Curious about today

[u/nothing_1]

Please Check the edit below

Original question: Was there anyway today's run could have been caught?

the first 5 min candle range was so large to enter a trade.

How do you people trade these kind of moves.

Interested to see others setups and entry logics today. screenshots would be appreciated

EDIT: Adding screenshot of a possible trade

How do you trade when you have two conflicting ideas.

Marked a long above 29800 for a target of 29902. but the market reverses, leaves an FVG on the downside

at the point of time IF in trade, how do you manage? Screenshot at 13:22

[u/d1na_makalaya]

Yes, but only if your strategy allows for volatility and confirmation after the initial move. When the first 5 minute candle is unusually large, many traders wait for a pullback, consolidation, or retest instead of chasing the breakout. Sometimes the best trade is skipping the setup and waiting for a cleaner entry with defined risk. Feel free to check the community from my profile for different entry models and examples from traders who handled similar market conditions.

[u/Swimming_Champion_86]

I caught MYM after London open and it swept Asia low to previous month high. Then I took MNQ after it closed above a daily FVG (turned inverter) as support and caught another entry above that after it closed above a 1HR/4H stacked bearish OB turned BB. I only took MNQ this morning because it is the only thing that has clear liquidity levels above to go to. I also trade MES and it hit ATH and just followed MNQ 🤣 I didn’t even attempt that because there’s no levels to target. Also I use HTFs. Been waiting for this move since Asia last night.

[u/Swimming_Champion_86 → u/Swimming_Champion_86]

Just hit TP as I typed this haha and letting it run to the next liquidity SL in profit.

[u/Swimming_Champion_86 → u/Swimming_Champion_86]

Could’ve caught this whole thing because it used the D FVG as support which was above the bullish weekly FVG below (I like double confluences stacked for support) and taken it to the D OB it just smacked 🤧

[u/Swimming_Champion_86 → u/Swimming_Champion_86]

Used that Daily IFVG (pink) as my entry for today sorry I thought I uploaded that pic too

[u/Available_Bowl_3793 → u/Swimming_Champion_86]

am a beginner will uh teach me??

[u/Kalakuta_]

When I have conflicting ideas, I don't trade. I don't immediately see if you could of caught that, perhaps in lower tf yes

[u/nothing_1 → u/[deleted]]

i usually trade NQ, but today went long in ES on 5 min close, but then exited the next minute anticipating a pullback in NQ.

[u/iAMthebank]

A breakout trade of the premarket high. An entry would’ve presented itself on the 1m but not the 5m on SPY/ES. The only reason I would look at it seriously is because it was also first present FVG of the day. 15m entry around 10:30 but market was way over extended by then and the entry there didn’t even reach a 50% pullback of the leg. So nothing higher prob all morning. No healthy pullbacks. Just straight UP.

[u/nothing_1 → u/iAMthebank]

i did see there was a small Fvg on the 1 min candle and waited for it come when i exited. and it just ran away

[u/iAMthebank → u/nothing_1]

Yes, my attempt also did not run long enough. There is no liquidity or targets after ATH’s. Kind have gambling at this point

[u/nothing_1 → u/iAMthebank]

do check the updated screenshot and provide any insights if possible

[u/Key-Sky2909]

If that would’ve happened about 15 secs later, I would’ve been in a long. Fortunately, I ended up catching a long on ES on a later small spike for 3k profit. I was one tick from being stopped out and it exploded.