Huge Gap Ups/Downs lately, what times to avoid?

NexusFi · 2015-07-12T12:07:58-04:00

Thanks BigMike and Dorky. On July 5 there was a huge gap down, it makes sense because it was over the weekend so I will just ake sure to close all positions on Friday. Can you tell me why there was a gap up on July 9 (Thursday) after 17:15? It went from 2041 at 17:15 and then at 18:05 I see the next candle gap up to almost 2045 and close at 2054. I just want to be safe, I don't like the idea of having my stops skipped over and being left naked. Greece news, as posted in the thread I already linked Sent …

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Huge Gap Ups/Downs lately, what times to avoid?

July 12th, 2015, 12:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
BarfMcGee Nashville TN/ USA Market Wizard Experience: Advanced Platform: IB Broker: IB Trading: ES Posts: 905 since Jan 2015 Thanks Given: 400 Thanks Received: 966	Not to sound coy but it really shouldn't make a difference... I'm really not even sure what you are worried about right now. A Limit gap on ES would be a once, or maybe twice, in a lifetime move. If you don't know how to react to that scenario than you shouldn't be trading ES. For the most part the ES only has gaps on the weekend. Yes it gapped on Friday because a piece of news came out in between the close and the open @4:15. Even then, going from memory, there was only like a ~8pt gap. Whats the issue here? If you can't handle risk or uncertainty than you should not trade.