{"id":262322,"date":"2026-02-11T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/?p=262322"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:26:11","slug":"e-mini-disappointment-for-the-bulls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/analysis\/e-mini-disappointment-for-the-bulls-2\/","title":{"rendered":"E-mini Disappointment for the Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trading Update: Wednesday February 11, 2026<\/h3>\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 daily chart is continuing to go sideways with a lot of overlapping bars. This increases the odds that the trading range on the daily chart is likely to continue. The bulls had a strong rally with the recent two consecutive bull bars. However, yesterday and today so far have been disappointing for the bulls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The disappointment over the past two days is a reminder that the market is still in a trading range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even if the market breaks to the upside and reaches a new all-time high, the reality is that unless the breakout is strong with follow-through above the all-time high, the market will likely find sellers above and test back into the trading range that has gone on for several months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because of the higher time frame context, the market is slightly more bullish than bearish. This means that even if the market sells off to the November 2024 lows, the market will likely find buyers not far below and bounce. This will limit the downside potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because of all the overlapping bars and trading range price action over the past several months. Traders should assume that this trading range is going to last for some time.<\/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>Today gapped up on the open and formed a bear trend from the open, selling off for the first 12 bars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This was due to the climactic behavior of the 8:30 AM ET report bar, as well as the overall context of the market testing above yesterday&#8217;s high on bar one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While the sell-off was good for the bears, it was climactic due to the strong rally during the 8:30 am ET report, which increased the odds that whatever sell-off we got to bar 12 was likely to form a trading range, and not a bear trend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bulls formed a strong rally up to bar 23, which is a trend line break from the bear trend. This is enough buying pressure that there were likely traders buying, willing to scale in lower all the way down to the 12 low. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bulls are hopeful that the rally up to bar 24 will lead to a higher low and a second leg up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the problems that the bulls have right now is that the sell-off down to bar 11 was strong enough that traders will expect it to be retested. This increases the risk that the market may have to test down to the 17 low, which is near the 11 close. This would also form a more credible double bottom higher low Major Trend Reversal for the bulls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bulls are hopeful that the rally up to the 23 high is strong enough for a second leg up. Next, they&#8217;re hopeful that the reversal up on 31 and 32 is the start of that second leg, which will lead to a break above the bar 23 neckline and rally for a measure move up testing near the lower bar 3. The bar 3 low is a price level where the bulls got trapped. If they bought the low of bar 3, they got trapped during the sell-off to bar 6. This is a possible test magnet for the market to try and reach later on in the day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overall, traders should assume that the rest of the day is going to have a lot of trading range price action. The bulls want a reversal up and a test of the 3-low. The bears want the reversal down and test of the 11-close. This will likely lead to a lot of sideways trading for the rest of the day.<\/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\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day-680x383.jpg\" alt=\"SP500 ES E-mini Bear Trending Trading Range Day\" class=\"wp-image-262399\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Richard created the SP500 E-mini chart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption\">Here are reasonable stop entry setups from yesterday. Chart shows each buy entry bar with a green arrow and each sell entry bar with a red arrow. Buyers of the Brooks Trading Course have access to a near 4-year library of detailed explanations of swing trade setups (see Online Course\/BTC Daily Setups) linked to the Brooks Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"caption\">The 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\/2026\/02\/SP500-E-mini-Gap-Up-Strong-Selloff-Then-Pullback-into-Trading-Range.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-E-mini-Gap-Up-Strong-Selloff-Then-Pullback-into-Trading-Range-680x383.jpg\" alt=\"SP500 E-mini Gap Up Strong Selloff Then Pullback into Trading Range\" class=\"wp-image-262453\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-E-mini-Gap-Up-Strong-Selloff-Then-Pullback-into-Trading-Range-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-E-mini-Gap-Up-Strong-Selloff-Then-Pullback-into-Trading-Range-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-E-mini-Gap-Up-Strong-Selloff-Then-Pullback-into-Trading-Range-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SP500-E-mini-Gap-Up-Strong-Selloff-Then-Pullback-into-Trading-Range.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Richard created the SP500 E-mini chart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-mini end of day video review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Periodic end of day review videos will be moved to top of page when done.<\/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: Wednesday February 11, 2026 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 Richard created the SP500 E-mini chart. Here are reasonable stop entry setups from yesterday. Chart shows each buy entry bar with a green arrow and each sell entry bar with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5460,"featured_media":262399,"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-262322","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\/2026\/02\/SP500-ES-E-mini-Bear-Trending-Trading-Range-Day.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\/262322","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=262322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}