Reversal · Day 20 Of The 30-Day Reset
August 28 — The One Short I Wanted. +2R.
This morning's bias was narrow on purpose: one short only — a reversal from the Daily Bearish FVG. That's exactly what the market delivered, and exactly what I took. Price tapped the Daily SIBI and swept the PDH with bearish SMT, my Liquidity Hunting Proxy set the CISD, and it delivered a clean 2R.A paper long off a textbook Judas Swing opened the session too. When the plan and the trade are the same picture, that's the whole goal.
Trade Tape · Live Trade
Stage
Reversal
Entry PDA
LH CISD
Model
Liquidity Hunting Proxy
Direction
Short
Result
+2R
WIN · +2RReversal ShortMatched The Bias ExactlyDaily SIBI + PDH · Bearish SMTProxy Model CISDPaper Long At The OpenAugust 28, 2026Day 20 / 30
The Live Trade — Short From The Daily SIBI
MNQ 1m · tapped the Daily SIBI, swept the PDH / 1H BSL inside the 10:50–11:10 macro, bearish SMT, Proxy CISD → down
This is the trade the morning bias was built around, so it was easy to be patient for it. Price reached up, tapped the Daily SIBI and swept the PDH / 1H BSL — taking the buyside — right inside the 10:50–11:10 macro. Bearish SMT confirmed the divergence, the Proxy Model set the CISD, and I shorted the reversal. It delivered straight down for a clean 2R. No forcing, no mid-range guessing — I waited for the one location and it paid.
The Liquidity Hunting Proxy — In One Line
A model I've been building. The short version: NQ takes out a draw on liquidity, and then ES makes a higher high while NQ doesn't — that SMT divergence is what confirms the CISD for the entry. It's a cleaner, rules-based way to time the reversal off a swept draw. A full breakdown of the Proxy Model is coming — for now, just know that's the read behind today's entry.
The Open — A Textbook Judas Swing PAPER
MNQ 1m · a Judas Swing + inverse of the FP FVG after sweeping the SSL — a clean reversal long
On paper, but too clean not to log: at the open we put in a Judas Swing, swept the SSL, then inverted the FP FVG — a textbook reversal long. It got trailed out below the 9:45 candlebefore tagging full target, so a partial rather than the whole move, but a great read on the reversal all the same. The kind of setup worth studying whether or not there's size on it.
The Grade
Win
+2R
+2R
Live trade1 short
StageReversal
Entry PDALH CISD
ModelLiquidity Hunting Proxy
SweptDaily SIBI + PDH
ConfirmationBearish SMT
Result+2R
Paper trade1 long (Judas Swing)
Reset streakDay 20 / 30
The Plan I Wrote
One Short — From The Daily Bearish FVG
The morning bias named one location and one location only: a reversal from the Daily Bearish FVG, targeting back down. Price reached it, gave the reversal, and I took it. Bias and trade, same picture.
Read The Narrative →The Takeaway
The best trades are boring: you wrote the plan, you waited for the exact spot, you took it. No hype, just process.