weekend ed

February 28, 2026

Survive the First Hour
by Tony Rago

Hey trader,

Every NQ session opened with ATR readings between 47 and 57 this week. 

Hundred-handle bars were printing before 10 AM.

If you traded the open the same way you trade 11 AM, you got hurt. I know because I watched it happen on Monday, and I felt it myself.

This article breaks down the two-phase approach I developed in real time this week. 

Phase one protects your capital during the chaos.

Phase two puts you in position to profit once conditions normalize.

Together they produced a 60-handle winner on Wednesday and a clean run to 25,000 on Friday.

I caught 60 handles Wednesday and rode a clean run to 25,000 Friday using the same levels I trade every single morning.

The two-phase approach I just walked you through isn't something I invented this week. It's built on top of a framework I've been running for 20+ months with $550,000+ in documented results. The levels are auto-plotted before the open. The risk is defined before I touch a button.

If you're tired of getting chewed up in the first hour and want the exact system that told me the 26 leads to the 77 before the market even opened, this is it.

Tuesday at 2PM, I’ll show you my entire system LIVE so you can see it in action.