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Emini Sideways at Daily Moving Average

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Trading Update: Friday June 20, 2025

S&P Emini market analysis

Emini daily chart

  • The Emini is testing the daily moving average today after being away from it for over 15 days.
  • The Bears are hopeful that they can get a strong breakout with follow-through below the moving average, which would lead to a test down to the May low
  • More likely, the daily chart will continue to go sideways as traders decide if a rally to 6200 is needed.
  • If the bulls get the breakout above the June high, bears will look for a wedge top with the May 9th high and the June 11th high.
  • The bears have done a good job of making the market go sideways. However, the bears have yet to close strongly below the moving average.
  • This means that the bears are not yet in control. Ideally, the bears need closes below the moving average, demonstrating further signs of strength.

Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today

  • The Open of the U.S. Session formed a large gap up and sold off for the first 20 bars.
  • The sell-off down to bar 19 is strong enough to make the market either a bear trend or a trading range.
  • Because of the consecutive sell climaxes on the way down to bar 19, the odds are the market’s going to enter a trading range and may end up testing back to the 15 high.
  • The bar 15 high is important because it is the top of the third leg of the parabolic wedge.
  • The rally up to bar 22 is strong enough to increase the odds that the market is in a trading range and no longer in a bear trend.
  • Overall, because of the big gap up and the big sell-off down, the odds are that today is going to be mostly a trading range day. We may have seen the high of the day in the low of the day already.

Wednesday’s Emini setups

SP500 ES Emini 5-Min Chart Rally to Wedge Top Then Bear Channel to Trading Range Close

Richard created the SP500 Emini chart – Al travelling.

Here are reasonable stop entry setups from Wednesday (before US holiday). I show each buy entry bar with a green arrow and each sell entry bar with a red arrow. Buyers of both the Brooks Trading Course and Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns have access to a near 4-year library of more detailed explanations of swing trade setups (see Online Course/BTC Daily Setups). Encyclopedia members get current daily charts added to Encyclopedia.

My goal with these charts is to present an Always In perspective. If a trader was trying to be Always In or nearly Always In a position all day, and he was not currently in the market, these entries would be logical times for him to enter. These therefore are swing entries.

It is important to understand that most swing setups do not lead to swing trades. As soon as traders are disappointed, many exit. Those who exit prefer to get out with a small profit (scalp), but often have to exit with a small loss.

If the risk is too big for your account, you should wait for trades with less risk or trade an alternative market like the Micro Emini.

Summary of today’s S&P Emini price action

SP500 ES Emini 5-Min Chart Bear Trend from Open Then Trading Range

Al created the SP500 Emini chart.

Emini end of day video review

Periodic end of day review videos will be moved to top of page when done.

See the weekly update for a discussion of the price action on the weekly chart and for what to expect going into next week.

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Charts use Pacific Time

When times are mentioned, it is USA Pacific Time. The Emini day session charts begin at 6:30 am PT and end at 1:15 pm PT which is 15 minutes after the NYSE closes. You can read background information on the market reports on the Market Update page.

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