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Select an area and examine the recorded evidence behind its response, rather than relying on an unexplained strength number.
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Range Pulse
User manual.
A practical guide to Range Pulse: what the screen means, how to navigate it and what to check before relying on a reading.
Supported markets: NQ · ES · GC · RTY · YM · Updated September 19, 2026
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Start with a market
Choose NQ, ES, GC, RTY or YM, then select Live session. Each market has its own available history. Wait for a usable range rather than treating missing boundaries as a signal. The regular-session window is weekdays 9:30–16:00 New York time; the page refreshes about every three seconds.
The default chart view is 30 minutes. You can also choose two hours or the full session. Changing the chart view changes what you see, not the fixed range you are tracking.
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Read position and pace separately
The bubble’s position shows price relative to the active range high and low. Its area shows sampled activity over the last minute compared with the preceding four-minute average. 1.00× means the same pace, 1.30× means 30% faster and 0.70× means 30% slower.
Buying and selling both contribute. A larger bubble is not a directional score or total exchange volume. Read the number beside actual price progress. The visual size is limited for readability; the displayed number can keep increasing. A dashed bubble means the comparison is unavailable.
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Follow tests, exits and returns
Cyan boundaries identify the active range. Green dots mark exits above, pink dots exits below and gold dots returns inside. The event list preserves the sequence of recorded changes.
“Staying above” or “Staying below” means a sustained observed move has qualified. An exit can still fail and return inside. Price progress measures movement since tracking began; range tracking time shows how long the current reference has been watched.
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Keep or replace the range
Auto range is on by default and remembers your preference per market. It watches for a separate, stable base outside the existing range. A candidate appears with dashed gold boundaries. When confirmed, it becomes active and the previous range remains dotted gray.
A candidate is provisional. Leaving its boundaries or interrupted observations can cancel it. Turn Auto range off to keep the current range. Choose Track a new range here to establish another from the latest qualifying observations. This changes your reference, so use it intentionally rather than moving the boundary after every test.
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Review a recorded session
Choose a market and a Recorded session date, then select Load replay. Use Play/Pause, the time slider and the speed selector. Return with Live session.
Readings use observations available up to the selected replay time. Rewinding before the active range was established creates a range at that earlier time. Availability varies by market and date. Server recorders work without the page being open; they can only preserve data actually received.
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Understand coverage and missing data
Purple lines show usable mapped walls known at the displayed time. Displayed liquidity refers to recorded resting bid/ask size within the market’s stated distance, not executed volume. Unavailable means required observations are missing, stale or incomplete; it does not mean zero liquidity.
Activity needs adequate recent coverage. Gaps stay visible and may interrupt a comparison or range candidate. If a reading disappears, check the market, session and coverage messages before interpreting a quiet bubble as a quiet market.
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A practical reading routine
Locate price inside or outside the range. Compare activity with price progress. Watch whether an exit holds or returns, then check nearby areas in Price Control or the broader NQ picture in Session Compass.
For example, faster activity with little progress describes busy trading without much movement. Faster activity alongside an exit describes activity accompanying that move. Neither identifies the participants or proves continuation. Range Pulse provides observation and replay; it does not place trades.