Week ahead
3/30 Week Ahead Plan
Published Saturday 28 March 2026, before the week opened. Kept exactly as written.
Ticker
/ES
Bias
Bearish (Sell Strength, Not Weakness)
Theme
Relief Rally → Lower High → Continuation
🧭 Market Context (Big Picture)
5 straight weeks of lower highs + lower lows
Clean break of 200DMA (~6605 ES / ~686 SPY)
Shift confirmed: From Buy the Dip → Fade the Rip
Macro pressure:Oil ripping (inflation risk)
Rates elevated
Risk assets losing momentum
👉 This is not a panic selloff…
👉 This is controlled distribution
🧠 What This Means (Your Edge)
Market is not in trend acceleration yet
It is in pullback → continuation phase
📊 Key Levels (Clean ES ↔ SPY Map)
🟥 Resistance (Where Shorts Live)
ES vs SPY
6605 200DMA (line in sand) ~654.7
6580 VAH / breakdown retest ~652.2
6640–6650 Stretch LH zone ~658.2–659.2
🟩 Support (Where Reactions Happen)
ES vs SPY
6523–6525 Recent LL ~646.5–646.7
6475 Major support / collar ~641.7
6405–6360 Expansion targets ~634.7–630.2
🔴Primary Trade — Lower High Short (Money Maker)
Market bounces → traps buyers → resumes downtrend
📍 Location
⚡ Trigger (RAIN)
R: Break below intraday structure AFTER bounce stalls
A: Acceptance back below 6580
I: Sellers step in (momentum shift / heavy tape)
N: Continuation lower
🎯 Targets
6525
6475
Runner → 6400
🛑 Invalidation
Sustained trade above 6615–6620
🟢 Counter Trade — LBAF Bounce (Use Carefully)
Short-term squeeze from oversold conditions
📍 Location
6475 → 6525 zone
⚡ Trigger
Sweep of lows → reclaim (LBAF)
Strong reaction (not slow grind)
🎯 Targets
6530
6580
🛑 Invalidation
Acceptance below 6470
👉 This is NOT the main trade
👉 This is fuel for the short setup
Breakdown Trade (Only If Market Accelerates)
Support fails → trend expands
📍 Trigger
Clean break below 6475
No reclaim (no LBAF)
🎯 Targets
6405
6360
👉 Only take this if:
Market is moving fast + clean
Not chop
🧩 RAIN Framework
1️⃣ Directional Close
1H confirms level (not wicks)
2️⃣ Reaction Quality
Fast rejection = real
Slow drift = chop
3️⃣ VWAP Alignment
Shorts BELOW VWAP
Longs ABOVE VWAP
4️⃣ Location > Everything
Extremes only
Never mid-range
🚫 Your Biggest Risk This Week
❌ Chop Zone: 6530 – 6580
This is where:
You overtrade
You convince yourself something is happening
Nothing is happening
👉 If you're trading here, you're guessing.
🧠 Simple Version (What You Actually Do)
👉 Wait for price to push into 6580–6605
👉 Watch for failure
👉 Execute RAIN short
👉 Sit on hands everywhere else
What this is, and what it is not
A week-ahead map, not a session plan. It has no single trigger, target and invalidation, so it is never scored the way the daily plans are, and it is not counted in the plan archive's numbers. It is kept because the way the thinking changed over the year is worth reading.