We started off with a few bars stacked. When bar 6 printed it formed a big bear breakout bar and I entered short. The market was fast and I took the first contract off at +10 pts.

We did get a deep pullback and two bull legs up, and when we returned to my entry price I got out breakeven on my 2nd contract.

The bull pullback made it clear this would be a trading range day.

When price stalled at the low of the range, I took a chance on a LL double bottom. We got a great-looking bull bar as follow-through, but the bulls struggled a long time to trigger it, so I lost faith in the bulls and exited at BE.

The bears managed to break out of the range low with a big breakout bar, so I entered short. I took both contracts off at +10 pts. since we were very close to the previous day’s low. Turned out to be wise—the market turned on a dime just as I exited and went right back up to the breakout area.

Price did form a BOPB at the range low with a great bear bar, but something just did not feel right about it. The way the setup bar 33 got bought at the lows made me hesitant to sell there, even though the context was good for a BOPB.

When price got close to the measured move of the big opening range, we got a 2nd entry buy with a great signal bar, so I took the long expecting we could at least test the EMA.

I had to survive a pullback, but it formed a HL MTR that got things going for the bulls and managed to push up above the EMA. I got +7 pts. at the EMA.

I was aiming for a big target on my 2nd contract, betting this was a major trend reversal. But bulls lost steam and we got a big retracement, so I took it off at only +5 pts. The bear move looked significant and I did not want to ride another pullback.

Just as I was about to take my dinner break, a High 1 Buy showed up. It was risky buying into the EMA, but I took it and got +5 pts. on 1 contract. I closed the 2nd at BE since I had to take my dinner break.

When I got back, a nice HL after a High 2 Buy formed with a decent bull bar. I got +8 pts. pretty quick on the first contract, but it was pretty stacked when I looked closer at the structure, so I closed the 2nd contract at BE.

The trade would have been good, and the bulls got their reversal.

There was not much to take on the later part of the bull rally towards the end.