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Trade Plan & Session Replay

The map shows you the battlefield; these two tools turn it into decisions and lessons.

The Trade Plan (right rail)​

Written by Cortex from the live map - not a template. It re-reads the fusion of value, gamma, and flow as the session develops.

What's in it:

  • Bias chip - bullish / bearish / neutral with a score. The dot's color matches the read; the one-line "why" underneath cites the exact prices driving it (where value was accepted, which wall price is pressing, what CVD is doing).
  • Setup line - the day's shape in one phrase ("Fade pops into resistance", "Fade extremes - rotational").
  • Three scenarios - Base / Bull / Bear, each with concrete trigger and target prices. These are if-then statements, not predictions: "Accept above 7605.50 → 7621.25."
  • Confirms / Invalidates / Magnet - the three prices that tell you the plan is working, broken, or where price gravitates.
  • Key Levels with confluence scores - every level on the map, ranked by how many independent signals stack there (gamma + volume node + session reference). A level scoring 6 is not the same trade as a level scoring 2.5.

How to use it: do not trade the plan blind. Use it as the hypothesis, then demand the map confirm - the scenario trigger printing with CVD agreement is the entry; the Invalidates price is your stop context.

Session Replay​

The Replay button (top right) rewinds the whole module to any past moment: the heatmap, volume profile, gamma levels, and price rebuild exactly as they stood at that instant - including where the walls were then, not where they ended the day.

Controls:

  • Date picker + scrubber - jump to any session, drag through it
  • Play - steps the session forward at a watchable pace
  • Bar interval works in replay - review at 1m granularity or step a week in 1H bars
  • A REPLAY tag and amber accent make it impossible to confuse the past with the live tape

Three ways to use it:

  1. Trade review: replay your entry moment. Was there CVD divergence you ignored? Was the level you faded a 2.5-score or a 6-score? The map at that moment is the honest record of what was knowable.
  2. Pattern reps: pick a pattern (say, absorption at the Call Wall) and scrub through the last ten sessions hunting instances. Ten minutes of replay is a hundred screenshots of study.
  3. Pre-market prep: replay yesterday's close to see how the auction finished - who was in control at the bell tells you a lot about the overnight that follows.

Note: gamma history exists only for hours when the equity options market was open; overnight replay shows price/volume layers with the last captured gamma state labeled accordingly.

Settings Worth Knowing​

The gear menu (next to "How to read"):

  • Price overlay - draw a close line or full candles over the heatmap if you want classic price action alongside the cells
  • Current price line - toggle the amber live cursor
  • Panels - hide the watchlist or right rail for a full-width map (useful on laptops and for screenshots)
  • Light and dark mode both fully supported - the map follows your platform theme

FAQ​

Is this financial advice? No. The Trade Plan is an analytical read of live market data - scenarios with levels, not instructions. Trade your own plan.

Why does the plan change mid-session? Because the inputs do. When price accepts through a wall or CVD flips, a static morning plan would be wrong; Cortex re-derives it from the current map instead.

Does Replay include the trade plan? Replay reconstructs the map layers (price, volume, gamma). Use it with your own journal notes for the decision-review side.