Mastering One Good Trade for New York Session

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Mastering One Good Trade for New York SessionE-mini Nasdaq-100 FuturesCME_MINI:NQ1!ChastonMatta📍 Trade Overview Asset: Nasdaq 100 E-Mini Futures Direction: Short Entry Price : 23607.0 Exit Price : 23512.85 Date of Trade : 08/07/2025 R:R Target : 5.26 Result: Win Timeframe: 15min 🧠 Trade Thesis Behavior of price was the key to this trade around the specific time of New York open along with sweeping the London high combined with an ADR pivot level and a rise in Asian and London for the reversal in New York. 📊 Technical Breakdown Structure: (M formation, False Breakout, double top) Key Levels: (HOD supply/demand, pushed above London high, directly at ADR Pivot Level) Indicators (if any): (e.g., TDI, EMA confluence, RSI divergence) Volume Behavior: (3 pushes into the high for NY open, stop hunt, bearish engulfing on the 15 and 5 minute) ⏱️ Timing Session: NYC Minute of Entry: Early in the session / 10:10amEST Context in Session: Breakout window, equities hour 🧩 Execution Details Entry Trigger: (Candle close confirmation with a bearish engulfing) Stop Loss Location: (Above wick of 5 minute entry candle) Target: (ADR / measured move) 🔍 Post-Trade Analysis What went right? Price instantly rejected the level it was at and reached target fairly quickly. What could have been better? Could have taken YM for a better setup instead. Would I take this trade again? Yes. A+ setup but not A+++ due to it not being at a major level like the other indices were.