Trading Room RECAP 8.18.25

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🔑 Session Notes:

  • Line in the Sand: 6465

  • Cycle Day: 1

  • Overnight sellers failed to press below 6460, setting up a potential rally backdrop.

  • Crude Oil: Rolled to October (V) contract.

  • @CL Open Range Shorts: Textbook execution, with all targets hit early.

📉 ES Futures:

  • Default sandbox zone: 60–70.

  • Early action: uneventful, narrow neutral range, demanding patience.

  • Midday trade: Test of 6475 pivot zone failed, confirming resistance.

  • Afternoon tone: Low conviction, “vacation day” tape – better suited for education than active trading.

💡 Educational Highlights:

  • Team discussions on Right Side Pivot Rule (RSPR), EMA slope, and bracket-style setups.

  • Mental edge topics surfaced with mentions of Rande Howell and trading psychology work.

  • Community analogies (from baseball coaching to slippery soap 🧼) kept the tone light despite the chop.


🎯 Takeaway:
Cycle Day 1 came with a defensive stance for bulls, but neither side pressed conviction beyond the 6465–6475 battleground. In short: a “stay nimble, stay patient” type of Monday.

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