(Your Name:) Professional TraderMicro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Index FuturesCME_MINI:MNQ1!SidgateJob Description: Trade the NY Open of MNQ/NQ Introductory Foundational Principles: 1. As a door turns on a hinge, so price turns on a hinge. 2. Correct Mechanics + Correct Logic = Correct Trade 3. Practice + Patience = Payoff IF your goal is to be among the best traders on the planet of the MNQ/NQ NY Open THEN you will do the following: Draw the Following on a 15-second bar chart: Hinge #1: OHM Scenario-1 NY Open Hinge ETH Sweep: numerous *buy-side sweep: 9.25.30 - 9.26.30, 850.25 *sell-side sweep: 09.30.30 *floor: 09.30.30 L = 29812.25 *internal reclaim shelf: 09.30.30 C =29849.25 *apex compression shelf: 9.30.45 C 875.50, 9.31.30 C 859.50 *lip compression shelf: 9.31.45 C 883, 9.32.30 C 888.50 *lip: 9.32.30 C 888.50 *break bar: 9.32.45 C 913 Hinge #2: Scenario-2 Reclaim Hinge (Lower-Tier) *sell-side sweep: 9.40.45 L 796.50 *reclaim bar: 9.41.00 C 838.25 *internal reclaim shelf: reclaim bar C - 838.25 *apex compression shelf: 9.42.00 C 842.75, 9.42.15 C 852.75 *lip compression shelf: 9.42.30 C 853.50, 9.42.45 C 862.25 *lip: 9.42.45 C 862.25 *break bar: 9.43.45 C 868.00 *modifier: lower-tier i.e. a lower-tier Scenario-2 Reclaim Hinge (it swept lower than hinge #1) Hinge #3: Scenario-3 Continuation Hinge *sell-side sweep: 10.21.45 L 845.50 *reclaim bar: 10.21.45 C 864.50 *internal reclaim shelf: 10.21.45 C 864.50 *apex compression shelf: 10.22.15 C 868, 10.22.30 C 870.25 *lip compression shelf: 10.22.45 C 880, 10.23.00 C 873.50 *lip: 10.22.45 C 880 *break bar: 10.23.30 C 890.25 Hinge #4: Scenario-2 Reclaim Hinge (Deep-Tier) *sell-side sweep: 10.32.45 L 760 *reclaim bar: 10.33.00 C 757.25 (i.e. C higher than deep sweep, 677.50) *internal reclaim shelf: 10.33.00 C 757.25 *apex compression shelf: 10.33.00 C 757.25, 10.33.15 C 792 *lip compression shelf: 10.33.30 C 797.50, 10.33.45 C 834.50 *lip: 10.33.45 C 834.50 *break bar: 10.34.00 C 856 Definitions: Sweep Bar *precise def.: A single bar that penetrates a known liquidity level, triggers stops and then rejects that penetration by closing back inside the prior value area. *concise def.: penetration + rejection + inside-close Apex Compression Shelf *band of accepted closes after the reclaim & before the lip compression shelf Lip Compression Shelf *band of accepted closes/highs at the top of compression Lip: *highest accepted price in lip shelf OHM: *Opening Hour Model Tier Classifications *upper-tier *lower-tier *deep-tier Defines the hinge's relationship to the prior hinge Scenario-3 Hinge *sweeps a prior hinge's apex shelf or lip shelf *immediate reclaim *forms apex shelf *forms lip shelf *forms a lip *has a break bar In a much earlier post the declared goal was to make you one of the best traders on the planet. Did you know it would be this hard and take so long? Had you known would you have persevered? God willing, I am not through with you yet. IF you take the time to study the above data THEN you are well on your way to becoming one of the best traders on the planet. Perhaps more will be added to this post. IF clarification(s) is needed THEN I shall clarify. (i.e. This was a great deal to type without an editor. Perhaps there are typos/omissions that need clarifying)