Reading the Nasdaq (NQ) in Bulenox Scalper Mode | January 13, 2026

January 13, 2026, New York session.

As every day, my Nasdaq futures read starts at 06:50 UTC-5.
At this stage, I still have no interesting entry point in sight.
I am clearly in observation mode.

We begin with a market reading – 06:50 UTC-5 | UT 5 minutes

Looking at the 5-minute chart, several elements immediately stand out.
Most of the structuring moving averages are positioned above the baseline moving average, with several successive bearish flips.
The read lacks direction.

As you can see on the chart, the market is coming out of a well-defined ranging phase, roughly between 01:45 and 04:20.
Price oscillates, structures overlap, and movements lack continuity.

A first bullish alignment of moving averages appears around 02:20.
On paper, the configuration looks exploitable.
In reality, the move does not develop.
The market does not follow through.

This type of sequence already sends a clear message.
Even when indicators align, the overall context remains fragile.
The read becomes unstable, and signal reliability drops sharply.

At that point, I consider the session to be range-driven, with a high risk of false starts.
The day is not shaping up to be easy.

The only rational choice is to wait.
Either for a clear and sustained alignment of moving averages to the upside or downside,
or for a true range breakout, confirmed by structure.

As long as this framework is not in place, I stay on the sidelines.
Forcing a read in this type of market leads to a sequence of inefficient trades.

Bullish impulse formation – 5-minute timeframe

Around 08:30 UTC-5, the market accelerates clearly.
As you can see on the chart, a strong bullish impulse takes place.

Structuring moving averages begin to align to the upside.
The structure progressively exits the range observed earlier in the session.

At this stage, I do not chase the move.
Entering on extension, in this context, has no interest.

Waiting for the correction – 5-minute timeframe

After the impulse, I deliberately wait for a pullback.
I am looking for a clean return of price to the Dynamic FiboTrend on the 5-minute chart.

This correction appears around 08:40 UTC-5.
As shown on the snapshot, price breathes without invalidating the bullish structure.

The context remains fragile.
The session is unstable.
I therefore choose to stay conservative with the target.

Entry timing – 1-minute timeframe

Once the correction is in place on the 5-minute Dynamic FiboTrend, I switch to the 1-minute chart.

On this timeframe, I wait for a simple validation.
The SuperTrend acts as the trigger.

Its level is located around 25,972.
👉 I choose to enter at 25,970, triggered on the bullish SuperTrend breakout.

Target and trade management

The last high is located around 26,003.50.
In this uncertain context, I choose not to aim for the extreme.

👉 Target: 25 points
👉 Price target: 25,995

As you can see on the chart, this choice is coherent.
Even before the target is fully reached, the Dynamic FiboTrend already starts to turn bearish.

If you usually follow my breakdowns, you know that I often exit before the last high.
This is precisely to avoid this type of reversal.

Financial equivalence

The movement represents 25 points on the Nasdaq.

• 3 micros → approximately $150
• 5 micros → approximately $250
• 1 mini → approximately $500

Session review – January 13, 2026

The January 13 session was not easy.
A lot of range, little continuity, and an overall context not favorable to chaining setups.

In this type of day, the method can generate several false starts.
That is normal.
It is precisely in these conditions that money management takes precedence over the setup.

Here, I chose to highlight the exploitable opportunity of the session.
With patience and clean execution, it allowed a 25-point move to be worked.

The goal of these analyses is not to list every failed attempt.
They are meant to show how to move when the market opens a path.

If I wanted to explain how to drive in heavy traffic, I would not spend my time showing crashes.
I would show clean trajectories, the ones that allow progress without putting yourself at risk.

That is exactly the logic here:
observe for a long time,
act rarely,
and intervene only when the context becomes readable.

See you next time.
Peace.

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