Sessions and opens

Opening gap fill

The rules, in plain English. Ask Wicky “Is my setup here?” and it checks each one on your chart, says what’s still missing, and draws your levels.

The rules

Gap: the regular session opens away from yesterday's close (9:30 New York for US index futures and stocks).
Setup: in the first hour, price stalls and turns back toward yesterday's close, shown by a candle closing back through the first 15 minutes' range in that direction.
Entry: the close of that candle.
Stop: beyond the day's high or low so far.
Target: yesterday's close, where the gap fills.
Skip it on big news days or when the gap is bigger than a normal day's range.
On the chart: yesterday's close marked as a line.

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How Wicky checks it

Hold ⌃⌥ over your chart and ask. Wicky reads the chart on your screen, on any platform, and checks every rule above, starting with “Gap: the regular session opens away from yesterday's close (9:30 New York for US index futures and stocks)”. Then it answers out loud: not yet, and what you’re still waiting for, or your entry, stop and target with the risk-to-reward, drawn on your chart and locked to it as you scroll.

Trade it a little differently? Change any rule, or write your own in plain English. Wicky checks your version, not a textbook’s.

Wicky checks your own rules. It doesn’t tell you to buy or sell, doesn’t predict price and never places trades. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. ICT and Smart Money Concepts are named to describe setups; Wicky isn’t affiliated with their authors.