The Emini fell 400 points on the midterm results, with a 350 point down day on Thursday, but the blue Professional bars stepped in on the selloff, not at the highs. Expect the Emini to hunt for a low this week. Gold is in an uptrend, Silver needs 52.50 then 53, and Crude looks set to trend down through 86 after the Pros sold the retrace at 96.
Barry Taylor
The Pros sold the Emini spike at 7800, the daily chart broke the Better Pro Am trailing stop, and a bounce looks set to be sold before Tuesday’s midterms. Gold fell below 3900 after Big Pro Bars got short at 4150, and Bitcoin broke 79,800. The long side is the Yen, the Aussie Dollar above 70.36 and the British Pound.
The Emini bounce fizzled: Big Pro Bars came in Thursday but with no exhaustion low, so the downtrend stands until 7717 breaks. The Pros bought Crude on the dip at 95 and it is now 103, Gold fell $200 with no Professional buying at the lows, and Corn, Soybeans and Wheat all printed signals. Watch 7717 Sunday into Monday.
The Emini broke 7840 and never bounced, but Big Pro Bars, an exhaustion sell and blue boxes finally printed at 7680 on the 15-minute chart. Being early paid off elsewhere: hot CPI flushed the 10-year notes before the Pros bought them into an uptrend, the British Pound is racing away, Gold is bottoming at 4100 and Crude crept to 99.
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Every higher timeframe Emini chart points to 8000, but the 13,500 tick bar printed Big Pro Bars at the highs and a stair step down, so 7720 may come first. Turning point week elsewhere: Pros bought the lows in Soybeans, Silver and the British Pound, sold the retrace in Bitcoin with 81K the target, and Crude held 88.
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The Emini bottomed on the Fed selloff with Big Pro Bars and blue boxes at the lows, the mirror image of the Professional profit taking at the highs two weeks ago. Take out 7739.25 and the uptrend is back on. Bitcoin rocketed from 78K to 81K with a measured move to 86K, and the Professionals stepped into the British Pound at 1.3350. Gold still has no Pros at the lows.
The Emini bounced with no blue Professional bars at the lows, so the Professionals say retest first and 7600 decides whether this turns into a rout across the Emini, the currencies and the 10-Year. Crude ran to 104 with no Pro sellers yet, but 107 is where the Pros sold in March and April. Copper’s Big Pro Bars at the lows are the early long to watch.
Jobs came in triple the estimates and the Professionals sold the rally anyway: the Emini gave a Signal Short on the 13,500 tick bar chart with blue boxes at Friday’s highs, while the higher timeframes stay bullish. Crude was rejected under 92, the Aussie Dollar gamed from 71.20 to 72.20, and Ethereum must hold 2200 to 2300.
The Emini U-Turned off new highs after the NVIDIA numbers and closed the week weak, with 7700 the line into Monday. The Euro collapsed from 1.17 to under 1.16, Gold rolled from 4700 to 4500, Bitcoin gave a Signal Short at 79.5K, and Crude found Big Pro Bars at 80. Multiple trend changes into the first week of September.
The Emini gave back 180 points and broke 7738, but not one Blue Professional bar sold into the highs - the Amateurs did all of it, so the top is not in. Meanwhile Bitcoin ran 25% to almost 80K, Gold pushed 4700 and Silver touched 70 as the dollar sold off. Watching for a flush pattern on the 135-minute chart to bring the Professionals back in.
The Emini ran out of puff at 7800 with Amateur bars at the highs and no Professional profit taking, so 7738 is the level that decides the week ahead. Big Pro Bars showed up elsewhere: an exhaustion sell on the Euro at 1.16, Gold defended at 4300 and Wheat bought at 648. And the Japanese Yen keeps breaking down at 62.80 despite the intervention.
The Emini ripped through 7600 and ran 200 points to 7800 with no blue Professional bars at the highs - the uptrend is not done. Gold finally broke out from 4100 to 4400, the USD keeps sliding, and Crude, Copper and the ags are all falling as the inflation story fades. Full market-by-market breakdown inside.
The Emini got saved at 7300 after Fed day, but the Big Pro Bars never showed on the 13,500 tick chart. Crude was the trade of the week: Pros reloaded $78 while Amateurs shorted $82. Gold stuck at 4050, Ethereum breaking down from 2000. Gap and go through 7600, or one more dip to 7400 first?
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I got Crude badly wrong: Big Pro Bars bought the ceasefire-collapse breakout instead of setting up a short. The weakest CPI print in 6 years lifted real estate and 10-Year Notes, the Emini got rejected at 7600 with support at 7310, and only Bitcoin and Ethereum are trending. The full 15-market recap and what the Pros are doing next.
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The Pros just faded the war trade: Crude rallied to 76 on Middle East fears and Big Pro Bars sold it down toward 67. The Emini broke 7600 with a gathering pattern of professional buying, Gold Pros defended 4000, and the ags are rolling over. Full 15-market breakdown and the levels that matter this week.
Big Pro Bars showed up across 8 futures markets this week. The Emini held 7310 support and is testing 7600, Gold rallied to 4200, Silver held 58, Bitcoin broke out to $63K, and Crude saw its first Professional buying at 67.50 since the slide from 102. Here is the setup for the week of 6 July 2026.
Summer of Risk On has begun. Professionals bought the Emini dip at 7300 with Big Pro Bars and an exhaustion buy, the Nasdaq printed blue Professional bars on the dip, and Bitcoin pros loaded 60 while amateurs dumped the lows. Silver and Crude look like fading blow-off moves. Watch a break above 7550 Sunday into Monday for confirmation.
The Emini topped at 7600 and triggered our Signal Short, now off 268 points - a swing trade down, not the end of the uptrend. Bitcoin’s wreckage finally pulled Professionals in at 60K with Saylor’s 57K average in view, while Gold stair steps down from 4500 and Silver and Copper flash Big Pro Bars at the lows. Here is the full read across 15 markets.
Gold triggered a signal long at 4400 with Big Pro Bars and bullish divergence - the cleanest Pro setup of the week. Emini Pros exited at 7600 on Amateur-driven Rambo patterns. 10-Year Bonds broke into uptrend, Crude gapped down hard, Silver and Bitcoin both weaker. Watch 7575 on the Emini 15-minute this week.
Iran ceasefire reports have Crude and Nat Gas pricing opposite outcomes - Crude can’t confirm the war is over while Nat Gas already topped at 3.30. Pros loaded Corn, Soybeans, Copper and 10-Year Bonds, while the Emini held its uptrend with zero Big Pro Bars selling the highs. Memorial Day shuts Monday - Tuesday’s open is the energy tell.
The Emini finally cracked 7200 with all four indices (ES, NQ, YM, RTY) printing matching exhaustion patterns. Tax-time seasonal playing out perfectly. Forex all in uptrends (USD weak), Bitcoin on a tear near 80K, Gold in downtrend, Copper signaled short at 6.00, Natural Gas setting up at 2.70.
The Emini at 7300 with the blow-off signal still missing - Barry took profits at 7200, waiting for the years-overdue end-of-uptrend signal. Mea culpa on Euro from last week. All forex in uptrends, Gold signaled long at the lows, Bitcoin basing for the next leg, Crude in a super uptrend testing 110.
The Emini blew through 7200 stops to a 7427 high - Pros still have not shown up at the top. The 13,500 tick chart finally has all the components for a top. Corn, Soybeans and Wheat all signaled long. Crude broke trailing stop suggesting good news out of Iran. Filed from a Tokyo capsule hotel.
The Emini ripped 12.5% (800 points) from 6400 to almost 7200 in a violent short-covering rally on Iran ceasefire news. Day-and-night momentum read 10.5 million contracts. Barry went flat Friday. Forex weakness developing, Crude setting up to rally if ceasefire breaks, Natural Gas and Corn starting to move.
Only 2 of 15 futures markets rallied this week. Crude pushed to $101 and Natural Gas broke out at $2.80, with Big Pro Bars loaded into both before the move. CPI came in hot, smashed bonds, but Pros are now loading 10-Year Notes at the lows. Emini set up for a potential blow-off above 7600 with no Pros at the highs yet.
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