Nic Clive

Hey folks. We at Damped Spring have been doing monthly roundtables. This one was recorded last Sunday afternoon. Given we expected a very big deal week this week we held it for clients. But it's still pretty fresh! Enjoy. youtu.be/Zx0M8vMhbGc?si…

India to Iran: No permission needed — Navy deploys 7 warships to protect vital oil routes India has drawn a firm line against Iran’s pressure tactics in the Strait of Hormuz. New Delhi made its position clear: the strait is an international waterway under UNCLOS rules. No permits, no crew disclosures, no “protection fees” for Indian vessels. The Indian Navy has launched Operation “Urja Suraksha,” deploying seven frontline warships, including destroyers, across the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. The mission is straightforward: escort Indian oil and LNG shipments safely through high-risk waters. No posturing, no hesitation—just strategic autonomy backed by force. India is placing its navy exactly where its energy security is at stake.

@eminiplayer morning - down see IS on Vulcan zone note s- just curious - is 6477-91 IS today ?

Thanks for the kind words, Mary! 🙏

@eminiplayer sorry - just seen it

Isn't it interesting how often "news" hits at the Strong Zones?

@eminiplayer which one? the BBZ at the open?

@TimSear85158585 @johnkonrad @DavidAFrench I think you missed his point

@johnkonrad @DavidAFrench Yet another guy who thinks he knows more about war then a general who spend decades training and living the life. John must of acquired all his knowledge of battle from watching war movies while he was sitting in his nice comfy and SAFE cabin while sailing around the world.

McCrystal and could not be dumber if he tried. “Enjoy this part” What part @DavidAFrench? Trump has shipped ZERO tanks, ZERO heavy artillery, ZERO heavy logistics units. It’s a bombing and naval campaign with marine and SOF elements. NOT an army WAR. Stop comparing apples to oranges!

@yair_erez Thanks. I just waited for ES to hit its BCZ

@NicClive2 Hope this helps - have a good day!

🚨 $NQ_F Key Zones for Wed. 03/25/2026 posted. 🚨 $ES_F Key Zones and Trade Plan for Wed. 03/25/2026 posted.

here's a dilemma I see with trading both ES/NQ. Right now, NQ at the BCZ - go long and if it works, great, nice winner. but if it fails and you take it in ES as well, then you could easily lose -2. So over 100 trades, it will significantly degrade the edge. I guess you could get filled on both which would be great but......

@NicClive2 …at certain levels like the VWAP, mid, VPOC, the various levels. When is it exhausted and when is it not, when is there initiative and when there isn’t. That is why I could tell when NQ was at IR that there isn’t any initiative, and why it felt natural for me to put 2R risk

@yair_erez is your default position to trade every BC and BCZ zone - just calibrating your entry/trade type based on context etc?

@NicClive2 ...and the obvious answer to that question today is - buyers. They are stuck 40 points above value, in a LTF bearish environment, where buyers want to take profits if they can. that is what "bearish bias" means. It means traders don't believe there is upside

@yair_erez hopefully, we'll get lucky and @rfdeluxe will get into it in tonights coach

and I agree that the more weights on your side the better but I have always understood that 1T/EXH of a good zone is sufficient - irrespective of bias. if against bias, then Mayne only ZF-TR and with bias, obviously load the boat. yes, good chat we should have copied the others in on this - to get more feedback. fiendishly complex

@NicClive2 And thank you for discussing this with me - I am learning a lot from this conversation!

@yair_erez it went a touch below and that prolly bc of the recent bearishness. I don't know about every BO being sold - in Tuesday/Wednesday 100-110 point range, we're near the highs

@NicClive2 ...the 61F retracement of the swing. So at that point the high prob scenario is that the PC is failing. Doesn't mean if can't work - but it does mean it is no longer the high probability scenario. Which is what you're seeing playing out since. Every breakout is sold

⁦@yair_erez⁩ the entry was at 1 (5 points above o/n lo/bottom of o/n balance), ST exhausted, scale at aggressive, HPT at IR with a runner.

@yair_erez 😱 too many wrong things - hahahaha

@NicClive2 And no this is wrong as well. Notice that on Monday the intermediate bias was neutral bearish, and on Tuesday it turned full on bearish. in the ON session Monday to Tuesday ES went way below Monday's RTH low, and successful PC doesn't do that. On Tuesday it also went below the...

@yair_erez I don't entirely agree with you on this (but it doesn't matter) and in this case, I would argue that the relevant pattern is the potential for the PC pattern to retest Mondays high and higher

@NicClive2 So that is wrong. Generally speaking, you want as many larger weights with you. So a good zone, and with bias or a LTF pattern. In neutral ST environment you don't have bias so you need 2 other weights. you had only one - the zone. And the context was not supportive....

@yair_erez first test

@NicClive2 What is 1T?

@yair_erez I think the PC trade is still in play so long as Tuesdays low holds -

@NicClive2 Yes I did. I thought you meant trading Asia stocks or something like that. I do trade pre-RTH but it has a high bar for me. It's also easy as I live in England so pre-RTH is my morning

@yair_erez ok - but didn't you have a brilliant short trade in NQ last week from the Asia session?

@NicClive2 I don't follow Europe/Asia. I trade only ES and NQ. and the last 4 weeks have been really good so far. I personally am up >150R. Happy to share my NT stats with you if you help - am very transparent about it.

@yair_erez if Neutral

@yair_erez the only condition that I am aware of is 1T and/or exhaustion

ok but I think the key was that at yesterday close there was a balance BO which held overnight - so as long as it held, the path was to push higher in line with the slightly LTF pattern (since Monday) of a PC pattern targeting 6740 or higher so long as the F61 holds (yesterdays low)