Trading Room RECAP 10.3.25

Posted on by December 3, 2025

Cycle Day 3: Wild-Card Wednesday — Where Price Action Brought the Drama, the Traps, and the “I Totally Saw That Coming” Traders

CD3 didn’t disappoint. Overnight the ES tiptoed along the 6840 Line in the Sand, flirted with the 6855–6865 initial CD3 target zone, then promptly decided that stalling is a valid trading strategy. That early hesitation set the tone for what the DTS Briefing accurately labeled a “Wild-Card Session.”

Translation for the uninitiated: expect misdirection, velocity swings, traps, trapdoors, and enough psychological warfare to qualify the Chicago desks for a NATO internship.

🧭 Morning Flow: ON Inventory Shenanigans

  • Bulls made the first move, poking into the target zone before the cash open.

  • Manny reminded the room that trading too close to the bell when ON inventory is skewed is basically asking Mr. Market to flick you off the tree like an impatient orangutan.

  • Sure enough… shakeouts ensued.

Meanwhile, Bo’sier came strapped with his levels PDFs like the trading version of TSA — no one’s getting through unscanned.

🐻 Bear Attempt #1: The Early Drop

A sharp early selloff caught half the room blinking.
Ram asked if news was behind the flush — nope. No catalyst. Just AI Trade / Metals Trade / Dealer Gamma Gremlins doing their thing.

Bears briefly got traction below 6840, pressing into the 6825–6815 zone — right on script.

🐂 Bull Defense: Enter Manny, Stage Left

Manny channeled his inner raptor and went full “KABOOM” on Setup #2:

  • L6822s → +5, +10, +20, and Runners

  • “Run Forrest RUN!!!” — and run it did, straight toward the VWAP magnet where Ram immediately started quoting the sacred scrolls: “VWAP first touch gives reaction.”

Price proceeded to:

  • Fulfill a perfect 50% retrace of the 54-handle drop

  • Re-engage the upside auction

  • Tap the 6840s like it was testing water temperature

🐾 “Be the Lion” Moment

David drops the day’s motivational poster:
Be. The. Lion.
Complete with the most viscerally graphic jungle-hierarchy reminder we’ve seen since Cycle Day 1’s liquidity kill-zone.

Trading lesson:
Don’t be the gazelle chasing breakouts. Breakouts make you broke out.

📈 Midday: Bulls Regain Tempo

David leans long above VWAP and begins chirping the tactical cues:

  • “Dips can continue to be probed…”

  • “Keltner Channels are your friend today…”

  • “Cue the orchestra…”

The Chicago Bulls start warming up their brass section.

🎯 Late Session: The Battle for 6870

Price keeps launching sorties at the 6870 D-Level, only to be rejected like a freshman trying to sneak into a senior seminar.

Then…
MOC Sell Imbalance: $1.8 BILLION.
That’ll do it.

End-of-day = another clean rejection.

📌 Summary

  • Cycle Day: 3

  • Theme: Wild-Card Wednesday

  • Key Levels: 6840 LIS, 6855–6865 early target, 6870 D-Level

  • Bull Performance: Tactical, persistent, surgical

  • Bear Performance: Effective early, overwhelmed late

  • Narrative: Traps → rebounds → symmetry → VWAP battles → late-day rejection

  • Trader Moral: Be the lion. Avoid the middle. And if you must chase breakouts… don’t.

Comments are closed.