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🔑 Session Notes:
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Line in the Sand: 6465
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Cycle Day: 1
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Overnight sellers failed to press below 6460, setting up a potential rally backdrop.
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Crude Oil: Rolled to October (V) contract.
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@CL Open Range Shorts: Textbook execution, with all targets hit early.
📉 ES Futures:
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Default sandbox zone: 60–70.
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Early action: uneventful, narrow neutral range, demanding patience.
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Midday trade: Test of 6475 pivot zone failed, confirming resistance.
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Afternoon tone: Low conviction, “vacation day” tape – better suited for education than active trading.
💡 Educational Highlights:
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Team discussions on Right Side Pivot Rule (RSPR), EMA slope, and bracket-style setups.
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Mental edge topics surfaced with mentions of Rande Howell and trading psychology work.
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Community analogies (from baseball coaching to slippery soap 🧼) kept the tone light despite the chop.
🎯 Takeaway:
Cycle Day 1 came with a defensive stance for bulls, but neither side pressed conviction beyond the 6465–6475 battleground. In short: a “stay nimble, stay patient” type of Monday.