Summary — Monday mentorship on “chain of custody” (mapping unrealized dealing ranges)

Purpose

• The session explains how to identify, grade and trade unrealized dealing ranges (PD arrays) — i.e., where price is likely to run to and where intra-day PD arrays (order blocks, fair value gaps, breakers, etc.) should form. The method uses time-based session anchors, octants/quadrants on a fib, and PD-array validation to distinguish retracements from reversals.

Key practical rules and workflows

• Anchor your intraday canvas to clear, time-based reference points: previous month/week/day highs & lows, last three days’ high/low, and session highs/lows (e.g., midnight ET opening price and 2:00 AM ET for the London window).
• For London trading specifically (trading 3:00 AM London session; 2:00–5:00 AM ET): use the range from midnight ET open to the low formed before 2:00 AM ET. If a CB/SIBI exists there, anchor your fib to the high of the relevant CB (number-two candle) and draw to the low of that two‑hour range. Grade the range with octants/quadrants and wait for PD arrays to form at those levels.
• If you trade only London and plan to be done before NY open, aim modest targets (e.g., 25–30 handles on Nasdaq CFD) and accept you won’t capture multi-session daily range.
• When using new‑day/new‑week opening gaps or registered opening range gaps, require agreement (inefficiencies both above and below price) and use them as additional anchors for grading and stacking PD arrays.

Order flow & PD-array validation

• True continuation setups form predictable PD arrays at octant/quadrant levels; if price consistently fails those levels or tears through non‑anchored FVGs/blocks, expect consolidation or a reversal.
• Practical signals: how candles trade into/around prior candle bodies/wicks, relationships of body-to-wick, and whether fair value gaps remain unfilled or are aggressively taken out — these are the real order-flow clues.
• Speed and how many PD arrays are invalidated matter: knocking off three PD arrays tends to indicate a reversal; fewer may be a retracement.

Volume imbalances, suspension blocks & stops

• When toggling settled/unsettled imbalances, use the more prominent (larger) volume imbalance as your reference — it’s less likely to be invalidated by noise.
• For a suspension block formed by a 3-bar pattern, identify the three reference PD-array levels (lower imbalance high, midpoint/consequent-encroachment, and the upper imbalance high) to define bias/stops and invalidation points.

CFD vs futures guidance

• If you trade CFDs outside the U.S., analyze the equivalent futures contract for cleaner structure and use that for bias; map those levels to your CFD chart at the same candle/time. Expect CFDs to underperform the futures’ ultimate range, so scale targets down (take partial profits earlier).

Practice advice

• Spend time backtesting and studying the grading concept across sessions and higher timeframes. Start with the simple rule set (session highs/lows, prev day/week/month, last three days), learn to recognize PD-array formation around octants/quadrants, then build to more complex gap & mitigation flow ideas.
• The methodology rewards patience and pattern recognition rather than guesswork — grade the canvas and wait for PD arrays to validate the bias.

Other notes

• Several live Q&A examples illustrated the rules in real charts (London trading, a Nasdaq CFD question, and a weekly/monthly suspension block sweep), and the tutor stressed using higher timeframes to set bias and the octant/quadrant grading to confirm intraday opportunities. The session included off-topic banter about live trading and community personalities.