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Quasimodo (QM) Structure
A head liquidity event, opposing structural break and return to the bound Quasimodo level — a sequence, not a visual silhouette.
Quasimodo describes an asymmetric reversal structure. Price extends into a head, confirms intent by breaking meaningful structure in the opposite direction, then returns to the level created by that change.
The structural break is what separates the setup from any chart shape with alternating highs and lows. SniperCharts records the swing and break causally, binds the Quasimodo level, and waits for a fresh return rather than redrawing it after the fact.
QM Retest and Failed QM are separate model outcomes. QMF may need the original QM as dependency evidence, but that dependency does not become a second signal.
SniperCharts interpretation
This is an active SniperCharts interpretation of the reviewed Talaria Trade material, implemented as deterministic research logic. It is not an official Talaria Trade indicator or strategy, and no pattern or historical result guarantees future performance.
Context
- A directional higher-timeframe bias and a supported execution/reference-timeframe pairing must be available before the structure is considered.
- The Quasimodo level is structural context: the head, opposing break and return must be confirmed causally; a drawing that only resembles the shape is insufficient.
- Contextual FVGs, operations levels, WICK and CSD may strengthen the retest, but none is a standalone entry.
Sequence
- Confirm the swing sequence, head liquidity event and opposing structural break.
- Bind the resulting Quasimodo level, then wait for a fresh return rather than chasing the break.
- Require the profile-owned confirmation and entry contract at the retest before producing a research setup.
Invalidation
- Cancel when price violates the profile-owned structural invalidation, the setup expires, or the required bias/data context is no longer eligible.
Target
- Prefer an authenticated opposing structural-liquidity target. A fixed-R fallback is used only when the active profile authorizes it and no structural target exists.
No-trade conditions
- No trade without eligible data, a resolved bias, the complete causal sequence, a fresh retest and every profile-required confirmation.
- Do not substitute a visual look-alike, an isolated FVG or a bare touch of the level for the model.
- If structural targets exist but fail direction or minimum-R checks, suppress the setup; do not substitute a fixed-R fallback.
How to trade it
- Resolve directional bias and identify the liquidity event at the head before looking for the opposing break.
- Wait for the break to confirm and for price to return to the bound QML; do not chase the displacement leg.
- Use the active profile’s entry, invalidation and target rules. FVG, WICK and CSD can support that decision but cannot replace it.
Pitfalls
- Naming a five-point silhouette after later candles made it obvious — the break and level must have been known at the time.
- Treating a touch of the QML as an automatic fill without the model’s required confirmation.
- Assuming QMF means every pierced QM level reverses polarity; acceptance and a new-side retest still matter.
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