TesBerkeley

Founder @ Genzeb Academy
Tech nerd trading Nasdaq (NQ) and S&P(ES).
An ICT and AL price action trader. Documenting my trades.
For education & entertainment only

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

Apparently, some people love counting your money. I started posting my gains to show what’s possible in trading for those who are motivated.

Seeing the toxicity on Twitter and from some traders (& non-traders), I won’t be posting my gains until I reach “super f*** you” money.

It’s safe to say you can make a professional’s yearly salary—engineer, doctor, or lawyer—in a single trading session if you truly master the chart, yourself, and your emotions.

It also hit me that I had multiple six-figure days last week—more than my starting salary as a software engineer from a top-tier university years ago.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

NQ — 2026-06-15
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[16:00 EOD REVIEW]

One-line: Trend-up continuation off a weekend gap. The true-day (ETH) open 30191
printed near the overnight low and never looked back -- RTH ran straight up all
session, used the open confluence stack as a launchpad (no Judas), sliced the
prior-week high / ORH (30800), and topped at 30915 in the measured-move extension
stack (Asia.H +1.5x / London.H +2x). PM chopped under it; close ~30832.

9:30 read (only levels set before the open):
- Weekend gap UP. ETH (true-day) open 30191 printed near the overnight low,
~513 above Friday's close (29678). RTH open ~30633.
- Pre-market (5:00-9:30, high 30642 / low 30509) -- not traded, but it sets the
open's liquidity backdrop. Pre-market swept BOTH sides, shallowly:
* Early (~5:45) the low 30509 swept London.L (30519) by ~10 pts -- leaving
only Asia.L (30282, deep below) as the unswept overnight extreme.
* Late (~9:15) the high 30642 swept London.H (30628, ~14 pts) and Asia.H (30519).
* After 8:30 a shallow dip to ~30538 was bought straight back into the open --
a shallow post-8:30 drop that gets reclaimed is itself a continuation-up tell
(distribution up): smart money shakes the low side then marks up.
=> Both sweeps were shallow (<~40 pts past each extreme) and the 8:30 dip was
reclaimed -- all pointing to CONTINUATION up, not a reversal. The only real
draw left below was deep Asia.L; it was never reached -- price went up.
- Flank zones, framed before the open:
UP ~30791-30915 (prior-week high / ORH 30800, then the day-high extension
stack: Asia.H +1.5x / London.H +2x / Lunch.H)
DOWN ~30509-30536 (pre-market low 30509 = the London.L sweep, Asia.H 30519,
1:30am FVG 30530, M_H) -- first demand if the open failed;
then deep to Asia.L 30282 (the only unswept overnight low)

The turns:
- 09:30-11:00 -- the open held a deep stack at 30571-30757 and EXPLODED up: the
8:30 open (30571), pre-market 50% (30575), am.L / OR.L (30605), London.H (30628),
pre-market high (30642), 9:31am FVG (30670), pMon.H (30693), OR 50% (30702) and
the 10:01am FVG (30711) all cluster here -- eleven sources. Price used it as a
launchpad, never a top. +200 off the open levels.
- ~11:45 -- sliced the first overhead at 30791-30815: prior-week high (30808),
ORH / am.H (30800), London.H +1.5x. Broke clean -- prior-week high gone.
- ~12:30 -- topped at 30846-30915, the measured-move extension stack: OR.H +0.5x,
Asia.H +1.5x, London.H +2x, plus Lunch.H (30915), pm.H (30893) and the 1:31pm FVG
(30877). Tagged the 1.5-2x extension and stalled -- the day high. The extension
confluence capped it.
- afternoon -- PM rotated 30815-30894 under the high; no new high, close ~30832.

Tightest confluence at the extremes (within ~30 pts):
- HIGH 30915: Lunch.H +-0, pm.H, 1:31pm FVG (30877), OR.H +0.5x, Asia.H +1.5x,
London.H +2x -- a six-deep measured-move stack.
- The launch zone 30571-30757 (eleven sources) was the day's structural floor --
price never came back to it.

Read:
- A clean trend-up day. Pre-market swept both sides shallowly (London.L early,
London.H/Asia.H late) and reclaimed the post-8:30 dip -- too shallow to reverse,
so the open confluence acted as a launchpad rather than a fade. Both decision
points were measured-move stacks set before the open: the open cluster launched
it; the day-high extension (Asia.H +1.5x / London.H +2x) capped it at 30915. No
AM reversal, no return to deep Asia.L -- the 3-in-10 trend-day outcome.
- Tells that flagged continuation before the open: (1) both pre-market sweeps were
SHALLOW (<~40 pts past the extreme); (2) the shallow post-8:30 dip was bought
straight back (distribution up). Either alone leans continuation; together, strong.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

NQ — 2026-06-10
================

[16:00 EOD REVIEW]

One-line: Large ~250-pt RTH gap down → filled in full within the first 30 min
(sweeping prior RTH close + overnight highs) → reversed and trended down all day
to the 1x OR measured move, closing near the lows. Gap-fill-then-reverse.

Open & RTH gap:
- ETH gap: 45.75 down. RTH gap (yellow): ~250 down, LARGE (28853 / 28978 / 29103).
- At 9:30: open below 0:00 (~28993), above 8:30 (~28759). London swept Asia.L
(not Asia.H); pre-NY didn't take Asia.H either.
- First 30 min drove through middle -> full, fully filling the gap and
overshooting above ORH to the day high — prior RTH close + overnight highs
swept early. Then failed and reversed.

Previous session high/low:
- PD_C: reclaimed on the AM gap-fill push, then rejected; capped the day.
- PD_H (Tue high): never in play, far overhead.
- PD_L (Tue low): NOT reached — decline stalled ~180 pts above it. Remains an
unfilled downside draw for tomorrow.
- Overnight: Asia.H swept on the AM run (cross-session buy-side grab into the
high); Asia.L / London.L taken out as price trended down.

AM (09:30-11:00):
Sequence of level reactions:
- Rallied off the gap-down open, filled the RTH gap (middle -> full), swept
Asia.H + prior RTH close, topped above ORH at the day high (am.H = D_H).
- Rejected; once 05.17 NWOG / 06.09 NDOG (just under Asia.H) were lost it sold
off, then broke 06.07 NWOG on the way down — ran the rest of the session.

Lunch (11:30-13:30) / PM (13:30-16:00):
- One-way down after the AM high. Lost ORL (= am.L, London.L just beneath),
which opened the downside. OR midpoint acted as resistance on pullbacks.
Stepped lower: Lunch.L, pm.L, into D_L near the close.

RTH-ORG fill outcome:
- 50% reached in first 30 min: yes. Gap fully closed (100%) in first 30 min,
then abandoned to the downside (fill-then-fail).

30-min OR (09:30-10:00):
- ORH 29163.25 / ORL 28772.5 (range ~391). Midpoint ~28967.9 ~ Asia.L (28960).
- Day high printed above ORH (the sweep); reversal lost ORL and ran down.
- 0.5 OR midpoint: held as resistance once price was below it.
- Measured move: -1x OR below ORL (~28381.75) essentially tagged at D_L (28409,
within a handful of pts). Did NOT extend to -2x; held above PD_L.

1m FVG (9:31):
- The 9:31 1m FVG formed near the open, respected as support on the gap-fill
leg. On the reversal price closed back down through it, INVERTING it; the
flipped band then capped pullbacks as price trended lower. The inversion was
the early tell that the gap-fill was a fade, not a trend.

Asia level draws hit during NY:
- Asia.H: swept (AM, into the day high).
- Asia.L: ~OR midpoint; acted as resistance on the decline.

Read (liquidity-engineering thesis):
- Liquidity-engineering down day. The AM bought the 250-pt gap-fill + overnight-
high sweep to build buy-side, then reversed and ran sell-side all session into
the 1x OR measured move, closing on the lows. Sellers stayed heavy below the
OR midpoint the whole way. PD_L is the next draw below; the 1x MM and that
prior-day low bracket tomorrow's downside reference.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT @YouTube Reaper FVG? I would like to know more, please. Until then, I see a double-double suspension block :) Great exit targeting VI and NWOG.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

So what exactly is a Reaper FVG? You took the 8:30 AM 1-minute FVG into the 0.5 of the daily VI—pretty low-hanging fruit. Given that after 7:00 AM "any" sell-side liquidity (swing or EQL) hadn't been taken, it didn't seem like a great entry at all. Glad it worked out for you, though

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

NQ — Mon 2026-06-08 — EOD Review
================================

Friday PM:
Distributed lower and sold off hard into the close. The structural event: it
breached the NWOG that carried an unfilled daily volume imbalance, flipping
that level into an overhead reference with the imbalance left open above the
close.

Overnight (Asia / London):
Based at the bottom, anchored on this week's lower NWOG / daily-open zone.
Asia and London coiled above the floor — Asia.L and London.L non-swept —
accumulating. Midnight opened down in that base.

Pre-market:
Strong expansion off the base, lifting price back up toward the breached level.

AM:
Opened firm, the first half-hour pressed down and set am.L at the 10:00 low,
then reversed and expanded up — reclaiming the breached NWOG / daily volume
imbalance from below and pushing through it. The drive ran up to take pMon.L,
made the day's high just above it, printed equal highs, and stalled.

Lunch:
Coiled just under the high, holding above the reclaimed NWOG — a tight pause
that set up the afternoon.

PM:
Rejected and distributed lower all afternoon — sold back down through the
NWOG / daily volume imbalance and closed below it, in the lower portion of the
RTH range. Still green on the day, but the breach reasserted.

OR / draws:
Down-OR (low into 10:00), multi-OR upside expansion to take pMon.L, then
afternoon mean-reversion back below the NWOG. Asia/London lows never revisited
— untested below.

Read (liquidity thesis):
Today was a retest of the daily volume imbalance Friday breached. Overnight
accumulated on Friday's weakness without breaking the lows; the AM set its low,
reversed, and expanded up to reclaim the broken imbalance and run buy-side at
pMon.L. That push got sold — rejected at the high and closed back below the
NWOG/VI, honoring the original breach, leaving the imbalance open again and the
overnight lows untested. Net: green day, but the close re-subordinated to the
level Friday broke — bearish-leaning into tomorrow unless price recovers and
holds back above that NWOG.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT Will probably consolidate today. Not dropping. Stop is HOD.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT Here's my chart. NWOG + Daily VI resistance. Took short on 5-minute iFVG for .5 RTH ORG. waiting

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT Great but You should be livestreming time not price.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT Cool. Level up your lecture on time.
https://t.co/42pAFBsKou

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

1/
Question for @I_Am_The_ICT + anyone teaching "time is the edge" (not a dunk).
I believe mastering this concept makes becoming a multi-millionaire a
byproduct — so answering these puts me a step in the right direction.
First: confirm the session times, then a fair test.

2/
First, confirm my windows?
• Asia 7p–12a — start 6, 7, or 8p?
• London 2–5a
• AM 9:30–11 — or to noon?
• Lunch 11:30–1:30 — or 12–1:30?
• PM 1:30–4
• Opening range 9:30–10

3/
If the algo runs on TIME, not price, the edge should survive hiding the
candles. My problem: I read price very well in hindsight — so do you.
Narrating a chart that already printed isn't proof of a time edge; it's a
story fit to the candles.

4/
So, respectfully: give a few lectures on time WITHOUT mentioning price — no
highs/lows, FVGs, order blocks, liquidity. Better, live with candles hidden:
call direction + the window before it prints, log it, reveal price after.
Macro windows alone don't cut it.

5/
For reference, my 1m FVG tool marks the first 1-min irst presented FVG at each session open starting
(NY time):
• 1:30 AM
• 8:30 AM — news
• 9:31 AM
• 10:01 AM — silver bullet
• 1:31 PM
I plot BOTH the wick and the regular FVG.

6/ How first presented FVG evolved for me:
• 9:30 AM FVG
• then 9:31
• then: if RTH sweeps → use 9:30
• then: wick takes precedence
• lately: skip 9:31, take the FVG after a liquidity sweep in ETH

7/
Each is a different trade — I can't journal or backtest a rule that moves.
Give me THE rule and the exact condition that picks the FVG (9:30 / 9:31 /
wick / post-sweep RTH or ETH), applied live before price prints, not chosen
in hindsight. Do that and I'm all in, @I_Am_The_ICT.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@ICT_Concepts Give me THE rule and the exact condition that picks the FVG (9:30 / 9:31 /
wick / post-sweep RTH or ETH)

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@ICT_Concepts How first presented FVG evolved for me:
• 9:30 AM FVG
• then 9:31
• then: if RTH sweeps → use 9:30
• then: wick takes precedence
• lately: skip 9:31, take the FVG after a liquidity sweep in ETH.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

1/
Question for @I_Am_The_ICT + anyone teaching "time is the edge" (not a dunk).
I believe mastering this concept makes becoming a multi-millionaire a
byproduct — so answering these puts me a step in the right direction.
First: confirm the session times, then a fair test.

2/
First, confirm my windows?
• Asia 7p–12a — start 6, 7, or 8p?
• London 2–5a
• AM 9:30–11 — or to noon?
• Lunch 11:30–1:30 — or 12–1:30?
• PM 1:30–4
• Opening range 9:30–10

3/
If the algo runs on TIME, not price, the edge should survive hiding the
candles. My problem: I read price very well in hindsight — so do you.
Narrating a chart that already printed isn't proof of a time edge; it's a
story fit to the candles.

4/
So, respectfully: give a few lectures on time WITHOUT mentioning price — no
highs/lows, FVGs, order blocks, liquidity. Better, live with candles hidden:
call direction + the window before it prints, log it, reveal price after.
Macro windows alone don't cut it.

5/
For reference, my 1m FVG tool marks the first 1-min irst presented FVG at each session open starting
(NY time):
• 1:30 AM
• 8:30 AM — news
• 9:31 AM
• 10:01 AM — silver bullet
• 1:31 PM
I plot BOTH the wick and the regular FVG.

6/ How first presented FVG evolved for me:
• 9:30 AM FVG
• then 9:31
• then: if RTH sweeps → use 9:30
• then: wick takes precedence
• lately: skip 9:31, take the FVG after a liquidity sweep in ETH

7/
Each is a different trade — I can't journal or backtest a rule that moves.
Give me THE rule and the exact condition that picks the FVG (9:30 / 9:31 /
wick / post-sweep RTH or ETH), applied live before price prints, not chosen
in hindsight. Do that and I'm all in, @I_Am_The_ICT.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT https://t.co/9aOovUYJ73

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

1/
Question for @I_Am_The_ICT + anyone teaching "time is the edge" (not a dunk).
I believe mastering this concept makes becoming a multi-millionaire a
byproduct — so answering these puts me a step in the right direction.
First: confirm the session times, then a fair test.

2/
First, confirm my windows?
• Asia 7p–12a — start 6, 7, or 8p?
• London 2–5a
• AM 9:30–11 — or to noon?
• Lunch 11:30–1:30 — or 12–1:30?
• PM 1:30–4
• Opening range 9:30–10

3/
If the algo runs on TIME, not price, the edge should survive hiding the
candles. My problem: I read price very well in hindsight — so do you.
Narrating a chart that already printed isn't proof of a time edge; it's a
story fit to the candles.

4/
So, respectfully: give a few lectures on time WITHOUT mentioning price — no
highs/lows, FVGs, order blocks, liquidity. Better, live with candles hidden:
call direction + the window before it prints, log it, reveal price after.
Macro windows alone don't cut it.

5/
For reference, my 1m FVG tool marks the first 1-min FVG at each session open
(NY time):
• 1:30 AM
• 8:30 AM — news
• 9:31 AM
• 10:01 AM — silver bullet
• 1:31 PM
The rest are each session's first presented FVG. I plot BOTH the wick and the regular FVG.

6/
Same problem with the first presented FVG — which one you point to keeps
changing. How it's evolved for me:
• 9:30 AM FVG
• then 9:31
• then: if RTH sweeps → use 9:30
• then: wick takes precedence
• lately: skip 9:31, take the FVG after a liquidity sweep in ETH

7/
Each is a different trade — I can't journal or backtest a rule that moves.
Give me THE rule and the exact condition that picks the FVG (9:30 / 9:31 /
wick / post-sweep RTH or ETH), applied live before price prints, not chosen
in hindsight. Do that and I'm all in, @I_Am_The_ICT.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

@I_Am_The_ICT https://t.co/9aOovUYJ73

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

1/
Question for @I_Am_The_ICT + anyone teaching "time is the edge" (not a dunk).
I believe mastering this concept makes becoming a multi-millionaire a
byproduct — so answering these puts me a step in the right direction.
First: confirm the session times, then a fair test.

2/
First, confirm my windows?
• Asia 7p–12a — start 6, 7, or 8p?
• London 2–5a
• AM 9:30–11 — or to noon?
• Lunch 11:30–1:30 — or 12–1:30?
• PM 1:30–4
• Opening range 9:30–10

3/
If the algo runs on TIME, not price, the edge should survive hiding the
candles. My problem: I read price very well in hindsight — so do you.
Narrating a chart that already printed isn't proof of a time edge; it's a
story fit to the candles.

4/
So, respectfully: give a few lectures on time WITHOUT mentioning price — no
highs/lows, FVGs, order blocks, liquidity. Better, live with candles hidden:
call direction + the window before it prints, log it, reveal price after.
Macro windows alone don't cut it.

5/
For reference, my 1m FVG tool marks the first 1-min FVG at each session open
(NY time):
• 1:30 AM
• 8:30 AM — news
• 9:31 AM
• 10:01 AM — silver bullet
• 1:31 PM
The rest are each session's first presented FVG. I plot BOTH the wick and the regular FVG.

6/
Same problem with the first presented FVG — which one you point to keeps
changing. How it's evolved for me:
• 9:30 AM FVG
• then 9:31
• then: if RTH sweeps → use 9:30
• then: wick takes precedence
• lately: skip 9:31, take the FVG after a liquidity sweep in ETH

7/
Each is a different trade — I can't journal or backtest a rule that moves.
Give me THE rule and the exact condition that picks the FVG (9:30 / 9:31 /
wick / post-sweep RTH or ETH), applied live before price prints, not chosen
in hindsight. Do that and I'm all in, @I_Am_The_ICT.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

Michael, Thanks for your teaching thus far.

Forget becoming a millionaire—I want to become the best trader the world has ever seen, not for the money, but so I can be an abundant blessing to others. AI has recently accelerated my learning.

If time is truly the edge, prove it: trade without candles and demonstrate it. Macro times alone don't cut it for me.

Here's the challenge: give a few lectures on time without mentioning price. That's coming from someone who can read price very well in hindsight.

[TesBerkeley @GenzebAcademy]

9 trading demons that wreck your edge — remember them in 3 buckets (TRP-432):
▎
▎ ⏱ TIMING (4): entered / exited too soon or too late
▎ 🎯 RISK (3): bad R/R · wrong stop · wrong size
▎ 📋 PLAN (2): took an off-plan trade / skipped a planned one