMP – Monday, July 6, 2026 ## CNBC Headlines [S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures rise after a strong week on Wall Street, led by chip stocks: Live…
MNQ1! PMP – Tuesday, June 30, 2026 ## CNBC Headlines [Dow futures gain as benchmark wraps up best first half in 5 years, Nasdaq heads for best quarter since…
MES1! PMP – Monday, June 29, 2026 ## CNBC Headline [Stock futures rise, but fragile U.S.-Iran truce keeps oil markets on edge: Live…
MES1! PMP – Thursday, June 25, 2026 ## Macro Narrative ### CNBC Headline > Nasdaq futures rally as Micron surges after earnings; Wall Street awaits key…
MES1! # PMP – Wednesday, June 24, 2026 ## Macro Narrative ### CNBC Headline > Stock futures are mixed ahead of Micron earnings; tech stocks rebound after…
MES1! PMP – Tuesday, June 23, 2026 ## Macro Narrative ### CNBC Headline > Tech rout intensifies as sell-off grips global stocks The market finally experienced…
MES1! PMP – Monday, June 22, 2026 ## Macro Narrative Weekend headline risk remains the dominant driver. CNBC headline: > *Shipping stalls in the Strait of…
MES1! PMP – Thursday, June 18, 2026 ## Economic Calendar ### 8:30 AM – Key Risk Window | Report | Actual | Forecast | Previous | |…
MES1! PMP – Tuesday, June 16, 2026 ## Overnight Narrative Markets continue to digest the weekend U.S.–Iran agreement headlines that fueled Monday's gap higher…
MES1! PMP – Thursday, June 11, 2026 ## Overnight Narrative The market was already significantly bid overnight before the U.S. session: * MES was up roughly 50+…
MES1! 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) – Wednesday, June 10, 2026 ## 🚨 CPI DAY Today is all about inflation. At 8:30 AM ET, markets receive: 🔴 Core CPI m/m —…
MNQ1! # 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) – Tuesday, June 9, 2026 ## Theme of the Day This is shaping up to be a positioning day ahead of CPI and PPI later this…
MES1! 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) – Thursday, June 4, 2026 ## Market Theme: "Divergence Everywhere" This is one of the more interesting overnight sessions…
MES1! 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) – Wednesday, June 3, 2026 ## Market Theme: "Bad News, Higher Prices" Despite overnight geopolitical escalation and continued…
MES1! 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) – Tuesday, June 2, 2026 ### "Reaction Day Until Proven Otherwise" Yesterday delivered fresh all-time highs in MES and MNQ,…
MES1! 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) — Monday, June 1, 2026 Welcome to a new month and a new week. Today's session begins with: ✅ New Monthly Open ✅ New Weekly…
MYM1! 📊 Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) — Friday, May 29, 2026 Going into Friday, there is no major red-folder economic release, but there are several yellow-folder…
MNQ1! Pre-Market Playbook (PMP) — Thursday, May 28, 2026 ## Macro / Narrative Overview Today is a major macro day. At 8:30 AM EST, we get: * Core PCE Price…
MES1! 📊 Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — Premarket Playbook (As I was getting this ready we just had a spike in volume out of nowhere to take the highs on MES.)…
MNQ1! # 📊 Tuesday, May 26, 2026 — Premarket Playbook Overnight session already completed most of the projected weekend expansion move. The market: * gapped…
MES1! 📊 Wednesday, May 20, 2026 — Premarket Playbook Market continues to trade in a: * rotational environment * liquidity-seeking environment * overlapping…
MES1! 📊 Tuesday, May 19, 2026 — Premarket Playbook # 🌍 Macro Narrative Overnight price action continues to show: * Broad consolidation * Liquidity resting on…
📊 Thursday, May 14, 2026 — Updated Premarket Playbook # 🌍 Macro Narrative Yesterday: ✅ PPI cooled ✅ Buyers defended all dips ✅ ES and NQ both printed new…
MES1! 📊 Wednesday, May 13, 2026 — Premarket Playbook # 🌍 Macro Narrative Yesterday: ✅ CPI came in hot ✅ Initial risk-off reaction ✅ ES/NQ sold off…
MES1! 📊 May 12, 2026 — Premarket Playbook (Updated Post-CPI) # 🌍 Macro Narrative Today’s catalysts: ## 🔴 8:30am — CPI Release ### USD | Release | Actual |…
MES1! 📊 May 11, 2026 – Premarket Playbook # 🌍 Macro Narrative ## Headlines Markets are relatively muted to start the week. Current CNBC headline: > “Stock…
MES1! 📊 May 8, 2026 – Premarket Playbook ## 🌍 Macro Narrative * No major overnight catalyst driving price * Market still reacting to: > Earlier Iran /…
MES1! 📊 May 7, 2026 – Premarket Playbook (Final) ## 🌍 Macro Narrative * No major breaking news driving price this morning * Market continues to: > Grind…
MES1! 📊 May 6, 2026 – Premarket Playbook # 🌍 Macro Narrative ## Breaking News Overnight, reports hit that: > The U.S. and Iran are closing in on a deal to…
MES1! 📊 May 5, 2026 – Premarket Playbook 🌍 Macro Narrative Geopolitical Context * US / Iran tensions remain unresolved * Oil holding above 102.00 Risk…
MES1! Monday gave us conflicting geopolitical headlines early, which created an artificial selloff followed by an immediate reversal. By New York, MES, NQ, and…
MES1! April 15, 2026 Premarket playbook Trump is scheduled to speak today but no confirmed time. Price is betting the deal for the ceasefire will continue and…
MES1! Before we broke out of the range, reviewing the COT report, we saw that COM Spec (institutional trading) was around 71K (2/24/26), as we broke through…
Gold (XAUUSD) 3/31/25 $GOLD Today didn’t give much of a move as DXY held this gave Gold room to expand higher. There as a NWOG and the price did a slight…
ES1! 3/19/25 $ES We got a IFVG setup potentially playing out the D-FVG at the moment we need price to come hold the between 5725.25(H), 5714(M), 5703(L) then…
NQ1! 3/18/25 $NQ We took out the Monday candle which was an up day that was the second of the past 2 rebound days. This leads me to believe that we are still…
HIMS 4/20/24 $HIMS Looking for liquidity to get swept before the ER on 5/6 after hours release. We are sitting in a Daily price gap between 12.33-10.25 and…
ES1! 4/18/24 $ES1! We did not trade into the 4H/1H-FVG (5106.75-5096.50), we traded just short of it at 5095.25 which is just between the 4H/1H-FVG (L) 5096.50…
ES1! 4/17/24 $ES1! Price lead us into the D+FVG and we traded into the FVG(MP). We took out the Weekly liquidity at 5060.00 which was near the FVG(MP)…
S&P 500 1/25/24 #SPX Daily Outlook Going into tomorrow it looks like we left highs right above the weekly high and we’re trading in the middle of the weekly…
S&P 500 12/1/23 SPX Daily Outlook #SPX #DailyOutlook: We have been trading in a range throughout this week and we have expanded the range from the buy side and…
NASDAQ 100 11/28/23 NAS Daily Outlook #NAS #DailyOutlook We took the PDL and traded into the 4H+FVG then bounced off of it as projected. We traded into and off…
S&P 500 11/28/23 SPX Daily Outlook #SPX #DailyOutlook: We made the low of the day during the over night sessions. There was a NWOG that was left on Sunday and…