summary: a reference of the report stacks edgeful traders use together and what each combination tells you — so you can build a data-backed bias from confluence instead of leaning on any single report.
why combine reports
no single report is a signal on its own — the edge shows up when you stack a few that all point the same direction, treat that agreement as confluence, and treat disagreement as a reason to stand aside. new to the idea? start with the framework in combining multiple reports into one strategy for the how and why. this article is the quick reference for the specific stacks edgeful traders run and what each one tells you.
the core stacks
ultimate reversal (fade an outside open)
gap fill + outside days + ICT opening retracement (+ weekly open on Mondays). when price opens outside yesterday's range and above (or below) all of these reference levels at once, it's a high-confluence fade back through the stacked levels. see the ultimate reversal setup article for the full walkthrough.
ultimate bullish (continuation from inside the range)
inside bars (+ inside bars by open) + opening candle continuation + IB breakout. open within yesterday's range, a green first hour, and an IB high break all aligned = a long continuation toward the previous day's high. the by-open subreport is the early directional check — an open above yesterday's midpoint is the read that fits the long. conflicting pieces (green candle but IB low break) = no trade. see the ultimate bullish setup article for the full walkthrough.
initial balance, self-contained
IB breakout + IB by rejection + IB by levels. the IB breakout sets direction, the by-rejection read gives the side and entry, and by levels gives the extension targets. one report family, a full entry-to-target plan. see the IB breakout setup article for the full walkthrough.
entry and stop from the spike subreports
outside days by spike + gap fill by spike. on a reversal fade, the combined spike distances tell you how far price usually runs away from the levels first — which defines your entry zone and where the stop belongs.
directional-bias pairs
these lighter pairings are used to build or confirm a daily lean:
inside bars by open + previous day's range — on a day that opens inside yesterday's range, which side of yesterday's midpoint price opened on gives you the lean and the target (the prior high or the prior low); previous day's range then covers what tends to happen once that level actually breaks.
opening candle continuation + previous day's range — first-hour direction plus a break of the prior-day high or low in the same direction is a higher-conviction intraday bias. a coach favorite.
gap fill by size + opening range breakout — a large gap that rarely fills sets a directional lean; the ORB double-break tendency says if one side of the range breaks, expect the other.
previous day's range + ATR or ADR — direction comes from the range break, the expected move size comes from ATR/ADR.
gap fill by size + ATR — the fill target sets where price is headed; ATR sizes the expected move to it.
opening week range + initial balance — after Monday and Tuesday set the week's high and low, a one-side break rarely reverses to the other, the same logic as the IB but on a weekly scale (useful for swing entries).
market session correlation (London → New York) — use the London session's direction to bias the New York session for futures.
letting the platform stack it for you
you don't have to run every combination by hand:
the screener bias bar aggregates a template of reports (for example opening candle continuation + IB + IB by rejection + previous day's range) across your tickers into one daily bias.
what's in play aggregates every active report into a single long/short bias with data-backed targets for the ticker, and shows which setups are forming live.
edgeful AI lets you combine two reports in one analysis and ask cross-report questions to find where they agree.
tips
agreement is the whole point. when stacked reports disagree, that's a no-trade, not a weaker trade.
every read varies by ticker, session, and weekday, and drifts over time. confirm the current numbers on the live reports before you commit.
a catalyst (a major headline or economic release) can override the data — size down or stand aside on those days.