The Live Session Report

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How to Read It — and What It’s Actually Telling You

The Live Session Report was built to answer one question that most trading tools never address directly:

What kind of trading day is this — right now?

Not in hindsight.
Not based on one symbol.
And not based on hope.

This report gives you a real-time, session-level view of how structure is developing across all tracked markets, so you can decide whether engagement makes sense before you commit time, focus, or patience.

What You’re Looking At Before the Numbers Matter

When the Live Session Report first loads, it is paused.

Nothing is streaming yet.

To begin tracking the session in real time, you must click the Play button. Once activated, the report updates live as new data arrives.

This design is intentional. It allows you to:

• See the starting state of the session
• Choose how you want the data organized
• Then watch how conditions evolve from that point forward

This page is meant to be your first stop, not your last.
Before charts. Before alerts. Before waiting.

Live Mode, Play / Pause, and Watching the Session Develop

Once Live mode is active:

• Trade Runs update as new runs form
• Strong Runs appear as runs reach meaningful strength
• Signal Count increases as alerts are generated
• ST-1 Avg and ST-1 Max adjust as strength develops
• Progress Window advances as the session unfolds

You can pause the report at any time to study the current state without it changing underneath you. When resumed, it continues from the present moment — not from the beginning.

This allows you to observe how structure actually forms in real time, rather than relying on hindsight.

Using Column Headers to Control What Matters Most

Every column header in the Live Session Report is interactive.

Clicking a column header immediately re-sorts the table, changing which symbols are given priority.

For example:

• Sorting by Strong Runs surfaces markets where structure has actually formed
• Sorting by ST-1 Avg highlights consistent strength
• Sorting by Signal Count shows where activity is concentrated
• Sorting by Progress Window reveals which symbols are early, developing, or mature

This isn’t cosmetic.
It’s how you decide what the report is emphasizing.

Real-Time Reordering Is Part of the Information

As the session evolves, symbols will move up and down the table automatically based on the column you’ve selected.

That movement matters.

A symbol that steadily climbs while sorted by ST-1 Avg is telling a different story than one that briefly spikes and falls back.

The report isn’t just showing values — it’s showing relative change over time.

Signals vs Trade Runs: What the Numbers Are Actually Telling You

A signal is a single alert.
A Trade Run represents signals linking together into developing structure.

Example: High Signal Count, Low Trade Runs (Noisy Day)

Suppose ES shows:

• Signal Count: 18
• Trade Runs: 1
• Strong Runs: 0

This tells you:

• The market is active
• Signals are firing
• But they are not connecting into sustained movement

What this usually means:
A noisy day. Price is moving, but not resolving. Attempts to trend fail quickly.

This is a common environment where traders feel busy but struggle to find consistency.

Example: Lower Signal Count, Multiple Trade Runs (Structured Day)

Now suppose ES shows:

• Signal Count: 9
• Trade Runs: 3
• Strong Runs: 2

Fewer signals produced more structure.

What this usually means:
Cleaner movement. Better follow-through. Higher-quality opportunity.

Strong Runs: When a Move Becomes Meaningful

A Trade Run becomes Strong when its internal strength (ST-1) reaches 18% or higher.

This reflects sustained participation — not just a brief push.

Example: Trade Runs Without Strength

If NQ shows:

• Trade Runs: 3
• Strong Runs: 0

What this usually means:
The market attempted to move, but couldn’t sustain it.

Example: Strong Runs Exceed Trade Runs (Session Continuity)

You may sometimes see:

• Trade Runs: 0
• Strong Runs: 1

This is normal — and often a positive sign, especially early in the session.

What’s happening:
A trade run began in a prior session (often late in the previous regular session) and is continuing into the current session. Because that run did not in the current session, it does not count as a new Trade Run.

However, during the current session, one or more signals within that continuing run met the strength threshold. As a result, it is counted as a Strong Run.

What this usually means:
The market did not reset at the session boundary. Structure carried forward, and strength was already present when the new session began.

When Strong Runs exceed Trade Runs in this way, it often indicates:

• Continuity across sessions
• Sustained participation
• A smoother transition into the current trading day

This pattern is most commonly seen near the beginning of a new session when late-session structure remains intact.

ST-1 Avg: The Tone of the Day

ST-1 Avg reflects the average strength of all signals so far in the session.

Example: Low ST-1 Avg

If ES shows:

• ST-1 Avg: 8–12

What this usually means:
Low-energy session. Signals lack conviction.

Example: Rising ST-1 Avg

If ES progresses from:

• ST-1 Avg: 16 → 20 → 22

What this usually means:
Strength is improving as the session develops. Waiting may actually be justified.

ST-1 Max: How Far Did It Really Go?

ST-1 Max shows the strongest moment reached during the session.

Example: High Max, Low Avg

If NQ shows:

• ST-1 Avg: 14
• ST-1 Max: 62

What this usually means:
One strong push occurred, but it wasn’t supported broadly.

Example: High Avg, High Max

If you see:

• ST-1 Avg: 28
• ST-1 Max: 55

What this usually means:
Sustained participation. Real structure.

Progress Window: Where You Are in the Session

The Progress Window shows how much of a symbol’s typical development window has occurred.

It is not a clock.
It is not capped at 100%.
And it is not performance.

Progress Window reflects pace and development, relative to that symbol’s normal behavior across the full trading cycle.

Understanding Progress Window From a U.S. Trading Perspective

From a U.S. vantage point:

• After-hours trading begins at 6:00 PM ET
• Overnight activity reflects global participation
• Heavier participation typically starts around 8:00 AM ET
• The regular session runs until roughly 4:00 PM ET, with about an hour remaining

Progress Window matters most when interpreted inside that flow — not in isolation.

Example: RTY and Late-Session Structure

RTY may behave like this:

• Early session:
  • Progress Window: 30–50%
  • Structure: chaotic, inconsistent
• Later session:
  • Progress Window: ~90%
  • Strong Runs: sustained
  • ST-1 Avg: elevated and stable

What this means:
RTY didn’t deteriorate — it settled. Structure matured instead of breaking down.

By the end of the day, Progress Window may finish at 120% or higher.

Where a symbol finishes often says as much as how it started.

Why Progress Window Can Exceed 100%

Progress Window is influenced by:

• Pace of Trade Runs
• Development of Strong Runs
• Signal Count
• Persistence of strength

Signal Count itself is performance-driven:

• Weak markets generate fewer strong signals
• Strong, structured markets naturally generate more

A higher-than-normal pace produces a higher Progress Window. That’s intentional.

Why Symbols Look Different — On Purpose

Each symbol is evaluated against its own historical behavior, not against other markets.

This prevents:

• Bonds overpowering equities
• Large contracts overshadowing micros
• Quiet markets being misread as broken

It’s what allows the report to work across asset classes.

What This Page Is Really Helping You Decide

The Live Session Report is not asking:

Should you trade?

It’s asking:

Is the market offering the kind of structure that makes trading reasonable right now?

That distinction matters.

Final Thought

This report doesn’t remove discretion.
It sharpens it.

Before you zoom into charts, you already know:

• Whether signals are building or failing
• Whether strength is isolated or sustained
• Whether opportunity is developing or likely past

That doesn’t force a decision.

It prevents the wrong ones.