Trade with Situational Awareness

July 24, 2026

 

What does Situational Awareness mean


In practical terms, it boils down to a simple question for me

if yes, but aggressively as early as possible and manage them.

If no, then are breakdowns likely to work?

If no, what setups are likely to work

Most of the time, SIPS, reversals, and select EP9 work best in these conditions, so focus on that.

What changes I need to make to the daily process to account for that SA

Why do this

Because if you don't trade with SA, you get drawdowns, and drawdowns are painful and, in most cases, career-ending


The question is: Is situational awareness essential for trading success? The answer is yes if swing and position trading. Even the quants have a regime filter and don't trade the same thing all the time.

Do you need to be a GOAT to become good at



No. Anyone can learn this. You can use any tool: MA, levels, Fibonacci, Alligator indicator, Moon Phases or voodoo dolls, but use SA daily.. Operate with SA. Control risk every trade and every time. If you don't want to do that, become a day trader.

Understand market breadth

July 23, 2026

 


Breadth thrusts are created by fund buying and selling.

When funds pour in money, you see blocks of buying like this, back-to-back 300-plus days. This is not driven by retail.

This shows you fund selling, back-to-back 300-plus days. Breadth tells you about underlying buying or selling pressure

Funds cannot hide their buying. This is what it looks like.

This is what a breadth thrust is. Funds coming every day and buying. This is where breakouts work and follow through.

These are the footprints of funds selling. Day after day of selling reflected in breadth numbers.

Market breadth is market-derived information that tells you when buying or selling is dominating in the market. Using this information to time breakouts helps us improve win rates and avoid drawdowns.

What do you see currently in the last few weeks:


Does that look like buying or selling to you? Do you think breakouts work in these conditions?

Situational Awareness for July 20, 2026

July 20, 2026

 


Long-term: We are in a secular bull market that started in 2009. 2022 launch of AI has given further legs to this secular trend. Secular bull markets historically last 15 to 20 years and end with bubbles, overexpansion, and inflation.

Short-term SA: we remain in a range-bound market. 20% of the study on the bullish side is at 15, indicating a strong probability of a short-term 3- to 5-day bounce.

Breakouts are unlikely to have follow-through here till a breadth thrust happens.

In a choppy, range-bound market, a good breakout will look as good as it did under better market conditions, but then fail to follow through.

Or look at $GS


Focus : EP EP9(very selectively) DEP

What will work here: SIPS for day trades

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