Tuesdays Free Trade Plan
Tuesday December 23, 2025
A Recap of Today's Price Action & Setups:
Holiday price action. Slow grind to the north.
ES did a lot today, though. Took the IB Low, IB High, Overnight High, Last week's high.
Price is trying to break free of the range we've discussed for days. It hovered at the top of the range for over 4 hours! See the green box in the chart below.
TIP OF THE DAY
Which days are the easiest to say, "No Thank You"?
As they say in real estate - "Location Location Location". It is the same for trading today. It was a horrible trade location to go long (top of the range). Plus, the bulls firmly controlled, so no shorting. To me, trade location made this an easy 'No Trade Day'.
TRADE OF THE DAY
BATTLE PLAN:
NADA
100 Point Runner: If you are holding a runner from Wednesday's Battle Plan (2️⃣) long, you could move your stop to 5 points below today's RTH low. Firmly locking 125+ point runner. See the chart below - as illustrated in the Sunday Tune Up Video.
ZOOM:
We mentioned that if you wanted to short 32ish, you could. It would have worked for a few points - nothing more.
We discussed going long if the price dropped from 6908 to 6906, but it didn't go down that much. It got close!
CORE STRATEGY:
A few entries for a few points.
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The Battle Plan for Tonight & Tomorrow:
We got a gap up and held the gap. Then ES ran to the top of the range. I am going to ASSUME you watched these two videos already: Sunday Tune Up and today's AM Briefing, where we discussed this range extensively.
There isn't much of interest at this TRADE LOCATION - see "Tip of the Day" above.
One must lean long here.
▶️ Bulls control at a tricky trade location.
TRADE IDEAS EXPLAINED
(1️⃣) Small Long trade idea or add-on if long from below.
(2️⃣) If the bulls' momentum is to continue here, this would be a great scenario. Take the 6924.50 low and then snappy ladder-back to reclaim/retest the Strong Level.
NOTE: We are already up 160 or so points from Wednesday's Battle Plan (2️⃣) long, so is this move getting a little long in the tooth??? I would enter all longs small... IMHO. This is NOT a load up the truck location.
(3️⃣) Possible short idea here. Exactly as mapped. I would like to see ONE MORE nice bounce off the 6929.50 Strong Level and then SLAM back inside the range. Small but hold a runner!
NOTE: If Battle Plan (3️⃣) activates BEFORE (2️⃣), I would be VERY careful considering (2️⃣) as a long. We could easily rotate back to the BOTTOM of the range at 6867 if (3️⃣). activates first. Once again, this trade location is NOT a favorite!
(4️⃣) "Trap The Trader" long off RTH low and/or London Low and/or Sunday opening and ladder back above the Strong Level with snappy ladder-back price action.
(5️⃣) NADA
(6️⃣) NADA
SPECULATOR'S SPECIAL
NADA. Too risky! Place your stop a comfortable distance above... your choice. Set ATM and walk away. Not financial advice. And remember the name… Speculator’s Special.
These trade ideas highlight likely "reaction zones" and are for educational purposes only. I am not a financial advisor, nor have I ever played one on TV. Nothing here should be taken as personalized trading advice. Always trade based on your own confirmation — these trade ideas simply one trader’s opinion - they are just "trade ideas".
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