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MNQ Golden Pocket Continuation Long
A public playbook for the MNQ golden-pocket continuation model with dollar and volatility filters.
46 trades / 60.9% win / 2.49 profit factor / +14.79 avg pts.
What This Setup Is
A Fibonacci continuation setup that waits for a trend leg, a controlled pullback into the golden pocket, and a reclaim that supports a long continuation attempt.
Why It Fires
The golden pocket can become a high-attention dip zone. The setup is strongest when it aligns with normal opening volatility and a flat dollar regime rather than a runaway macro tape.
Exact Trigger Checklist
- Chart: MNQ 1-minute bars after an impulse leg is visible.
- Measure the impulse and mark the 61.8%-65% golden pocket.
- Wait for controlled pullback into the zone.
- Require regime_dxy+opening_vol_regime=flat+normal.
- Go long only after reclaim/acceptance from the pocket.
Good Conditions
- The impulse leg is clean and not news-only.
- Pullback enters the pocket without heavy bearish acceptance.
- Dollar is flat and opening volatility is normal.
- The reclaim has enough room to the next target shelf.
Avoid Conditions
- The pullback slices through the pocket and accepts below it.
- The impulse is too small to matter.
- Volatility regime is abnormal versus the saved filter.
- The entry chases far above the pocket.
Setup Anatomy
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Tier 1: MNQ Golden Pocket Continuation Long. A Fibonacci continuation setup that waits for a trend leg, a controlled pullback into the golden pocket, and a reclaim that supports a long continuation attempt. Filter: regime_dxy+opening_vol_regime=flat+normal. Research sample: 46 trades, 60.9% win, 2.49 PF, +14.79 avg pts.
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