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Emini Pullback Likely over Upcoming Days

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Trading Update: Monday April 28, 2025

Emini end of day video review

Brad Wolff Emini EOD Review

S&P Emini market analysis

Emini daily chart

  • The Emini formed a bull follow-through bar last Friday, following Thursday’s outside up bar.
  • While last Friday’s follow-through is good for the bulls, the bar is small which increases the odds of a pullback.
  • The bears are hopeful that today forms a bear reversal bar closing on its low, which would be a possible failed breakout of the April 9th bull breakout bar high.
  • At the moment, the odds are that any reversal down will find buyers below and lead to a pullback.
  • The bears are hopeful that getting a reversal down will form strong follow-through, increasing the chances of a second leg down.
  • The bulls want to prevent the bears from getting a reversal bar today, and if they’re lucky, they’ll try to get a strong bull bar closing on its high.
  • Overall, the odds are that the daily chart will continue to go sideways, and the bulls have not yet gotten a clear upside breakout of the April 9 high.

Emini 5-minute chart and what to expect today

  • Today, a small gap formed and rallied for two legs up to or three, and formed an opening reversal down to the bar 6 low.
  • The sell-off to bar 6 is strong enough that the odds favor the first reversal up being minor and the bears getting a second leg down.
  • The problem that the bears face is bar 6, which is a climactic bear breakout bar, and it may lead to an expanding triangle open with the one low and the six low.
  • Bar 7, the bears failed to get a strong follow-through bar, and instead, the bulls got a reversal bar closing on its high. This increases the risk of a trading range open, not a bear trend day.
  • The bulls were hoping to get a reversal up to the bar 4 high and a bull breakout. However, the sell-off down to 6 is strong enough that the odds favor a second leg down, even if the pullback is deep first.
  • The market is far from the 60-minute moving average on the daily chart, and therefore, it may have to go sideways or down until it gets closer to the 60-minute moving average and touches it.
  • Overall, so far on the 1st 6 bars of the day, the open has had a lot of trading range price action, increasing the odds that today will be a trading range day. Because of the higher time frame context, there’s an increased risk that the market closes below the open of the day. At the moment, with bar 6, the market is probably always in short.

Friday’s Emini setups

SP500 Emini 5-Min Chart Wedge Bottom Then Bull Trending Trading Range Day

Al created the SP500 Emini charts.

Here are reasonable stop entry setups from Friday. 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 Emini 5-Min Chart Bull Trap and Then Wedge Bottom

Al created the SP500 Emini charts.

EURUSD Forex market analysis

EURUSD Forex daily chart

  • The EURUSD formed a bear breakout with follow-through on April 23rd. This was a strong enough bear breakout that the odds favored a second leg down. The past two days have formed two small sideways bars, mostly overlapping inside of the follow-through bar on April 23rd.
  • This is a sign of confusion and increases the odds that the daily chart goes sideways.
  •  The bears are hopeful that the daily chart has a credible top and that the market will get a second leg down to the April 10th low.
  • Because of the consecutive sell climaxes, the odds favor a couple of legs sideways to down. However, the daily chart is above the moving average for most of the bars, which means the channel up is tight, which lowers the probability for the bears.

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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