Futures Market Recap
Weekly Futures Market Recap: Where the Pros Are Positioning
If you trade futures actively – Emini index contracts, energies, metals, grains, FX, crypto – the weekly recap is built for you. It is not aimed at long-term investors, not aimed at people looking for hot stock tips, and not aimed at anyone who wants someone else to make their trading decisions for them. It is aimed at serious traders who want to see what the Pros are doing across 15 of the most-traded futures markets, week after week.
What I Cover Every Week
Each recap walks through 15 futures markets in a fixed sequence: the Emini S&P 500 (the most important chart on the board), then the other equity indices when they diverge, then forex (Euro, British Pound, Aussie Dollar, Japanese Yen), then Treasuries (10-Year Notes, sometimes 30-Year Bonds), Bitcoin and Ethereum, metals (Gold, Silver, Copper), energies (Crude, Natural Gas), and the grains (Corn, Soybeans, Wheat) when they are interesting.
The Emini section is the longest and most detailed – I walk through five timeframes (daily, 135-minute, 45-minute, 15-minute and the 13,500 tick bar chart). For the other 14 markets, one focused read per market: what the Pros are doing, where the key levels sit, and what the setup looks like for the week ahead.
Why 15 Markets, Not One
The Pros never play just one market. When Big Pro Bars step in on Crude at the same time they are taking profits on Gold, that is information you cannot see by staring at one chart. Cross-market read is the edge. The recap shows you all 15 in one sitting, so you can see where capital is actually flowing – which markets the Pros are loading, which they are distributing, and which the Amateurs are getting trapped in. That perspective is what separates a focused weekly trader from someone reacting to whatever ticker is in the news that day.
How to Use the Recap
Watch the recap on YouTube or read it here, Sunday night or Monday morning, before the open. Start with the TL;DR for the three big calls of the week. Skim the Market-by-Market Breakdown for the markets you trade. Pay attention to the Pattern of the Week – that is the single most teachable setup the Pros showed across all 15 charts. Then check Looking Ahead for what to watch in the first half of the week. By the time the bell rings Monday morning, you should know which markets to watch, which levels to mark on your charts, and which Pro flow signals would change your read.
What’s in Each Recap
- TL;DR – the week’s 3 calls in plain English. The most important reads of the week in 60 seconds.
- Macro setup – the news flow, data prints and geopolitical context driving the week.
- Market-by-market breakdown – 15 sections covering Pro/Am flow, key levels, signals.
- Pattern of the week – the single most teachable Pro vs Amateur moment from the week’s charts.
- Looking ahead – what I am watching into the new week.
- Full transcript – the complete cleaned-up transcript of the video, collapsible so it does not get in the way.
The 15 Futures Markets Covered
Click any ticker to see every recap where I called that market. The extra 5 symbols (NQ, YM, RTY, ZB, ETH), which we cover less frequently, are included for completeness.
| Asset Class | Ticker | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Equity Indices | ES | S&P 500 Emini |
| NQ | Nasdaq Emini | |
| YM | Dow Emini | |
| RTY | Russell 2000 Emini | |
| Currencies | 6E | Euro |
| 6B | British Pound | |
| 6A | Aussie Dollar | |
| 6J | Japanese Yen | |
| Treasuries | ZN | 10-Year Notes |
| ZB | 30-Year Bonds | |
| Crypto | BTC | Bitcoin |
| ETH | Ethereum | |
| Metals | GC | Gold |
| SI | Silver | |
| HG | Copper | |
| Energies | CL | Crude Oil |
| NG | Natural Gas | |
| Grains | ZC | Corn |
| ZS | Soybeans | |
| ZW | Wheat |
Latest Recaps
Weekly Futures Market Recap – 24 May 2026: Crude and Nat Gas Disagree on Iran Ceasefire
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.
Weekly Futures Market Recap – 17 May 2026: Only 2 of 15 Markets Up
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.
Weekly Futures Market Recap – 10 May 2026: 7427 High and the Ags Came Alive
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.
Weekly Futures Market Recap – 3 May 2026: 7300 Reached, Still No Pros at the Top
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.
Weekly Futures Market Recap – 26 April 2026: Emini Cracks 7200, All 4 Indices Aligned
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.
Weekly Futures Market Recap – 19 April 2026: 12.5% Short-Cover Rally on Iran Ceasefire
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.
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Trade These Setups With My Indicators
Every market section in every recap is called using my Better Trading Indicators – the same Big Pro Bars, RAMBO patterns, exhaustion buy, and exhaustion sell signals you see in the video. They work on TradeStation, NinjaTrader, MultiCharts and TradingView.
