A Mancini Alternative for Global Markets
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Adam Mancini's Trade Companion is one of the best-known daily SPX and ES plans. If you like the idea of a daily level-based plan and you also trade markets outside the US, this page covers how Little Bird Trading compares.
The description of the Trade Companion comes from its own About page as of October 2026.
What the Trade Companion covers
The Trade Companion is posted every day at 4pm. It covers the S&P 500 (SPX and ES futures) with several paragraphs of analysis, the levels, the entry triggers the author may be watching for the next day, and his general lean on the path price may take. A pinned Trade Methodology guide explains his setups, risk and trade management. The author describes it as an educational service. Source.
What Little Bird Trading covers
I publish the next session's support, resistance and pivot levels in two plans:
- Index Levels: ES, SPY, NQ and QQQ.
- Active Traders: NVDA, TSLA, BTC, ETH, GLD, SLV, CL, GC, AMD, MSTR, AAPL, PLTR, COIN, AMZN, META, MSFT, SMCI, HOOD, MARA, GME, IBIT, ETHA, INTC and RIVN.
Each plan is built from the regular US session and posted about 1 hour after the US close. BTC and ETH use normal US market hours. The posting times are on the Trade Plans page.
The main differences
| Trade Companion | Little Bird Trading | |
|---|---|---|
| Markets | SPX / ES | SPY, ES, QQQ, NQ, NVDA, TSLA, BTC and more |
| Format | Long written analysis with a lean | Level list with role (support, resistance, pivot) |
| Extra data per level | See site | Touches and volume at every level, busiest levels called out |
| Download as data | See site | Yes, through MyLinedChart (XLSX, JSON, CSV) |
| Languages | English | 15 languages |
| Observer plan | See site | Next session's levels 5 minutes before the open |
Which one fits you
Pick the Trade Companion if you trade ES only and want to follow one author's detailed reasoning each day. Pick Little Bird Trading if you trade ES alongside other index futures, if you want plain levels to load into your own rules, or if you want the levels as data. Plenty of traders use both: a written plan for context and a level list on the chart.
Pro All Access covers every symbol for $25.99 a month, or you can pick Index Levels at $10.99 or Active Traders at $20.99 a month. Prices in your currency are on the pricing page. Start with the Start Here page to see how the plans are built.
Is this financial advice?
No. Both are educational publications. Little Bird Trading publishes market structure and levels only. You make and own your trades. I am not affiliated with Adam Mancini or the Trade Companion.
Educational content only. Not investment advice.