The DCR (Daily Cycle Range) is the higher-timeframe equivalent of the MCR, but it forms only once a week — and it sets the entire structure for the week ahead.

It’s drawn from the first trading session of the week, and just like the MCR, it gives us the boundaries of control, intent, and imbalance — but now on a weekly cycle.

When Is the DCR Formed?

• Time window:

  📆 Monday from 18:00 to 23:00 EST

  (The first 5 hours of the new weekly trading cycle)

• Just like the MCR does on a daily chart, the DCR acts as a range box that price will continue to react to, reject, or draw toward for the entire week.

Why the DCR Matters

• It becomes the weekly narrative anchor
• Price reacts to it across HTFs (4H, Daily, even 1H setups)
• We treat it the same as an MCR:
  • Wick = imbalance
  • Body close = acceptance
  • Fake break = trap
  • Range = structure

How We Use It

• Draw the DCR on Monday night after 23:00 EST
• Watch how price interacts with it:
  • Is it used as a draw on liquidity?
  • Is it respected for rejections?
  • Does price fail to hold a breakout beyond it?
• Once it’s created, the DCR becomes a reference structure for:
  • 🔹 Intraday directional bias
  • 🔹 Weekly reversals
  • 🔹 Higher-timeframe entries that align with MCR logic

DCR + MCR = Multi-Timeframe Confluence

• DCR = Weekly MCR
• MCR = Daily Intraday Structure
• When both align (e.g. rejection at the top of DCR + MCR edge) → high conviction setups

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