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NQ pre-market prep · Monday, September 28, 2026

NQ Premarket Levels, Monday, September 28, 2026: Down 240, 30,664 and the VWAP Above

Happy Monday. NQ is down about 240 points into the new week, trading around 30,642, and there is no news on today's plan, so this one is straight price action.

The week starts clean. The levels go on fresh from the weekly down to the daily, support and resistance both, and they are locked in before the one hour ever gets a look.

This is trading education, not a signal or a promise.

Levels drawn before the open

Every level below was drawn on the chart before 9:30 ET and checked against the price axis. They are graded after the close by fixed rules, whichever way they go.

LevelRole at the openResultWhat price did
30,913.80drawnafter the close
30,776.07drawnafter the close
30,664.12drawnafter the close
30,505.52drawnafter the close
30,422.84drawnafter the close
30,318.94drawnafter the close
30,177.36drawnafter the close
29,581.20drawnafter the close

The plan

Overnight, price flushed to the downside and it is still in a downtrend, so the trend line is on the chart. Price bounced around 5 a.m. near the 30,580 area and reversed there, and that area has been acting as both support and resistance.

Above, the first thing to watch is a run up to 30,664, which sits just under the VWAP, the yellow line. Either one is more likely to push price back down than let it through.

So at the open it is one of two things: a rejection up there, or price coming back down to the trend line and bouncing for a run up. There is also a double bottom on the six minute.

A level is a reference drawn in advance, not a forecast.

In the video

  1. 0:00Monday: NQ down about 240, around 30,642
  2. 0:12A fresh week: levels from the weekly chart
  3. 0:49No news today, straight price action
  4. 1:00Down to the daily for new levels
  5. 2:22Support and resistance, locked in
  6. 2:29The one hour and the overnight session
  7. 2:57The flush, and a downtrend
  8. 3:05The trend line
  9. 3:15The 5 a.m. bounce near 30,580
  10. 3:40A run to 30,664, just under the VWAP
  11. 3:48What to watch at the open
  12. 4:02A double bottom on the six minute
  13. 4:06Questions, ciycapital.com and the candlestick challenge

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