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Lesson 2 Base of truth

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Finance

Finance-focused summary (markets/investing framework)

Key idea: macro calendar “planned” market moves

  • The presenter claims that major scheduled macroeconomic releases create predictable manipulation/distribution windows.
  • “Core” drivers referenced:
    • PPI, CPI (core macro releases)
    • FOMC
    • NFP
    • Rate announcements
  • Recommendation/caution (implied by “don’t trade” guidance):
    • Avoid trading after holidays and prior to CPI, NFP, FOMC, and rate announcements.

Expected near-term market rhythm (next week)

  • Timeline (relative):
    • Monday: “slow,” likely not clean price action
    • Tuesday & Wednesday: also likely not provide clean price action
    • Thursday: expected to give a good setup
    • Friday: expected to continue the opposite direction of whatever the market “manipulates” on Thursday
  • Framing: trades should align with the claimed cycle-driven direction changes around these dates.

“Qu TR Theory” / cycle methodology + required chart timeframes

The presenter emphasizes a cycle-based approach and repeatedly warns not to share the information publicly.

Step-by-step / framework components (as described)

  • Start with the economic calendar weekly to identify scheduled windows for market moves.
  • Use “true/session open” levels and a hierarchy of cycles:

Yearly cycle

  • Timeframe required: Weekly
  • For “true year open,” the presenter says the weekly timeframe is required “to work to full effect.”

Monthly cycle

  • Timeframe required: Daily
  • Based on the true month open.

Weekly cycle

  • Timeframe required: Two-week open
  • For full effect, the presenter also calls for a 4-hour (4H) timeframe.

Daily cycle

  • Timeframe required: True day open with 1-hour (1H) charting.
  • Trading rule tied to day open:
    • Above true open → bearish/bullish logic: “above true opens we get bearish; below true opens we’re bullish” (as stated)

90-minute cycles

  • Timeframe required: 5-minute (5M)
  • Called out as “famous 90 minute Cycles,” including London session and New York session timing differences.

Timeframe synchronization

  • The presenter asserts that charted cycles “repeat” and “synchronize perfectly.”

Defining ranges (Q1 → predict Q2)

Framework rules for quarterly analysis

  • Defining range occurs in Q1 (early in each cycle).
  • Presenter instructs:
    • “Omit the first third of Q1” (i.e., don’t trade during T1, the first third)
    • Use T2 and T3 of Q1 (the second and third thirds) to predict what Q2 is likely to do.
  • Additional caution/structure:
    • Q1 is described as typically acting as dynamic support or resistance depending on the synchronized timeframe/algorithm.

Fair value gap (FVG) / overlap condition (described)

  • If the opening gap of Q1 overlaps with a fair value gap (FVG), the presenter claims it forms a high-probability FVG.
  • The “opening price of Q1” is referenced as January 1 (opening price yearly cycle).

Liquidity / breakout logic (conditional)

Q1 opening level: below then above

  • If price goes below the opening level, it “takes liquidity.”
  • If it later goes above,” that would “serve as support,” sending price higher (to form highs).

Quad/quarter threshold (wording partially garbled)

  • If price goes below the low below the true open of the quadral cycle (meaning unclear due to garbling, but appears to refer to the true open of the quarter/quad cycle),
  • and then goes higher breaking a high,
  • the presenter suggests this could indicate the low of the four-year cycle may be forming.

Status note (clarity timing)

  • The presenter says there is not yet a “clear reading price” because January is usually give us right (exact phrasing unclear, but meaning indicates clarity may develop later).

When to expect consolidations / when not to trade

Avoid trading

  • After holidays
  • Prior to CPI, NFP, FOMC, and rate announcements
  • Also avoid sessions following large range / large price swing (implied “wait for the next session”)

Timing logic

  • The presenter says you want to trade the session following 90-minute cycles.

Consolidation expectation

  • If Q1 expands, expect Q2 to consolidate.

Instruments / tickers mentioned

  • No specific tickers were explicitly named.
  • Broad categories referenced for a future stream:
    • Stocks
    • Cryptocurrency
    • Forex
    • Futures

Key numbers / timing values explicitly given

  • 90-minute cycles
  • Timeframe requirements by cycle:
    • Yearly cycle → Weekly
    • Monthly cycle → Daily
    • Weekly cycle → 4-hour (4H)
    • Daily cycle → 1-hour (1H)
    • 90-minute cycles → 5-minute (5M)
  • Quarter structure:
    • Skip first third of Q1
    • Use T2 and T3 of Q1 to predict Q2

Disclosures / cautions

  • The presenter warns viewers:
    • Do not post/share the cycle timing information publicly (e.g., “post it on Twitter”).
  • No formal legal “not financial advice” disclaimer was included in the subtitles provided.

Presenters / sources

  • Presenter: Only the main speaker appears in the subtitles (no name provided).
  • Source referenced: The presenter references their own prior YouTube video and their Twitter account for earlier guidance.
  • No external financial research sources are cited.

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