⚡3/30 Week Ahead Plan

3/28/20262 min read

Ticker: /ES
Timeframe: 1H / 4H / Daily
Bias: Bearish (Sell Strength, Not Weakness)
Theme: Relief Rally → Lower High → Continuation

🧭 Market Context (Big Picture)
  • 5 straight weeks of lower highs + lower lows

  • Clean break of 200DMA (~6605 ES / ~686 SPY)

  • Shift confirmed: From Buy the Dip → Fade the Rip

  • Macro pressure:

    • Oil ripping (inflation risk)

    • Rates elevated

    • Risk assets losing momentum

👉 This is not a panic selloff…
👉 This is controlled distribution

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🧠 What This Means (Your Edge)
  • Market is not in trend acceleration yet

  • It is in pullback → continuation phase

📊 Key Levels (Clean ES ↔ SPY Map)
🟥 Resistance (Where Shorts Live)

ES vs SPY

  • 6605 200DMA (line in sand)~686

  • 6580 VAH / breakdown retest~684

  • 6640–6650 Stretch LH zone~690

🟩 Support (Where Reactions Happen)

ES vs SPY

  • 6523–6525 Recent LL~678

  • 6475 Major support / collar~674

  • 6405–6360 Expansion targets~667–662

🔴Primary Trade — Lower High Short (Money Maker)

Market bounces → traps buyers → resumes downtrend

📍 Location
6580 → 6605 (sweet spot)

⚡ Trigger (RAIN)
  • R: Break below intraday structure AFTER bounce stalls

  • A: Acceptance back below 6580

  • I: Sellers step in (momentum shift / heavy tape)

  • N: Continuation lower

🎯 Targets
  • 6525

  • 6475

  • Runner → 6400

🛑 Invalidation

Sustained trade above 6615–6620

🟢 Counter Trade — LBAF Bounce (Use Carefully)

Short-term squeeze from oversold conditions

📍 Location

6475 → 6525 zone

⚡ Trigger
  • Sweep of lows → reclaim (LBAF)

  • Strong reaction (not slow grind)

🎯 Targets
  • 6530

  • 6580

🛑 Invalidation
  • Acceptance below 6470

👉 This is NOT the main trade
👉 This is fuel for the short setup

Breakdown Trade (Only If Market Accelerates)

Support fails → trend expands

📍 Trigger
  • Clean break below 6475

  • No reclaim (no LBAF)

🎯 Targets
  • 6405

  • 6360

👉 Only take this if:

  • Market is moving fast + clean

  • Not chop

🧩 RAIN Framework

1️⃣ Directional Close

  • 1H confirms level (not wicks)

2️⃣ Reaction Quality

  • Fast rejection = real

  • Slow drift = chop

3️⃣ VWAP Alignment

  • Shorts BELOW VWAP

  • Longs ABOVE VWAP

4️⃣ Location > Everything

  • Extremes only

  • Never mid-range

🚫 Your Biggest Risk This Week
❌ Chop Zone: 6530 – 6580

This is where:

  • You overtrade

  • You convince yourself something is happening

  • Nothing is happening

👉 If you're trading here, you're guessing.

🧠 Simple Version (What You Actually Do)

👉 Wait for price to push into 6580–6605
👉 Watch for failure
👉 Execute RAIN short
👉 Sit on hands everywhere else

Want to see how I spot setups like this? Check out the template and follow along daily for my trade plans.

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