4d • Daily Market Review
📊 Trading Plan & Recap – September 25, 2025
Happy Thursday, traders!
It’s September 25th, 2025, and today’s trading session brought some unusual challenges — but also some solid learning opportunities. Between calls, meetings, and life distractions, I had limited screen time, which forced me to rely on patience, discipline, and structure.
Market Context
Before diving into the trades, let’s zoom out:
- Trend: The market has been in a downtrend since Monday’s high near 25,000.
- Pullback: Over the last three sessions, price steadily pulled back. On the daily chart, it still looks like a pullback inside a longer-term uptrend.
- Key Support: Yesterday’s fall landed directly on the 200-hour moving average, which acted as strong support.
This gave me a bias for a bounce today, but shorts still looked favorable after the early recovery.
Pre-Market Trades
Knowing my morning would be packed with calls, I took a few early trades:
- Long from 56 → 71 (+15 pts): Solid scalp using support levels.
- A couple of stop-outs: Entered too soon and got clipped by tight stops.
The takeaway: Pre-market can provide good opportunity, but only if managed carefully with wider context in mind.
Market Open Action
At 7 a.m., price was sitting around 24,570. The open brought steady selling pressure:
- Early longs too soon: Tried fading the first drop, risking ~6 points. The entries were premature, costing me ~40 points total.
- Recovery trade: Waited for confirmation, added contracts after a retracement, and caught a clean move back up. This helped recover earlier losses.
👉 Lesson: Don’t buy on red candles. Wait for structure and confirmation before stepping in.
Key Structures & Signals
- Wedge formations: Price action built both descending and ascending wedges, which created strong setups once broken.
- Buying dots + moving averages: On the 2-minute, buying dots aligned with the 20 EMA — a strong signal to stay in trades longer.
- Support levels: Prior-day support and hourly moving averages provided reliable bounce zones.
Distractions & Execution
Life definitely interfered today: phone calls, a neighbor’s dog running in, and kids being sick. These distractions led to:
- Moving stops too quickly.
- Exiting early instead of letting trades develop.
- Missing follow-through opportunities.
The good news: when I followed the process, the trades worked. When I rushed, they didn’t.
🎯 Lessons for Traders
- Patience Wins – Wait for structure and confirmation before entry.
- Size Appropriately – Start small, then add when price confirms your idea.
- Respect Context – Daily and hourly levels set the stage for intraday trades.
- Stay Focused – If life distractions are high, reduce size or step aside.
Final Thoughts
Today was messy at times, but the market structure played out exactly as expected. My biggest challenge wasn’t reading the market — it was managing execution under distraction.
Every session is a reminder: trading isn’t just about charts, it’s about mindset, patience, and discipline💡
Thanks for reading — and let’s see how tomorrow unfolds!
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📊 Trading Plan & Recap – September 25, 2025
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