1. H1 Failed – L1 Failed
2. Skunk Stop / Wide Stop
3. 2 Bar Reversals
4. Opening Range Measured Move
5. Gap Open – 50% PB, Test MA
6. STC BL High > MA / BTC BR Low < MA
7. Conclusion

• On ES, 16th June, 2025 there was a number of great setups – I missed some, I got some, some worked, some didn’t.
• But you can take those and practice them for next time

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H1 Failed – L1 Failed

• H1 and L1 work in trends and fail in trading ranges
• Observing this can help you to synchronise with what’s happening

https://www.tradingview.com/x/XQjeGXdq/

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Skunk Stop / Wide Stop

• In trading ranges you ca have a close stop or a wide stop – but you can’t be in–between.
• If traders are betting the market will not breakout – they will ENTER at highs and lows – which make them TERRIBLE places for stops.

https://www.tradingview.com/x/AkxakO3k/

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2 Bar Reversals

• Breakout pullbacks are a great trending trade
• But a 2-bar reversal is a sign of a trading range
• Avoiding taking repeated breakout trades at those prices later on will help improve performance.

https://www.tradingview.com/x/Faszyzzc/

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Opening Range Measured Move

• Look at the average daily range
• When the market (including gap) has not moved that range yet, the chance of a swing in that direction increases.

https://www.tradingview.com/x/Vq1om4AR/

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Gap Open – 50% PB, Test MA

• Big gap down but sideways, the market often drifts back to the MA
• You don’t want to use stops necessarily if you can enter on a pullback – smaller risk

https://www.tradingview.com/x/2p9lZY5s/

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STC BL High > MA / BTC BR Low < MA

• A good bull bar above the MA should be a buy right? So what happens when it fails.
• Trading range opens / days have this behaviour where traders do the opposite.
• Watching for this behaviour can help you get in sync faster and avoid repeated losses at that same price.

https://www.tradingview.com/x/cl7tdPx4/

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Conclusion

• Find drills you like and try to look for 30 – 50 examples.
• Write a page on it and find ways to trade it.
• Look for it in your next trading session and let me know how you go!

Tim