“Range Runners, Soap Slips & IEDs in the Tape”
Tuesday delivered exactly what disciplined traders love and impatient traders hate: a trappy, expiration-tinged Range Runner session packed with head-fakes, V-bottoms, V-tops, and perfectly engineered liquidity grabs.
The Morning Briefing: Levels Don’t Lie
The 6865 battle line — yesterday’s lower target — once again proved to be the session’s defining fulcrum.
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Bull Scenario: Sustain bids above 6865 ± → target 6885–6890
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Bear Scenario: Sustain offers below 6865 ± → target 6845–6840
And in textbook PTG fashion…
👉 BOTH upper and lower target zones were tagged with laser precision.
No predictions. Just execution.
Open Range Reality Check
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NQ OPR Long: stopped
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ES OPR Short: stopped
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CL OPR Short: Target 1 ✔️ Target 2 ✔️ trail elected → strategy complete
Losses taken where required. Profits pressed where earned.
As was wisely echoed in chat: losses are a cost — inconsistency is the crime.
Midday: The Market Gets… Nasty
As price chopped through the mid-zone:
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Bulls were officially “slipping on the soap”
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Long Liquidation Alert triggered near the 6845–6840 PTG lower zone
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Tape behavior turned IED-heavy — explosive moves in both directions with zero warning
This was not a “hold and hope” environment.
It was early or late — and late paid tuition.
Shout-Out Trade of the Day
🔥 Manny’s ES support buy (6820–6824)
Stalked all morning, launched patiently, trailed professionally — +22 on the runner.
That’s how preparation gets paid.
Final 30 Minutes: Bulls Regain Ball Control
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A4 Discount longs emerged
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Jam back toward VWAP at the 2:00 PM Shake n’ Bake
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MOC Buy Imbalance: $3.1B
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Imbalances paired off into the close — HAGEE
Not a trend day.
Not a fade day.
A Range Runner rhythm day, executed one level at a time.
PTG Takeaway
This session rewarded:
✅ Patience
✅ Level respect
✅ Scaling & trailing
❌ Chasing
❌ Emotional trading
❌ Assuming “this time is different”
As said best today:
“The train is never on time.”
If you weren’t early — you were late.