SPY Levels & Game Plan

Friday, December 26, 2025

No Game Plan was published for today. And no pre-market screenshot was taken. The levels were run though, and data recorded to keep the Tracking Log accurate.


After the closing bell...

Trading by the Ticks & Trades Strategy, here is where you would have landed for the day:

The day after the Christmas holiday was mostly slow, which isn't surprising. Many professional traders and institutions are taking a break from the market around holiday times. The only level hit on December 26, 2025 was 690.38, which was the close of the prior trading day, December 24. No points were pulled on the one trade that resulted from interactions at the level. There was a Near Miss of the operating level at 9:52 AM, which took the long trade off the table when price came down into the level at 10:02 AM. Later a Recycle trade on the short side entered at 2:05 PM, was aborted at breakeven when a Near Miss of the profit objective about 20 minutes later. 

Per the rules, a total of 0 ES points for the day.


Tracking log to-date for 2025:



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