Little Bird TradingES Support and Resistance Levels
Daily day-trade levels for E-mini S&P 500 futures, published the evening before each US session. The prior session’s levels are free, along with what price actually did around them.
Most recent ES session, October 9, 2026
ES opened at 7827.25, stayed under the 7851 pivot and dropped to a low of 7783, then ended up closing at 7822.75. ES finished down 0.06% intraday and down 0.35% overall.
The full plan for this sessionWhat ES is
ES is the E-mini S&P 500 futures contract. It trades in a futures account, in whole contracts, for close to 23 hours a day.
ES specifications
- Value per index point
- $50
- Minimum tick
- 0.25 points, so $12.50 per tick
- Micro version
- MES at $5 per point, $1.25 per tick
- Regular session
- 9:30am to 4:00pm ET
- Intraday margin
- Futures margin set by the exchange and your broker
How to use the ES levels
Each plan lists a pivot, the level nearest the last price, with resistance levels above and support levels below. Draw them on your chart before the US open. The pivot is the first price to watch: holding above the pivot keeps the resistance levels in play, and losing the pivot points at the support levels.
The levels come from the regular session, 9:30am to 4:00pm ET, so they describe the hours when most ES volume trades. The recap above shows how price behaved around the last session’s levels, told from that session’s pivot.
The glossary defines every term in a plan, and the sample plan walks through one real session from the levels to the close. Every ES plan is on the ES plans page. See also ES to SPY and SPX conversion.
ES and SPY both track the S&P 500, so SPY is the ETF on the same index. Trading both is the same exposure twice. See which one to day trade.
Recent ES sessions
How price behaved around the levels published for each session.
ES opened at 7837.50, stayed under the 7882.50 pivot and pushed to a high of 7859.50, then ended up closing at 7850.75. ES finished up 0.17% intraday and down 0.38% overall.
ES opened at 7778.50, held above the 7778.25 pivot and ran through every resistance level up to 7804.50, and kept going to a high of 7847.75, then ended up closing at 7829.50. ES finished up 0.66% intraday and up 0.68% overall.
ES opened at 7789.25, held above the 7715 to 7737.75 zone, with a final close of 7775.75. ES finished down 0.17% intraday and up 0.66% overall.
ES opened at 7730, chopped inside the 7708.50 to 7734.50 zone, with a final close of 7725.75. ES finished down 0.05% intraday and up 0.06% overall.
ES opened at 7751.75, started inside the 7730 to 7754.25 zone then lost it, and finally closed at 7721. ES finished down 0.40% intraday and down 0.22% overall.
ES opened at 7772.75, never reached the 7804 to 7825.25 zone, with a final close of 7741. ES finished down 0.41% intraday and down 0.84% overall.
ES opened at 7,734.25, chopped inside the 7,706.75 to 7,781 zone, with a final close of 7,752.50. ES finished up 0.24% intraday and down 0.26% overall.
ES opened at 7,837, chopped inside the 7,715 to 7,840 zone, with a final close of 7,829.75. ES finished down 0.09% intraday and up 0.01% overall.
ES opened at 7,710, started inside the 7,684 to 7,715.50 zone then pushed above it, and finally closed at 7,725.50. ES finished up 0.20% intraday and up 0.30% overall.
ES opened at 7,713.50, held above the 7,618.75 to 7,656.75 zone, with a final close of 7,702.25. ES finished down 0.15% intraday and up 1.05% overall.
ES opened at 7,599, never reached the 7,638 to 7,660.50 zone, with a final close of 7,604.75. ES finished up 0.08% intraday and down 0.57% overall.
ES opened at 7,660.50, started inside the 7,652.50 to 7,689.50 zone then lost it, and finally closed at 7,647.25. ES finished down 0.17% intraday and down 0.41% overall.
ES opened at 7,646.75, never reached the 7,685.50 to 7,716 zone, with a final close of 7,645.50. ES finished down 0.02% intraday and down 0.73% overall.
ES opened at 7,746.25, dipped into the 7,707.25 to 7,740.75 zone and low of 7,711.75, then reclaimed, and finally closed at 7,721.25. ES finished down 0.32% intraday and down 0.15% overall.
Common questions
- What are the ES trading hours?
- The regular session runs 9:30am to 4:00pm ET. ES and NQ futures also trade close to 23 hours a day, and the levels here come from the regular session, when most of the volume trades.
- When are ES levels published?
- After the US close, usually by about 6:00pm ET, for the next session, so the levels are on your chart before the open.
- Are these ES levels free?
- The prior session's levels are free, together with a breakdown of how price behaved around them. The upcoming session's levels are Pro.
- How are the ES levels calculated?
- From price structure on the regular session, so the levels describe the hours most traders actually trade. Prices where the market repeatedly turned are grouped into levels.
Educational information only, not financial advice. Objective market structure and levels only. You make and own your trades.