Micro-Auction Trading PlanMicro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Index Futures (Jun 2026)CME_MINI:MNQM2026SidgateExtracting profits with: *Extremely small risk *Extremely short holding time *Extremely high trade frequency Small risk = tight stop & tight structure Short time = seconds or minutes Trade resolves quickly - it works or it doesn't Micro-structure Tight stop Quick trade Tools of the Trade *overnight sweeps *overnight hinges *overnight impulse legs *overnight balance zones *prior day hinges *macro-hinge POCs *macro-hinge HVNs *prior day settlement *prior day POC *prior day micro-balances *cup/inverted cup lips *double bottom/double top necklines and floors/ceilings *VPOC *economic/geo-political news *FRVP *15s, 1m, 5m, & 15m charts *VWAP NOTE: Expand this chart and you will see there is no shortage of structure for price to interact with. Trade Plan 1. Pre-Market Prep *mark overnight sweeps *mark overnight hinges *mark overnight impulse legs *mark overnight balance zones These will give you initial directional bias and initial liquidity magnets. Of course, on your charts you will have annotations from prior days that will act as structural magnets and response zones. 2. Opening Read *does the market want to go up? *does it want to go down? *at key levels is price being accepted, absorbed or rejected? *is there any economic/geo-political news to be anticipated or digested? This is your CONTEXT ENGINE. You are not predicting. You are observing the FACTS. What are the FACTS? 3. Execution Logic *trades are triggered by sweep rejections *trades are triggered by macro-hinge POC/HVN rejections *trades are triggered by price shelf rejections *trades are triggered by reclaim of any rejections NOTE: A failed move in one direction will result in a fast move in the opposite direction. This is the predicate for these trades. Therefore, most days you can easily do 100 or more of these trades. 4. Dynamic Profit-Taking *22 points if market is expanding fast and clean *12 points if expansion is healthy *5 - 7 points if expansion is weak *1 point if price stalls This is auction-responsive risk management based on momentum, absorption, opposing flows, micro-pullbacks and failure of price to move in your direction. 5. Loss Logic *if price stalls and appears to be going against you get out fast - even if it means taking a loss. NOTE: This is not an emotional decision. It is an intentional risk-of-ruin minimizer. A scalper protects the session not the trade. Put it behind you. Move on. This is why you can do 100+ trades a day. 6. Trade Quality Logic A. Good trade confirms your read quickly *moves from entry quickly *does not stall B. Bad trade contradicts your read quickly *hesitates *loses momentum NOTE: You will quickly know a good trade from a bad one. This is why you cut your loser fast and move on. You will become good at this. Soon you will have very, very few losers. Personal Notes *keep at it *master your charts *keep an eye on VWAP *if one chart gets too busy with drawings go to another. On TradingView there are four - 1. MNQ1!, 2. NQ1!, 3. MNQM2026, 4. NQM2026 NOTE: CORRECT MECHANICS and CORRECT LOGIC will absolutely, thoroughly, completely and totally eliminate emotion and absorb you into the chart on a very real CEREBRAL and INTUITIVE level. ANNOTATE! ANNOTATE! And ANNOTATE some more! Just keep ANNOTATING! Eventually there will be zero emotion. Just correct mechanics and correct logic. When that day arrives, you will be surprised by your success. With this trading plan and the right-sized account you can earn an impressive income. Precise Definition I scalp micro-auction structures - sweeps, hinges, reclaims and micro-imbalances - using tight stops, fast invalidations, dynamic profit-taking and continuous auction reading in the context of overnight and prior days structures and chart patterns and economic/geo-political news. Correct Mechanics + Correct Logic = Correct Trading