$NQ $ES — WEEKLY REVIEW & FORWARD PLAN | Aug 25-29 → Sep 1-5, 20E-mini S&P 500 FuturesCME_MINI_DL:ES1!SalahTataouine📊 WEEKLY REVIEW — WHAT THE MARKET TOLD US (Aug 25-29) NQ closed its 3rd consecutive OTF Lower week — a disciplined, structured decline from the August highs. NQES Week High29,811.507,782.50 Week Low28,946.757,655.00 Week Close29,509.507,722.00 The story of Friday Aug 28: Open → SD+2 (29,811) → Questionable High per R34 → fled 100 pts/hour Dropped to SD-2 (29,436) → Look Below and Fail → massive absorption Closed ON POC (29,496) → perfect rotational day Key MGI Reading: 5 out of 5 78-min bars closed with POSITIVE delta (buyers absorbing all day despite falling prices). Sellers exhausted. The market stopped exactly at the Weekly Single Print High (29,440) + SD-2 (29,436) confluence. Not random. That's structure. What they DID: ✅ Tested SD+2 → Questionable High confirmed ✅ Tested SD-2 → absorption, LBF confirmed What they REFUSED to do: ❌ Break below Weekly Single Print (29,440) ❌ Fill the gap above (29,789-30,057) — still open, still attracting 📅 NEWS WEEK AHEAD — HIGH IMPACT NFP Context: Previous reading was -23K (job losses). Market will be positioned for the revision. A strong +58K+ print = risk-on, potential gap fill (29,789-30,057). A miss or second negative = risk-off, targeting Single Print Low (29,359) and below. 🗺️ KEY LEVELS WEEK AHEAD 📈 BULL SCENARIO Sunday Globex open above 29,440 + OVN inventory aligned Long → RTH reclaims 29,533 (weekly POC) → Targets: 29,709 → 29,812 → Gap fill 29,789-30,057 → Catalyst: ISM beat + NFP strong Friday 📉 BEAR SCENARIO Break + Accept below 29,440 (Single Print lost) → Targets: 28,959 (balance break) → 29,359 (SP low) → Catalyst: ISM miss Tuesday + second bad NFP Friday ⚠️ RULES OF THE WEEK • R2 — Split OVN and RTH. Sunday inventory determines Monday bias. • R8 — NFP week = uncertainty. Markets hate uncertainty. Size down Friday morning. • R18 — 5/5 positive delta = too short. Short squeeze risk remains active. • R27 — If gap fills rapidly Sunday night, go with direction immediately. • §9 — NQ diverging from ES (ES above weekly VAL, NQ below). Watch alignment. • R28 — NFP day: consider options or defined-risk strategies only. 🛌 ZAR OVERNIGHT ORDER (Sunday 6:00 PM EST) NFP week. Monthly close Monday. Structure is clear — the market will show its hand Sunday 6:00 PM EST. #NQ100 #SP500 #Futures #NFP #VolumeProfile #OrderFlow #VWAP #MarketProfile NQ ES