2 Day Structure

Bullish — net higher over 48h

Twelve four-hour closes, oldest to newest. The last close sits above the first, so the cell reads green — nothing more than an endpoint comparison.

Takeaway: Green here means “ended the window higher than it started,” not “trended cleanly the whole way.”

Bearish — net lower over 48h

Same twelve closes, opposite outcome: the last sits below the first, so the cell reads red.

Mixed — flat endpoints

The window moved in both directions but ended close to where it started, so the cell reads orange — genuine movement, no net direction.

What

2D is a sparkline of the last twelve four-hour closes (~48 hours), colored by comparing only the first and last point. No pivots, no pattern matching — just where it ended up versus where it began.

So what

Because it’s an endpoint comparison, a 2D reading can look calm even after a sharp round trip in the middle — the mixed example above is exactly that case. The color tells you net direction, not the path taken to get there.

Now what

Use 2D as a quick directional filter before opening the chart, not as the whole read. Pair it with 1W for the longer window, or open the chart directly when the shape matters as much as the endpoint.