This week I’ve released a downloadable version of my trading plan guide! This document holds the architecture behind my decisions, from defining the purpose of the system, to containing risk, to self-management under pressure.

Inside the guide, you’ll find:

• Plan Purpose & Objectives — defining what your plan exists to solve and the result it’s built to support

• Risk Framework — outlining the guardrails that contain exposure and protect the account

• Core Trade Models — mapping a trade from setup through exit

• Triggers & Self-Management — identifying behavioral patterns that disrupt proper execution

• Market & Technical Framework — clarifying the lens you use to assess structure and environment

• Review & Governance — creating a rhythm for refinement and progress

If you’re building your own operating system, this will give you a clear place to start. It’s built to be simple at the core and expandable over time. The structure stays the same, but the nuance evolves.

This past Saturday I walked through this guide in a workshop and we got some great work done! We clarified a few objectives, tightened risk decisions, identified the triggers that get in the way of rule-following, and even added a few missing rules to someone’s plan.

Next month I’ll be hosting another Trading Plan workshop inside the community, date and time TBD. That’s also where I host other workshops and AMAs, where you can bring your plan, your trades, and your questions so we can work through them together.

Join the community here.

SPX Review and Outlook

Nothing new to see here on SPX. Still the same weekly box, and we’re still rotating around inside of it.

On the daily chart, you can clearly see the two weekly levels that have been containing price. We’re sitting around 6,900, which is essentially the middle of that range. From here, there’s room to move in either direction. The most recent move has been back up off the lower band, so for now the rotation has been upward, but we’re still inside the structure.

How to use these levels:

• If you think we continue rotating higher, then you position for upside trades and manage as we approach the upper band near 7,000. That’s where you reassess, does price push through and hold, or does it reject again.

• If price starts to lose momentum here and turn back down, then the lower band near 6,800 comes back into focus. That level has been holding overall, and a clean break with acceptance below it changes the tone.

• Inside the box, you’re trading legs. You’re not predicting the breakout, you’re responding to where we are within the structure.

That’s it. Same range, same levels, just another week rotating inside it.

Snapshots

Even though the index itself is still range-bound and SPX is still rotating between 6,800 and 7,000, some individual stocks appear to be stabilizing (putting in a bottom).

Here are a few on my shortlist. These names have structure forming underneath them and could support upside trades if that structure continues to hold.

AXP

AXP is holding 336, the prior breakout level (Oct 17) and retest (Nov 18). On Friday, price moved away from 336 again.

• I’m positioning for the upside, with 350 as the first area I want to see clear.

• If 350 clears and holds, upside targets are 370, then 387 (prior highs).

• A break back below 336 shifts this back into “may need more time” territory.

AMD

AMD is back at the lower edge of the rotation it’s been in since October.

• Price is sitting on the lower range support around 200 (weekly level), after tagging this same area earlier in February.

• If this area holds, I’m watching for a rotation back toward 224.

• If price can get back above 224 and hold it, that puts 264 back in play (top of the range).

• If 200 breaks and we can’t reclaim it, then it may need a deeper reset, with 182–170 as the next zone.

• Recent price action is starting to look like a potential double bottom near the lower band, so I’m currently more interested in positioning for the upside versus looking for a downside trade.

INTC

INTC is pulling back after its recent push and is now working into support.

• Price is hovering above the 42 weekly level and the rising trendline.

• Friday showed some buyer interest, but there’s no confirmed pivot yet.

• This may need a few more days of back-and-forth before a clearer base forms.

• A flush into 42 and the trendline would still keep the broader structure intact.

• I’m watching for stabilization first, then a defined pivot to position for the upside.

Everything in this week’s note comes back to the same thing, having a clear structure before you take action. Whether you’re building your trading plan, navigating SPX inside a range, or watching individual names start to stabilize, the work is in defining your levels and letting price do the rest. Slow it down, stay anchored to your process, and let the edge come from clarity.

Build the plan. Trade the levels. Review the results.

See you inside the community!