#ES_F Day Trading Prep Week 1.05 - 1.10.25

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Last Week :

Sunday Globex opened inside VAH of 6054 - 5933 HTF Range after a Friday failure over upper Edge. Failures over/under HTF Edges usually provide good reaction back to previous Value and Edges which is what we got to start the week as we got a move from VAH to VAL and pushed out to tag lower Edge but the whole move pretty much happened during pre market hours so when we opened up we didn't get continuation, instead we got balancing/covering with weakness since we had supply that was coming out from above, we balanced most of the week between the lower Edge and Value of the range until we built up enough supply to flush it through the Edge, the sell through was strong but we only had enough supply to tag lower VAH where buying came in to push us back inside the Edge. Since it was end of the week we expected more covering to be done, since the Edge held pre market without any more size selling that brought in more covering and momentum buying to push back into our current HTF Ranges Value to close the week.

This Week:

Last weeks close may seem strong but we have to keep in mind that currently our structure is going through a change on higher time frames, for now Daily is slowly transitioning into a possible longer correction after failing and building supply over the Daily Edge which was 640s - 70s area ( Remember Failures over Edges bring us back to Value AND could target previous Edges, since its daily it can take time to get there but Daily VAL is 846 - 28 and Daily lower Edge is 754 - 24)
We are holding under Smaller and Bigger MAs and they are getting closer for a cross which will be signaling a correction lower, seems like this time around we are in for a longer/slower correction that can take time to play out and time to end. Last few weeks with failures over the Daily Edge we have been getting moves back to Daily Value and going back and forth between it's VAH and Mean areas with dips under the Mean that were bought.
Daily VAH is around 987 - 67 Area and going into this week if we can't show stability over it by holding over/between 5993 - 6007 areas and get tests at/over above VAH then we would look for price to return under the VAH back inside 973 - 932 Intraday Range and possibly start holding under Daily VAH.
Lower Edge 993 - 913 may provide enough support for us to continue balancing over it but we have to keep in mind that holding under current HTF Ranges VAL and building more supply at/over the Edge can bring in more weakness and if we get through Intraday area of 932 - 27 with more supply above that can give us sells towards lower VAH again and possibly this time around we can try to get inside lower Value again, we have swing stops to watch out for under 850s which if taken could provide more selling towards lower VAL and possibly moves out of it IF we will have enough supply.
We do have that area of 800 - 750 and next Edge below us which was our distribution balance for some time at one point, so we have to watch out what we do that as we may hold above it or price may want to try and get inside it again as that is an area where it found balance before. Of course all of this we have to watch area by area for continuation as we may keep getting buying at and under current Edge but things are set up for these moves if we want to go at least for lower Value but we MUST take out key areas for any continuation as price may find balance around current Value and stay in this range if we are not ready to move yet.

For price to remain stable we would need to be able to hold inside current Value without getting back under VAL that could keep us stable enough to balance inside the Value in current intraday range of 6018 - 78 which so far we haven't showed acceptance in, and for any strength beyond that we would need a strong push over above VAH and hold over it to start building new cost basis, even if we get moves to or over current VAH it's a place to be careful as we can keep seeing sells from there back inside Value.

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Globex opened over 5993 - 89 area, failed to get to or under intraday edge at VAL and rotated towards VAH that pushed over it, RTH volume came in and as we were over VAH brought in more buying to again push us into upper HTF Edge but this is our Key Area as all the previous volume is trapped at and over that Edge which gave us a good reaction back into Value where we found covering and have since been building supply around VAH. Of course we could stay holding over and try to balance in this 6064 - 6018 Intraday Range but what I would watch for is if we can't hold this VAH above 6023 - 18 and enough supply builds up then we could see a move towards the Mean of the range back inside 6018 - 5978 Intraday range and possibly make a move towards its low/VAL which would fill Daily Gap we created Sunday/Monday and get us back towards/into Daily VAH area at 5987 - 67. Until market is able to take out HTF Edge above us and stay above it we are inside this 6054 - 5933 HTF Range with Supply above which implies continued weakness towards top areas which can keep giving us balance with weakness type action and keep moving supply that builds up lower. If we do stay holding over VAH we could see balancing under 650s until we will have enough supply to take us back into Value or enough buying that would want to push us through the Edge again.
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Don't forget about possible continuations IF we take out Key areas
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Covering at VAL and on dips under. Careful getting too aggressive for continuation as we now may need supply to build up inside Value for us to continue lower which may take time, we would want to see holds under current intraday range edge low and inside/under VAL to think acceptance/continuation through lower area, for now we may hold and cover down here under the Mean. But continuation under VAL is something we need to keep in mind going into tomorrow or rest of the week as long as we keep holding under 6003 we will keep building supply inside Value with now more trapped buyers above. We have more market moving data tomorrow which may give us more volume to get out of this Value area but something to be careful of as well is if the price is not yet ready to move HTF Ranges then we can keep seeing us balance around the Value and moves out may keep coming back in but as mentioned HTFs like Daily are setting up for a trend change so weakness in the market should remain even if we hold and balance watch out looking for much higher prices from this HTF Range.

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