Trading by Time of Day?

At one time i felt the dead zone began after 11AM but since early 2002 the ES has consistently began having many nice size down moves beginning around 11:15 so i now have extended the dead zone to start at 11:40 am
 
Time of day is critical, but it goes far beyond avoiding the dead zone, which in fact contains a couple of important times. Watch your charts carefully and note when certain things seem to happen and see if you can establish a pattern. It doesn't have to happen 100% or even 50% of the time to give you an important edge.
 
AAAintheBeltway,

critical indeed! I don't know exactly what you look at but I am convinced there's a lot of things going on in relation to time.
 
Time of Day is very important!

For instance:
What I've noticed over the last 10 years.

10am et. many economic numbers are released at this time that has major impact on the market.

10:20-10:30am et. usually a major program trade kicks in.

11:15-11:30am et. European markets are getting ready to close.

12:00-1:00pm et. Wall St. Lunch hour, if markets are moving, they will stall at this hour!

1:30pm et. usually the market will start moving at this time with big program trades.

2:15-2:30pm et. usually more activity is done in this time period, why? I really dont know why? it just happens with great frequency!

3:00- 3:10pm et. Bond futures close, last hour of trading starts.

3:40pm et closing order trade imbalances announced.

3:50pm et End of day buy/sell programs kick in for close.


Well these are just some of the "time of day" happenings I've seen and experienced over the years.

Good Luck!
 
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