Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - Tony's Pre Market Playbook
Grateful for the Grindby Tony Rago Plenty to be thankful for this morning, and the tape looks like it knows it too — expecting things to slow as the session rolls on, but we may get just enough early-day volatility to frame a few clean setups. Holiday sessions tend to thin out quickly, so the…
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - Tony's Pre Market Playbook
Rally Holds Its Groundby Tony Rago A solid rally so far — almost 3% off Friday’s lows with ES holding above 6,700 through the overnight session. When price can stay perched above a round figure like that, it usually tells you buyers are at least willing to defend progress. From here, I’d like to…
Monday, November 24, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Short Week, Same Playbookby Tony Rago New week, fresh tape — even with the holiday schedule trimming participation later in the week, today still carries enough juice to move, especially with VIX sitting north of 22. That tells you volatility is still very much alive, even if headline flow thins out. As always, I’m…
Why I Don't Care Where the Market Goes
Not too many people outside the trading community know what I do for a living. But inevitably, when markets end up on the nightly news, someone will ask the same question: "Must have been a good week for you, huh?" I don't blame them. Few people actually understand the difference between traders and investors. Frankly,…
Friday, November 21, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Waves Keep Rollingby Tony Rago Huge reversal off the monthly pivot yesterday, and bears owned the close once again — a reminder that there’s zero room for complacency in this kind of tape. This isn’t a scalper’s environment; these are full-body waves of volatility that can rip through intraday structure without warning. Coming into a…
Thursday, November 20, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Launch Pad or Last Gasp?by Tony Rago NVDA handed the bulls a clean launch pad, letting ES reclaim that 6,700 zone — now the whole game is whether they can keep it. For ES, 6,700 is the must-hold with a line in the sand at 6,677; lose that, and momentum shifts right back to…
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Settle-Line Standoffby Tony Rago We’re opening right on the SETTLE levels for both ES and NQ, and that’s the pivot zone that decides the next leg for me. If buyers can hold these areas as support, they’ve got room to run; lose them, and bears step back into the driver’s seat. Underneath these levels it…
Monday, November 17, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Heavy Start to the Weekby Tony Rago New week, fresh opportunities — but the tape is coming in heavy again as we trade back into that 6,733 zone on ES and the big 25,000 round number on NQ. These are meaningful areas where buyers have stepped in before, so the open will tell us a…
It's Like Cheating on a Test
A trader texted me something this week that made me smile. He was watching the NQ during Wednesday's session when price closed at 25,431 at 2:00 PM Eastern. The close above 25,412 opened the 25,500 level. Price dropped 150 points down to 25,350. Then it ripped straight back to 25,500. His text: "The Houdini show.…
Friday, November 14, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Back to the Lows — Heavy Tape Aheadby Tony Rago The tape is coming in heavy into the open — we’ve essentially round-tripped the entire week and are pressing back into last Friday’s low zone. The big question now: do buyers defend it again, or does this time break the pattern? With VIX pushing 22.82,…