The day started with a choppy bear leg down. After that, we got a big bull surprise bar that filled the OB gap. Prices then stalled with two dojis right around the 60M 20 EMA, the ON gap, and the Globex high — a lot of levels stacked in the same area.

When we then got two consecutive bear bars closing near their lows, I entered short, betting on prices rotating back down toward a possible range low. It was a risky entry, but the overall structure looked range-like, and I felt comfortable with the idea that I could scale in higher if we got a pullback. The trade worked out nicely for +5.50 pts. After that move, prices stalled again around the Globex low and the range low.

After six bars stacked at the low of the range, we got a nice bull breakout bar closing on its high. I took the trade as a High 2 Buy / bull failed breakout. I took one contract off at +4 pts close to the EMA, and the second contract off at +10 pts just below the 60M EMA. That trade worked out nicely.

Prices then tested the previous high and rolled over again. I entered short on the third consecutive bear bar. It was a risky entry since we were already in the middle of the range and right around the 50% pullback of the bull leg. Still, I was betting on a range day and that we would test the range low again. The trade took forever to get down there, price moved very slowly, and I definitely lost some faith while I was in it. My initial plan was to take it off at the range bottom for +8 pts, but I got impatient and took it off at +5 pts.
Prices stalled again close to the range low and bounced off the Globex low. We then got a great-looking bull reversal bar, so I took the long. I only took one contract since I was prepared to add if the bears got another leg down to the range bottom. The trade stalled around the range midline, so I took it off at +4 pts. My initial target was +5 pts, which was a clean 1:1 risk-reward.

After this trade, I decided to close the chart. Honestly, not a bad trading day at all. A nice, textbook range. I took four trades for a total of +28.5 pts, basically playing buy low, sell high. Some of the trades were a bit risky, especially those closer to the range midline, but overall it worked out well.