How to Read the Confluence Table

Before a signal fires, you already have information.

The liquidity sweep either happened this session or it didn't. The 4-hour trend is either bullish or bearish. A CISD either confirmed or it's pending. None of this is hidden — it's all in the market. The Confluence Table just puts it in one place.

It's a real-time dashboard on the LSTrades indicator that shows the current state of every factor the grading system evaluates. When a signal fires, you'll already know what grade it earned — because you watched the table build toward it.

What the Confluence Table Shows

The table has one row per grading factor. Each row has three states: confirmed, pending, or not present. The states update in real-time as price moves, not just when a signal fires.

Here's what each row tracks:

| Row | What It Measures | When It Turns Green | |-----|-----------------|---------------------| | Sweep | Whether a liquidity sweep has occurred this session | A swing high or low is raided and price reverses | | HTF FVG | Whether the sweep drove into a 15m, 1H, or 4H Fair Value Gap | Price closes into an active HTF imbalance zone on the sweep candle | | CISD (5m) | Whether a 5-minute Change in State of Delivery has confirmed | A 5m candle closes through a qualifying swing level in trade direction | | BPR | Whether a Balanced Price Range (overlapping bull/bear FVGs) is present near price | A bullish and bearish FVG overlap zone exists in the current signal area | | 4H Trend | The higher-timeframe trend bias on the 4-hour chart | 4H structure is making higher highs/lows (bull) or lower highs/lows (bear) | | 1H Trend | The 1-hour trend bias | Same logic, 1H timeframe | | 15m Trend | The 15-minute trend bias | Same logic, 15m timeframe | | 5m Trend | The 5-minute trend bias | Same logic, 5m timeframe |

When all rows are green and an iFVG inversion occurs, the result is an A++ signal. The Confluence Table lets you watch that stack build in real time.

Reading the Table Before a Signal

This is where the table earns its value.

Say it's 10:15 AM EST. You see:

• Sweep: confirmed (it happened at 9:42)
• HTF FVG: confirmed (the sweep drove into a 1H imbalance)
• CISD (5m): pending
• BPR: not present
• 4H/1H/15m trend: all agree bullish
• 5m trend: still ranging

The table tells you: if an iFVG forms right now, it would grade A+. If the 5m trend confirms before price reaches the entry zone, it grades A++.

You're not reacting. You're prepared.

Contrast this with staring at the chart and trying to evaluate all of these manually as price moves. The table does that work. Your job is to read it and manage risk once the signal fires.

The Sweep Row Is the Gate

Every other row is a bonus. The Sweep row is the requirement.

If the Sweep row is not confirmed, no other factor matters — the entry model hasn't triggered. The methodology requires that a liquidity sweep occur during the NY AM session before any iFVG entry is valid for the Reversal Model. Signals fire within the 9:45 – 11:00 AM EST window.

Watch the Sweep row first. Until it turns green, everything else is context-building.

For the Continuation Model, the sweep from a prior session (or earlier in the current session) stays in play. In that case, the CISD row carries more weight — it's what distinguishes a Continuation setup from a random iFVG.

How the Trend Rows Work

The four trend rows (4H, 1H, 15m, 5m) give you multi-timeframe alignment at a glance.

They don't require all four to agree for a valid signal. A valid signal only requires the core entry model (sweep + iFVG inversion in the session window). But when all four trend rows agree with the trade direction, the signal is a strong A++ candidate.

A common pattern: 4H and 1H are bullish, 15m is neutral, 5m is bearish at signal time. The signal might still fire — but the table is telling you that the shorter timeframes aren't aligned. That's an A-grade signal, not A++. You take it with standard sizing and standard expectations.

The table never tells you to skip a trade. It tells you how much conviction the market structure is providing.

What Changes vs. What Doesn't

The Sweep and CISD rows update on candle close, not tick-by-tick. This matters because intrabar sweeps don't count — the candle needs to close beyond the level. If you see price spike through a swing high mid-bar, the Sweep row stays gray until the candle closes.

The trend rows update on candle close for each respective timeframe. The 4H row might stay unchanged for hours while the 5m row flips multiple times.

The HTF FVG row is checked at sweep time. If the sweep drove into a 15m FVG, that row turns green and stays green for the session, even if price later trades through that zone. The relevant question was whether the sweep was into institutional territory — that's a point-in-time read.

Using the Table for Session Prep

Before the NY AM session opens, the 4H and 1H rows are already telling you something. Check them at 9:25 AM EST:

• Both green (bullish): bias is long. You're looking for a sweep of sell-side liquidity (below a swing low) followed by an iFVG above price.
• Both green (bearish): bias is short. You're looking for a sweep of buy-side liquidity (above a swing high) followed by an iFVG below price.
• Mixed: no strong directional bias. You'll let the sweep and iFVG define direction, not HTF trend.

This 30-second read before the session opens is more preparation than most retail traders do in a day.

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Understanding the Confluence Table requires knowing the pieces it tracks. Read What Is a Liquidity Sweep?, What Is an iFVG?, and the Grading Framework if you haven't already. The table will make more sense once each row has a face.

Past results do not guarantee future performance. Trading NQ futures involves significant risk of loss.