Gold remains the primary market.
My trading process is still organised around Gold. NQ is the genuine secondary market I would consider when Gold conditions are not conducive to a good entry.
That hierarchy matters. NQ is not being used to manufacture activity when there is no Gold trade. It has a separate role and a separate strategy that must earn its place through study.
This is a study-stage market.
I am not currently presenting NQ as an actively traded, proven process. I study it in spare time and am documenting the current boundaries honestly rather than overstating experience or results.
The purpose of this page is to record where NQ fits now and to create a clear baseline that can be updated if the strategy progresses into active execution.
The first three hours of New York.
If I were looking for an NQ entry, the window would be limited to the first three hours of the New York session.
This time boundary is part of the strategy context. Outside that window, I am not currently looking to extend the study process into additional sessions.
A completely different strategy from Gold.
My NQ work is based on the 10am Powell strategy. It is not the Trending Range Reversal process I use for XAUUSD and MGC.
- Gold remains the primary market.
- NQ is considered only when Gold conditions are unsuitable.
- The study window is the first three New York hours.
- The strategy under study is the 10am Powell strategy.
The detailed entry and management rules are not yet being presented as a finished framework. That distinction protects the accuracy of this public record.
What I am not claiming yet.
I am not claiming an established NQ track record, a mature execution model or active day-to-day trading in this market. Those claims would be premature while the work remains at study stage.
If NQ becomes an actively traded secondary market, this page will be updated with the actual setup rules, risk decisions, journal evidence and reports produced by that execution.