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Free CMaPS on Weekends

CMaPS is available at no charge, to help you learn how to set-up and test a value trade. There are two parts to this weekend freebie: Visual Graphic and the Meta-Profile, CMaPS. Two days of Visual Graphic are available, Friday and Thursday. Thursday is used for trading on Friday, Friday sets up for trading on Monday. The 'weekend' for this freebie goes from 2 AM Saturday to noon Sunday.

The other part, CMaPS, offers Friday Meta-Profiles as well as another nine days of history.

The Visual Graphic has the latest day's resistance and support for both the longer and short term: (20, 10 and 5 day Overlays, if they are in balance, plus the one-day value area which will always have a number but is valid only in balance).
1. The value area. VA U and VA L (far right) are from the Meta-Profile
2. 5 Day upper limit, U and lower limit, L; if in balance
3. 10 Day upper limit, U and lower limit, L; if in balance
4. 20 Day upper limit, U and lower limit, L; if in balance
If there are no 5, 10 or 20 day balances, the market is likely trending or just coming back into balance. No matter where the data leads, you now have a good idea of the market condition (balance or trend or not clear). If your market is in balance, you have targets for where value will change. As a market is breaking out it normally goes through the profile first, then the 5 day (or shorter) Overlay, then the 10 day and so on.

The second data set is the Meta-Profile which lets you apply the trading points the next day using your set-up from the Visual Graphic. You can pick the timeframe. You can look at the pre-market, the first hour or any other time span. If you want to be sure you are trading the most active month, use the link 'Active Deliveries'. If you need the ticker symbol (not all providers are the same) or delivery months, use the designated links. You have a choice of 15 or 30 minute bars. The TPO symbols for the 15 or 30 minute bars can be found in the 'TPO Symbols' below the submit button. If you want to track the market, CMaPS is the way to do it.

If you are not clear on just how the Meta-Profile (CMaPS) and the Overlay Demand Curve work and work together, the two links below can be your guide.
CMaPS Meta-Profile Background

Overlay Demand Curve Background


For an example of the Visual Graphic set-up on a balanced market that breaks out the next day, click on the References link below the flag on the main page. Then click on the link for May 17, 2005 (or click on the link just below). You will see how to do the Visual Graphic set-up with the end of day data on May 16 for trading on the 17th.
Meta-Profile/Overlay for Day Trading DJ 050517

For an example of the set-up and trading of an already trending market use the link for May 18, 2005.
Meta-Profile and Visual Graphic Market Analysis, DJ Index, May 18, 2005

An interesting case of market hysteria generated by the London Bombing of July 7, 2005 is at the link 'Overlay Trading the London Blast. This is an excellent example of how value trading shows you where the market is, keeps you out of the high risk day and gets you in when the opportunity is good compared to the risk.
Meta-Profile/Overlay Trading the London Blast


Knowing what the market is saying gives you what you need to set up your own trading plan. The point we make in discussing trading models is that a trading plan consists of two parts: the market information you use and the specific way you plan to use it. A consequence is that all "trading models", to be useful, are "your" model. A further consequence is that a canned trading model rarely works for the trader (we know this from the results). For more on model building go to:
Developing a Trading Model


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