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free guide · 03 / 07
Execution Timing
The Entry Candle
You had the right direction. You lost on timing.
"You entered 3 candles too early and got stopped. The problem was never the analysis — it was the timing."
The entry is not a price. It's a REACTION. And there is one rule that separates traders who enter well from traders who anticipate.
1 The golden rule
You don't buy the LEVEL. You buy the REACTION at the level.
- A touch of the zone with no reaction = you are anticipating (danger).
- An impulsive candle turning back out of the zone = that's your confirmation.
2 The confirmation candle (the flip candle)
At the POI (the FVG or Order Block), you want a candle with:
- A dominant body (not just a wick) in your direction.
- Clear momentum — it closes far, not hesitating.
- It appears after price tapped the zone, never before.
3 Body vs wick — the detail almost nobody checks
- Big body, small wicks = institutional expansion = real confirmation.
- A long lonely wick = it may just be a sweep. Wait for the body to confirm.
4 The two-candle read
- Price taps the POI (the wick into the zone).
- The NEXT candle closes with a body in your direction, back out of the zone. That close is your trigger — not the tap.
⚠ watch out
Entering on the tap because "it's at my level". The tap is bait; the reaction is the signal. Waiting for the body-close costs nothing and saves you 90% of the early stops.
The takeaway
This guide teaches you WHICH candle to look for. Getting the exact alert the moment that candle forms on the NQ, in the right zone, during the kill zone — that's what the bot gives you instantly.
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