Your first session

This is the five-minute routine most members use before the open. It touches the core tools once.

1. Open the Dashboard. Before 9:30 ET, click View Previous Day to see yesterday's Top Trades and Prints. Note any ticker you trade with a large print.
2. Check the calendar. In Economic Calendar, look for red three-bar events (high impact) such as CPI or FOMC. Check Earnings for BMO reporters.
3. Look up one ticker. Click Lookup and type the ticker. The ten biggest prints draw on the chart. Note where price sits against them.
4. Add it to a watchlist. Click Watchlist, type the ticker into + Add tickers. The DP 1–DP 10 columns fill with its print levels.
5. Write your plan. Type your long trigger under Above and short trigger under Below, then your targets.
6. Set an alert. Click the bell on that row, tick Above and Below, and save. You'll be told before price reaches your level.
7. Leave the BTI open during the session to catch new blocks in your names.