German and US Index Opening Range

Weekly update: Another fully positive week. From Monday 5 to Friday 9 October, Signal 1 closed 11 trade sequences, and all 11 reached take profit, for a net gain of 303.68 EUR or plus 2.95 percent on the account (from 10,288.54 to 10,592.22 EUR). The DAX opening strategy won on all five days and the Nasdaq US-open strategy also won on all five days. With the optimized setup, Signal 1 now trades a third strategy on the Dow Jones at the US open, and on Friday it also closed at take profit within a few minutes. In the background we improved the stability of the trading system, for example how open trades are restored after a restart. Please note: there will be no trading on Monday 12 October because of the holiday; trading resumes as usual on Tuesday.

Update 08 Oct 2026: third setup Dow Jones (US30) at the US open. Daily at 09:31 New York time, one minute after the open starting size 0.10%, loss cap per sequence 1.2%.Same design as DAX and Nasdaq: scaled sequence, one per day, server-side stop loss. So at most 4.2% instead of 3.0% daily risk; Nasdaq and Dow can run at the same time. DAX and Nasdaq are unchanged; the description has been updated.

DAX open, Oct 8: Short from the opening box, target hit after about 4 minutes, +25 EUR (≈ +0.24 % of the account). One entry, no averaging, risk capped in advance; the system trades only its time window and stays flat otherwise. Great.

No trading today (Friday, 2 October 2026). The US Non-Farm Payrolls report (NFP) is released today. Our rules pause all opening-box setups on NFP days because the release can cause sharp, erratic moves and widened spreads. Trading resumes as usual on Monday, 5 October. Weekly summary - 28 September to 2 October 2026 Mon 28.09. DAX opening box take profit +13.10 EUR Nasdaq US-open box take profit +12.34 EUR day +25.44 EUR Tue 29.09. DAX opening box take profit +12.40 EUR Nasdaq US-open box take profit +30.15 EUR day +42.55 EUR Wed 30.09. DAX opening box take profit +23.70 EUR Nasdaq US-open box take profit +29.51 EUR day +53.21 EUR Thu 01.10. DAX opening box take profit +25.00 EUR Nasdaq US-open box stop loss -97.48 EUR day -72.48 EUR Fri 02.10. no trading - US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) day Week: 8 trades, 7 winners, 1 loser, net +48.72 EUR. Every trade runs with a fixed stop loss and a defined risk per sequence. Thursday's Nasdaq trade hit its stop after a fast reversal at the US open - a planned, limited loss within the risk rules. On high-impact news days such as NFP we deliberately stay out of the market. Next week: business as usual from Monday 5 October.

Updated description of risk and return.

Update 29 Sep 2026: new parameters for both setups. DAX: starting size 0.08% instead of 0.04%, loss cap per sequence still 2.0%. Nasdaq: box 20 instead of 22 points, shorter scaling, starting size 0.08%, loss cap 1.0% instead of 2.0%. So at most 3.0% instead of 4.0% daily risk, and about twice the profit per winning sequence. Trading times, markets, calendar and account stay the same; the description has been updated.

Today's DE40 sequence: patience paid off. The market took its time, and our sequence needed 8 trades to reach the take-profit. It closed in profit. This is exactly what the strategy is built for: each sequence can absorb up to 11 trades while the risk per sequence stays capped. Days like this show why we size positions for the long run instead of for the next trade.

So, 2.2% in total after 9 days — that’s about 0.12% per trade sequence per day, just as planned.

Today's DE40 sequence hit its 0.12% profit target, but the positions were closed in a fast market and execution slippage cost part of the gain – the trade closed at +0.08% instead of +0.12%. We have identified the cause and are optimizing how positions are closed, so future sequences secure the planned profit.

2026.09.18;;GLOBAL;expiry;;quarterly expiry (3. Freitag);calc -> Verfallstag - kein Handel morgen am 18.9. - schönes Wochenende (-: Expiry day – no trading tomorrow, Sept 18. Have a nice weekend (-:

2026.09.16;;GLOBAL;cbday;;FOMC-Zinsentscheid -> no trading today

15.09.2026, USTEC: Sequenz nach Trade 9 manuell geschlossen. Verlust: 0,1 %. Rein vorsichtshalber, Manually closed the sequence after trade 9. Loss: 0.1%. Just as a precaution.