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$MNQ Thursday, June 4, 2026 Overnight Analysis
With NFP approaching, I will be risk off for the remainder of the week. After the new day open, price has been consolidating between the NDOG from Tuesday and the upper half of the annotated daily BISI.
If price stays below that 4H VI / NDOG (Thursday) on a closing basis in the 4H chart, I would like to see if it can get in the lower half of the 1D BISI and clear out the sellside resting below. If that is the case, I would anticipate it being rapid and purge-and-revert style reversal back into the range.
I will simply observe without any risk for the remainder of the week and use it as an opportunity to practice and tape-read.
Yes, reading the signatures in price at HTF key levels is how you can build support around your narrative. Today’s AM session performed very similarly to the example I gave. Take a look at the 5m chart and see where the bodies are closing as price enters the 9:50-10:10am macro, with respect to a specific HTF key level.
And absolutely, if price doesn’t behave as expected or fails to reach objectives, that’s arguably the most important data because it helps you conserve capital. At that point, you take a step back to get re-aligned or simply observe from the sidelines.
$MNQ Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Overnight Analysis
The first objective of the week that was outlined, 1.25 standard deviation of previous week's range, has been reached.
At new day open, price attempted to reach for the PDH but failed and broke lower, just falling short of reaching Tuesday's 9:30 opening price.
Going into the Asia killzone, price has shown strength, attempting to get closer to the NDOG. Price is in consolidation inside of that 15m +Breaker, and if price can get above it on a closing basis, price is likely to explore higher above the 1.25 standard deviation of previous week's range.
Ideally, I would like to see price stay in this range and anticipate a manipulation into engineered sellside prior to a move higher.
You’ll want to find a HTF key level to support the idea of anticipating a reversal forming. For example if you have smooth EQLs and a daily FVG below them and your anticipating a run on EQHs above, when price runs those EQLs, observe how price behaves when it reaches that daily FVG. Does it even reach its high? Are the wicks getting thru but the bodies closing above it? How much time is it spending there? These signatures in price allow you to determine whether price is in-sync with your narrative. If there is a misalignment, the signatures in price will tell you, and you can choose to simply observe or get in-sync from there. Hope this helps!
Since price was relatively close to that pool of sellside, I wanted to see if it reach that level prior to displacing higher. However, it left another relative equal low but failed to sweep that pool of sellside.
It doesn’t necessarily completely remove any room for participation for me. For example, that break lower today after 9:30 open into the 1H SIBI that I had annotated last night, I anticipated that being a point of reversal. However, because the move higher took place so early in the AM session, I didn’t engage. Had that same move taken place 10 min later, I would have been part of it.
You can have certain expectations in price action and paint ideal scenarios. If it doesn’t happen exactly as you may have anticipated (I.e. Sellside not taken), you have to either adapt or be okay with sitting on sidelines depending on the scenario. Great questions!
$MNQ Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Overnight Analysis
With the new day open, price gapped higher and immediately broke lower into the Daily Suspension Block annotated in light blue.
Price has worked into the lower half of the daily inefficiency but has been consolidating near its C.E. and failing to reach those smooth EQLs.
I would like to see if price can reach for those lows prior to a move higher. If price leaves those lows intact and displaces above the ATH and explores higher, I will likely remain on the sidelines once again.
However, it being the week of NFP, it is fair to expect range-bound conditions as we saw in the AM session of Monday.
$MNQ Monday, June 1, 2026 Overnight Analysis
Price has gapped higher with the new week open and broke lower to Friday's RTH ORG C.E. before moving higher towards PWH.
I anticipate the weekly draws to be the 1.25 (30751.75) and 1.5 (30967.75) standard-deviation projections of the previous week's range. If price continues to reach for higher prices overnight, I would likely sit on the sidelines.
If price can get below that annotated 1H BISI on a closing basis, it may break lower and gravitate towards the annotated EQLs. As always, how price behaves overnight and where 9:30 opens will dictate whether participation is warranted in the AM session.
$MNQ Friday, May 29, 2026 Overnight Analysis
After the new day open, price attempted reaching for the weekly high after sweeping PDH, but failed to reach it.
Going into the Asia killzone, price broke lower, sweeping the low formed during NY lunch on Thursday. Price has found support at the 1H BISI and the upper quadrant of the 4H BISI.
I anticipate this move lower being the manipulation move as price is reaching for higher levels, and I would like to see if it can reach the ATH / buyside liquidity annotated.
If price is able to reach the annotated buyside overnight and displace higher prior to the AM session, I would like to stay on the sidelines. However, given that it is Friday, a retracement into the weekly range may be in the cards (possibly in the lunch hour or as early as going into the London close macro, depending on what the signatures in price are showing).
$MNQ Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Overnight Analysis
Price continues to show strength after the new day opened, taking out the PDH. If price is to remain bullish, I would like to see it use the 1H +OB, and stay above its mean threshold.
If price does have a larger retracement lower, I would like for it to stay above Tuesday's NDOG. Ideally, price
engineers liquidity and accumulates near the midnight open, creating the opportunity to see a potential manipulation lower in the AM session. That can potentially create a setup to move higher after price seeks sellside.
In either scenario, I would not like to see price get below Tuesday's NDOG. Seeing where price opens at 9:30 and where the RTH ORG forms will be helpful to see as well.
$MNQ Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Overnight Analysis
The new week has gapped higher, and price has rallied since Sunday's open. Price has left EQHs just below the 1.25 standard deviation level of last week's range.
Price has retraced into the range formed this week, and is currently showing discount sensitivity to the lower half of the 4H BISI annotated. Looking closely at the 15m chart, price rebalances to the discount inefficiency that overlaps the 62% of the range.
Price fails to reach the 70.5% level (indicating strength) and price is now respecting the high of the 15m BISI and the 4H BISI C.E. I anticipate a move higher overnight, going into London as price indicates strength.
If price consolidates near this level overnight, I would like to see some form of manipulation in the AM session into the NWOG, and then look for higher prices.
$MNQ Friday, May 22, 2026 Overnight Analysis
Upon the new day opening, price has shown strength and swept the PDH. If price continues to show strength and rallies higher to sweep the PWH / ATH, I will refrain from any engagement.
If price is able to get into the upper half of the annotated 1H SIBI on a closing basis, we should see higher prices and rapid movement to the upside. In that scenario, the next draw would be the PWH.
Since it is Friday, TGIF is always in the cards. I would like to see how price behaves at this SIBI and the annotated discount wick's C.E. If the bodies show premium sensitivity to these levels and consolidate here going into the AM session, TGIF is possible.
$MNQ Thursday, May 21, 2026 Overnight Analysis
The new day opened at 18:00 and immediately broke lower. It dug into the 4H +OB and wicked just short of its M.T., indicating strength. Price reversed and continued to rally through last week's NWOG and swept Monday's high.
Looking at the 1H chart, if price gets above that annotated wick's C.E., that would indicate tremendous strength, and price is likely to expand higher with speed.
However, after taking Monday's high, price has retraced towards the previous NWOG, and if price is bullish, I wouldn't wanna see it get below the NWOG on a closing basis.