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Weekly kickoff levels from John Hoagland

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John Doherty
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Every Friday afternoon, Topstep Performance Coach John Hoagland fires up his charts to find his Weekly Kickoff Levels, which identify the trends and “areas of importance” futures traders should look out for in the coming week.

Read on to see what John’s keeping his eye on…

Hoag’s levels for the week of February 16, 2026

Crude Oil

Contract: CLJ6

Market Direction: Sideways

Areas of Importance: 65.60 & 60.60

CL will roll early this week to the (J) April contract

Daily candlestick chart of crude oil futures with weekly levels near 58.80 high and 55.20 low.

Gold

Contract: GCJ6

Market Direction: Sideways

Areas of Importance: 5210.00 & 4880.00

Daily candlestick chart of gold futures in an uptrend with weekly levels near 4,560 and 4,227.

Euro FX Futures

Contract: 6EH6

Market Direction: Sideways

Areas of Importance: 1.1980 & 1.1837

Daily candlestick chart of Dow Jones futures showing volatility with weekly key levels.

Dow Jones

Contract: YMH6

Market Direction: Sideways

Areas of Importance: 50510 & 49150

Daily candlestick chart of Nasdaq futures showing an uptrend with weekly key levels marked.

Nasdaq-100

Contract: NQH6

Market Direction: Sideways

Areas of Importance: 25506.00 & 24330.00

Daily candlestick chart of S&P 500 futures in an uptrend with weekly key levels.

S&P 500

Contract: ESH6

Market Direction: Sideways

Areas of Importance: 7031.00 & 6797.00

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