Trader Menda

Results of the day: 1 BE trade. 1 W +0.3R (got trailed). Both ES and NQ have taken their daily targets, while YM stayed behind. Trailed aggressively because of it and got out with a small win. Ending the day here.

Good Morning. Outlook for $YM Today. I want to see the BSL getting taken... Clear Resistance + Clear zone for retail to place their SLs on.

Beautiful long caught on $YM. 3.91R position. Learning liquidity is the best thing that ever happened to me. Full session recording will be uploaded. Broke down the liquidity connection between $ES and $NQ live throughout the whole session. A lot to learn from it. 75% already off at the high. 2R secured.

Red day - got stopped out trying to short $NQ. HTF: Price arrived at resistance and took BSL. I was expecting a manipulation to drag price lower. LTF: Model 2 - retail got a chance to step in at support with bullish market structure, creating SSL at the lows. Main reason for the stop out: trying to build a narrative in a choppy range. Both resistance and support were forming, which didn’t provide a clear, reliable target. Categorizing: bad loss 2 entries: -1.2R on the day

The true power liquidity gave me is the ability to stay out, even when my bias is completely wrong for the day. If price is seeking higher, LTF bearish signs just don’t show up 90% of the time. When price wants higher, it won’t give retail the chance to join from their zones. It simply doesn’t create the SSL liquidity needed to confirm our trade.

Daily move for today. Price created a clean retail manipulation “combo.” Resistance + bearish market structure pushed retail into short positions, with stop losses placed at the first swing high, creating BSL. First target: aggressive BSL. Second BSL: runner. Not a full target due to the aggressive bearish HTF expansion. No execution opportunity on my side. I wanted to see a manipulation play out before the expansion, but it never came. No trades today. Logging off.

Adapting your aggression to the market phase matters more than most people think. In an upside expansion, keep it simple. Focus on buys and stop forcing sells. Look for clean, aggressive areas to enter, and understand that even a single sweep of sell-side liquidity can be enough to keep price pushing higher. Structure will keep building upward, so expect higher lows along the way. In a downside expansion, just flip the idea. Prioritize sells, avoid trying to catch longs, and use those same aggressive areas to get involved. One sweep of buy-side liquidity can drive the move lower, with price continuing to form lower highs. When the market is in a range, everything slows down. Mark your key support and resistance, along with the first swings around them. Once one side gets taken, it usually rotates to the other. Trade within the range and don’t assume external highs or lows will break easily.