Thursday, July 31, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
We Could Be In for the Wildest Session In Weeks by Tony Rago Last trading day of July and more earnings on tap! Big moves yesterday with FOMC that created a big dip buy into Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) earnings. More earnings at the close today with Amazon (AMZN) and…
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
How to Get Ready for Fed Day by Tony Rago These kinds of days, with the Fed and earnings in play, can be tough sessions for day-trading futures. The typical day is busy for the first one to two hours, and then the tape basically dies until the 2 PM ET announcement. And so…
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Don't Expect Much Excitement Today, But... by Tony Rago I'm expecting another slow day today as we head into earnings and the FOMC remarks tomorrow, but ready for anything! Keep an eye on the weekly open for ES -- it's still resistance and an inflection point at 5450. If we stay under, selling…
Monday, July 28, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
We're Starting Another Huge Tech-Earnings Week by Tony Rago EU tariff deal headlines sent us over the top to new highs. Now it's all about the bulls staying above the 6400 on the ES to continue. We'll see how the cash session reacts to this in terms of "selling the news," but sellers…
Friday, July 25, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
It's a Good Idea to Tweak Your Goals Today by Tony Rago The plan is the same for this session -- stay on your toes. Price is just drifting right now and the bulls are extremely complacent. The way they're thinking, "it can't go wrong; every dip gets bought"... until it doesn't. It's true…
Thursday, July 24, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Too Quiet at the Highs? Stay Sharp, Stay Nimble by Tony Rago The S&P is pressing into new highs with a test of 6400 on deck — but the Nasdaq is still dragging its feet. Will ES have enough strength to lift all boats? TSLA’s down in the pre-market, while GOOGL is catching a bid.…
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
We Could Get Another Fake-Out Open by Tony Rago Be ready for anything: We could see another weird open to the session today, just like yesterday. No mystery as to why -- NQ is still weaker than ES the action could repeat. The "biggest trade deal in history" with Japan didn't really move the…
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Let's Wait for Real Volatility Today by Tony Rago We could see the market start to stir on earnings today... or we could get another slow summer tape. The VIX did move a bit yesterday so be ready. There are no economic reports due to drop today though a few Fedheads will be speaking…
Monday, July 21, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Get Ready for a Big Earnings Week by Tony Rago Price action was actually quiet overnight, but we've got a big week ahead for earnings, and and even bigger week for tech the week after that. The tape may well be quiet until we start to see some of those companies report. I'd like…
Friday, July 18, 2025 - Tony's Pre-Market Playbook
Patience Is Always Important, Moreso Today by Tony Rago These slow tapes really test your mettle as a trader. This kind of action forces you to be very patient and let trades work. Yesterday's paid session was a great example: The low was the 6288 on ES. It saved the roundy and we…