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Hi Josh,
You mention that you take the low and high of the opening one hour candle from 9am to 10am but doesn’t the market open at 9:30am not 9am? Appreciate all share and do, thanks for the advice.
Really Great Question and thank you for asking! The U.S. Stock Market opens at 9:30 AM ET. However, I am monitoring and trading inside the Futures Market. The CME Futures Market opens Sunday at 6:00 PM ET and closes Friday at 5:00 PM ET. There is a one hour daily break between 5:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET. This means the Futures market is open before the Stock market, so when we look at Ticker Symbol NQ (Nasdaq 100), we are able to use the 9:00 AM ET open to 10:00 AM ET closed one hour candlestick. I hope this helps and really great question!