Trading Sessions
Ideal U.S. trading sessions & times for U.S. futures.
Identifying the best times of day in the market can have a significant impact on your trading. Understanding when these opportune moments occur can also help you avoid trading during chaotic or slow periods. The U.S. futures markets are open 5 days a week, 23 hours a day but that doesn't mean anyone should be trading whenever the market is open.
The average human brain is capable of approximately 60-90 minutes of maximum concentration at a time, therefore we leverage this knowledge to limit our trading sessions as such to optimize performance and time efficiency.
This is based on the U.S Eastern time zone.
Vinny E. Mini prefers to take at least a 2 hour break between sessions to clear his mind in order to potentially regain full focusing ability for the second session if the afternoon session seems appealing to trade.
For scheduled news releases, Vinny E. Mini prefers to "sit on hands" (don't trade) from 2 minutes before the scheduled release time, and until 3 minutes after the release, in order to allow the market volatility to settle and avoid any liquidity, slippage and spread widening issues.
Scheduled news releases can be prompted in our Discord by typing one of the following commands:
!n !news !n tomorrow
It is not recommended for new traders to trade the Asia & European sessions.
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