NQ: Weekly Prep 35/2025
NQ defended 23200 demand last week, rebounded into 23620 resistance. Bias shifts to balanced-to-bullish with upside open if 23630 clears.
Weekly Briefing:
📊 Nasdaq Futures Report
📆 34/2025:
🕓 Analysis Window: 34/2025: Sunday-Friday
🕓 Game Plan Window: 35/2025: Sunday-Friday
💡 Focus: Order intensity, structure, and directional bias
🔍 Narrative Summary
Nasdaq Futures traded through a volatile week, breaking lower early before finding strong demand around the 23200–23280 shelf. Intense order flow clustered here provided the base for a late-week rebound. Resistance emerged near 23620–23630, capping upside momentum into Friday.
Bias last week: Bearish-to-Neutral, with demand emerging mid-week.
Projected bias next week: Balanced-to-Bullish, with key focus on whether demand shelf at 23200–23280 continues to hold and if acceptance develops above 23620–23630.
📌 Note: Next week Red Folder Economic Events:
| Event | Date | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| New Home Sales | 08/25 | 10:00 |
| Durable Goods | 08/26 | 08:30 |
| UC Claims | 08/28 | 08:30 |
| PCE | 08/29 | 08:30 |
| Michigan Consumer Sentiment | 08/29 | 10:00 |
🔮 Next Week (35/2025) Game Plan
📈 Base Case – Responsive Range
Open Inside 23300–23600
→ Expect fades from 23620–23630 into 23300–23280
→ Price likely oscillates around 23480–23560 magnet zone
📉 Breakdown Risk
Loss of 23200
→ Clears Demand/support
→ Exposes 23120 → 23040 → 22950 → 22800 downside ladder
⚠️ 23200–23280 (1H/4H) = Trend demand zone / structural inflection
→ Watch for volume confirmation — avoid chasing into low-liquidity zones
🚀 Breakout Scenario
Sustained acceptance above 23630
→ Clears Supply/resistance
→ Opens path toward 23760 → 23850 → 23925 → 24050 upside ladder
⚠️ 23620–23630 (1H/4H) = Trend supply zone / structural inflection
→ Watch for volume confirmation — avoid chasing into low-liquidity zones
🧊 Key Heatmap Observations
🔹 23620 → 113,856 @ 08/22 10:30 – Heavy resistance cluster, capped rebound
🔹 23260 → 95,351 @ 08/21 10:30 – Intense buy defense, formed demand shelf
🔹 23700 → 86,405 @ 08/19 09:00 – Early-week supply rejection, marked downtrend start
🔹 23760 → 83,255 @ 08/18 10:30 – Supply block, reinforced resistance ceiling
🔧 Price Clusters by Timeframe
| Timeframe | Price Levels | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 15min | 23520–23630 | Micro supply/demand tug-of-war late week |
| 30min | 23505–23625 | Intraday HVNs around resistance |
| 1H | 23200–23620 | Demand shelf & capped rebound |
| 4H | 23200–23625 | Broad supply/resistance clustering |
| 1D | 23200–23800 | Macro shelf support with overhead resistance |
| 2D | 22950–23850 | Long-term composite range, mean reversion candidates |
📈 Stay objective. Trade your plan with context.