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Recorded Case Study - May 26, 2026

EURUSD swept the floor, rallied into supply, then paid the 1.16425 sell.

This study reviews the exact sequence we followed live: prior-day low sweep, London reclaim, premium supply rejection, bearish session delta, and the executed sell-limit rows.

Research Review, Not Advice

This page explains a recorded market sequence and operator review. It is not a promise that future setups will behave the same way, and it is not personal financial advice.

EURUSD May 26 chart showing swept floor, upper supply rejection, and rotation lower.
Trading Analytica EvidenceEURUSD 15M - MAY 26 SWEPT FLOOR AND SUPPLY REJECTION
Yesterday Reference
H 1.16530 / L 1.16290

The prior-day low became the key decision pivot after Tuesday's sweep.

Asia Sweep
1.16230

Price pierced the prior-day low by 6.0 pips before reclaiming.

London High
1.16450

The rally stopped inside the overhead supply shelf.

London/NY Low
1.16150

The rejection leg rotated through the prior low and extended lower.

The day in four legs

The trade did not come from one candle. It came from watching the auction change state across sessions.

Asia short leg

05:30-12:35 IST
Move
1.16356 -> 1.16230
Distance
12.6p

Early pressure pushed through yesterday's low. The key was not the break itself, but whether price could accept below it.

London recovery leg

12:35-16:00 IST
Move
1.16230 -> 1.16450
Distance
22.0p

The reclaim produced a squeeze into upper value. That made the top attractive only if supply actually rejected the rally.

London/NY rejection leg

16:00-21:05 IST
Move
1.16450 -> 1.16150
Distance
30.0p

The clean short sequence. Price failed in premium, then rotated back through the swept decision pivot.

Late bounce

21:05-22:00 IST
Move
1.16150 -> 1.16300
Distance
15.0p

Late-session absorption warned against chasing fresh shorts after the main rotation had already paid.

Why the sell worked

1.16425 was the center of the supply shelf.

The trade worked because entry was placed at premium location. Price rallied from the swept low into the strongest overhead shelf, failed to accept above London high, then rotated down through the prior-day low and into the lower session bracket.

Supply Level
1.16425
Sell Pressure
3.84

Sell limits 0.41 + trapped longs 3.44

Densest local sell shelf. This is why the 1.16425 sell was not random.

Supply Level
1.16400
Sell Pressure
2.89

Upper-value resistance plus trapped-long pressure

First pressure shelf below the London high.

Supply Level
1.16450
Sell Pressure
2.57

Sell limits 0.84 + trapped longs 1.73

London high and final rejection cap.

Auction And Delta

The session tape stayed bearish after the upper rejection.

Session
Range
Close
Delta
Bias
Asia
1.16403 / 1.16230
1.16368
-2059.3
Bearish
London
1.16450 / 1.16150
1.16191
-23589.4
Bearish
New York
1.16365 / 1.16150
around 1.1626
-16897.3
Bearish
London/NY Overlap
1.16365 / 1.16150
1.16191
-21655.6
Bearish
Plain-English Read

The auction was not saying "short forever." It was saying the upper value test failed. Once price rejected 1.16425-1.16450 and session delta stayed negative, the clean rotation target was back toward the swept prior-day low around 1.16290, with deeper extension only if that pivot failed.

Executed Trade Review

Visible broker rows matched the planned supply fade.

These screenshots are used as operator review evidence. The system builds the map, but the operator still owns size, entry, stop, target, and exit management.

SELL 3.0 lots at 1.16425, closed near 1.16289, visible result +$408.
Trading Analytica EvidenceCORE 1.16425 SELL

Core 1.16425 sell

SELL 3.0 lots at 1.16425, closed near 1.16289, visible result +$408.

Visible P&L
+$408
Two additional sell rows around 1.16413-1.16415, closed near 1.16287, visible combined result +$892.
Trading Analytica EvidenceMANAGED 1.16413-1.16415 SELLS

Managed 1.16413-1.16415 sells

Two additional sell rows around 1.16413-1.16415, closed near 1.16287, visible combined result +$892.

Visible P&L
+$892

What users should learn from this day

The goal is not to memorize one level. The goal is to learn how the system changes its read as price moves.

A swept low is not normal support anymore

Once 1.16290 was pierced to 1.16230 and reclaimed, it changed character. It became a decision pivot: reclaim is bullish, loss of reclaim is bearish.

Headline retail balance was not the whole story

The global positioning ratio was not extreme. The useful clue was local trapped inventory: overhead trapped longs near 1.16400-1.16450 and later support/absorption near the lows.

The trade worked because entry had location

The sell was placed inside the strongest overhead supply shelf. Selling 1.16425 is different from chasing 1.16250 after the move already happened.

Late-session state changed

After the rotation into 1.16150, the system shifted to absorption near the lows. That is why the earlier short was clean, but late chasing was lower quality.

Content Rule

Public wording should describe this as institutional-style absorption or large passive supply. We can show the evidence stack, but we should not claim we know the identity of the participants.