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Jan 4, 2007 Thurs Morning Session 2007-01-04 19:52:32 There was no gap of significance to be played this morning (only 5 points). We opened below the daily YM pivot level and the gap close level was filled very early on in the trading session. A strong rally in the first 3 minutes of trading caused the YM price to tag the daily pivot, which was an ideal shorting area for experienced traders. Note that we do not issue Official Room Calls in the first 15 minutes of trading as it tends to be risky to trade in this time period. The filters were lookiing decidedly bearish on the failure of the daily pivot and steep drop-off in the advancers-decliners early in trading, so we were looking for some short entries early on. We did indeed short at 9:53 AM EST and achieved an excellent move down as three 10:00 AM econ numbers announcements have a net highly adverse (bearish) reaction that lasted between 6-9 minutes. Those who stuck to the targets would have gotten between 10 points and 31 points on the trade, so allowing for slippage Read more:Thurs
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Opening Range BREAK! 2007-01-05 06:00:41 As promised, I’ve just posted the Opening Range
Break trade setup video to the site. This video will explain the targets, stops and entry used for the morning opening 15 minute range break trade ( 930 to 945 ). Feel free to E-mail me or Alex if you have any questions or comments.
VIDEO LINK BELOW:
http://www.puretick.com/video/rangesetup
This video is great for our newer traders and shows how you can make good profit by playing one contract at a time.It’s getting late. Thanks and I’ll see everyone tomorrow.
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CajunSniper / Geoff
www PureTick Com - Disciplined Traders Helping Bring You Real Returns
Jan 4, 2007 Thur Afternoon Session 2007-01-05 13:10:37 There were no Official Room Calls in the afternoon, but there were some instructional trades called (to follow the action or do the trade on a simulator).  During deadzone, there was a dump-off (from 1:21 P.M. EST which one or more of our traders snagged). Post deadzone, we got a sharp ramp-up that broke our deadzone trading range and the YM price went up to test and overshoot the daily YM pivot. The initial test overshot the pivot by 7 points and did retest the pivot on a pullback but the test of the pivot on the initial pullbacks never overshot by more than 3 points. There were conflicting signals seen just above the daily YM pivot.  Our 15 minute opening range breakout trade strategy (which would go long at 12556 on the 3 P.M. - 3:03 P.M. EST 3 minute candle just as the 15 minute opening range upper bracket of 12555 was breached) first indicated a long signal. 15 minutes later at 3:16 P.M. EST our PureTick.Com/TTW (Trades That Work) overbought trigger indica Read more:Afternoon
Opening Range Rules - Appended 2007-01-05 21:08:55 Had a few e-mails about why my script entered the short after the close of the first bar instead of the second. The video is already sent and published so its to late to fix it but heres why . . .
I’d had the script set to enter at ONE close below or above the range before making the video because I was using 8 minute bars on my chart. So you can use one 8min bar close or two 3 minute bars etc……… On that quick spike on the top side the candle did NOT ever close above the range. So it would of never went long there weather you used a 3m or 8m bar.
Anyway here is the link to the video once again: http://www.puretick.com/video/rangesetup
Another way some pro traders play it. Is they wait for the price to trade above or below the opening range for a time period of HALF the opening range. So in this case 7.5 minutes if your range is 15minutes.
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Jan 5, 2007 Fri Morning Session 2007-01-05 19:42:32 There was a nice-sized 23 point gap down this morning. Those who bought the open (12526 for the YM) and used a equal or 1.5 times the gap level stop play the gap would have been stopped out early on as the market demonstrated its bearishness (going against the gap fill level). The verdict is still out for gap traders who use a time stop (to close their positions at the end of day) but it looks like the gap will not fill. Never say never, as Wednesday’s gap trade also looked like it would not work in the morning but did fill in the afternoon. Our first Official Room Call was a long on an overbought trigger. There was seeming support on the first test of the YM daily S1 level (12486) but heavy volume selling stopping us out fairly quickly after our entry (9:53 AM with market entry price of about 12499) when the YM S1 pivot failed on the second test. At this point Alex pointed out that this was probably going to be a strong trend down day and the strategy was to shor Read more:Morning
Jan 5, 2007 Fri Afternoon Session 2007-01-06 07:29:44 Our strategy going in to the afternoon was to short retracements to try and climb aboard the bearish major trend. This strategy did not change throughout the afternoon. Alex started shorting for his personal account at 2:31 PM EST at a market price of 12453 with stop at 12467, scaling in at 12460. This was not an Official Room Call and will not be reflected in the track record. Those traders who went in with the first non-official call (for pros cash and newer players simulator only) in cash got out at the first scale out point of 12450 with between 3-10 points profit. Our only Official Room Call was the short called at 3:43 PM EST from 12461 with a 12472 stop. The Room Call was stopped out. Alex did re-enter the short shortly thereafter at 3:56 PM EST at 12471 using a 12479 stop but did not issue it as an Official Room Call being so close to the close. The subsequent short worked out well even with the limited time left as the first target of 12459 was hit at 4:01 PM Read more:Afternoon
ExitAssist Nears Completion 2007-01-07 07:08:34 A lot of our traders have expressed interest in having Alex’s stop entry and exit rules programmed on to their screen. It’s coming! Bear and I are working on a script for eSignal and TradeStation that will give you the correct numbers (as per Alex’s proprietary formula). It will also give you trailing stop advice based on volatitilty and tape. This should be ready within the month. In the mean time here is a screen capture of what it will look like on the eSignal platform:
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It should be noted that this is not a ’stop and reverse’ type of system. When you enter a trade you’ll click either the long or short button to start the program crunching numbers.
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How to Exit Trades! 2007-01-08 06:46:00 Or How to make Your track record like ours . . . .
Without knowing a trader's particular situation it is difficult to give particular advice.
The first objective is not to duplicate our results or anyone else's results. Your first objective is to be able to put on ALL the trades that are called in the room.
This means that 100% of the trades should have been put on, not 50 or 80%. If a trader can accomplish that feat during the first month of trading with us that trader should be congratulated.
Our studies and my real life experience have proven that most newbies have no problem pulling the trigger on a trade. At the beginning of a trade, especially if a trader is following a new method or strategy, optimism runs high—you "absolutely know" the markets are going to behave just as those perfect examples from that best selling trading book, How I Made More Money than Donald Trump Last Year Day Trading at Home in My Underwear, or at that packed Las Vegas seminar.
Managing a
Jan 9, 2007 Tues Afternoon Session 2007-01-09 23:28:52 We had one Official Room Call short for the afternoon session at 2:18 P.M. EST from the 12478 level on an overbought trigger just above the YM daily pivot. Those who shorted at the market and stuck to target 1 (which was at the pivot) got out with 7 points profit. Some of our multiple contract traders rode the trade out to target 2 (12464) or lower for 14-18 points on their remaining contracts as the pivot cracked. There were no other Official Room Calls, but there was one instructional/speculative trading signal Alex issued in the last half hour (at 3:32 PM EST with an intial scale-in price of 12491). The trade scaled in contracts at multiple points between 12491 and 12501 (which is the strong 15 min opening range lower bracket resistance). Some of our more experienced traders did take the signal and made decent gains. Multiple scale outs were done by Alex all the way down to 12486 where he was flat in his personal account. The ultimate target projected by the trigger Read more:Afternoon
Jan 9, 2007 Tues Morning Session 2007-01-09 19:49:12 Some very interesting/profitable action this morning. We did gap up today, with a +16 point gap. The first hour of trading showed some choppyness as we zig-zagged from testing the premarket highs just below the daily R1 YM pivot point, and swinging down to the gap close (yesterday’s close) level, rewarding gap players, as our opening 15 min range was cracked for the first time to the downside. The 15 minute opening range breakdown trade did fire off short at 10:09 AM EST at an entry price of 12495. At first the opening range breakdown trade took some heat as the choppy price action took the YM back in to its 15 minute opening range. However, the range break trade has now completed, snagging +10 on the first 2/3 and +34 on the remaining 1/3 as the market tanked and became decidedly bearish.  Shortly after the opening range breakdown Official Room Call was issued by CajunSniper, Alex issued an Official Room Call long based on an oversold trigger at 10:11 AM EST Read more:Morning
Jan 8, 2007 Mon Afternoon Session 2007-01-08 22:57:58 As has been a common occurence as of late, we got a ramp-up in the last part of deadzone, which today was a rally from 1:30 PM EST until about 2:00 PM EST which overshot the daily YM pivot of 12479 by 9 points before the price retraced back to the daily pivot in about a 18 minute correction (6 3 minute bars). At this point the filters were screaming bullish, but our trigger was overbought. The $TICK chart also showed signs of strength and it definitely looked like new highs would be made, which they were. Those with a good read on the market internals could have bought the retracement to the daily pivot in anticipation of a breakout to new highs and risk the overbought condition. Note, however, though that our system will tend to be more strict and not allow one to get in here, as the stop level set would be too wide at that point in addition to being way overbought. We did get a nice second retracement back to the daily YM pivot after making new highs (and failing) where o Read more:Afternoon
Jan 8, 2007 Mon Morning Session 2007-01-08 18:48:16 Great morning for us as we are 3/3 green on Official Room Calls. The first Official Room Call was the 15 min opening range breakout/breakdown trade which we are now incorporating in to our system trades and track record (previously it had not been). Look for CajunSniper to relay the activies of his automated trading script. The script went short at 10:11 AM EST with entry price 12427 and exited for +10 profit, then +4 on the remainder of the scale out which has a trail stop applied. The second Official Room Call was a bounce play from the 12415 level which was warned to be the initial price level to start scaling in before the trigger long was actually called at 10:30 AM EST. Room members snagged between 7-10 points if they had exited at the first target of 12425. Our third Official Room Call was a lot riskier as it was issued in deadzone at 11:47 AM EST, and Alex warned go light or simulator. The call was made from 12450 market with a 12442 target with instructions to Read more:Morning
Jan 10, 2007 Wed Morning Session 2007-01-10 19:36:19 We had a fairly substantial gap down this morning of 42 points. Gap players who went long at the open immediately started taking some heat. If you had played the gap by buying right at the open you would have needed at least a 25 point YM stop to stay in the trade. The 50% retracement of today’s open 12441 to the gap close level of 12483 was hit and many gap players are likely to have scaled out part of their positions there (12462).   The verdict is still out on whether or not we achieve the 100% gap fill today. Gap fill and opening range break plays (as we have started recently employing in our system) can be traded numerous different ways with a variety of different parameters. Both of these systematic trades, however, require a wide stop in order for them to be successful over the long run. As you might recall, our MaxSpan trade from yesterday took about 24 points of heat (max pain!) but eventually ended up getting us +10 on the first 2/3 and +34 on close o Read more:Morning
Jan 10, 2007 Wed Afternoon Session 2007-01-11 06:30:10 We had a deadzone rally that started at about 12:30 PM and not only caused the gap to fill but had cause the price to overshoot the daily pivot before our lunch break was over (we tend to resume trading about 2:15 PM EST when deadzone is over). Gap players (those who bought the YM on its gap down at the open and sold at the gap close price) who held out for the full gap fill got a nice 42 points of profit. As you may recall, gap fill day traders who used no stop (actually a time stop to exit the position by market close) last Friday would have taken a crushing 60-70 point stop. This week has been good for the gap fill trade and the gains made in the past three days (Mon=+12, Tues=+15, Wed=+42 is 69 points) would have balanced out Friday’s losses last week. We only had one Official Room Call short in the afternoon at 3:02 PM EST from a 12497-98 market entry price that was stopped out for 10 points as the highs of the day were tested. Our goal was to target the daily YM Read more:Afternoon
Jan 11, 2007 Thurs Morning Session 2007-01-11 18:49:53 Our MaxSpan strategy trade (15 minute opening range breakout/breakdown) is still trailing its remaining 1/3rd which is up 61 points now (as the price is printing 12561 as I am typing this blog entry) after scaling out the first 2/3 for +10. CajunSniper (one of our room/web site admins and day traders) issued the call at 9:54 AM EST at a entry price of 12540. Today’s strong up=trending market allowed the initial target of +10 points to be reached with very little heat taken on the trade. Hopefully, room members, you are still trailing the stop on your remaining 1/3rd position in MaxSpan as you are reading this blog entry so that you can take max gains on MaxSpan. Our only other Official Room Call was a short issued at 11:10 AM EST at a market fill price of 12485 with an initial target of 12477 and stop of 12499. We did take a little heat on the trade before it became profitable due to the extremely bullish filters. Traders were advised to take profits early at aroun Read more:Thurs
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Keep PROFITS - Trade the CBOT Mini Sized Dow YM 2007-01-11 18:08:53
We get asked this question a lot! “Why do you guys favor trading the Dow E-mini YM contract as opposed to the S&P or Russel?” There are a few great reasons why we suggest traders start out by focusing on the Dow E-Mini YM:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM) is the most widely watched index of large-cap US stocks followed by the S&P 500 (ES). It is considered to be a bellwether for the US economy.
Less slippage. If you get a bad fill on the YM it will only cost you $5/per contract. A bad fill on the ES will cost you $12.50 per contract. This is the equivalent of your broker calling telling you hes charging you an additional $7.50 per market trade. The smaller tick increments give you more places to place buy/sell orders. This is a grand advantage over trading the E-mini S&P ES and will save you a lot of money over the span of your career. By trading the YM mini-sized Dow, a trader is essentially shrinking the spread.
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Jan 11, 2007 Thur Afternoon Session 2007-01-12 01:31:47 Our MaxSpan (opening range breakout) strategy trade trail stop was finally hit at 1:10 PM EST during the deadzone for an out price of 12584 (the entry price was 12540) giving us reallized gains of +10 on the first 2/3 and +44 on the remaining 1/3, which had a trail stop applied to it. The “sneaky lunchtime buying” phenomenon did manifest itself today as there was a continuation move up from a pennant-like consolidation on the YM in the first half hour of deadzone (we call the lunchtime doldrums between 11:45 AM EST and 2:15 PM EST “deadzone”). This phenomenon occurs early in the lunchtime doldrums when traders try to get in some last-minute orders in order to satisfy some of their assigned quotas before going on their lunch break. Nothing very exciting happened in the afternoon, other than the ECBOT going down (the exchange the YM, or Dow e-mini, our favorite trading instrument, is traded on) for about an hour, between approximately 2:10 PM EST to 3:05 Read more:Afternoon
Jan 12, 2007 Fri Full Session 2007-01-13 03:00:19 Today’s blog and podcast will cover the day’s action in its entirety as we did not break for lunch today. The small gaps in the YM and ES were filled early in the morning. We expected a choppy day due to the strong trending move yesterday (typically chop days follow strong trending days) and did see signs of this in the morning session. We were also expecting volume to be light, as this was a Friday preceding a 3-day weekend.  However, the day ended up having a very strong uptrending move with good overall volume (about the same volume as yesterday) and a strong close, making it a second strong trend day in a row. Always be prepared to re-evaluate your critique of the market as the only certainty is that the markets are unpredictable and can change character instantly, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As you may notice from our audio transcripts, Alex is constantly re-evaluating the state of the filters to get a an updated read on the overall bias of the mark
Jan 16, 2007 Tues Afternoon Session 2007-01-16 23:42:00 Although near the end of deadzone it looked as if the ES, which at 1:57 PM EST was trading 5 3 minute bars below its daily pivot, might sell off and pull the YM down with it (the advancers-decliners had recently turned negative) the price actually ended up rallying to test the highs of the day of 12637. In general, the afternoon can be characterized by choppy price action with lack of follow through. Two Official Room Calls were issued in the afternoon both of which were shorts. Our first short call was issued by Alex based on an overbought trigger at 2:30 PM EST with entry fill price of 12618, and stopped out for -9 points. Our second Room Call short occured at 3:02 PM EST from an entry price of 12620. Alex saw that there were stubborn buyers at the 12617-618 level and instructed new traders in audio to exit at market (from a price of 12617-12618) and get out of their shorts immediately before the original target 1 of 12613 was reached. Newbies should have been a Read more:Afternoon
Jan 16, 2006 Tues Morning Session 2007-01-16 19:09:08 The market this morning has been choppy and mostly sideways around the daily YM pivot. Except for the first hour of trading, the volatility has been lacking. The small 7 point YM gap down on the open was filled by the time the second 3 min candle had closed. We had a MaxSpan (15 minute open range breakout/breakdown) system trade short issued by CajunSniper at 10:09 AM with a script fill price of 12597. We are officially still in the MaxSpan trade, although room members who mirrored the trade in their own accounts and got a better fill than where our script got in are already out with +10 points on their first 2/3 and stopped out on their final 1/3 for -6. The other Official Room Call was a long issued by Alex on an oversold trigger, which fired after the first test of the daily YM pivot (from above). The entry time was 10:12 AM EST from a price of 12608, which did reach its first target of 12614 for +6 points.  All newbies should have been out at this level. Those wh Read more:Morning
Jan 17, 2007 Wed Morning Session 2007-01-17 19:03:27 There was a 16 point gap down in the morning which was filled by the 9:54 AM 3 min candle close, rewarding gap traders. Alex did play the gap fill in a discretionary manner in his personal account and advised that experienced traders might scalp the gap down (for a partial fill). We as as rule do not issue Official Room Calls during the first 15 minutes of trading as it tends to be quite whippy and requires quick reactions. Our first Official Room Call was the MaxSpan (15 minute opening range breakout/breakdown trade) trade as 9:53 AM EST which entered at 12630 with a 12590 stop. The MaxSpan trade started taking on immediate heat (29 points of heat from entry to low of day) as some news announcements near 10 AM EST caused the YM to tank hard (if you will notice the 10:00 - 10:03 candle has big volume and a 25 point range from high to low). Support at the lows of the day held near 12603 (the 15 minute opening range lower bracket) and the YM did rebound back in to the opening 1 Read more:Morning
Jan 17, 2007 Wed Afternoon Session 2007-01-18 01:53:26 Again MaxSpan (our 15 minute opening range breakout/breakdown trade) did its job as we reallized gains of +10 on the first 2/3 and +14 on the remaining 1/3.  The MaxSpan strategy trade trail stop was hit on its remaining 1/3 as the YM price could no longer make new highs after its rally to the daily YM R1 pivot level (observe the big red 1:06 EST - 1:09 EST 3 minute candle, this is where the trail stop got hit as the price went down through 12644 on a failure at the pivot). Interestingly enough, while we were on lunch break, we did get an overbought trigger short signal on the 12:51 PM EST - 12:54 PM EST candle which occured before that big red 3 minute candle caused the MaxSpan trade to exit.  The deadzone rally to the daily R1 retraced all the way back to the daily  pivot where the only Official Room Call of the afternoon was issued at 2:54 PM EST to play the bounce. The entry price was 12631 with an initial stop of 12609 and a 12638 first target. This trade was a Read more:Afternoon
Medical School for Dummies 2007-01-19 00:00:35 Get your medical degree in only 10 days!!
I wonder how many copies of THAT book would sell? Yet, people insist on starting a new trading method and expecting to become profitable in weeks. I see this demeanor from users in my trading room all the time. They’ll take a trial, and 3 days later question why their executions were not the exact same or better then our track record. Don’t get me wrong. Some of our users obtain better results with the track record and most are pretty much on par with it. And for that, I commend them.
Setting high goals for your self is admirable. However, I think its very unrealistic for a newbie to think this way. The goal of a new trader should be to learn the methods while not losing any money. There is no shame in breaking even while learning a new system or learning to trade for that matter. It would be ludicrous to think that doctor, lawyer or any serious professional would jump in to their new profession with only a few weeks of training. Yo Read more:School
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Jan 18, 2007 Thur Afternoon Session 2007-01-18 23:01:37 After we had returned from our lunch break near 2:15 PM EST, there was a nice test and failure near the daily YM pivot (3 ticks shy of hitting it on a move up). Alex warned us in audio that he felt there would be a dump-off that would test the 12601 level (yesterday’s close and also the lows of the day) as he issued a personal account trade signal (these are non-official calls that do not get reflected in our track record, as Alex feels the signal is higher risk, e.g. very oversold) at 2:39 PM EST. The initial scale in point was 12607 with adds to the position on a mild retracement bounce off the daily S1 pivot (12604), at the 12610 and 12615 levels. Indeed by 2:57 PM EST the price had cracked yesterday’s low of 12601 by 3 ticks before coiling up on its first bounce after testing the day’s lows. An Official Room Call was issued at 3:17 PM EST on a retracement of the move down from an entry price of 12612. The initial target 1 was reached of 12604. A warn Read more:Afternoon
Jan 18, 2007 Thur Morning Session 2007-01-18 19:45:20 We had some excellent trading this morning in both Official Room Calls and non-official advisements. There was a +14 point gap up that Alex advised could be scalped short on the open.  Some of our traders did take the call to go short and got between 4-6 points profit. Note that this gap fill scalp trade was not an Official Room Call, which are typically not issued in the first 15 minutes of trading which tends to be whippy and requires fast reactions. The first Room Call oversold trigger was issued at 9:42 AM EST (yes I know, 3 minutes shy of the 15 min opening range, but a good setup due to the oversold condition, candle pattern and volume all aligning, plus that gap close support level of 12639 which acts as a pivot when filled) with a pre-warning to try to get a limit order in closer to the daily pivot level (12638). The market fill price on the trigger was 12648 and the out price for target 1 was 12651-552. Room members announced gains of between 5-11 points on this t Read more:Morning
Jan 19, 2007 Fri Morning Session 2007-01-20 00:16:47 Just prior to the open, Alex notified the room that he would be going long with a light position to play the gap fill effect, as the ES (S&P 500 e-mini), our lead indicator, was starting to move up after having already filled its gap pre-market. The YM soon followed suit and we did get the gap fill within the first 6 minutes (2 3 minute bars) of trading (there was a 12 point gap down in the YM). Although this was not an Official Room Call which are never issued based on the gap fill effect, more experienced traders can benefit from the riskier signals if they understand the nature of the gap fill setup and risks involved. The first Official Room Call was an overbought short trigger issued by Alex at 9:40 AM EST from a market price of 12609 with a 12622 stop and 12602 initial target. Typically Official Room Calls are not issued in the first 15 minutes of trading, as we like to wait for a trading range to establish itself normally but sometimes the quality of the setup will Read more:Morning
Jan 19, 2007 Fri Afternoon Session 2007-01-20 02:37:46 The afternoon was characterized by narrow range choppy trading which had the daily YM pivot as the upper ceiling on moves. We only had one Official Room Call in the afternoon at 3:12 PM EST when Alex called a trigger short near the daily YM pivot at a market entry price of 12612. The move did not have much follow-through due to the narrow range trading, but traders who entered at market and got out at the ”newbies get out here” price of 12608 would have gotten 4 points. There were instructions to short higher at the 12615 level on a second test of the daily pivot so those who got a better fill than market could have taken more profits. The rest of today’s audio transcript is available for free as is our custom on Fridays. Visit our blog page at http://www.puretick.com/blog to download the audio. If you have not already, sign up for our free newsletter from the main site http://www.puretick.com and keep up to date on our free trading video releases.  Ov Read more:Afternoon
Jan 19, 2007 Fri "Deadzone" Session, Some New Developments 2007-01-20 02:23:07 We had two deadzone (the lunchtime doldrums between 11:45 AM EST and 2:15 PM EST) trigger calls, neither of which will be included in the track record today. Due to room members’ requests, we will continue to issue deadzone calls but separate the calls in to a different track record used just for tracking deadzone trades. For today’s track record, neither of the deadzone trigger calls Alex issued will be reflected per our recently decided-upon policy that “newbie stay out” types of trades where we warn clearly newbies should stay out, should not go in to the track record. We strongly emphasize that new traders should not take deadzone calls in cash, which makes any calls issued during deadzone by nature “newbies stay out”. Also, we may be shortening our deadzone period to 11:45 AM EST - 1:45 PM EST in the near future, due to room member requests and to take advantage of observed moves (ramp-ups in recent weeks) which are occuring ne
Deadzone… 2007-01-22 07:52:30 Alex has separated all deadzone calls (trigger calls that happen during the lunchtime doldrums) out of the main track record in to a separate report, as per our new reporting method. Look for the new deadzone trades only track record to appear soon on the site.
Our new deadzone has been shortened from 11:45 AM EST - 1:45 PM EST from the original 11:45 AM EST - 2:30 PM EST.