Trading Room RECAP 9.30.25

Theme of the Day:

“End-of-Month Window Dressing – Bulls in Full Control”
Cycle Day 2 (CD2) played out in textbook fashion, with rhythmic rotations early in the session before the afternoon unleashed a ripper rally into multiple CD2 and Daily Trade Strategy (DTS) targets. Manny and PTGDavid guided traders through evolving context shifts, highlighting the importance of flexibility, time/price alignment, and systematic trade management.


Market Behavior & Key Levels

  • Early Session:

    • 6710 remained the “Line in the Sand” resistance during the overnight and early cash session.

    • Clean edges respected: 6695–6710 range tested repeatedly.

    • Chicago PMI miss (40.6 vs. 43.3 forecast) pressured markets briefly, but price held firm above key gamma/DEX zones.

  • Midday Session:

    • Clock windows aligned beautifully with pivots:

      • AM High → Mid-AM Low → Lunch High all tracked on time.

      • Manny emphasized “Price is Everything,” with pivot reactions confirming the Clock’s validity.

    • A look-below-and-fail near 6700 provided a springboard for the midday long setup.

  • Afternoon Session:

    • Initial short bias into the 2:30 pivot flipped as conditions changed—Manny shifted bullish, looking for long setups off the 2:30 window into the last-hour high.

    • This flexibility paid off as momentum surged.

    • DTS and Cycle Day 2 levels:

      • 6725 ✅

      • 6732 ✅

      • 6736 ✅

      • 6743 ✅ (final CD2 rally target tagged into the close).


Key Insights & Commentary

  • Manny: “Be water… The plan is not LAW, it’s an idea.” – Staying adaptive allowed traders to capture both sides of the tape.

  • PTGDavid: “Not Dead Can’t Quit” – the bull persistence theme.

  • ATR compression earlier in the day gave way to expansion into the close, classic CD2 rhythm.

  • End-of-month inflows fueled a window dressing melt-up, sealing September as a strong bullish month.


Recap Highlights

  • Spot-on DTS levels guided intraday trade management.

  • Cycle Day 2 textbook rotation delivered clean pivots and target precision.

  • Flexibility rewarded: early shorts worked, but the shift to longs into the close produced the big ripper.

  • Window Dressing + Inflows = a bullish September finale.


📌 Final Word:
September began with YUGE inflows, carried a bullish undertone all month, and closed with emphatic strength. With CD2 rally targets fulfilled into 6743, traders head into ROCKTOBER with momentum squarely on the bulls’ side.

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