3 concrete scalping strategies to exploit them with MicroFlow + Volatility Heatmap. All actionable, session-ready. ⚡

What repeats across this charts (the “signatures”)

1. Ignition after quiet 🔥

   • Volatility rows (10/20) jump from ~3–5 → 8–14.

   • MicroFlow cascades: 1s flips, then 5s, then 10s (30s joins later).

   • Price prints a fast impulse that carries for several M1 bars.

2. Trend grind with pullbacks 🛠️

   • Volatility stays elevated and steady (7–12).

   • 30s MicroFlow holds the trend sign while 1s oscillates around it.

   • Pullbacks are shallow; the next MicroFlow green/red burst continues the move.

3. Exhaustion → cool-down 🧊

   • Volatility peaks then rolls over (10 drops ~15–30% from local high).

   • MicroFlow fails to restack with the prior trend; you see opposite 1s/5s clusters.

   • Reversions to the last micro-base or VWAP-like levels are common.

4. Mid-session drift 😴

   • Volatility rows (5–20) sit ≤3–4; MicroFlow flip-flops around 0.

   • Breakouts fail; only range edges pay—most signals should be skipped.

Quick thresholds (so it’s mechanical)

• HOT volatility: ATR row 10 or 20 ≥ 65th percentile of the last 200 bars (or roughly ≥6.5 on your scale).

• COLD volatility: ≤3.5 → avoid breakout attempts.

• MicroFlow “burst”: last 2 columns on 1s have same sign and |1s| + 0.8·|5s| ≥ 3.

• Alignment: 1s & 5s same sign = trigger; 10s joining within ≤3 columns = follow-through.

• Context lock: 30s opposite sign for ≥3 columns = no trade in that direction.

(Optional score to display) → FlowScore = 1·sgn(1s) + 0.8·sgn(5s) + 0.6·sgn(10s) + 0.4·sgn(30s) → act when |FlowScore| ≥ 2.

Strategy 1 — Ignition Breakout (capture the first wave) 🚀

Use when: You see the volatility jump (10/20 rows heat up) and a MicroFlow cascade (1s→5s→10s).
Where it appears: Open/News bursts and your evening spikes.

Checklist

• Vol Gate: ON (10 or 20 ≥ P65) and ATR10 slope up.

• MicroFlow: 1s+5s align within ≤2 columns; 10s joins ≤3 columns later.

• Price: sitting near a micro-range edge / recent high.

Entry

• Buy the break of last micro-high (high of previous 2–3 M1 candles).

• If it pops ahead of you, wait the first tiny pullback while 1s stays green.

Stop

• Tighter of: below the micro-base or 0.6 × ATR(10).

Management

• Hold while 1s/5s stay green and ATR10 keeps rising.

• Take first partial when 1s fades and ATR10 ticks down; trail the rest under each new M1 swing low.

Invalidation

• 30s flips red for 3 columns or ATR10 rolls over ≥20% from its peak → exit.

Strategy 2 — Pullback Reload (ride the grind) 🏄‍♂️

Use when: Volatility stays high & stable (7–12) after the first push; 30s MicroFlow holds the trend sign.

Checklist

• Vol Gate: ON (10 or 20 ≥ P65), ATR10 flat/up.

• MicroFlow: 30s trend sign intact; temporary 1s red (in an uptrend) that quickly flips back green with 5s.

Entry

• After a shallow pullback, enter on the first column where 1s+5s re-align with the trend or on the break of the pullback’s micro-swing.

Stop

• Below the pullback base or 0.5 × ATR(10).

Management

• Add only when 10s joins (confirmation).

• Trail under each higher low; take partials as ATR10 starts to flatten and 1s turns mixed.

Invalidation

• 30s loses alignment for ≥3 columns or ATR10 drops ≥20% from its 10-bar high.

Strategy 3 — Exhaustion Fade (controlled counter) 🧨

Use when: You spot a volatility peak then cool-down and MicroFlow shows opposite clusters that fail to be re-absorbed.

Checklist

• Vol: hot → cooling (ATR10 down 15–30% from peak over ≤10 bars).

• MicroFlow: several opposite 1s/5s cells appear without quick restack in the original trend; 10s lags but starts to soften.

• Candle: spike/wick into a prior level (micro-high/low, session pivot, imbalance).

Entry

• Fade on reclaim of the failed breakout level (for longs: price drops back under the spike high) or on the first lower high / higher low with MicroFlow opposite.

Stop

• Just beyond the spike extreme or 0.4 × ATR(10)—keep it tight.

Targets

• First target = last micro-base / intrabar mean; second target = VWAP/previous range mid.

• If ATR10 keeps cooling and 10s joins the reversal, trail for more.

Invalidation

• 30s snaps back to the original trend and ATR10 re-accelerates → kill the fade.

When NOT to trade (saves you the most money) 🚫

• All Vol rows ≤3–4 and MicroFlow flip-flop → skip.

• Opposing 30s for ≥3 columns → skip new entries against it.

• After huge late-session spikes with ATR(80) at extremes → prefer pullbacks, avoid fresh breakouts.

Session presets (quick)

• US Open (9:30–10:30 NY): loosen Vol Gate to P60; partials quicker.

• Midday: tighten to P70; require 1s/5s/10s alignment for entries.

• Power Hour (15:00–16:00): keep P65; avoid fresh breakouts if ATR(80) ≥ P90.

TL;DR 🤖

• Volatility tells you when to care.

• MicroFlow tells you when to click.

• Trade Ignition for the first wave, Reload for the grind, Fade only when you catch cool-down + opposite flow.
  Use the thresholds above and the heatmap will feel like x-ray vision for the next candle. 🔭💚