Introduction When we covered gold’s 7.6% run earlier this week, the driver was a collapse in September rate-hike expectations. The dollar is the other side of that trade, and it tells the same story from the opposite direction: DXY fell from roughly 101.70 in late July to 99.50 in early August, a drop of about Read More…
NQ Long Trade Alert, August 13, 2026
NQ is coiling in a rising wedge just under 30,000 after reclaiming the August 5 low near 27,215 with a sharp multi-day bounce. Price is now pressing against the top of a consolidation range. Trade Setup Bias: Long Entry: Close above 30,074 Stop: 29,600 Target: 31,000 Invalidation A close back below 29,600 negates the setup Read More…
Dow Jones Futures (YM) Technical Analysis, 13 August 2026
Introduction The Dow was the one major index that did not celebrate the July inflation report. While the S&P 500 opened at a record high and the Nasdaq closed up 0.54% on August 12, the Dow settled at 53,770.27 — down 21.58 points, or 0.04%, on a day the data went its way. YM has Read More…
Nasdaq Futures (NQ) Technical Analysis, 12 August 2026
Follow-Up: What Played Out Since August 5 Analysis We flagged 30,000 as the level to watch in our last analysis on Nasdaq, with a close above it opening the door to 30,300 and the June highs. Price never got there. Instead, NQ spent five sessions grinding sideways beneath that number, closing at 29,794.75 — 101 Read More…
Gold Futures (GC) Technical Analysis, August 11, 2026
Follow-Up: What Played Out Since August 4 Gold has done exactly what we were watching for. In our previous analysis, price was stuck at 4,118.8 in a tight range between 4,050 and 4,200, and the one thing we singled out was a quiet series of higher lows building in RSI while price went nowhere. That Read More…
First Funded Account, $13,747 Withdrawn: How Pamela Did It in Just 14 Days.
Introduction A 23% win rate doesn’t sound like the formula for a $13,747 withdrawal. But for Pamela, a 29-year-old freelancer from Chile, it was. Just 14 days after receiving her first funded account with OneUp Trader, Pamela withdrew $13,747 while trading the E-mini S&P 500 (ES). What makes her performance especially interesting isn’t simply how Read More…
Crude Oil (CL) Technical Analysis, August 6, 2026
Follow-Up: What Played Out Since August 3 We flagged 79.92 as the level that needed to hold in our last analysis on crude, with a break opening the door to the 75.00–77.00 shelf. Oil fell hard into that zone, losing roughly 11% across the week’s first three sessions and closing at 75.22, right at the Read More…
Nasdaq Futures (NQ) Technical Analysis, 5 August 2026
Follow-Up: What Played Out Since July 31 We need to take a look at Nasdaq again because of the recent rally we have seen, which is a very strong v reversal. For those who regularly follow the technical analysis we post on our blog, you would know we were watching the 27,156 level very closely Read More…
Gold Futures (GC) Technical Analysis – 4 August 2026
Introduction Let’s take a look at Gold’s year so far: a parabolic run to an all-time high in January, followed by one of the more sustained corrections the metal has seen in years. After falling more than a quarter from that peak, price has spent the last few weeks doing something it hadn’t done since Read More…
Crude Oil (CL) Technical Analysis August 3, 2026
Follow-Up: July 29 Levels The prior analysis flagged a close below 79.92 as the signal that the 82 confluence zone had failed, with 75.00 as the initial downside target. Price has now closed at 79.67, right at that trigger. The setup is playing out as the bearish case outlined, and this week is going to Read More…











