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Instrument
ES
Contract
ES 09-26
AI Bias
LONG
GTO Action
N/A
Alignment
UNCLEAR
Window Bars
48

Snapshot Metadata

Snapshot ID: 83829

Type: price_action

Instrument: ES

Contract: ES 09-26

GTO Action: N/A

GTO Regime: N/A

Window Start: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 10:55:00 AM CDT

Window End: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 2:50:00 PM CDT

Created: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 2:51:45 PM CDT

Alignment: UNCLEAR

Tags: price-action, al-brooks, 5-minute

Notebook S3 Key: notebooks/brooks/ES_09-26_2026-07-31T14-50-00_id7692.ipynb

Chart

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Context

**Overall context:** This is a **bull trend / spike-and-channel up**: bars 0–20 are a steady bull push with the EMA rising, then bars ~21–40 become a **tight trading range / bull flag** mostly above a rising EMA, followed by a **late bull breakout** starting at bar 41 and continuing into bar 47.

Patterns

**Clear Al Brooks patterns (last 3 bars):** Bars **45–47** are a **bull breakout with follow-through** (two consecutive strong closes near the highs, higher highs). Bar **44** is a pullback that functions as a **bull flag**, and bar **45** is an **H1/H2-style trend resumption attempt** (first clear push up after the pullback; the strong follow-through at 46–47 makes it effectively a successful resumption). No credible L1/L2 sell setups in the last 3 bars because there’s no strong bear reversal bar or break below a prior swing low.

Probability

**Who has better odds now + breakout failure probability:** **Bulls have better probabilities** (trend alignment, breakout and follow-through, and price far above a rising EMA). **Breakout failure probability: MEDIUM**—even though the breakout is strong, it’s occurring late after a long bull channel/TR (more prone to profit-taking), bar 42 is a small follow-through (brief hesitation), and this is an “out of a range” breakout that often pulls back to test the breakout area; however, 46–47 are strong enough that bears probably won’t get a clean reversal immediately.

Entries / Avoidance

**With-trend entries / avoid:** Best with-trend idea is **buying a pullback (1–2 bars) to around the breakout area/above the EMA** for an H1/H2 continuation rather than chasing at bar 47’s high. Avoid **shorting** without a clear top/reversal pattern (e.g., climactic reversal bar + follow-through down), and avoid buying far above the EMA if the next bar(s) start forming big tails/overlap (sign of transition into a trading range).