The Moneymaker

Has the fat lady sung?

Julia Cordova✨ — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:25:59 GMT

Yesterday we saw $ES, $NQ and $ZB bounce from supports all at the same time (to give reasonable doubt), but this morning data sliced through and now without a recovery of $ES 7625.75-7632.25 (today's key and where it bounced yesterday), $ES looks quite bearish. 7535.25 is next major daily support. I have also kept the $NQ key same as yesterday and where…

Captain Obvious plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:23:46 GMT

Yesterday $ES closed below the double level we were watching and we saw downward continuation overnight. Would need to recover > 7695.50 to not look bearish for the short term. There is still Captain Obvious daily support at 7625.75-7632.25 (same place we saw a previous double flush). $NQ key 29362.00 bigger flush likely on close underneath. $GC relativ…

Do or Die time

Julia Cordova✨ — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:29:40 GMT

$ES has so far backtested the VERY important double level 7695.50 - that is top of bullflag on daily and key for today. Close below will have be short term bearish. Bullish while/if holding above. $NQ key 29731.25 (daily). $GC in buy zone while under 4458.5. $SI > 62.92 still looks great to me bigger picture. $CL 93.62 R a big deal.

Trade Plan for 9/7-9/11

Julia Cordova✨ — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:47:22 GMT

In the front part of last week’s note I wrote:

So did gold and silver get to ‘big’ supports yet? I don’t think so. This week I outline dip buy levels once again.

We saw metals decline again and I bought the dip!👀🤞 $GC/gold futures has yet to breakout on a weekly basis, so now I’ve outlined what I’m looking for there this week.

Because of the ‘mixed signals’ that I mentioned for the indices I keep my trades there light and scalpy and ‘mixed signals’ was quite accurate given $NQ/Nasdaq futures closing slightly green, $ES/SPX futures closing exactly flat, and $RTY/small caps futures closing slightly red. My levels were excellent and I bought $ES/SPX futures at support and shared on Thursday morning that the ‘double flush’ was bullish. 🎯💰

If you follow me on Substack, you saw one of the tech shorts I took 2 weeks ago was $PLTR. It closed -6.42% down last week. You also saw me close ¾ of the $TSLA long I took at 316 at 382. (booya!)

Annnnd I took yet another tech short last week. 👀

Summary of Market Action Last Week:

· The indices futures declined into midweek and then bounced. Friday we saw a slight pullback. $ES/SPX futures closed precisely flat for the week, $NQ/Nasdaq futures eeked out a slight gain, and $RTY/small caps futures closed marginally red.

· Precious metals declined once again, but $GDX/gold miners closed the week green.

· $CL/Crude Oil futures and $XOP/oil equites both gained for the week.

Here’s how last week closed out:

I broadcast hourly charts with weekly and daily levels 23/5 on Discord while futures are open. I give commentary and positioning during market hours.

For the week ahead (9/7 – 9/11/26)

Don’t freak out, it’s Friday Plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:28:04 GMT

Sideways chop into a data flush this morning. 2 important levels for $ES bulls: the daily orange line recovery of 7743.00 is key for today, but also 7706.50, which was the daily bullflag breakout from yesterday. $NQ key 29715.00 (daily)-29746.00(weekly) - breakout on close above. $GC pit close over 4440.8 (weekly) matters. If holds, btd (again) next wee…

Flagathon plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:36:32 GMT

Yesterday we saw a rally after the 'double flush' and then chopped overnight until some FOMC yapped and there was a sizeable pop. $ES key today 7692.50-7695.50 - bullish while above. Close > 7715.50 would be a daily breakout > bullflag. 7739.00 confirmation. $NQ rel weakness so far 29362.00 key. $GC 4518.0 4hr key. It's above weekly 4440.8 buy zone agai…

Was the flush enough? - we like a clean bowl.

Julia Cordova✨ — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:26:53 GMT

Yesterday we saw a flush and recovery of the $ES intraday key 7625.75-7632.25. That's what I wanted to see for it to look 'bottomy', but I would've felt more confident had it been a deeper flush. Then overnight we saw a slightly lower flush and recovery, which looks a bit better for short term bottom catchers. Same key today. I am constructive for highe…

Time for Sparkles!

Julia Cordova✨ — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:33:28 GMT

Dumpage overnight for indices and now $ES looks like a possible bullflag formation on the daily if it flushes a bit more. For today the intraday key is $ES 7625.75-7632.25 - that is captain obvious daily support. watch for flush and recovery if gets there. $NQ key 28854.00. $GC flush under my overall key. Watch for recovery of 4440.82 or 4367.71 4hr sup…

Moonday Monday

Julia Cordova✨ — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:30:46 GMT

Follow through from Friday so far and both indices filled the earnings daily gaps from last week. For today $ES key orange line recovery 7725.00, but there is support 7692.50-7695.50 before the daily support backtest marked lower. $NQ key 29665.00 daily recovery. Support at 29362.00. I see a squinty bearflag on the $NQ daily so a close below 29453.00 wo…

Trade Plan for 8/31 - 9/4

Julia Cordova✨ — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:29:29 GMT

As I hinted at in the public part of last week’s note, my inclination was for precious metals to draw back last week.✅

Even if metals decline this week, I outline backtest levels that are still great buys in my opinion!

So did gold and silver get to ‘big’ supports yet? I don’t think so. This week I outline dip buy levels once again. I am hoping that we see ‘high probability’ long levels this week. 🤞🤞

For the indices I used daily levels to identify a possible bottom and Thursday both $ES/SPX futures and $NQ/Nasdaq futures closed above their respective levels. On Friday’s drop, $ES closed *just* above where it needed to, but $NQ lost an important daily support and $RTY/small caps futures plunged. So that leaves us with ‘mixed signals’ for this week...

I took and shared 2 different big tech shorts again last week. How exciting! (I think)

$CL/crude oil futures held a weekly breakout backtest but just hung there.🤔

Summary of Market Action Last Week:

· The indices futures chopped sideways through Wednesday, rallied on Thursday and then dropped on the Friday Jackson hole speech. Both $ES/SPX futures and $NQ/Nasdaq futures were able to squeak out a green close, but Friday’s price action took $RTY/small caps into negative territory and it close near the low of the week.

· Precious metals declined after rallying in the first part of the week. $GDX/gold miners underperformed giving back some recent impressive strength.

· $CL/Crude Oil futures and $XOP/oil equites both declined, but $XOP held relative strength to the commodity.

Here’s how last week closed out:

I broadcast hourly charts with weekly and daily levels 23/5 on Discord while futures are open. I give commentary and positioning during market hours.

For the week ahead (8/31 – 9/4/26)

Jackson Hole in One plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:31:51 GMT

Yesterday $ES regained the orange daily line and closed above. Today, that same line 7720.50 is key. While price action is above, it looks bottomy to me. For $NQ watch 29655 (daily)-29667 (weekly) as key. $GC chopping around in a 4hr channel right now just under BIG weekly breakout 4661.5 level. $SI extreme relative strength. v bullish > 70.435 daily. 7…

Fade or shade

Julia Cordova✨ — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:36:11 GMT

$ES key for today that daily orange line resistance 7716.25. Close above would signal higher I believe for tomorrow. $NQ key daily 29641.75. Close over and particularly weekly 29677 would confirm constructiveness. Both look squinty bull flaggy on hourly to start day. $GC 4598.5 first weekly support 4636.9 4hr level v important (descending each hour). it…

Chop Salad Plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:35:19 GMT

Chop chop so far this week. Same today again. $ES is not bullish unless/until close over 7712.00 (orange daily line today.) Bearish under 7625.75. $NQ key 29362.00. $GC backtesting weekly 4661.5. $SI daily 68.570 key. $CL > 80.34 is still broken out on weekly. V important.

Backtest plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:33:55 GMT

Pop overnight for indices and $ES is hovering under orange line daily level 7708.00, which is key for today. A close over 7708 would be constructive for higher. $NQ key 29362.00. $GC backtesting weekly 4661.5. flush likely on close below. $SI 68.495 daily R. $CL 82.39S.

earning after hours tomorrow. (previously said today).

Squinty flag plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:32:47 GMT

Both $ES and $NQ look like squintly bearflags on the hourly with no breakdown/out at this time. $ES key for today 7666.50 (ascending each hour). A close over 7704.25 could indicate a bottom is in. $NQ key 29362.00. $GC broken out weekly basis > 4661.5. If dips below watch for flush. 4683.2 4hr S, 4752.8 R. $SI daily 68.405 S /70.425 R. $CL 85.13 S/ 86.1…

Trade Plan for 8/24 - 8/28

Julia Cordova✨ — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:00:03 GMT

Last week in the front/public section of this note I wrote that $SI/Silver futures had broken out:

We saw great continuation for silver last week… and how good were my levels? Here’s how my silver dip buying level performed:

The low for the week was 62.45 just above first level support. 💰✅🍸

Even if metals decline this week, I outline backtest levels that are still great buys in my opinion!

For the indices, I felt the week could go either way as the previous week’s close was literally .25 of a point away from my first level resistance. Like metals, I believe that $NQ/Nasdaq futures are broken out, but the real backtest of that breakdown is lower. I give levels to buy and sell underneath.

I took a short the pop approach to $CL/crude oil futures, but we saw a breakout there.😑

Summary of Market Action Last Week:

· The indices futures dropped for most of the week and only rallied marginally on Friday despite monthly OPEX and end of week shenanigans. $NQ/Nasdaq futures was the relative loser for the week.

· Despite weakness in the indices, $GDX/gold miners rallied substantially amid strength in both gold and silver.

· $CL/Crude Oil futures broke out, but interestingly $XOP/oil equites underperformed the commodity after previously showing relative strength for several weeks.

Here’s how last week closed out:

I broadcast hourly charts with weekly and daily levels 23/5 on Discord while futures are open. I give commentary and positioning during market hours.

For the week ahead (8/24 – 8/28/26)

Freaky OPEX Friday Plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:35:06 GMT

Monthly OPEX and end of week today so watch for shenanigans! $ES key 7695.50. Bearish while under. > 7730.75 could be squeezy. $NQ weekly 29592.25 key. $GC 4595.2 S/4698.2 R. $SI 68.31 daily S, 70.435 R. $CL confirmed breakout > 86.17.

Last call for Thursday

Julia Cordova✨ — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:33:14 GMT

For today $ES has major double daily support at 7695.50. If lost, I expect a big flush. $NQ lost blue line support EOD yesterday and diamonded out on the hourly before falling this am. Must recover 29584 to undo that breakdown. $RTY major support 30023. $GC 4518.0 4hr support. $CL > 86.17 no bueno for indices short term. Must pit close below or will con…

Well well well Wednesday Plan

Julia Cordova✨ — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:21:54 GMT

Indices chopped downwards overnight, but am news rebounded $ES just above support and $NQ back above daily/weekly levels it flushed from yesterday. For today, $ES key is the ascending line marked 7761.00 for the 9am hour. V bullish if confirm over 7771.50. $NQ key 29677.75. Weekly support 29592.25 under, V bullish over 29846.00. $GC held 4409.9 overall …

Turnaround Tuesday Levels

Julia Cordova✨ — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:32:12 GMT

Flush yesterday after losing that blue line and the flush continued overnight. For today, the ascending pink line marked 7754.25 is key for $ES (possible diamond on daily?). Under 7687.00 daily is bearish. For $NQ > 29846.00 bullish, >29677.75 key constructive, < 29564.50 (daily/weekly) bearish. $GC v bullish intermediate picture > 4409.9. 4367.7 4hr su…