S&P 500 (ES)
Prior Session was Cycle Day 3: Wild-Card Warfare, Buy-Throttle Jammed Forward
Today’s session delivered the full CD3 “wild-card” personality: early bruising, mid-day balancing, and a late-day bull stampede that refused to take its foot off the gas. If Monday was momentum entrenched, Tuesday was momentum caffeinated.
If you came into today expecting a typical CD3 “Wild-Card” session, congratulations — Today’s tape didn’t just swing — it whipped, snapped, buckled, and dragged traders across the floor like a barroom brawl at closing time.
Range was 118 handles on 1.569M contracts exchanged
For greater detail of how this day unfolded, click on the Trading Room RECAP 11.25.25 link.
…Transition from Cycle Day 3 to Cycle Day 1
Transition into Cycle Day 1: Post-Super-Cycle Cooldown (Maybe)
With the Super Cycle fireworks officially in the books — a blistering 302.39% gain (+267.50 pts) from Cycle Structure — and price closing near the highs with unmistakable pre-holiday juice, Cycle Day 1 steps onto the stage.
Statistically, CD1 carries the potential for declines toward 6754… but only if the bulls loosen their iron grip. If they keep the throttle pinned, bears may be forced to spend Thanksgiving nibbling on leftovers instead of fresh downside.
This is a full trading session leading into a half-day Fryday to close out the month, as market participants mentally pre-load the tryptophan and take a brief timeout to give thanks for the year’s blessings.
Programming Note
PTG will be taking a well-deserved Fryday off to extend the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
To the entire PTG community — your loyalty, energy, and steady support means the world. I’m deeply grateful for each of you.
Wishing you an abundant Thanksgiving, Health, Wealth, and Prosperity for many years to come.
Of course, nothing changes for PTG…Simply follow your plan. Take only Triple A setups and manage the $risk. ALWAYS HAVE HARD STOP-LOSSES in-place on the exchange.
PTG’s Primary Directive (PD) is to ALWAYS STAY IN ALIGNMENT with the DOMINANT FORCE.
As such, scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 6780+-, initially targets 6805 – 6810 zone.
Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 6780+-, initially targets 6765 – 6755 zone.
PVA High Edge = 6766 PVA Low Edge = 6688 Prior POC = 6723
ESZ
Nasdaq (NQ)
Prior Session was Cycle Day 3: Bulls marched into Cycle Day 3 with zero interest in subtlety. After a brief morning slugfest that left more than a few traders wondering why they got out of bed, the bulls dusted themselves off, cracked their knuckles, and resumed their regularly scheduled trampling of anything foolish enough to stand in their lane.
Somewhere in that controlled chaos, the Three-Day Cycle quietly morphed into full-blown Super Cycle status, because apparently Clark Kent finally ditched the glasses and showed us who’s been lurking under that polite, mild-mannered exterior all along.
By the closing bell, the only mystery left was whether the bear camp survived or just filed a group insurance claim.
Range for this session was 533 handles on 617k contracts exchanged.
…Transition from Cycle Day 3 to Cycle Day 1
Transition into Cycle Day 1: The Bulls’ full-throttle Turkey Trot → Turbo Sprint shows zero signs of deceleration as we enter the final full session of the month—right before the market takes its pre-Thanksgiving power nap. Momentum remains firmly strapped into a Tesla-grade rocket pack, and the charge has been relentless.
But Cycle Day 1 has a funny way of reminding traders that gravity still exists.
If a normal CD1 decline decides to make an appearance, keep a watchful eye on 24995—our first “weight station,” where the bulls might need to pull over and recharge the Tesla battery pack before resuming their interstate domination.
A clean break below that level (should it even be tested) opens a trap-door slide worth another 100–150 handles. Not the base case, but hey—this is futures. Stranger things have happened, and they tend to happen exactly when everyone’s loosening their belt for holiday leftovers.
For now? Mindfulness. Vigilance. And don’t let the bulls’ holiday enthusiasm lull you into complacency.
Of course, nothing changes for PTG…Simply follow your plan. Take only Triple A setups and manage the $risk. ALWAYS HAVE HARD STOP-LOSSES in-place on the exchange.
PTG’s Primary Directive (PD) is to ALWAYS STAY IN ALIGNMENT with the DOMINANT FORCE.
As such, scenarios to consider for today’s trading.
Bull Scenario: Price sustains a bid above 25135+-, initially targets 25207 – 25277 zone.
Bear Scenario: Price sustains an offer below 25135+-, initially targets 24995 – 24932 zone.
PVA High Edge = 25004 PVA Low Edge = 24720 Prior POC = 24854
NQZ
Economic Calendar
Trade Strategy: Our tactical trade strategy will simply remain unaltered…We’ll be flexible to trade both long and short side from Decision Pivot Levels. Continue to focus on Bull/Bear Stackers and Premium/Discounts. As always, remaining in alignment with dominant intra-day force increases probabilities of producing winning trades.
Stay Focused…Non-Biased…Disciplined ALWAYS USE STOPS!
Good Trading…David
“Knowing is not enough, We must APPLY. Willing is not enough, We must DO.” –BR
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