Sideways action prior to NFP report tomorrow

01/06/2022 02:15 PM - By Matt Ratliff
The first employment report of the year is tomorrow, let's see what has happened in the afternoon ahead of the report.

Day - Thursday

Opening Gap Direction - Down

Market Status - Bull Market

Instrument - ES, RTY, NQ, YM

Trading SetUp - Long

Market Trend - Bull

Trade Type - Time Based Entry

Entry - 3:00 pm ET

Exit - 4:15 pm ET (Market Close)



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