8/26/2026 Hinges & ResultsMicro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Index FuturesCME_MINI:MNQ1!Sidgate+1 MNQ lip entry > 100-point SL > 62-point PT > SL hit double size. Trade management: set-&-forget (unless otherwise noted). Opening Hour Model. 15s microstructure trading. Color-coded trades. Reproducible with provided data. S1 Fast +1 red sweep 9.30.00 174.25 lip 9.30.00 208.25 P/L 124 S3 +1 orange sweep 9.35.15 209 lip 9.35.30 227 note the 9.35.45 Low i.e. it swept the S1 Fast trade. S3 must sweep a prior hinge shelf to be a valid S3 trade. That prior hinge shelf must be same-day hinge not a prior day hinge. IF it had not swept S1 THEN it would have been a S2 Upper-Tier trade. P/L 124 S3 +1 yellow sweep 9.39.00 226 apex shelf 9.39.00 c 227.75, 9.39.15 c 230 lip shelf 9.39.30 c 239.25, 9.39.45 c 236.75 lip 9.39.30 243.25 P/L 124 NOTE S2 Upper-Tier green sweep 9.50.30 258.75 lip 9.51.00 266.25 IF the PT is hit before the pullback to lip THEN the trade is invalid. S2 aqua sweep 10.27.00 163.75 lip 10.27.30 171.50 IF PT hit before the pullback to the lip THEN the trade is invalid. (I'm not sure this one shows up on the chart) Daily P/L & YTD P/L (began 7/31/2026) S1 Fast*********124 + 868 = 992 S1*******************0.0 + 87 = 87 S2**************0.0 + -284 = -284 S2 Low**********0.0 + 240 = 240 S2 Lower*******0.0 + 984 = 984 S2 Lowest******0.0 + 544 = 544 S2 Deep*********0.0 + 420 = 420 S2 Deeper****0.0 + 2480 = 2480 S2 Deepest***0.0 + 1116 = 1116 S2 Upper-Tier* 0.0 + 592 = 592 S3************248 + 2252 = 2500 CT***************0.0 + 496 = 496 LDR**************0.0 + 145 = 145 Daily P/L: 372**YTD P/L: 10312