{"id":169,"date":"2026-01-19T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:14:33","slug":"dec-16-2025-profit-269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Dec 16, 2025 Profit $269"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025-12-16 Nasdaq Futures Recap, Profit $269\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VuBOllt8bBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is <strong>December 16, 2025<\/strong>, and this is your <strong>Daily Nasdaq Futures Recap<\/strong>\u2014the show where we dissect every major market move, break down all the key data points, and dive into every trade executed by our algorithmic trading system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without further ado, let\u2019s get right into the action!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Market News &amp; Landscape<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a relatively light day on the macroeconomic front, but with key job data releases on the horizon, the stage was set for a volatile market. Here&#8217;s what we saw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8:15 AM<\/strong>: ADP Employment Change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8:30 AM<\/strong>: Non-farm Payrolls, Core Retail Sales, followed by the Unemployment Rate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No tech firm was scheduled to release earnings after the bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overnight Session<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the market reopened at <strong>6:00 PM<\/strong>, Nasdaq futures took an initial dip. Our robot swiftly entered a <strong>short position<\/strong> right at the open. A small profit was locked in as that position was closed soon after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <strong>Asian markets<\/strong> came online, Nasdaq took another dip. Our system entered a <strong>short trade<\/strong> once again. However, a quick reversal saw us exit with a <strong>150 dollars loss<\/strong>. After that, the market remained relatively quiet for the rest of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Morning Session (European &amp; US Open)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong>3:00 AM<\/strong>, our algorithm spotted a clean <strong>breakout<\/strong> from a consolidation zone and entered a <strong>long position<\/strong>. That trade was closed by <strong>4:00 AM<\/strong>, securing a solid profit and leaving our realized loss at just <strong>35 dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong>8:15 AM<\/strong>, another long position was initiated, which was closed shortly thereafter for a profit. By this time, our realized profit had climbed to <strong>63 dollars<\/strong>, with an additional <strong>78 dollars<\/strong> unrealized gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The big data releases came at <strong>8:30 AM<\/strong>, with <strong>Non-farm Payrolls<\/strong> coming in <strong>64K better<\/strong> than expected, and <strong>Core Retail Sales<\/strong> outperforming expectations with a <strong>0.4% increase<\/strong> (up from 0.1% previously).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ADP Employment Change<\/strong>: 16.25K vs. 4.75K prior<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unemployment Rate<\/strong>: 4.6% (up from 4.4%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With all the data hitting the market at once, volatility spiked. Our robot quickly closed the long position, locking in a <strong>136 dollars profit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9:30 AM US Stock Market Open<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the US market opened, Nasdaq fluctuated between jumps and drops. Meanwhile, <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> continued its downward spiral. Our robot executed <strong>4 trades<\/strong>\u20143 winners and 1 loser\u2014bringing the realized gain back to <strong>98 dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another losing trade soon followed, but the damage was minimal, leaving us with just a <strong>2 dollars realized loss<\/strong>. Then, at <strong>10:00 AM<\/strong>, the market made a sudden turn south, with <strong>AI stocks<\/strong> and <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> both taking hits. Our robot capitalized on the movement, entering a <strong>short trade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>noon<\/strong>, that short position was closed for a solid <strong>271 dollars profit<\/strong>, bringing our realized gain to <strong>269 dollars<\/strong> for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Afternoon Session &amp; Close<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the afternoon, Nasdaq was hovering around the <strong>25,100<\/strong> level, with no clear direction in sight. As a result, there were no trading signals for the remainder of the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>After-Hours Session<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were no tech earnings releases after the bell, which marked the end of our trading for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summary &amp; Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, today was a typical market day following the release of <strong>Non-farm Payrolls<\/strong> and <strong>Unemployment Data<\/strong>. With significant volatility, our robot was able to finish with a $<strong>269 gain<\/strong> by trading just one contract of the <strong>E-micro Nasdaq futures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is December 16, 2025, and this is your Daily Nasdaq Futures Recap\u2014the show where we dissect every major market move, break down all the key data points, and dive &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}