Still Stuck – June 5 ESDaily Gameplan

Which way do we go?

Thursday June 5, 2025

Trading isn’t a quantity game.

It’s a quality game.

I know. Not having any opportunities to trade— Tough, frustrating. I get it. I’m just as irked as you are.

But, here’s the truth.

A lot of people lost money yesterday trading this channel.
We were the ones who won the day.

And that’s what this is about.

My job isn’t to trade because the market is open. It’s to trade a system.

I’m thankful for days like yesterday. Why? Because sometimes we need to be reminded why we have rules.

We have them because they protect us from ourselves.

Yesterday offered a test.
And overnight offered more of the same.

After Tuesday’s 9-hour rally, ES spent all of Wednesday consolidating at the top of the range — grinding sideways through a narrow 20-point channel just beneath 6000. Every breakout attempt lacked follow-through. Every flush bounced.

It was a day built for forcing bad trades… or sitting on your hands and staying patient.

If you followed the plan — letting runners work, honoring stops, and not chasing breakout longs into layered resistance — you likely stayed out of trouble.

And if you didn’t, the market likely taught you something useful.

Overnight? Nothing’s changed.
We’re still stuck in the same box.
No new trades. No new structure. No new edge.

That doesn’t mean nothing’s happening — it means energy is building, like a pressure cooker.

ES has been basing between 5998 and 5975 since Tuesday at 1:45PM.

Think about that. Insanely tight range.

Waiting has been the right decision so far.

This tight base right at a previous well defined level is typically a continuation. The longer we stall, the worse it gets for bears. Momentum on the smaller time frames is building - Contradicting the larger time frame divergence.

Think of it like a pressure cooker building up steam for the next move. We’re building up for the next leg of a move.

But we need to wait for confirmation. Everything above is theory. We need to see price tell us what will happen.

The goal isn’t to do something just because we’re anxious —
It’s to be ready when something happens.

Let’s get it

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