26 March 2026 - ES & SPY

Strong short bias. Cautious entries at pullbacks.

26 March 2026 - ES & SPY

Yesterday's Review

Yesterday's primary scenario came to fruition, and during ETH the market clearly broke the defined buy zone.

Narrative

Under the 6700 area the bias is clearly mid and long-term short. Intraday rallies to sell levels provide access to this trade, which has a downside potential of 200+ ticks.

Levels

ESM26 SPY
Sell levels
6614 - 6618 | 6640 - 6645 | 6687 - 6693
Bearish refs
6594

Scenarios

Scenario 1 — Bearish

3 main sell levels -with an intraday focus on the 6618 area- provide access to the prevailing short trade idea.

Targets: 6540 | 6496 | 6400 | SPY 654.00 | 649.60 | 640.00

Scenario 2 — Rotational

Failure of the lower sell level to offer resistance, puts the market in a choppy / rotational environment in the 6600- 6650 zone. More of a scalping environment, than position trading.

Scenario 3 — Bullish

News may send the market to the upper sell zone, and acceptance above 6700 is a new bullish regime.

Targets: 6857 | 6950 | SPY 685.70 | 695.00

Definitions

Price acceptancePrice spends significant time and generates high volume above or below a level, establishing a market consensus that it is a fair trade location.

Price rejectionPrice fails to spend significant time or generate high volume at a level, showing a lack of market consensus that it is a fair trade location.

Rotational marketPrice oscillates within the range of an accepted value area regardless of timeframe or extent, effectively rejecting trade outside that range to maintain the established consensus.

Buy/Sell levelsPrice ranges where increased participation is expected and risk/reward is maximised, provided the level maintains its integrity.

Bullish/Bearish refsReferences expected to provide buy/sell side action, without being important enough to support a regime.

TargetsPrice levels representing the partial or full conclusion of a move, where profit-taking may trigger a counter-reaction without being treated as an expected trend reversal location.

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