12/14 Timo's Week Ahead Plan (ES)

ES Futures Week Ahead Plan

12/14/20251 min read

🧠 30,000-Foot Context

We remain in a bullish primary trend. Recent pullback activity is digestive, not distributive. The bigger plan is intact — even if the day-to-day path doesn’t look clean.

Some sessions will feel off-script. That doesn’t invalidate the framework. It just means the market is taking a longer route to the same destination.

🔄 Current Market Behavior

We’re seeing structural weakness at the edges

  • Tight highs → thin liquidity

  • Repeated lows → vulnerable stops

That usually resolves with a morning shakeout, not a trend change

Early downside ≠ bearish.
Early downside = setup building.

📊 Key ES Levels (Carry-Forward)
🟩 Support / Demand
  • 6,812 → 6,790 — Primary demand (held all last week)

  • 20 / 50 DMA — Structural support beneath price

🟥 Resistance / Supply
  • 6,900 — Key rejection / decision zone

  • 6,950 — Extension / excess area

🎯 RAIN Game Plan

Core idea: Let the break happen. Trade the retest.

Bullish Path

  • Morning rotation into 6,812–6,790

  • Hold + acceptance

  • RAIN long toward 6,900

  • Continuation only after a clean break + retest

Neutral / No-Trade

  • Choppy rotation between demand and 6,900

  • No structure → no edge

Failure

  • Acceptance below 6,790

  • Stand down and reassess

🧭 Execution Notes
  • Don’t chase early strength

  • Let liquidity get built

  • Structure first, entries second

  • No retest = no trade

🧠 Weekly Mental Model

Trend: Up
Path: Messy first
Edge: Patience + RAIN

Week ahead ES plan — focusing on RAIN break & retest structure and patience early.