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Read the market like a menu. Eight steps — Bias, Flow, AOI, Delivery, Confirmation, The Pass, Tables Served, Management. One framework. Built for people who want to understand, not just copy.

Which direction is the market favoring right now? Bias is your orientation — the lens that filters every decision that follows.

• Bullish, bearish, or neutral read
• Higher timeframe alignment
• Macro context (DXY, sessions)
• Daily, weekly trend direction

Where is price drawing? Smart money needs to collect orders before it moves — it hunts liquidity pools above and below current price.

• Buy-side & sell-side pools
• Flow identification
• The stop hunt pattern
• Displacement after the sweep

Where will price react? Areas of Interest are zones — premium or discount — where institutional order flow historically enters.

• Premium vs. discount zones
• Leftover Containers (imbalances)
• Structural AOI vs. FVG
• Multi-timeframe AOI alignment

How is price moving to your AOI? Impulsive delivery is fast and directional. Corrective delivery is slow, overlapping, and choppy.

• Impulsive vs. corrective moves
• Candle anatomy in delivery
• Body-to-wick ratios
• Speed and displacement reads

What do you need to see before entering? Confirmation is the signal that validates The Recipe — never enter without it.

• Rejection wick confirmation
• Engulfing candle signals
• Break + retest pattern
• Session timing alignment

Where do you enter? The Pass is your entry point — not chased, not guessed. It comes after all prior steps align.

• Entry zone definition
• Limit vs. market entry
• "Do not chase the candle"
• Pass timing and patience

Where do you take profit? Tables Served are your target levels — defined before entry, never moved in the hope of more.

• Target level identification
• Partial profit logic
• AOI as target
• Not getting greedy

What is your Burn Point — the level that tells you the read was wrong? Management is not emotion. It is a pre-defined plan.

• Burn Point placement
• Invalidation logic
• Break-even management
• Grandma Market patience