Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Bulls Back on Top — But Not Clear Yetby Tony Rago Bulls owned yesterday’s tape, pulling us back above 23,333 and 6,433. The key now is follow-through — they’ve got to stay on top of the weekly pivots and weekly opens. That means defending pullbacks to 23,250 on NQ and 6,426 on ES. We’ve…
Monday, September 2, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
September Opens With a Selloffby Tony Rago Big pullback hitting into the open — VIX pushing toward 19 and the tape can’t hold a bid. That’s a hefty overnight selloff, so the game plan is simple: let the market open, see where we are after the morning econ data, and go from there. This could…
Friday, August 29, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
End of Month Mark-Up on Deckby Tony Rago ES notched a new RTH high yesterday and is camped right back at 6500/6488. For bulls, the mission is simple: hold the line and close above 6500 to finish the week and the month strong. NQ has the same task — defend 23,500 and 23,612 and…
Thursday, August 28, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Bulls Keep Scooping the Dipsby Tony Rago NVDA’s numbers hit and flushed us down to 6459 and 23,434, taking out the prior day’s lows. But just as quick, buyers stepped in and dragged price back into the same range we’ve been chopping in. Overnight dip was scooped, and we’re sitting right back at 23,633…
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
NVDA on Deck, Market on Edgeby Tony Rago Overnight range was tight — could be another slow one — but with NVDA reporting at the bell, tech may throw some fuel on the tape. As I’m typing, we just saw a sharp rejection off 23,618, sending us right back to the Globex lows. Clearly something’s…
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Bulls and Bears Collide at the Pivotsby Tony Rago Today’s all about the pivots. On ES, bulls have to defend 6450 and push back toward 6500. On NQ, bulls need to reclaim 23,500 and their weekly pivot to keep the upside momentum alive. Bears, on the other hand, have a real chance to press…
Monday, August 25, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Fresh Week, Pivotal Levelsby Tony Rago New week, new opportunities — and bulls have the ball early. NQ is bouncing off the weekly open at 23,608 and wrestling with the weekly pivot. That spot also lines up halfway back from the Jackson Hole reaction bar — big inflection zone. On ES, the pivot is…
Friday, August 22, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Jackson Hole Sets the Toneby Tony Rago 10am Eastern — that’s the whole story today. Powell’s speech is the main event, and everything else is just noise until then. Expect volatility, expect waves — and if we don’t get them, consider it a gift. More than the intraday swings, how we close today will matter…
Thursday, August 21, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Jackson Hole Looms, Tape on Edgeby Tony Rago Tomorrow is the big one — Powell at Jackson Hole, and the market’s bracing for volatility. Today looks like positioning ahead of that. ES is coming into the open under 6400, a level bulls must reclaim and hold to stay in control. On NQ, bulls need…
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Bears Show Signs of Lifeby Tony Rago Slowly coming back from the dead — looks like the bears finally had their day yesterday. Hope you cleaned up, because it was no accident that yesterday’s low tagged 23,426. Yet another clean hit on that 26 level in the NQ. Coming into today, bears have the…