S&P 500 (ES)
🎯 Cycle Day 2 — RECAP – Inventory Repricing, Weak Hand Removal, Structure Rebuilt
Cycle Day 2 showed up this morning wearing steel-toe boots and zero sympathy.
If Cycle Day 1 is opportunity…
Cycle Day 2 is accountability.
And today?
Accountability was enforced.
For greater detail of how this day unfolded, click on the Trading Room RECAP 2.26.26 link.
🎯 Cycle Day 3: 3-Day Cycle Objective FULFILLED — “Wild-Card” Day
Three-Day Cycle targets?
✔️ Done.
✔️ Fulfilled.
✔️ In the books.
The mission has been accomplished.
All that remains now is one simple technical formality:
Price must trade above the Cycle Day 1 Low (6892.25) during RTH to officially lock in a Positive 3-Day Cycle Statistic.
And here’s where things get interesting…
When a 3-Day Cycle objective completes, we shift gears:
From Initiative Mindset → To Inventory Management Mindset.
Translation?
The hunting is done. Now we protect the harvest.
This is the Wild-Card Day — where structure gives way to emotion… and where undisciplined traders generously donate back what they worked so hard to earn earlier in the week.
And let’s not forget…
Oh yeah.
It’s FRYday.
You know what that means.
🔥 CAPITAL PRESERVATION DAY 🔥
This is not the day to get cute.
This is the day to get paid — and keep it.
🎯 Cycle Day 3 Focus
🟢 Bull Case — Buyers Stay in Control
Acceptance north of 6895 ±5
If buyers defend value and maintain acceptance above this pivot zone, upside continuation remains viable.
Upside objectives:
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6905
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6910
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6915
Orderly trade. Controlled tempo. Inventory stays clean.
🔴 Bear Case — Rotation / Reset
Acceptance south of 6895 ±5
Failure to hold the pivot opens the door to rotation and balance repair.
Downside objectives:
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6880
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6870
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6860
This would represent a controlled inventory reset — not necessarily structural damage, but a reminder that late longs can become fuel quickly.
📊 Key Reference Levels
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PVA High Edge: 6924
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PVA Low Edge: 6882
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Prior POC: 6919
These are your magnets.
These are your battlegrounds.
These are the levels where professionals manage risk — not chase emotion.
🧠 Professional Reminder
When objectives are fulfilled, the edge shifts.
The market owes us nothing.
The week has already delivered.
Wild-Card Fridays reward discipline — not ego.
Trade well.
Protect capital.
Finish strong.
PTG swagger optional.
Execution required.
⚠️ Tactical Takeaway
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.
ESH
Nasdaq (NQ)
…Transition from Cycle Day 2 to Cycle Day 3
Cycle Day 3 – The MAGS – 7 Rollercoaster Ride
Alright… helmets on.
The so-called Magnificent 7 — have been strutting around like rockstars… but trading like they forgot the lyrics.
Up.
Down.
Fake breakout.
Back in the box.
Portfolio managers quietly reshuffling deck chairs while the crowd screams, “This is it!” every 17 minutes.
Cute….But now we’ve arrived at Cycle Day 3.
And CD3 doesn’t care about your feelings.
🎯 Cycle Day 3 Focus
Today is about acceptance and initiative — not noise.
We’re not chasing headlines.
We’re watching structure.
🟢 Bull Case — Buyers Stay in Control
Acceptance north of 24992 ±10
If buyers defend and build above this pivot, continuation is in play.
Upside Objectives:
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25050
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25065
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25085 (PVA High Edge)
Above 25085?
Now we’re talking about initiative flow and short discomfort. That’s when the rollercoaster climbs instead of jerks.
🔴 Bear Case — Rotation / Reset
Acceptance south of 24992 ±10
Lose the pivot, fail to reclaim it, and this becomes a rotation day.
Downside Objectives:
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24955
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24920
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24885
Below there, sellers test the lower structure and force late longs to reconsider their life choices.
📊 Key Reference Levels
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PVA High Edge: 25085
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PVA Low Edge: 24907
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Prior POC: 24063
These are magnets.
They don’t predict — they attract.
🧠 The Real Game
The MAGS aren’t leading cleanly.
They’re rotating internally.
When leadership chops, index traders overreact.
When leadership aligns, index traders regret hesitation.
Cycle Day 3 is about this:
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Does leadership expand?
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Or does it rotate and reset?
No predictions.
Only positioning.
Stay mechanical.
Stay patient.
Let acceptance confirm.
Because on CD3…
The market doesn’t reward emotion.
It rewards discipline.
PTG swagger optional. Execution mandatory.
⚠️ Tactical Takeaway
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.
NQH
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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