Screw that! I got 50 ticks in 9 minutes. If I played the breakout long, it would've taken half an hour for that! And let me add that my earlier CT trade was 40 ticks in 1 minute
It would not surprise me one bit to see this thing break out and reach for 84.00. There was a day when the chart looked a bit like this and I said to my friend, "What is the craziest thing you'd expect CL to do before the close? A measured move up." And sure enough it came close, as I recall.
I also recall a day that CL stayed in a band like this till the close after a strong run up. I would take an upside breakout though. I think the day you're thinking of is 0730