Friday 4 September 2026
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What changed
against the previous session13 levels moved · commentary
Levels that moved: initial balance high, initial balance low, invalidation, point of control, prior point of control, prior value area high, prior value area low, session close, session high, session low, session open, value area high, value area low.
The day type is now a normal-variation day. The open type is now an open-test-drive up. The close type is now in the lower part of the range. The value location is now inside value. The acceptance read is now rejected below. Value migration is now overlapping lower.
The auction
1 sessionThe session closed inside value.
Against prior value the letters read rejected below.
Today's value area migrated overlapping lower against yesterday's.
Balance status: balancing.
This read is invalidated on a close below 7729.5 pts (initial balance low).
The open read as an open-test-drive up, yet the letters read rejected below prior value. Value migrated overlapping lower, and the close was inside value. The close sat below the initial balance. The naked POC at 7756 pts was not touched by the range.
Drift
20–60 sessionsOver the last 20-60 sessions the Drift read is mixed, so no phase is assigned.
Price sits near its average, 0.37 ATR from its reference.
The efficiency ratio over that window is 0.03.
The move is quiet.
Over these weeks the direction is mixed, and daily moves have been quiet.Because the lookbacks do not establish a consistent direction the model assigns no phase, and daily ranges have stayed small against this market's own longer history.
Volatility
estimatedThe volatility proxy VIX sits in its low band at 14.53 (estimated). The term structure is contango. ATR(14) is 71.85 pts and the expected move for one session is 0.92%.
The two horizons. The auction read (1 session) and the Drift read (20-60 sessions) are orthogonal: there is no side to compare on this session.
Levels
| Prior value area highUpper edge of yesterday's value area | 7767pts |
|---|---|
| Prior value area lowLower edge of yesterday's value area | 7719pts |
| Prior point of controlYesterday's TPO point of control: the price row with the most TPO prints (time at price) | 7756pts |
| Value area highUpper edge of today's value area | 7733pts |
| Point of controlToday's TPO point of control: the price row with the most TPO prints (time at price) | 7720pts |
| Value area lowLower edge of today's value area | 7715pts |
| Session openWhere the session opened | 7742.25pts |
|---|---|
| Session highThe session's highest price | 7751pts |
| Session lowThe session's lowest price | 7711.75pts |
| Session closeWhere the session closed | 7723.75pts |
| Initial balance highTop of the first hour's range | 7751pts |
| Initial balance lowBottom of the first hour's range | 7729.5pts |
| InvalidationThe level that undoes today's read | 7729.5pts |
|---|---|
| Nearest naked POC aboveAn untested prior TPO point of control above price: the price row with the most TPO prints (time at price) | 7756pts |
| Nearest naked POC belowAn untested prior TPO point of control below price: the price row with the most TPO prints (time at price) | 7720pts |
| Balance area highUpper edge of the current multi-day balance | 7782.5pts |
| Balance area lowLower edge of the current multi-day balance | 7621.5pts |
| 1x balance extension up— no meaning text in the draft | 7943.5pts |
| 1x balance extension down— no meaning text in the draft | 7460.5pts |
Unfilled gaps · 2
| Gap 1Upper / lower edge of an unfilled gap | 7704.25 / 7678.25 |
|---|---|
| Gap 2Upper / lower edge of an unfilled gap | 7546.25 / 7520 |
All prices in index points on ESU2026. Meanings are the Meaning column of the post's level table.
Scenarios
Next session
1 scenarioRejected low holds → rotation back to prev POC
- Trigger
- close above 7719 pts (prev VAL)
- Invalid before
- 2 letters below 7719 pts (prev VAL)
- Invalid after
- close below 7719 pts (prev VAL)
- Target
- touch of 7756 pts (prev POC)
- Horizon
- 1 session
- Expires
- 2026-09-08 20:00 UTC
If a five-minute close holds above 7719 pts after the low was rejected there, the read favors a rotation toward 7756 pts, invalidated before that close by two consecutive five-minute letters closing beyond 7719 pts to the downside, and after the trigger by a five-minute close below 7719 pts.
Prices are frozen at issue and never re-resolve to a later session's level.
Opening playbook
against the 2026-09-03 value area- Open above7767 pts (2026-09-03 value area high)Would leave the 2026-09-03 value area on the side opposite today's rejection; watch for a hold or rejection of 7767 pts.
- Open insidethe 2026-09-03 value area (7719–7767 pts)Would keep the auction inside the 2026-09-03 value area, in line with today's rejection; 7719 pts and 7767 pts would frame the session.
- Open below7719 pts (2026-09-03 value area low)Would return to the side today's auction rejected; a hold beyond 7719 pts would question that rejection.
Previous scenarios
| Scenario | Issued | Trigger | Outcome | Move (ATR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold above prev VAH → prior value becomes support | 2026-09-03 | triggered | horizon end | -0.36 |
"Triggered" records that the trigger condition was met. It is not a correct call and is never scored as one.
The trigger, a close above 7754 pts, was met; over the horizon the move against the read was larger than the move for it, and it finished slightly against it.
Chart
Data note
How this post was made
- Observation cutoff: 2026-09-04T20:00:00+00:00. Nothing that happened after that instant informed this post.
- Prices are quoted on contract:ESU2026.
- Reconstructed replay: built from current rows, not from what was known at the time.
- The vol section is estimated: hv=estimated.
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