Cycle Day 1 – Friday, March 13, 2026
Good Morning Traders.
Today’s Cycle Day 1 session once again delivered a textbook example of how the market tends to seek and fulfill predefined structural targets early in the cycle.
From the opening bell, price gravitated toward the D-Level Money Box Zone, executing another precision strike before rotating back toward the session’s Line in the Sand.
No surprises here for those following the Daily Trade Strategy (DTS).
📊 Cycle Day 1 Game Plan
🟢 Bull Case — Buyers Stay in Control
Acceptance north of 6700 ±5
Upside Probes:
• 6715
• 6725 ✅ Fulfilled
• 6735 ✅ Fulfilled
Once price cleared and converted the 6700 Line in the Sand, the market effectively opened the skylight, allowing the algorithmic expansion probes to run the upside objectives with surgical precision.
Cycle Day 1 doing Cycle Day 1 things.
🔴 Bear Case — Rotation / Reset
Acceptance south of 6700 ±5
Downside Targets:
• 6685
• 6675
• 6665 (still in play)
With the early upside objectives completed, the market shifted into Range Runner Mode, rotating back down through the session structure.
This keeps the sell-side focus active as price explores the lower end of the auction.
📍 Key Structural References
PVA Structure:
• PVA High Edge: 6717
• PVA Low Edge: 6690
Current Context
Price is now waffling around the “Whopper Zone” — a high-participation balance area where both sides are battling for short-term control.
Balance here typically precedes one of two outcomes:
1️⃣ Continuation rotation lower toward the 6665 objective
2️⃣ Reclaim of 6700 triggering another range expansion probe
⚙️ Market Character
Today has all the fingerprints of a Range Runner Day.
Translation:
Money Box ↔ Money Box
The auction rotates between institutional liquidity zones, harvesting stops and filling inventory as algorithms run ‘em up… then run ‘em down.
Classic two-sided trade.
🧭 Tactical Focus
For the remainder of the session:
• Watch ONL test potential
• Monitor acceptance relative to 6700
• Downside magnet remains 6665
Until buyers reclaim and hold above the LIS, the short-side rotation thesis remains intact.
⚡ Another Cycle Day 1 where targets were fulfilled early…
Go figure.
– PTG