Setup
I was hunting longs at the open this morning, and the reason was simple: London rebalanced the Asia session, and the US premarket rebalanced London. When sessions rebalance like that back to back, the market is telling you where it wants to go. The market gives you the trade if you know how to see it.
Entry
I saw the liquidity sweep into the 15-minute fair value gap. I’ll be honest — I missed the order block entry. It happens. Instead of chasing it, I waited for a clean look.
After price traded through the morning highs at 31,222, I waited for it to come back into the range. That’s where I took the long — inside the 1-minute inversion fair value gap, which sat at the same level as the 1-minute FVG. Confluence right where I wanted it.
Exit
I targeted the highs and left a runner for ATH (all-time high). Price came back down before tagging ATH, so the runner didn’t pay — but the core target did its job.
Chart
What Worked
Patience. Missing the OB entry and not forcing it — waiting for price to come back into the range and hand me the iFVG entry instead. That’s the model working exactly as designed.
Lesson
A missed entry isn’t a missed trade — it’s just not your trade. The next setup always comes. Chase the missed order block and you’re trading emotion, not the model.
Verdict
Clean, disciplined long. Process over outcome.
