Theme of the Day:
A textbook Cycle Day 1 unfolded with crisp, symmetrical swings, giving traders both bull and bear opportunities to execute with precision. The dominant narrative was alignment with structure: respect the LIS levels, fade extremes, and trail positions as the market painted its way from target to target.
Morning Session:
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Overnight trade had already fulfilled the Bull Scenario, tagging the 6725–6730 zone with ULTRA-MAN precision.
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Bulls attempted to extend toward the prior LIS 6745, but supply pushed back, setting up a sharp rotation.
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Manny’s Support Buy @ ES 6707 plan delivered early gains, while patience and discipline paid off for those who waited on the balance break.
Midday Execution:
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PTG’s DTS outline nailed the retest and breakdown sequence: 6701.75 flushed, targeting the 6685–6680 zone.
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A4/A10 combo shorts aligned perfectly with order-flow tells, bringing the promised land of 6685–6680 into play.
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David’s trail management emphasized Triple A discipline – Alignment, Assignment, Attack, with stops tightening as objectives were met.
Afternoon Session:
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Post-lunch, the market tested reclaim attempts from the money box lows, but 6700–6698 flipped to resistance.
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Cumulative TICK stayed sell-skewed, biasing continuation shorts.
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Into the final hour, a modest MOC buy imbalance ($2.6B) supported stabilization, but range-bound trade between 6680–6700 kept things contained.
Key Levels & Highlights:
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6730 – morning control level.
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6707 / 6700 – intraday pivot battleground.
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6685–6680 – target zone hit with precision.
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Manny: peeled profits systematically, stressing risk-first execution.
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Bruce: highlighted the importance of Cumulative TICK skew.
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Puma the cat: honorary risk manager of the afternoon.
Takeaway:
The session reinforced PTG’s Primary Directive – Stay in Alignment with the Dominant Force. Patience, disciplined execution, and risk-defined stops delivered results. From overnight precision targets to a clean midday breakdown into support, this CD1 was a thing of symmetrical beauty.