Ticks & trades DAILY RECAPS

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

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, March 19, 2026 9:27 am Eastern  – (Keep refreshing this page up until 9:45 am. I’ll will continue to update. The levels for today are shown above and in the chart below. More details to follow…)I’ve been studying the charts most of the morning, and I got involved in a

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, March 18, 2026 9:12 am Eastern  – It’s FOMC day. While there are a lot of levels on the board for today, our practice is to not get into any new trades after 1:00 pm on these FOMC days. So even if (or when) price starts whipsawing around leading up

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, March 17, 2026 9:22 am Eastern  – Overnight, price dipped back down into the support levels from yesterday, but this morning, we’ve got a little lift in the SPY. Price is still under the lower part of the zone, which is 672 – at least as of when I’m writing

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, March 16, 2026 9:22 am Eastern  – After  Friday’s close, price dipped a little, and then got a lift in the premarket at 4:00 am Eastern this morning. Price is currently about 60 S&P points or so above Friday’s close. What we’re seeing is the bounce from support from the

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, March 13, 2026 9:32 am Eastern  – Price is currently under the bottom of the zone. And this is the last day of the week. The question is, will the bulls let price close the week under SPY 672? It is likely they will fight to keep price above the

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, March 12, 2026 9:24 am Eastern  – There is still a fight going on in the big-picture zone between 675 and 672. Price has been hanging out near the bottom of the zone and the bulls still need to defend this whole area to keep price from falling more. It’s

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, March 11, 2026 8:44 am Eastern  – It happened again – a level we had on the board to be used for the regular session yesterday continued to be important during the Globex session after the closing bell. The bull axis of 678.27 that gave us trouble when price rallied

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, March 10, 2026 9:21 am Eastern  – Let’s explain the levels first:Yesterday’s close was 678.27. Price needs to get back on top and start closing above that level for the bulls to be in a better position to keep climbing. It’s the bull axis for today. There is overhead resistance

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, March 9, 2026 9:21 am Eastern  – You may recall a level we had on the board for last Friday, March 6. It was 664.61. It may have seemed a long ways below where price was at the time – Friday morning. But look where price went in the premarket

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, March 6, 2026 9:15 am Eastern  – The first week of March has been a ride. Wide moves most days. We’re waking up to a gap lower this morning. With about 45 minutes until the opening bell, price is back down in the middle of the all-important zone. Anything can

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, March 5, 2026 9:00 am Eastern  – During the regular session yesterday, the SPY got up to a high of 687.09. They didn’t make it to a level we had on the board at 687.85. In the overnight session, however, that level was hit (price came within 2 cents of

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, March 4, 2026 9:11 am Eastern  – What we are looking at in this morning’s premarket activity, is the bulls holding on to the momentum they got yesterday as they bounced from the zone down at 675.00 to 672.00. If the bulls were going to defend that zone yesterday, there

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, March 3, 2026 9:20 am Eastern  – It’s showtime for the bulls. During the night, they let the futures pull price down to the zone that we’ve been talking about. Right now – at this moment, at least, it looks like the bearish consolidation pattern is playing out as we

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, March 2, 2026 9:01 am Eastern  – Things could get interesting today – and this week. If you haven’t already reviewed the Weekly Recap video on the T&T YouTube channel, you might want to check that out. It was posted last night. We talked about some big picture scenarios – that while

SPY Levels & Game PlanFriday, February 27, 2026 8:52 am Eastern  – Review yesterday’s Game Plan and post-market analysis to understand better why price dropped yesterday. The quick version is that the trendline was the pivot point and price got under the bear axis level (which was 693.15) and quickly started accumulating closes of significance under it.

SPY Levels & Game PlanThursday, February 26, 2026 9:20 am Eastern  – Same story as yesterday – the bulls keep grinding higher. But this time, the market will open with price sitting right at a trendline that could cause some friction and get the bears to come out to defend. The trendline starts at about

SPY Levels & Game PlanWednesday, February 25, 2026 9:28 am Eastern  – The bulls are working hard to grind price higher. They got price above some key areas in the premarket session this morning. As we discussed in yesterday’s Game Plan, price can go anywhere when they’re in the middle of such a large, long-term

SPY Levels & Game PlanTuesday, February 24, 2026 9:13 am Eastern  – In yesterday’s Game Plan, we talked about how when price is in the middle of stuff with no clear trend defined, price can go either direction at any time. We’ve been witnessing this for several months. We can still drill down and identify

SPY Levels & Game PlanMonday, February 23, 2026 9:11 am Eastern  – We’re entering the last week of February, so where they close on Friday this week could be important. It will be the weekly and monthly close. The SPY has been going sideways (in the big picture) long enough that either a break out