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NQ pre-market prep · Friday, October 23, 2026

NQ Premarket Levels, Friday, October 23, 2026: Indecisive at 29,135: A Bounce to 29,373, or 28,933

Happy Friday. NQ is down about 25 points and indecisive: which direction does it want to go?

There's support around 29,088, but not enough volume to push up and take out yesterday's bearish engulfing candle. Yesterday was crazy: one candle took out the three before it, so we're still in a continuation to the downside.

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THE LEVELS The key level is 29,135. My projection is a nice little bounce.

THE ONE HOUR Nasty consolidation. Overnight it sold off at six o'clock, basically the same pattern as yesterday: all the way down, then consolidate. Now we see whether price holds below 29,135 and continues to the downside, or goes up and revisits 29,373.

THE NEW LEVEL On the daily there's another level to add: 28,933. That's where I want to see price come down to, and we're not too far off.

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

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
29,373.82drawnafter the close
29,135.00drawnafter the close
28,933.17drawnafter the close

In the video

  1. 0:00Friday: NQ down about 25, indecisive
  2. 0:13Support around 29,088
  3. 0:22Not enough volume to take out yesterday's engulfing
  4. 0:34Still a continuation to the downside
  5. 0:42My projection: a nice little bounce
  6. 0:48The key level: 29,135
  7. 0:56The one hour: nasty consolidation
  8. 1:11The six o'clock sell-off, same pattern as yesterday
  9. 1:31Hold below 29,135, or revisit 29,373
  10. 1:44A new level on the daily: 28,933

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