SSL: Price opened in the zone. News hit mid-trade. Resistance sat right at entry. Here is how to read each one.
Today I walked Game Plan members through three different zone situations in a single session.
Price opened inside the original put zone. News hit the call zone mid-trade. The new put zone had multi-day VWAP sitting right at entry.
Three different problems. One system. Here is how you handle each one.
When price opens inside the zone
This one stings. You set the zone before the market opens. And when the bell rings the SPY has already gapped right into it. The zone completed before you could take it. No dice.
Here is the rule. If price opens inside a zone, you do not take it.
But here is what you can do. If price pops back out and re-enters the zone, you can play that re-entry.
You are waiting for price to come back and confirm the level is real.
Today the original put zone opened inside and completed before we could trade it. That is not a loss. That is the system protecting you from a bad entry.
When news hits mid-trade
The call zone was a valid zone. Then news hit. Iran said they were not in discussions with Trump. Price rolled fast.
That is the reality of trading in a news-driven market. A headline does not care about your zone.
It does not ask permission. It hits, the algos react, and if you are in a trade you can get popped out before the zone completes.
This does not mean you avoid the zone. It means you size it for the environment.
On a day when tweets are moving SPY every thirty minutes, you do not overcommit. You take the trade and you manage it small.
Today the call zone did not complete because of the news. We move on.
When resistance sits at entry
The new put zone entry was not my favorite. We hit multi-day VWAP right at the entry point.
Multi-day VWAP is the volume-weighted average price over the past two days. Think of it as a wall that algos and institutions treat as a reference. When price hits it, you get hesitation. Sometimes a bounce. Sometimes a chop that goes nowhere.
It does not mean you skip the zone. I took it. It is in the portfolio. But you need to know that wall is there before you enter.
If you are risk-off, skip a zone that hits multi-day VWAP at entry. If you are risk-on, take it and give it room.
That is the whole thing. You read what is in front of you. Not what you predicted would be there.
The one job you have
Zones with news risk. Zones that opened inside. Zones with resistance at entry. All of it still comes down to the same thing.
The zone is already built. The level is already set. You have one job: decide how much you want to put on it. After that it is the Game Plan's problem, not yours.
The setups are the bark. The money is the bite.
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Rock On,
Voz