QT + SSMT, as I read it

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1 · Cycles

Cycles inside cycles

Every quarter is the next cycle down. Gold tick = True Open (open of Q2).

Yearlydaily candles Jan–Mar Apr–Jun Jul–Sep Oct–Dec TYO Dec 31 ✕ Monthly4H Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 TMO Wk 13 Weekly1H Mon Tue Wed Thu TWO Fri Daily15m Asia London NY AM NY PM TDO 90-minute5m 06:00 07:30 09:00 10:30 T90O Micro1m 06:00 06:22 06:45 07:07 TMCO

One day, zoomed in

The 90-minute cycle is 6 hours long. Its quarters are 90 min.

DAILY CYCLE · 24 h from 18:00 NY · 15-min candles Q1 · Asia Q2 · London Q3 · NY AM Q4 · NY PM 18:00 00:00 06:00 12:00 ~17:00 TDO TDRO 90-MINUTE CYCLE = Daily Q3 (6 h long) · quarters 90 min · 5-min candles Q1 · lead-in Q2 Q3 · 09:30 cash open Q4 06:00 07:30 09:00 10:30 12:00 T90O T90RO MICRO CYCLE = one 90-min block · quarters ≈22.5 min · 1-min candles Q1Q2 Q3Q4 06:00 06:22:30 06:45 07:07:30 07:30 TMCOTMCRO True Open = open of Q2 Revolving Open = open of Q4 Same rule at every level.
2 · True Open

Premium and discount in time

ABOVE TRUE OPEN → shorts only BELOW TRUE OPEN → longs only True Open (Q2 open) Q1Q2Q3Q4

One open, or two stacked?

Our backtests used one. Daye says two. Which pair do you use?

TDO (higher cycle) T90O (lower cycle) above both → best shorts between → mixed, skip? below both → best longs "If you're just looking at one true open, you're doing it wrong." (Daye)

Which open is live

Q4's open carries into the next Q1. Not in any lecture I have: where's it from?

Q1Q2 Q3Q4 next cycle Q1 prior cycle's TRO True Open (this cycle's Q2 open) TRO (this cycle's Q4 open) carries forward Exactly one reference is active at any moment. Q1 can't use its own True Open: it hasn't printed yet.
3 · SSMT

SSMT: one or two break, the rest hold

Own prior-quarter level, wick through counts. Trade against the break.

prior quarter current quarter True Open MNQ broke its low MES held ✓ YM held ✓

The gate

✓ Bullish, valid True Open prior-quarter low sweep is BELOW the True Open ✕ Bullish, no signal True Open prior-quarter low sweep is ABOVE the True Open

HSSMT: same idea, closes only

PRIOR QUARTERCURRENT QUARTER lowest wick lowest close wick only → SSMT closes below lowest close → HSSMT

When is it dead?

Our rule below. Daye instead: an opposing SSMT of equal or bigger range cancels it.

MNQ 1st · 1 of 3 → SSMT MES 2nd · 2 of 3, still alive YM 3rd · 3 of 3 All three broke the low → no divergence left → signal dead
4 · Stages

Higher cycle sets direction, lower cycle times the entry

Weekly SSMTbeyond TWO · 1H Daily SSMTbeyond TDO · 15m 90m SSMTbeyond T90O · 5m ENTRYall same direction optional?minimum Stage 1?skip to micro OK? Your Gotham checklist runs this chain. Daye: nothing below Daily calls a reversal.
5 · My SSMT trade

How I'd take it on SSMT alone

1Daily SSMT
NY AM vs London, beyond TDO
290m SSMT, same way
beyond T90O / T90RO
3Sweeper closes back inside
enter MNQ on that 5m close
4Stop
2 pts past the sweep
5Target
London's other side

1Tue 21 Oct 2025 · 15m · daily SSMT

MNQ and MES break their London low. YM holds. Break is below TDO → bullish.

LONDON · DAILY Q2NY AM · DAILY Q3 MNQ TDO London low broke it 09:41 MES TDO London low broke it 10:02 YM TDO London low held ✓ 00:00 03:00 06:00 09:00 12:00

25m · 90m SSMT → entry, stop, target

10:32 MNQ breaks the 09:00–10:30 low, MES and YM hold, below T90RO. 10:35 it closes back above → long.

90m Q3 · 09:00–10:30 90m Q4 · 10:30–12:00 MNQ T90RO target 25,331 entry 25,232 stop 25,201 10:32 breaks Q3 low 10:35 closes back above → long target hit 12:01 · +3.2R MES Q3 low held ✓ YM Q3 low held ✓ 09:00 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00

Honest check

Same 5 rules, every day Jun 2024 – May 2026: 243 trades, −40R 48 hit target (20%)191 stopped out

One good day is easy to find. Mechanically, these 5 rules lose. Your corrections are what should fix it.

6 · Quick questions

Smallest Stage-1 cycle you'd trade from?

NQ and ES break, YM holds. SSMT?

Exactly where do you enter?

Stop and target?

Does there need to be news?

Max trades, and when do you stop?

Anything else