Power Emini Commentary – Notes – Education – Examples
This is the Power Emini “Notes” section. Below you’ll find ongoing commentary, trade examples, charts and general short-form random posts. This page gets updated every few days, so check back soon.
February 2026 – New Month – Updated Version
2/2/2026
About a week ago we released an update to the Power Emini Alert Software and indicator. Your software (and companion indicator) should show v4.8 now and if you still have the old v4.7 please email me and I’ll send the update instructions.
It’s actually a minor update that improves the “connectivity protocol” on the back-end to make the data faster and more stable. As I mentioned in last month’s notes, it also lays the foundation for an upcoming “upgrade” that’s going to be a big deal. We’re improving the user interface to be more modern and it will have some really cool new bells and whistles. The upgrade is coming later this Spring.
For now, The Alerts in this recent v4.8 “update” haven’t changed at all. We did make some tiny changes to the look so that if you have the “Color Tabs for Alerts” checked in the Settings, you’ll notice on Long Alerts the active tab will be green and you’ll see a green border around the main section of the software like this:
For Short Alerts you’ll notice the tab and borders are red. So that’s just a tiny little visual change to help differentiate this update.
We’ve had the Momentum System running about 10 years now so I have a pretty good idea of what the average month looks like as far as the market’s “personality”.
The nominal ES price level is more than twice what it used to be just a few years back. So the point moves and ATR’s and general price volatility near ES 7000 are going to be extremely elevated compared to when it was trading in the 3000’s. But keep in mind that a 1-point ES move is still $50 no matter what the price level is.
It’s a good thing we have the Micros.
It makes sense that the market moves more points these days, but I also attribute some of the increased volatility to the news cycle. Some of the wildest price moves we saw last year were based on news releases that just came out of the blue and hit the tape. Recently we’ve seen the 18 point “fixed max stop” in play more than normal and it’s important to realize that means the market conditions aren’t really “normal”.
Some new users see that 18 point stop in play on a given day and that kind of startles them because hey, 18 points used to be a big move.
But just keep in mind that even with today’s “elevated” nominal price levels, we’re still probably only going to see the max stop on occasion like today. The numbers you see in the screenshot above are not normal. Those huge distances to the Targets and the max initial stop are likely to be temporary.
When the market settles down things will return to normal (if there is such a thing) and we can go weeks or months and never see the max stop come into play. On sessions where it is in play it’s important to keep things in perspective. More risk – more reward. The numbers can get really big when the market is abnormally volatile. There are times where that max stop is less than 1 ATR and we’ve seen instances where 18 points is “too tight of a stop” for the price action. Keep in mind there’s no upside limit to the Targets.
Today, the first trading day of February, Target 2 was 37.50 points away from the Entry. That’s not typical, but the system adjusts everything based on the current ATR’s.
Now that we’ve started a new month, I’ll be using this page to post commentary, notes and charts relating to the ES / MES Momentum System, our trading strategy and whatever else comes to mind. This “notes section” of the website isn’t intended to be a daily recap, but usually gets updated with new material every couple / few days. It’s a good place for me to post educational material and examples of how the Momentum System handles different market sessions.
Check back every couple / few days for updates.
Additional Useful Information
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January 2026 Commentary – Notes – Education – Examples
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