Chapter 9 · Part Three
The Daily Routine
Same prep every morning, so the decisions are already made when it matters.
About 8 minutes
Pre-session, before 8:30 AM CT, on the 2H chart
- Determine the draw on liquidity
- Check whether price has failed to seek highs or lows
- Mark untaken ERL on both sides
- Is price in premium or discount of the HTF range?
- Are there HTF FVGs that align with your bias?
- Write down your bias: BULL, BEAR, or NONE
On the 5m chart
- Mark PDH, PDL, overnight high and low
- Mark any equal highs and lows
- Mark recent unfilled FVGs
- Identify the intraday range
The kill zone
Time (CT)
8:30 – 9:00 AM
- Phase
- Manipulation
- Action
- Watch which side gets swept. Lower probability and more failed setups here, so it is the window to be most selective in, not one to sit out entirely.
Time (CT)
9:00 – 10:30 AM
- Phase
- Primary window
- Action
- Look for the AW Reversal. Highest probability setups.
Time (CT)
10:30 – 12:00 PM
- Phase
- Continuation
- Action
- If you missed the reversal, look for continuation entries on pullbacks.
Time (CT)
12:00 – 2:00 PM
- Phase
- Low probability
- Action
- Avoid unless exceptionally strong setup.
Time (CT)
3:00 PM
- Phase
- Close
- Action
- Flatten everything. No overnight holds.
Execution sequence, 1m and 3m
Confirm the ERL was taken
Not approached. Taken.
Watch for impulsive displacement away from the swept level
Aggressive, not a grind.
Displacement must break the neckline for MSS confirmation
This is the gate.
Mark the FVG left by the displacement
That is your entry zone.
Enter when price retraces into the FVG, or on the flip candle
Two valid entries, covered in Chapter 10.
Place the stop structurally
Beyond the swept wick. Below the reaction low for longs, above the reaction high for shorts. Then size so that distance equals your fixed dollar risk.
Set the target
The opposite ERL. Once the first internal level clears, move the stop to breakeven and hold the full position to target.
Hard rules
Maximum two trades per day. If you hit your daily loss limit, stop for the day. Close everything by 3:00 PM CT.
No trades on FOMC, NFP or CPI until after the release.
Stops are structural. Always. There is no version of this model where a stop is a fixed point distance.
Check yourself
You have taken two trades today, both winners. At 10:15 a third clean setup prints inside the primary window. Do you take it?
Before you move on
- Your bias is written down before 8:30
- You know which windows are highest probability, and which need more from you
- You have a daily loss limit and you know the number
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