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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: 81254

Type: price_action

Instrument: ES

Contract: ES 09-26

GTO Action: N/A

GTO Regime: N/A

Window Start: Friday, June 12, 2026 at 3:25:00 AM CDT

Window End: Friday, June 12, 2026 at 7:40:00 AM CDT

Created: Friday, June 12, 2026 at 7:41:14 AM CDT

Alignment: UNCLEAR

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

Notebook S3 Key: notebooks/brooks/ES_09-26_2026-06-12T07-40-00_id5115.ipynb

Chart

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Context

**Overall context:** Bars 0–14 are a **bull spike** (strong rally well above the EMA), followed by a **pullback into a trading range / bull channel transitioning to TR** (bars ~15–44: lots of overlap around/just above the EMA, with swings). Bars 45–47 are a **sudden upside gap/spike** far above the prior range and even above the EMA values printed there (data looks like a session gap/news jump), followed immediately by a pullback.

Patterns

**Clear patterns (last 3 bars):** Bar 45 is a **bull breakout/gap bar** up from the prior range (a spike), but bars 46–47 are **bear follow-through / pullback**. Bar 47 is a **bear breakout below bar 46’s low** (a 2-bar bear breakout) and effectively an **L1 sell** attempt after the gap up; not a clean L2 yet because there hasn’t been a second rally/failed follow-through.

Probability

**Who has better odds now + breakout failure probability:** **Bears slightly better right now** (immediate momentum is down: bar 47 is a bigger bear bar closing near its low and price is still below the EMA). **Current breakout failure probability: MEDIUM-HIGH** (for the bull breakout from bar 45) because (i) the breakout did **not get sustained follow-through**—two bars later it’s selling off, (ii) the spike is occurring after a long **overlapping TR**, where breakouts commonly fail/backtrack, (iii) bar 47 gives a **credible reversal pressure** (bear body, close near low) and traders buying the breakout have likely seen heat quickly, and (iv) no clear multi-bar “urgent” bull spike with consecutive strong closes—more like **gap then confusion/pullback**.

Entries / Avoidance

**With-trend entries / avoid:** With the very short-term trend down from 45, the cleanest with-trend idea is **sell rallies (bear flags) below bar 46/45 highs** or a break below bar 47 (continuation), but be cautious because this is a **gap environment** and can snap back into a TR quickly. Avoid buying “because it gapped up” until there’s a **credible bull reversal + follow-through** (e.g., a strong bull reversal bar and then an H2 / second-entry long), and avoid fading blindly in the middle of the prior range area (bars 15–44) where odds are typically 50/50.