# PivotBoss Reference Library — Index & Coverage Audit

> **Purpose:** This folder is the restructured home for the three original
> PivotBoss study documents. The originals are preserved verbatim in
> `_archive/`; this folder reorganizes their content into focused,
> load-on-demand reference files.
>
> Each concept file carries **two layers**:
>
> 1. **The concept** — definitions, relationships, structure (from the
>    master map and the complete concepts reference).
> 2. **The practical playbook** — how that specific concept is traded:
>    setup, entry, stop, targets, invalidation (from the practical
>    entries/exits companion).
>
> Generic trade mechanics that apply to *any* trade (regime filter, stops,
> targets, scaling, trailing, exit discipline) live in their own files
> rather than being repeated per concept.

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## File Map

| # | File | Contents |
|---|------|----------|
| 01 | `01-auction-theory.md` | Auction Market Theory, participants, responsive vs initiative, acceptance vs rejection, market personality, "GPS" philosophy |
| 02 | `02-money-zone-value.md` | Money Zone / Market Profile, VAH/VAL/POC/VPOC, developing & virgin zones, value relationships & migration, value-area width |
| 03 | `03-floor-pivots.md` | Floor Pivot system, PP, R1–R3, S1–S3, expanded pivots, Follow the Leader, Fourth Layer, Pivot Trend Analysis |
| 04 | `04-cpr.md` | Central Pivot Range, BC/TC/Pivot, developing CPR, two-day CPR relationships, CPR width, historical width, pivot range histogram & trend, Magnet Trade + CPR playbook |
| 05 | `05-camarilla.md` | Camarilla Equation, H3/L3 reversal, H4/L4 breakout, developing/width/2-day/3-indicator, hidden layers, breakaway play, pivot trend, Camarilla Revolution |
| 06 | `06-hot-zones-confluence.md` | Confluence, Multiple Pivot Hot Zone, Double Pivot Hot Zone, Golden Pivot Zone (GPZ), multi-timeframe Hot Zones + playbooks |
| 07 | `07-opening-gap-day-types.md` | Opening relationship, gap trading, breakaway play, Initial Balance, all market-day classifications + day-type playbooks |
| 08 | `08-price-action-absorption.md` | Wick/Extreme/Outside/Doji reversals, context > candle, absorption & absorption zones, failed breakout/breakdown/new low |
| 09 | `09-vwap-pema-tools.md` | VWAP & value-based VWAP, PEMA (pull-back/breakout/crossover/modified), PivotBoss Bands, ADR |
| 10 | `10-higher-timeframe.md` | Higher-timeframe pivots, long-term pivot width & trend, multi-timeframe alignment hierarchy |
| 11 | `11-strategies.md` | Strategy families (reversal, breakout, breakaway, magnet, Camarilla, Hot Zone, trend continuation), strategy selection matrix, confluence stack |
| 12 | `12-entries-exits-management.md` | Level vs signal, market regime filter, entry technique taxonomy, stop placement, target hierarchy, scaling in/out, trailing, exit conditions, trade quality score, worked examples |
| 13 | `13-stp2-blueprints-sequences.md` | STP 2.0 framework, 9 blueprints = 5 day-type (Rejection, Absorption, Failed New Low, Outside, Stop Run) + 4 trade sequences (Rejection Day, Stop Run, Failed Absorption, Accumulation), plus separate Midpoint Gap Reversal blueprint |
| 14 | `14-risk-options-execution.md` | Risk Management Matrix, core equity, allocation, portfolio risk, dynamic exposure, options strategy toolkit, option-spread blueprints, execution techniques |
| 15 | `15-flight-plan-documentation.md` | Flight plan / pre-market prep, trade documentation, post-trade review, performance feedback loop |
| 16 | `16-backtesting-systematic.md` | Backtestable variables, decision engine, backtest fields & rules, look-ahead bias, automation rules, official-vs-derived classification |
| 17 | `17-appendices.md` | Master checklist, learning priority, full level/strategy inventories, top-15 concepts, what-not-to-trade, sources, master model |

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## Coverage Audit

Every numbered source section below must be verifiable in the target
files. This table is the completeness contract for the restructure.
Mark each row ✓ once verified.

### Source A — `_archive/pivot_boss_concepts.md` (50 concepts)

| # | Source concept | Target |
|---|----------------|--------|
| 1 | Core Philosophy / Auction Market Theory | 01 |
| 2 | Market-day classification & recycling market days | 07 |
| 3 | Candlestick / price-based setups (4 reversals) | 08 |
| 4 | Money Zone / Market Profile | 02 |
| 5 | Advanced Money Zone (open vs value, relationships, width, virgin, VPOC, volume) | 02 |
| 6 | Floor Pivots | 03 |
| 7 | Pivot Trend Analysis | 03 |
| 8 | Central Pivot Range (CPR) | 04 |
| 9 | Two-Day Pivot Range Relationships | 04 |
| 10 | Pivot Width Forecasting | 04 |
| 11 | Pivot Range Histogram | 04 |
| 12 | Pivot Range Trend Analysis | 04 |
| 13 | The Magnet Trade | 04 |
| 14 | Camarilla Equation | 05 |
| 15 | Camarilla Reversal Strategy | 05 |
| 16 | Camarilla Breakout Strategy | 05 |
| 17 | Advanced Camarilla | 05 |
| 18 | Two-Day Camarilla Relationships | 05 |
| 19 | Hidden Pivot Layers | 05 |
| 20 | Higher-Timeframe Pivot Analysis | 10 |
| 21 | Long-Term Pivot Width Forecasting | 10 |
| 22 | Long-Term Pivot Trend Analysis | 10 |
| 23 | Multiple Pivot Hot Zones | 06 |
| 24 | Confluence | 06 |
| 25 | Double Pivot Hot Zone | 06 |
| 26 | Golden Pivot Zone (GPZ) | 06 |
| 27 | Multiple-Timeframe Hot Zones | 06 |
| 28 | Gap Trading | 07 |
| 29 | Breakaway Play | 07 |
| 30 | Opening Relationship | 07 |
| 31 | Day-Type Identification | 07 |
| 32 | Initial Balance | 07 |
| 33 | Absorption | 08 |
| 34 | Trading Wedges | 11 |
| 35 | Key Range Analysis | 11 |
| 36 | ADR Targets | 09 |
| 37 | PEMA | 09 |
| 38 | VWAP | 09 |
| 39 | Value-Based VWAP Interpretation | 09 |
| 40 | PivotBoss Bands | 09 |
| 41 | Multi-Timeframe Analysis | 10 |
| 42 | The "GPS" Concept | 01 |
| 43 | Trade Location | 12 |
| 44 | Responsive vs Initiative Trading | 01 |
| 45 | Acceptance vs Rejection | 01 |
| 46 | Confluence-Based Entry | 06 |
| 47 | Trade Management | 12 |
| 48 | Market-on-Close / Trend-Day Management | 12 |
| 49 | Flight Plan / Pre-Market Preparation | 15 |
| 50 | PivotBoss in One Structure (master model) | 17 |
| — | Top-15 Most Important Concepts | 17 |
| — | Key insight / scalability | 17 |
| — | Classic vs later PivotBoss generations | 17 |

### Source B — `_archive/PivotBoss_Complete_Concepts_and_Strategies.md` (26 parts)

| Part | Source content | Target |
|------|----------------|--------|
| I | Classic Foundations: Auction Market Theory, Market Value, Money Zone, Value Area Relationships, POC/VPOC, Virgin Money Zone | 01, 02 |
| II | Floor Pivots: system, PP, R1–R3, S1–S3, expanded, Follow the Leader, Fourth Layer, Pivot Trend Analysis | 03 |
| III | CPR: CPR, developing CPR, 2-day relationships, pivot width, historical width, histogram, range trend, magnet | 04 |
| IV | Camarilla: equation, H3/L3, H4/L4, developing, 2-day, width, 3-indicator, hidden, breakaway, pivot trend, revolution | 05 |
| V | Hot Zones & Confluence: confluence, multi-pivot, double-pivot, GPZ, multi-TF | 06 |
| VI | Opening, Gap & Market-Day Analysis: opening relationship, gap trading, breakaway, market-day classification, initial balance, trend day, range day, double distribution, reversal day | 07 |
| VII | Price Action: reversal setups, wick, extreme, outside, doji, context > candle | 08 |
| VIII | Absorption & Market Response: absorption, absorption zone, failed breakout/breakdown, failed new low | 08 |
| IX | VWAP, PEMA & Supporting Tools: VWAP, VWAP as value, PEMA ×4, PivotBoss Bands, ADR | 09 |
| X | Higher-Timeframe Analysis: HTF pivots, long-term width, long-term trend, multi-TF alignment | 10 |
| XI | Classic Strategy Families: reversal, breakout, breakaway, magnet, Camarilla reversal/breakout, Hot Zone reversal/breakout, pivot trend continuation | 11 |
| XII | STP 2.0: framework, risk mgmt steps 1–8 | 13, 14 |
| XIII | Nine Trading Blueprints | 13 |
| XIV | Trade Sequences (4) | 13 |
| XV | Strategy Toolkit & Options | 14 |
| XVI | Execution (5 techniques, scaling, trailing, failure point) | 14, 12 |
| XVII | Documentation (journal, review, feedback loop) | 15 |
| XVIII | Flight Plan / Pre-Market Preparation | 15 |
| XIX | Complete Confluence Model (stack, responsive/initiative models, decision tree) | 11 |
| XX | Key Reference Level Inventory | 17 |
| XXI | Complete Strategy Inventory | 17 |
| XXII | What Should Not Be Traded Blindly | 17 |
| XXIII | Machine / Backtestable Representation | 16 |
| XXIV | PivotBoss Decision Engine | 16 |
| XXV | Complete Learning Priority | 17 |
| XXVI | Final Master Model | 17 |
| — | Official Sources for Verification | 17 |
| — | Important Implementation Note | 16 |
| — | Master Checklist (~150 items) | 17 |

### Source C — `_archive/PivotBoss_Practical_Entries_Exits_Trade_Management.md` (114 sections)

| # | Source section | Target |
|---|----------------|--------|
| 1 | How to Use This File (5 questions, generic structure) | 12 |
| 2 | Level vs Signal | 12 |
| 3 | Market Regime Filter (trend/range/compression) | 12 |
| 4 | Money Zone / Value playbook (above/below value, bullish continuation, bearish rejection) | 02 |
| 5 | VAH Rejection | 02 |
| 6 | VAL Rejection | 02 |
| 7 | POC/VPOC Magnet | 02 |
| 8 | Virgin POC / Virgin Money Zone | 02 |
| 9 | Value Migration | 02 |
| 10 | Floor Pivots practical (PP bullish/bearish) | 03 |
| 11 | R1/R2/R3 (reversal vs breakout mode) | 03 |
| 12 | S1/S2/S3 | 03 |
| 13 | CPR practical framework (direction/location/magnet) | 04 |
| 14 | CPR as Directional Bias | 04 |
| 15 | CPR as Support/Resistance | 04 |
| 16 | Narrow CPR | 04 |
| 17 | Wide CPR | 04 |
| 18 | Inside CPR | 04 |
| 19 | Outside CPR | 04 |
| 20 | CPR Magnet Trade | 04 |
| 21 | Camarilla H3 Reversal | 05 |
| 22 | Camarilla L3 Reversal | 05 |
| 23 | Camarilla H4 Breakout | 05 |
| 24 | Camarilla L4 Breakout | 05 |
| 25 | Camarilla Reversal vs Breakout Decision | 05 |
| 26 | Hot Zone Reversal | 06 |
| 27 | Hot Zone Breakout | 06 |
| 28 | Golden Pivot Zone | 06 |
| 29 | Multi-Timeframe Hot Zone | 06 |
| 30 | Opening Relationship | 07 |
| 31 | Open Inside Value | 07 |
| 32 | Open Above Value | 07 |
| 33 | Open Below Value | 07 |
| 34 | Open Outside Prior Range | 07 |
| 35 | Gap-Fade Framework | 07 |
| 36 | Gap-and-Go Framework | 07 |
| 37 | Breakaway Play | 07 |
| 38 | Initial Balance | 07 |
| 39 | Trend Day practical management | 07 |
| 40 | Trading Range Day | 07 |
| 41 | Double Distribution | 07 |
| 42 | Reversal Day | 07 |
| 43 | Wick Reversal practical entry | 08 |
| 44 | Extreme Reversal | 08 |
| 45 | Outside Reversal | 08 |
| 46 | Doji Reversal | 08 |
| 47 | Absorption Trade | 08 |
| 48 | Failed Breakout | 08 |
| 49 | Failed Breakdown | 08 |
| 50 | Failed New Low | 08 |
| 51 | PEMA Framework | 09 |
| 52 | PEMA Pull-Back | 09 |
| 53 | PEMA Breakout | 09 |
| 54 | PEMA Crossover | 09 |
| 55 | Modified PEMA Crossover | 09 |
| 56 | Inside Day Breakout | 11 |
| 57 | Opening Relationship + Setup Confirmation | 11 |
| 58 | Resistance Becomes Support | 11 |
| 59 | Support Becomes Resistance | 11 |
| 60 | ADR Targeting | 09 |
| 61 | VWAP Practical Framework | 09 |
| 62 | Higher-Timeframe Pivot | 10 |
| 63 | Multi-Timeframe Alignment | 10 |
| 64 | Day-Type Blueprint Framework | 13 |
| 65 | Rejection Day Blueprint practical | 13 |
| 66 | Absorption Day Blueprint | 13 |
| 67 | Stop Run Day Blueprint | 13 |
| 68 | Outside Day Blueprint | 13 |
| 69 | Failed New Low Blueprint | 13 |
| 70 | Midpoint Gap Reversal | 13 |
| 71 | Rejection Day Sequence | 13 |
| 72 | Stop Run Sequence | 13 |
| 73 | Failed Absorption Sequence | 13 |
| 74 | Accumulation Sequence | 13 |
| 75 | Risk Management practical (sizing formulas) | 14 |
| 76 | Portfolio Risk | 14 |
| 77 | Scaling In | 12 |
| 78 | Scaling Out | 12 |
| 79 | Stop Placement | 12 |
| 80 | Target Selection Hierarchy | 12 |
| 81 | Exit Conditions | 12 |
| 82 | Early Exit vs Trailing | 12 |
| 83 | Strategy Selection Matrix | 11 |
| 84 | Entry Technique Taxonomy | 12 |
| 85 | Entry Quality Hierarchy | 12 |
| 86 | No-Trade Conditions | 12 |
| 87 | Trade Quality Score | 16 |
| 88 | Backtesting Each Setup (fields) | 16 |
| 89 | Backtest Rules | 16 |
| 90 | Avoid Look-Ahead Bias | 16 |
| 91 | Intraday Execution Model | 16 |
| 92 | Swing Execution Model | 16 |
| 93 | Options Practical Framework | 14 |
| 94 | Options Strategy Selection | 14 |
| 95 | Options Exit Rules | 14 |
| 96 | Trade Sequence Position Building | 13 |
| 97 | Failed Absorption Sequence — Example Logic | 13 |
| 98 | Practical Exit Hierarchy | 12 |
| 99 | Practical Confluence Example | 11 |
| 100 | Practical Reversal Example | 11 |
| 101 | Practical Breakout Example | 11 |
| 102 | Practical Range Example | 11 |
| 103 | Practical Stop-Run Example | 11 |
| 104 | Practical Trend-Day Example | 11 |
| 105 | Practical Range-to-Breakout Transition | 11 |
| 106 | Practical Breakout Failure | 11 |
| 107 | Practical Trade Journal | 15 |
| 108 | Minimum Rules for Automation | 16 |
| 109 | Official vs Derived Rule Classification | 16 |
| 110 | What This Companion Adds (file relationship) | 17 |
| 111 | Important Completeness Limitation | 17 |
| 112 | Recommended Research Workflow | 16 |
| 113 | Final Practical Checklist | 15 |
| 114 | Final Principle (WHERE/WHAT/WHY/WHEN/HOW) | 17 |

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## Load-on-Demand Guidance

Load a reference **only when the task requires its detailed information**
(SKILL.md §Reference library / routing table). Suggested routing:

* "What is the market doing / day type / bias?" → `07`, `01`
* "Where is price vs value / auction?" → `02`, `01`
* "CPR analysis / CPR trade?" → `04`
* "Camarilla / floor pivot levels?" → `05`, `03`
* "Confluence / hot zones / GPZ?" → `06`
* "Candle / absorption / failed moves?" → `08`
* "VWAP / PEMA / ADR?" → `09`
* "Bigger picture / swing?" → `10`
* "Which strategy fits this market?" → `11`, `12`
* "Where to enter / stop / target / manage?" → `12`
* "STP blueprints / sequences?" → `13`
* "How much risk / options / execution?" → `14`
* "Pre-market plan / journal / review?" → `15`
* "Build / backtest a system?" → `16`, `17`
* "Quick reference / checklist / learning?" → `17`

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## Audit Status

- [x] Source A (50 concepts + extras) fully mapped — verified (2 labels corrected: row 46 → 06, row 50 label)
- [x] Source B (26 parts + checklist) fully mapped — verified
- [x] Source C (114 sections) fully mapped — verified
- [x] Originals archived verbatim
- [x] SKILL.md reference library / routing table updated