Harvesting Inside VWAP or Chop 375/423

This late-morning sequence is deliberate.

I’m fully aware that 11:30–11:45 is statistically one of the worst windows for clean follow-through. That’s exactly why I’m not “hunting a breakout” here—I’m working the chop.

Inside this range, you can still see repeatable micro-bursts: short, sharp spikes that keep printing slightly higher than the prior spikes. That matters. When we’re rotating around a session midpoint (VWAP / range equilibrium), volatility is typically muted, and the opportunity shifts from “big directional trade” to low-VIX harvest mode: scale in, scale out, take what the tape is offering, and do it multiple times.

So the thesis is simple:

• Yes, it’s chop.

• But it’s chop with an upward trajectory, not chop with downside drift.

That distinction is everything.

When you get chop + downside trajectory, I label it an L (you’re fighting gravity and harvesting becomes defensive).

When you get chop + upside trajectory, you’re harvesting with the slope.

We did get a brief “resolution” pop that wasn’t sustainable—but I’m not dependent on that. In this instance,

I’m satisfied with the structure as it is: a controlled, low-volatility rotation where the edge is precision harvesting, not prediction.