{"id":247865,"date":"2025-08-21T08:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/?p=247865"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:23:39","slug":"e-mini-buyers-at-midpoint-of-august-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/analysis\/e-mini-buyers-at-midpoint-of-august-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"E-mini Buyers at Midpoint of August Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trading Update: Thursday August 21, 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-mini end of day video review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-video-popup stk-block-video-popup stk-block stk-02ae8e5\" data-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=69VB5zdtLMQ\" data-block-id=\"02ae8e5\"><div class=\"stk-block-video-popup__overlay stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-hover-parent\" aria-label=\"Play Video\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon stk-block-icon has-text-align-center stk-block stk-d4826b5\" data-block-id=\"d4826b5\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg style=\"height:0;width:0\"><defs><linearGradient id=\"linear-gradient-d4826b5\" x1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y1=\"0\" y2=\"0\"><stop offset=\"0%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-d-4826-b-5-color-1)\"><\/stop><stop offset=\"100%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-d-4826-b-5-color-2)\"><\/stop><\/linearGradient><\/defs><\/svg><svg data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"play\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-play fa-w-14\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-d57bf2b\" data-block-id=\"d57bf2b\"><style>.stk-d57bf2b .stk-img-wrapper{width:680px !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-179791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Brad-Wolff-Emini-EOD-Review-680px.png\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" alt=\"Brad Wolff Emini EOD Review\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Brad-Wolff-Emini-EOD-Review-680px.png 680w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Brad-Wolff-Emini-EOD-Review-680px-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">S&amp;P E-mini market analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-mini daily chart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The E-mini sold off to the midpoint of the August rally yesterday and formed a tail below the bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is a sign that the market is likely going to go sideways for several days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bears are hopeful that the high of last week will be the start of a higher high major trend reversal. However, as I&#8217;ve said for many days, the reality is the market will probably have to form some variation of a lower high major turn reversal if the bears are going to be successful.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This means that realistically, traders selling right here will probably have to sit through a pullback lasting several bars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bulls still see the market as a bull trend, and therefore, they will buy every reversal attempt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The problem for the Bulls is that the Bears are beginning to make money selling below bars, which is a sign that the bull trend is converting into a trading range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overall, the daily chart is probably going to get a bounce; however, the market may stay below the high of last week, which could limit the potential upside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bears are hoping for a successful reversal down. However, they need to do more than what they&#8217;ve done right here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-mini 5-minute chart and what to expect today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The market gap down today and went sideways for the first 6 bars. This is a sign of trading range price action on the open inside of a larger trading range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because of the higher time frame context on the daily chart, the odds are that there are likely buyers near yesterday&#8217;s low, which will limit the downside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bulls got a strong outside up bar on 7 and 5 bull bars for follow-through. However, it formed a variation of a spike in the channel and reversed down on bar 13 after testing yesterday&#8217;s close.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So far, as of bar 27, the market has gone sideways for a lot of bars. This increases the odds that today we&#8217;ll continue to have a lot of trading range price action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Today will likely try to close above the open of the day to disappoint the bears on the daily chart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The most important thing is to expect every move to be minor until there&#8217;s a clear, strong breakout with follow-through. This means that it is important to be mindful that trading ranges often reverse after the second and third legs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yesterday&#8217;s E-mini setups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax-680x382.jpg\" alt=\"SP500 E-mini 5-Min Bear Trend from Open and Then Sell Climax\" class=\"wp-image-247990\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax-680x382.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Al created the SP500 E-mini charts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption\">Here are reasonable stop entry setups from yesterday. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption\">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 E-mini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of today&#8217;s S&amp;P E-mini price action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Buy-Climax-and-Then-Trading-Range-Day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Buy-Climax-and-Then-Trading-Range-Day-680x382.jpg\" alt=\"SP500 E-mini 5-Min Buy Climax and Then Trading Range Day\" class=\"wp-image-248112\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Buy-Climax-and-Then-Trading-Range-Day-680x382.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Buy-Climax-and-Then-Trading-Range-Day-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Buy-Climax-and-Then-Trading-Range-Day-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Buy-Climax-and-Then-Trading-Range-Day.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Al created the SP500 E-mini charts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/blog\/analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\">weekly update<\/a> for a discussion of the price action on the weekly chart and for what to expect going into next week.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trading Room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Brooks and other presenters talk about the detailed E-mini price action real-time each day in the Brooks Trading Course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/online-day-trading-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trading room<\/a>. We offer a 2 day free trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charts use Pacific Time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When times are mentioned, it is USA Pacific Time. The E-mini 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/blog\/market-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Market Update<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trading Update: Thursday August 21, 2025 E-mini end of day video review S&amp;P E-mini market analysis E-mini daily chart E-mini 5-minute chart and what to expect today Yesterday&#8217;s E-mini setups Al created the SP500 E-mini charts. Here are reasonable stop entry setups from yesterday. I show each buy entry bar with a green arrow and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5460,"featured_media":247990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"shadow","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[153,136],"tags":[60],"class_list":{"0":"post-247865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-market-update","8":"category-analysis","9":"tag-sp-emini","10":"entry","11":"override","12":"shadow"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SP500-E-mini-5-Min-Bear-Trend-from-Open-and-Then-Sell-Climax.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Brad","author_link":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/author\/brad-wolff\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}