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Path to Profitability: How To Find Daily Bias

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Finance

Finance / Markets Content

Assets / Instruments Mentioned

  • NASDAQ (mentioned multiple times)
  • S&P 500 (explicitly mentioned)
  • CPI (referenced, described as “full porting CPI”; trade removed to avoid confusion)
  • FOMC (used as date/event context)
  • ES and flows (order-flow language; no ticker provided)

Market Context (Daily Bias)

The “daily bias” is determined by:

  • Trend structure: uptrend vs. downtrend
  • Liquidity: “draws on liquidity”
  • Imbalances / price inefficiencies: fair value gaps across multiple timeframes (4H, 1H, 5M)

Macro Data

  • No explicit macro values are provided (e.g., CPI prints or FOMC rates).
  • References are event-based only.

Core Framework / Methodology (Step-by-Step)

  1. Determine the dominant trend / structure on higher timeframes

    • Identify higher highs / higher lows (uptrend) or lower highs / lower lows (downtrend).

  2. Locate “draws on liquidity” and targets

    • Mark zones of clustered lows/highs and “liquidity stacked” as probable destinations (targets) or entry zones when price retraces.

  3. Use imbalances (“fair value gaps”) and equilibrium as confluence

    • Form bias based on whether price should respect or disrespect the relevant fair value gap / equilibrium.

  4. Wait for confirmation via structure shifts and liquidity sweeps

    • If price is bearish:
      • Look for an initial move into bearish confluences, then confirmation to continue lower.
    • If price breaks structure to the upside:
      • The presenter treats it as a regime/order-flow change (bearish invalidated; bullish order flow).
    • Liquidity sweeps are used to infer that resting orders were filled (“orders have been filled down here/up here”).

  5. After bias is set, time entries on lower timeframes

    • Entry logic involves:
      • 5-minute breaks of structure
      • Retracements into 5M fair value gaps / equilibrium
      • Continuation setups
    • Take-profit logic targets the next draw on liquidity highs/lows.

Key Strategy Logic (How Daily Bias is Decided)

Bearish Bias (Most Explicit Example)

  • Downtrend plus:
    • “low resistance draws” and stacked liquidity at prior lows
  • Expect price to:
    • Retrace into an hourly fair value gap
    • Respect that gap
    • Target stacked lows beneath
  • If price:
    • Fills the gap
    • Hits equilibrium
    • Then it should “deliver lower” toward the lows

Bullish Bias (Example Logic)

  • Even if there is a lower low, bullish bias can still exist if:
    • The move sweeps a prior low
    • Higher-timeframe downside structure has not yet been broken
  • Example behavior described:
    • Pre-market manipulation
    • Inverting an hourly fair value gap
    • Then closing above the gap
  • Interpretation:
    • This is treated as invalidating bearish price action
    • Signaling price wants to go higher
  • Targets:
    • The next “draws on liquidity” (e.g., prior highs from Asia/pre-market/previous day)
    • Reached by:
      1. First sweeping lows to fill orders
      2. Then moving up

Disclosures / Cautions

  • The subtitles include no explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer.
  • The presenter repeatedly frames the content as educational trading methodology.
  • It’s positioned as daily bias, not full entries or risk management:
    • Mentions that it’s about daily bias (“without daily bias…”, “This is to cover daily bias”, etc.).

Explicit Timelines / Sessions Mentioned

  • Pre-market manipulation
  • London session / Asian session manipulation references
  • New York market open as a common time for manipulation and order-flow shifts
  • FOMC referenced as prior-day context (no numerical values)
  • Examples referencing:
    • Monday
    • Friday

Company Financials / Valuation / Performance Metrics

  • None provided.
  • No earnings multiples, yields, growth rates, or performance metrics mentioned.

Presenters / Sources

  • No specific presenter name is provided in the subtitles.

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