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Analysis Week #1 — The Close: Called, Confirmed, Target Hit

2026-07-24

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Last Friday, NQ closed at the 3 GB level. On Sunday I published my read for the week. This is how it ended.

Before — Sunday, the call

NQ daily chart from Sunday July 19 — the call: from 3 the path draws up 59-41-17 into the bearish daily FVG, wait for confirmation short

From 3, the algo path draws up: 3 → 59 → 41 → 17. My read: Monday and Tuesday push up into 17, where the bearish daily FVG sits. If I get confirmation there, I’m looking short — target, the weekly swing low.

What happened

Tuesday, price rallied straight into 17 — right into the bearish daily FVG. I posted the mid-week update the same week, so this part is timestamped too.

Wednesday night, the confirmation came: a 1-hour inversion FVG — a bullish gap that inverted — formed inside the bearish daily FVG. That was my trigger. I went short.

NQ 1-hour chart — the short taken from the 1h inversion FVG, riding down to the weekly swing low

The trade itself, on the 1h: short from the inversion, target below.

After — Friday, target hit

NQ daily chart from Friday July 24 — price sold off from the 17 rejection into the weekly swing low, target hit

Friday, price ran into the weekly swing low. The path up, the level, the confirmation, the target down — the trade played out exactly as mapped.

Why I’m showing you this

Not because one week proves anything — it doesn’t, and I’ll show you the weeks that don’t play out too. I’m showing it because both charts are dated before the move. The call is from Sunday. The result is from Friday. Nothing here is hindsight.

The mapping behind it — the GB levels, the algo path, what counts as confirmation — is exactly what the course is built on.

And a reminder for the waitlist: at 200 traders, I record a full video breakdown walking through a week like this on the charts, for everyone on the list. If this kind of analysis helps you, share it with one trader who’d appreciate it — the buttons are on this page.

— Salim

Everything on this site is educational content, not financial advice. Trading involves substantial risk. This is my personal analysis and my personal trade — not a recommendation to take any trade.

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