Gale Force ArenaPrivate · members only
Private · invitation only

Opening Power.
One read of the open.

One strategy trades the first minutes of the US open in your own account, at your own broker, with the loss fixed before every trade. Real money, real fills, every session.

The logic
  1. The loss is fixed before the trade. Every order carries its protective stop from the start, so the most a trade can lose is decided before it fills.
  2. Winners run further than losers. The average winning trade is +US$22.89, the average loser −US$21.53: 1.1 to 1. For every dollar lost, US$1.19 has been won.
  3. So a modest hit rate compounds. 53% of trades win, yet 51% of sessions end profitable, and the deepest drawdown so far is −3.74%.

Membership is by invitation from the owner. No self-registration.

Opening PowerReal money
+5.85%
Time-weighted return · since Jul 14, 2026 · 69 sessions
Made in total
+US$266.53
Profitable sessions
51%35 of 69 sessions
Trades
13953% won
Through Nov 4, 2026Net of commissions
Beside the marketSame dates
+5.85%
Opening Power, time-weighted · Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026
Opening PowerS&P 500Nasdaq-100
Start = 100 · index funds' daily closes, dividends excluded
S&P 500 (SPY) · buy and hold
+2.36%
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) · buy and hold
−2.78%
Best session
+US$152.37Aug 27, 2026
Deepest drawdown
−3.74%peak to trough, so far
Through Nov 4, 2026Real money, net of commissions

Opening Power

The owner's own account, traded live at the open, every session since Jul 14, 2026. Real money, real fills, updated Nov 4, 2026.

+5.85%
Time-weighted return · since Jul 14, 2026
69
Sessions traded
50.7%
Profitable sessions (35 of 69)
1.31
Day profit factor — winning days ÷ losing days
52.5%
Winning trades (139 trades)
Against the market

The owner's return beside the broad market

Same window · Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026
+5.85%
Opening Power · time-weighted, real money
+2.36%
S&P 500 (SPY) · buy and hold
−2.78%
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) · buy and hold
+23.10%
Trending forward · the same pace over a full year
100Jul 14, 2026Nov 4, 2026Opening Power 105.8S&P 500 102.4Nasdaq-100 97.2
Opening PowerS&P 500Nasdaq-100

Each line starts at 100 on the close before the first session. The market lines are the index funds' daily closes over the same dates, dividends excluded. "Trending forward" extrapolates the pace so far across a full year; it is a projection, not a promise, and the record is short.

Month by month

What each month made

Real money · net of commissions
MonthDaysTradesWin rateInvestedMadeOn invested
July 2026123749%US$32,003+US$87.66+0.27%
August 2026153855%US$61,815+US$248.10+0.40%
September 2026183258%US$70,820+US$176.35+0.25%
October 2026212846%US$76,204−US$304.31−0.40%
November 20263475%US$11,402+US$58.73+0.52%

"Invested" is the capital put to work that month, summed across its trading days; a day's stake is recycled the next day, so it is not money held for the month. "Made" is realized profit after commissions.

The last five trading days

One line per session. Dated, never named.

DayTradesWon / lostInvestedBestWorstMade
Nov 4, 202611 / 0US$2,661+US$29.90+US$29.90+US$29.84
Nov 3, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Nov 2, 202632 / 1US$8,741+US$33.82−US$15.68+US$28.89
Oct 30, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Oct 29, 202622 / 0US$4,956+US$19.64+US$1.28+US$20.82
Every earlier trading day, back to Jul 28, 202655 more days
DayTradesWon / lostInvestedBestWorstMade
Oct 28, 202641 / 3US$9,772+US$44.13−US$71.10−US$89.34
Oct 27, 202611 / 0US$3,015+US$35.44+US$35.44+US$35.38
Oct 26, 202611 / 0US$2,345+US$6.15+US$6.15+US$6.10
Oct 22, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Oct 21, 202622 / 0US$5,103+US$53.43+US$25.44+US$78.76
Oct 20, 202621 / 1US$5,058+US$9.46−US$24.58−US$15.22
Oct 19, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Oct 16, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Oct 15, 202620 / 2US$7,339−US$33.92−US$54.94−US$89.00
Oct 14, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Oct 13, 202610 / 1US$2,733−US$21.39−US$21.39−US$21.45
Oct 12, 202631 / 2US$9,582+US$17.97−US$46.48−US$46.89
Oct 9, 202621 / 1US$7,493+US$39.31−US$47.38−US$8.23
Oct 8, 202631 / 2US$9,018+US$8.00−US$27.26−US$27.18
Oct 7, 202610 / 1US$697−US$84.42−US$84.42−US$84.43
Oct 6, 202621 / 1US$3,496+US$0.25−US$94.75−US$94.57
Oct 5, 202610 / 1US$3,098−US$1.68−US$1.68−US$1.74
Oct 2, 202611 / 0US$2,500+US$32.73+US$32.73+US$32.68
Oct 1, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Sep 30, 202610 / 1US$2,562−US$25.59−US$25.59−US$25.64
Sep 29, 202632 / 1US$7,506+US$36.58−US$31.59+US$15.40
Sep 28, 202611 / 0US$2,571+US$10.80+US$10.80+US$10.75
Sep 25, 202611 / 0US$2,295+US$11.29+US$11.29+US$11.24
Sep 24, 202610 / 1US$755−US$23.99−US$23.99−US$24.01
Sep 23, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Sep 22, 202642 / 2US$10,025+US$32.37−US$26.42+US$18.30
Sep 21, 202610 / 1US$1,349−US$75.18−US$75.18−US$75.21
Sep 18, 202642 / 2US$10,134+US$91.38−US$34.79+US$40.98
Sep 17, 202611 / 0US$2,583+US$47.17+US$47.17+US$47.12
Sep 16, 202632 / 1US$5,811+US$58.95−US$15.10+US$90.49
Sep 14, 202621 / 1US$5,114+US$25.86−US$64.35−US$38.60
Sep 11, 202610 / 1US$2,628−US$44.56−US$44.56−US$44.61
Sep 9, 202600 / 0———+US$0.00
Sep 8, 202632 / 1US$5,654+US$40.69−US$5.08+US$58.11
Sep 4, 202611 / 0US$3,639+US$20.99+US$20.99+US$20.91
Sep 3, 202622 / 0US$2,048+US$63.23+US$43.47+US$98.85
Sep 2, 202631 / 1US$6,146+US$0.75−US$36.16−US$27.73
Aug 31, 202610 / 1US$2,039−US$3.95−US$3.95−US$3.99
Aug 28, 202621 / 1US$3,497+US$2.13−US$26.18−US$24.12
Aug 27, 202643 / 1US$7,120+US$71.79−US$19.54+US$152.37
Aug 26, 202610 / 1US$1,833−US$19.46−US$19.46−US$19.50
Aug 25, 202611 / 0US$1,769+US$24.93+US$24.93+US$24.89
Aug 24, 202610 / 1US$1,828−US$8.51−US$8.51−US$8.55
Aug 21, 202630 / 3US$5,432−US$1.11−US$14.58−US$28.95
Aug 19, 202620 / 2US$3,695−US$15.57−US$20.25−US$35.90
Aug 18, 202611 / 0US$3,782+US$60.59+US$60.59+US$60.51
Aug 17, 202632 / 1US$4,349+US$29.39−US$3.33+US$53.84
Aug 10, 202632 / 1US$6,409+US$14.15−US$17.95+US$2.92
Aug 7, 202664 / 2US$9,895+US$14.80−US$25.51+US$2.61
Aug 6, 202643 / 1US$3,150+US$9.10−US$10.70+US$4.50
Aug 5, 202633 / 0US$2,635+US$4.67+US$0.50+US$8.06
Aug 4, 202631 / 2US$4,382+US$80.49−US$15.23+US$59.41
Jul 30, 202641 / 3US$6,832+US$18.42−US$17.00−US$25.96
Jul 29, 202642 / 2US$4,327+US$19.26−US$11.09+US$10.39
Jul 28, 202642 / 2US$3,656+US$8.26−US$7.72+US$2.40

Figures are the owner's real-money results, time-weighted, net of commissions, over the period shown. They are not a member's results. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Members trade their own accounts and their results differ.

How it works

It runs in your own account, at your own broker, from your own computer. Nothing is held overnight; every fill is reconciled against the broker after the close.

Opening Power

One read of the open, shared live

The first bars decide

The strategy watches the opening minutes for a name gapping into strength, sets a buy-stop above the first bar and a protective stop below it. If price never trades through, there is no trade.

The loss is fixed first

Every order carries its protective stop from the start and is sized to a fixed share of the account, so the most a trade can lose is decided before it fills.

Every member, the same moment

The exact level and the protective stop reach every member on Telegram as they fire. Your box places the order at your own broker; you can stop any card with one tap.

Managed to the close

Stops step up on a ladder as the trade works, and nothing is held overnight. Every fill is reconciled against the broker after the close.

Method

How the numbers are computed

Opening Power figures are the owner's actual results on his own account, time-weighted: each day's result is measured against the money at the start of that day and then compounded, so deposits are never counted as return. Days traded by hand are excluded. Every fill is matched to the broker's own execution records after the close. All figures are in US dollars, net of commissions.