Power Hour Update for Subscribers

Reclaim and Reload — The Shakeout Before the Squeeze

📢 Power Hour Update for Subscribers
Reclaim and Reload — The Shakeout Before the Squeeze

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⚡ Power Pivots:
$ES: 6025
$NQ: 21867

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📈 Market Recap

The morning session gave us exactly what these double distribution environments are known for —
Fake breaks, messy rotations, sharp reversals.

• Early dip → Buyers stepped in at structure

• Prices rallied hard, reclaiming 6015 ($ES) and 21840 ($NQ)

• It wasn’t clean — and that’s how real auctions unfold: imperfect, reactive, reflexive

These weren't trending cleanly — they were liquidation traps, cleared out weak longs, and set the stage for a powerful recovery.

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🔍 Auction Market Theory Insight – Rejection → Reentry

What we’re witnessing is a rejection of the lower end of the distribution, and a re-entry back into the upper mode.

This behavior signals that the imbalance was temporary — not conviction selling.
Now price is back at value... but with a momentum tailwind.

In auction terms:
Price dipped below value, found no acceptance, and returned with urgency.
That’s initiative buyers reclaiming control.

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🎯 Key Levels

Upside Targets:

• 6040 – the upper edge of the upper distribution

• $NQ: 21906 → 21928 – prior auction zones and supply reaction zones

Downside Support:

• $ES: 6015 → 6005 (intra-day structure)

• $NQ: 21800 → 21770

Breakout Bias:
A daily close above 6040 / 21930 strengthens the case for a continued squeeze overnight, possibly targeting 6080 / 22140 into the week’s end.

If we gap up overnight, beware: those open gaps often get faded in the first hour — especially on Fridays or pre-news.

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⚠️ Structure Notes

• Double Distribution Environment
  → Price is trading above both distributions
  → Meaning: The auction is inefficient, and that can create extreme moves

• Reclaim of Value
  → The reclaim of 6015 and 21840 is confirmation of failed breakdown, not just random movement

This is what a failed liquidation event looks like:
Shorts get squeezed, longs hesitate, and price expands faster than either side expects.

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🧠 Scenario Planning

Scenario 1 – Bullish Follow Through

• Price holds above 6025 and 21867

• $ES pushes to 6040 and through

• $NQ tags 21928 and sets sights on 22100+

Scenario 2 – False Breakout & Fade

• Price closes back below 6015 or 21840

• Sellers may push back to 6005 / 21770 zones

• The market stays rotational through FOMC or news event

Scenario 3 – Trap Set into Tomorrow

• Daily closes at highs

• Gaps up overnight

• Fades hard at tomorrow's open → backfill → retrace

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🎙️ Final Thought – This Is How Real Markets Move

This wasn’t a textbook breakout.
It was real price action — imperfect, reactionary, and full of signals if you were watching the right zones.

We don’t need to predict the market.
We need to listen to it.

Today, the market spoke clearly:
"Nice try, sellers. We’re not done just yet."

📌 Let structure lead.
📌 Let price confirm.
📌 Don’t get shaken — get sharper.