MNQ day review

Monday, Aug 10, 2026 · MNQ.U26 -62 pts open 29,806.00 · close 29,744.00 ← all days today →

Reconstructed after the fact from saved 5-minute bars (the watcher was not archiving live on this day); alerts shown are what the current rules would have said.

The whole day

29,70629,76429,82329,88129,94029,99809:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:009:30 openONH 29,985IBH 29,900HOD 29,900PDH 29,860OR15H 29,841Prior close 29,834ONL 29,771OR15L 29,719IBL 29,719LOD 29,719

Calls and outcomes

No confirmed calls this day.

Your trades

No trades this day.

How the day played out

The day opened at 29,806, ranged 181 points (29,719 to 29,900), and closed at 29,744 (-62 from the open). The high printed at 10:15 and the low at 09:40 ET.

The small 28-point gap filled at 09:30: yesterday's close (29,834) acted as the magnet the base rates say it is.

The first hour was indecisive (body 0.29): a chop morning, where breakouts fail and the playbook wants patience over trades.

The system made no confirmed calls, and on a chop day that silence is the design working, not a miss.

You took no trades this day.

Levels at the close

LevelPriceStatus
ONH29,985.00fresh
IBH29,900.00fresh
HOD29,900.00fresh
ON mid29,878.00reference
PDH29,860.50broken (closed through)
OR15H29,841.25broken (closed through)
Prior close29,833.50reference
VWAP29,798.02reference
ONL29,771.00broken (closed through)
OR15L29,719.00fresh
IBL29,719.00fresh
LOD29,719.00fresh
PDL29,564.25fresh

Every alert

09:15 BRIEF
MNQ morning map, Mon Aug 10 (MNQ.U26)
PDH 29,860.50 | PDL 29,564.25 | prior close 29,833.50
ONH 29,985 | ONL 29,771 | ON mid 29,878
Pre-open 29,815.50: below ON mid -> ONL usually breaks first (~76%).
Gap -18 pts = 0.03 daily ATR (tiny gap, fills ~78% same day).
Daily ATR 586 | 5-min ATR 23
News: nothing high-impact on the calendar.
Rules: nothing before 9:45, max 3 alerts, flat by 11:30.
10:25 READ
10:30 read (MNQ.U26): first-hour body 0.29 (up) -> mode chop.
IB 29,719.00-29,900.00 (181 pts = 0.31 daily ATR; narrow, extension likely).
Price 29,857.75 above VWAP 29,807.28; 9 over 21; VWAP crosses in hour one: 3.
Chop: no Setup B; at most one Setup A at an outer level, or take the morning off.
11:25 DONE
11:30, morning session over (MNQ.U26). Flat now; the afternoon window opens at 13:00 with the day's high/low as its levels.
Today: 0 heads-up, 0 confirmed.
12:55 READ
13:00 afternoon read (MNQ.U26): price 29,779.75, below VWAP 29,806.50; first hour was up; morning mode chop.
Afternoon levels: day high 29,900 (+120) and day low 29,719 (-61).
Plan: a shallow poke of either that closes back inside = Setup A fade; a 5-min close through either = Setup C, join the first pullback (these held into the close ~2 of 3 times, best when they agree with the first hour). Lunch range is not a level.
5-min ATR 37: stops 28-56 pts. Caps: 0/2 afternoon alerts. Flat by 15:55.
14:55 READ
15:00 power hour (MNQ.U26): price 29,782.00, day down from the 29,806 open, below VWAP 29,800.68.
Day high 29,900 / low 29,719. Last hour made a new day extreme on ~43% of days, but breakouts of the 2-3pm range failed ~65%: only continuation WITH the day's direction counts, and a shallow poke of the day high/low that closes back inside is still a fade.
Everything closes by 15:55. No overnight.
15:25 INFO
15:30 go-with-the-day: day is down 52 pts from yesterday's close but the first hour disagreed, so no Setup D today (the edge mostly lives where they agree).
15:55 DAYDONE
16:00, day over (MNQ.U26).
Today: 0 heads-up, 0 confirmed (0 morning, 0 afternoon).