Every move starts by going inside. Then broadening formation. Then expansion.
The key is to identify when your inside. Then identify the new broadening formation.
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Identifying when you’re inside is simple. Zoom out, if you go to an inside day you’ll see a new 60 tri. Inside month new daily tri. Inside quarter new weekly tri. Etc. This HAS to happen.
Tri = Triangle = Broadening Formation
Notice daily inside bar for the tri shown above!

The tri is simple to identify. It is when 1 or more bars goes outside of a previous bar(s). Notice this 60 tri we see started here.

That 3 now is a level of reclaim. It’s a tri on a LTF so we can treat it like a standard broadening formation on this timeframe.
If we fail the lows we target the highs (broadening formation = series of new lows followed by new highs) and vice versa.

Notice price makes another 3. Same rules apply here as well.

Once you have the 3s you can play them simply. Enter at the lows to target the highs and vice versa. Depending on if you’re Strat or ICT or CRT you will do this slightly different.
Example of entry from the 2-2 15 reversal. Targeting the first 3 we formed.

Notice how all of this price action goes compound 3 of the previous range. The reason we can identify this broadening formation (yellow).
The 4hr shows how we went 4 bars outside of the initial tri from the 60.
This is a universal truth and will be true across all timeframes (until the timeframe higher than the 1)

Notice as time continues the range increases in size.
It’s a broadening formation. It will broaden.
Eventually FTFC (4 timeframes green in alignment D W M 60) occurs at the top or bottom of the tri AND it exits the range it is stuck inside.

The breakout of the range is either TRUE or FALSE.
If the range is broken and price makes no lower low the breakout is true. If it reverses and reclaims those highs the breakout is false.
Yes the range may be tested more than 1x but once those highs are made during FTFC we want it to break and never come back.
The equilibrium can be seen as a tug of war. While it’s forming it’s a battle back n forth between the smaller timeframe participation groups.
Once the equilibrium breaks it is 100% up to the HTF participants to take the offer or hit the bid.
That initial breakout must **just go** or we will heavily reduce our positions.
The end goal is to find the biggest 3 you can. Trade with continuity back through the 3. If the breakout is true add if it is false reduce heavily.
Since we can gauge both sides of the range we must add to winning positions aggressively. This is how the big tri’s pay you. If you know it’s going “from there” “to there” you should be as long as you can be before your target is hit!

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