Theme of the Day:
💡 “Alignment with the Dominant Drive” — Self-discipline over prediction, execution over emotion.
Overview:
Cycle Day 3 opened with the bulls already barreling down the tracks in a single day, fulfilling the 6780–6785 Goal Zone earlier than the RTH even started. As PTGDavid reminded the room — “Nothing modifications… observe your plan. Triple-A setups solely. All the time have laborious stops.”
The morning session noticed early energy anchored round VWAP / VPOC 6784–6789, giving construction merchants exact pullback areas for tactical lengthy entries. Roy_, Bruce F, and others navigated early scalp shorts and transitions with robust situational consciousness, whereas Manny supplied intraday timing home windows that nailed the 10:30 a.m. excessive and 12:30 p.m. low swing brackets.
Momentum returned mid-session with textbook Purchase Response from ONL 6767s, maintaining alignment with the dominant bullish construction. Continuation trades have been more difficult — as famous within the chat — however the playbook rewarded endurance: scaling at goal, runners to breakeven, and letting the market “do the work.”
Afternoon Session:
By 1:50 p.m., the “Shake ’n Bake” sequence kicked off — bulls steamrolled any bear makes an attempt with what David colorfully described as a “btch-slap to the bears”* into the 6800 deal with. The ultimate hour supplied a clean “Dip ’n Rip” into the shut, capped by a modest $338M MOC promote imbalance — “Mice Nutz,” as David put it, barely a nibble within the grand scheme.
Dealer Psychology & Course of Notes:
✅ Situation ≠ Prediction. As highlighted: “A situation maps your actions, not the chart.”
⚙️ Keep risk-defined. Onerous stops = longevity.
🧭 Main Directive: Keep in alignment with the Dominant Drive — as we speak, that power was unmistakably bullish.
Cycle Context:
Cycle Day: 3
Bias: Bullish Alignment / Continuation
Key Ranges: 6767 (ONL Purchase Response), 6780–6789 (Main TZ), 6800 (Deal with Magnet)
Theme: Capital Preservation via Precision Execution
Abstract:
Monday delivered a textbook train in construction self-discipline and course of. The PTG room stayed aligned, managed threat, and executed inside outlined home windows — a day the place the disciplined few rode the rails with the development, whereas the impatient have been left on the platform.

