When I got to the chart, we had a bull leg up and a bear leg down — classic signs of a potential trading range. When prices reached the previous lows, we got a great bull reversal bar, but it was a big bar with high risk, and it formed right in the middle of the possible range. I wanted to see a follow-through bar. Instead, we got two dojis, so I skipped it — even though it ended up working nicely back to the top of the range.

After that, prices pulled back to the range mid-line. We got a H1 Buy just below the EMA, and the follow-through bar closed just above the EMA. It had a big tail, but with the bullish imbalance, all higher timeframes being super bullish, the ON gap above, and the Globex high + previous day’s high as potential targets, I took a chance and entered long.

The market stalled, so I took both contracts off at +5 pts. It would have worked for 16+ pts. and even more if I had let it pull back a bit, but the market was extremely slow, so I’m happy with the exit.

Prices eventually broke out of the range and went sideways at the top — very choppy. But when we got a H1 Buy, a possible bull flag, and a BOPB, I entered again for the same reasons as before. My first +5 pt target was hit quickly, but again the market stalled and started pulling back, so I lowered the second target to +5 pts. as well. The initial 2nd target was just below the gap.

The market stalled at the highs right before the gap and formed a HH MTR after a double top. We got a nice bear breakout bar, and I took the short. It was a bit risky since there was support below. I took 1 contract off at +5 pts. and moved the stop on the second contract to BE. It was taken out — and of course the market dropped 20 pts. right after. That’s trading.

After this drop, the market stalled at the 1H 20 EMA. When we got a HL MTR after a second-entry buy, I entered long again. Once again the market stalled a lot and became sideways, so I exited at BE since it was getting late and close to the close.