Ticks & trades DAILY RECAPS

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, April 17, 2026 9:31 am Eastern – It might be a mistake to include so many levels for today, but here we go. Not all need to be traded against. Keep refreshing this page – I’ll update the Game Plan until about 9:44 am. I was busy managing a premarket

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, April 16 2026 9:26 am Eastern  – We’re back up into uncharted territory. Not a lot to say about today’s levels. Yesterday, we had a level at 701.25 that price did not get up to during the regular session. They hit it in the premarket session this morning, and it

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, April 15, 2026 8:58 am Eastern  – Will today be a wacky Wednesday? It’s possible. In some markets, the bull surge is starting to feel overextended. The DJT is screaming, and it’s possible that when they hit a target where profit-takers show up, they can fall. That could happen soon.

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, April 14, 2026 9:11 am Eastern  – The SPY is on time for a possible turn today. No guarantees it will happen, but from a strictly timing perspective, price in SPY has reasons to stall out. If that happens, we could get a reversal signal (so far there has not

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, April 13, 2026 9:08 am Eastern  -We’ve got a little pullback going in this morning. The premarket opened with a gap lower of more than 50 S&P points. And interestingly, price went right down to a level we had on the board for Friday, at 674.82 and found support. You’ll

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, April 10, 2026 9:32 am Eastern  – Levels are above and in the screenshot below. Keep refreshing page until 9:45 am as I work on the Game Plan.There’s not much to say, actually. If/when today closes above the 50-period MA on the weekly chart, all timeframes are once again bullish.

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, April 9, 2026 9:23 am Eastern  – We may have some divergences in the markets today. Here are some observations:The DJT had a great day yesterday and got back up to and busted through 20,000. The IMW gapped up at the open, like most everything else, but they fell back

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, April 8, 2026 9:14 am Eastern  – The IWM is screaming. The DJT looked great at the closing bell yesterday. And the SPY is following suit. Those other markets were our leading indicators, as we discussed in yesterday’s Game Plan.For today, price is poised to open right under an important

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, April 7, 2026 9:04 am Eastern  – Price in the premarket has pulled back a little, but they’re still on top of the trendline. For today, that trendline runs from about 652.50 at market open down to about 651.00 by the closing bell. The dotted light blue lines represent the

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, April 6, 2026 9:25 am Eastern  – Running a little late this morning. Refer to the levels above, and in the screenshot below. Keep refreshing this page up to 9:45 AM Eastern, as I will be updating the Game Plan…On Thursday, April 2 – the most recent trading day before

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, April 2, 2026 9:14 am Eastern  – After hitting the trendline yesterday and making a high at our level of 658.09, the bears have pulled price down over 140 S&P points in the overnight and premarket sessions. This is the kind of movement and pulls on the market – in

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, April 1, 2026 9:04 am Eastern  – There was follow through with the futures during the overnight session and guess where they got price up to? The original trendline that started at the end of February. You will probably recall that most of month of March, price stayed constrained under

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, March 31, 2026 9:16 am Eastern  – We’re getting a lift in the premarket on this last trading day of March. It will be interesting to see where they close the SPY today. They never got price down to the monthly 20-period MA, which is at about 620.65-ish for today.

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, March 30, 2026 9:18 am Eastern  – We’ve got the beginnings of a bounce happening in the premarket. We’ll find out if the bulls can hold on to it today. Price is still under the trendline that they gapped under at the open on Friday though. That is still a

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, March 27, 2026 8:51 am Eastern  – Welcome to Friday, the last day of the week. We woke up to price dripping even lower in the premarket. Because it’s Friday, where they close today will be important. We talked about the 50-period moving average on the weekly chart, and how

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, March 26, 2026 9:14 am Eastern  – We still have a lot of back and forth in the market and that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Still no clear signals of a trend change, and the momentum is bearish. The premarket action this morning has pulled price down to below

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, March 25, 2026 9:07 am Eastern  – We still haven’t seen clear signals of a trend change. There has been a lift in price in the overnight and premarket sessions this morning, but price is still below key areas. They could go anywhere today. Again, it’s difficult to point to

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, March 24, 2026 9:16 am Eastern  – The futures pulled price back down to the 652 area in the premarket. That level, which we’ve been aware of for over a week now, continues to be important. If the bears stay active and are able to pull price down more today,

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, March 23, 2026 9:15 am Eastern  – Hang on tight. Today could get very bumpy. At 7:06 am EST, the futures started a rally that took price over 230 S&P points in about 5 minutes. And there has been some violent back and forth since then. Now, with about 30

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, March 20, 2026 9:14 am Eastern  – Welcome to the March Equinox – the first day of spring (or fall, depending on which Hemisphere you live). The market tends to be affected by naturally-occurring cyclical things like this. Nothing to trade against necessarily, but there’s no harm in asking ourselves