FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Short answers about the site, its indicators and its limits. The methodology has the detail, and the letter is on Substack.
The basics
What is Day Trader Report?
An independent publication about day trading Nasdaq-100 futures. The site shows every regular session on one five-minute chart with the same intraday indicators. Its Substack letter reports on what each session offered.
What style of trading is it for?
Momentum day trading: taking the strong, one-directional moves of a session, long or short, and staying out of the rest. The indicators were built to find those moves, confirm them and show when they are over. They are not tuned for scalping, fading or overnight positions.
Which market does it cover?
One: NQ, the E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contract, during regular trading hours. The breadth and volatility indicators describe the stock market around it.
Is the chart live?
No. A session is added after the close and is a record of a finished day. Nothing on the site updates during trading hours.
How far back does the archive go?
The archive currently holds 40 sessions, from Monday, September 21, 2026 to Friday, November 13, 2026. It grows by one session each trading day.
The indicators
Where do the indicators come from?
Move Health, the VXN distance and the session open line were written for this publication. Cumulative TICK, the advance-decline ratio and the up/down volume ratio are standard market-internals measures. Every rule is printed on its indicator page.
Can I use Move Health as an entry signal?
It was designed for holding and trimming a position, not for entries. In the sessions it was tuned on it turned on three to five bars into a move. Its page lists what it does badly.
Have the indicators been backtested?
No. The site describes how each indicator behaved in the archived sessions. None of the readings or labels has been tested as a trading system, and the pages say so.
Why does the implied volatility differ from my platform?
The site uses Cboe’s VXN, which comes from Nasdaq-100 index options. Platforms that compute implied volatility from NQ futures options show a similar line at a slightly different level.
Why do old sessions show different price levels from my chart?
The continuous futures contract is back-adjusted at each quarterly roll, and platforms adjust differently. Point moves and the indicators are unaffected.
The publication
Who writes it?
Yuriy Matso, who has traded since 2008 and trades mostly Nasdaq-100 futures. He also founded The Trading Tools, The Filings Report and The Capex Report.
How is AI used?
The ideas, the indicators and the editorial direction are Yuriy’s. AI assists with research, data work and development. Every figure on the site is computed by code from saved market data, not written by a language model.
Is this investment advice?
No. The site and the letter are research and education. Futures trading carries a high risk of loss, and nothing here is a recommendation to trade.
How do I report an error?
Email info@thetrading.tools with the session date, the indicator and what you expected to see.