Trade Plans Beginner FAQ

Start here: what the Trade Plans actually is

Trade Plans is a daily set of day-trade levels for 20 stock markets, SPY, ES, QQQ and NQ in the US plus 19 more across Asia, Europe and the Americas, each published after that market closes, for its next session. You get the prices that matter for the session ahead. The entry, the timing and the risk stay with you and your own strategy. Beginners get the most out of it when they treat it as a map they read and act on themselves.

What do resistance, pivot and support mean here?

Every level in the plan is one of three things, relative to where price is sitting:

• Resistance sits above price. Sellers have stepped in there before, so a move up into it is a spot to expect friction.
• Support sits below price. Buyers have defended it before, so a move down into it is a spot where a fall may slow or stop.
• Pivot is the level nearest the last close. It is the one price is most likely to interact with first, which makes it the natural line to judge the session against.

All three mark where the market has reacted before, and the session shows whether it reacts there again. Keep the glossary open until the terms feel automatic.

Which levels should I use first?

Start with the pivot and the one level either side of it. Those three do most of the work in a normal session, because price has to travel through them before it reaches anything further out. The wider levels matter on trend days and gaps, and you can leave them on the chart without acting on them. Loading every level into your decision at once is the fastest way to freeze.

How do I use a level without over-trusting it?

A level is a decision point. Price arriving at support gives you a clean place to find out whether buyers are there: if the level holds and price turns, you have both a reference and an invalidation. If it breaks, that is information too, and the loss stays small because the level gave you a defined place to be wrong.

A practical routine is to mark the levels, set alerts near them, and wait for the setup your own strategy already uses. The most common beginner mistake is entering the moment price touches a level before waiting to see how it behaves there. The daily levels page always shows the latest published set so you can line them up against your chart before the open.

Do I have to trade every symbol in the plan?

No, and you should not. SPY and ES track the same index, as do QQQ and NQ, so trading both halves of a pair doubles the same exposure. Most days one instrument sets up more cleanly than the others. Pick the one that suits your account size and the tick value you are comfortable with, and let the rest be context.

Why are some sessions marked as sidelined?

Some days the levels do not resolve into anything worth trading, and the plan says so. A session with no clean structure is a legitimate outcome, and sitting it out is a position. A quiet day is usually just a quiet market.

What is the difference between Free and Pro?

The free tier gives you the previous session's levels plus a breakdown of how price actually behaved around them, which is the honest way to judge whether the levels are worth anything to you. Pro gives you the levels for the upcoming session, published about an hour after each market closes, so they are on your chart before the next open. Details are on the Trade Plans page and pricing.

Do I need MyLinedChart to use the levels?

No. Every number is written out, so you can plot the levels by hand on any charting platform you already use. MyLinedChart is the convenience layer: it draws them for you and exports the whole chart as XLSX, JSON or CSV, which matters if you keep records or want to hand the data to an AI agent to turn into rules. It just saves time.

When are the levels published?

SPY and ES for the S&P 500, and QQQ and NQ for the Nasdaq 100, go out after the US close for the next US session. Each of the other 19 markets goes out about an hour after its own close, for its next session.

A simple first-week routine

• The evening before: mark the pivot and the level either side of it for the one instrument you have chosen.
• At the level: set alerts near it and step away from the screen.
• On confirmation: take only the setups your own strategy already recognizes, and skip the rest.
• After the close: review whether you followed your process.

The edge compounds when execution is boring and repeatable, and the levels just make it likelier you are pointed at the right prices.

Is this financial advice?

No. Trade Plans publishes objective market structure and levels. There are no signals, no calls on direction, and no recommendations. You make and own your trades.