PRAETIR / Concepts & indicators

Understand ES and NQ strike zones

Strike zones in PRAETIR organize ES and NQ charts with fixed price grids and shaded areas. They help describe location and distance consistently in a review. The zones are an analytical classification; they do not themselves measure options positions or resting orders.

Which grids are available?

NQ has analytical zones around 250-, 500- and 1,000-point price intervals; ES uses 50- and 100-point intervals. The Major group adds NQ 50/100 and ES 25 intervals. Groups and individual tiers can be switched, with controls for color, opacity and line style.

What does the 50% midpoint line mean?

The “50% regression” setting draws the midpoint between the upper edge of the lower analytical zone and the lower edge of the next enabled zone. It is a geometric midpoint, not a statistical regression fitted to prices. Switching tiers can change which zones are adjacent and therefore change the midpoint.

In a synthetic example, one zone ends at 20,020 and the next starts at 20,230. Their midpoint is (20,020 + 20,230) / 2 = 20,125. The edges determine the calculation; the distance between two round-number centers does not fully describe it.

Document zones in the trade record

Record the market, enabled groups and observed price response. Add GEX or order flow with its own timestamp. A zone, call wall and liquidity concentration can overlap while coming from different methods. Define in advance what your setup requires at that area, then review whether you followed that rule.

Frequently asked questions

Are strike zones automatic signals?

No. They mark price areas. They do not automatically determine an entry, stop or interpretation of the response.

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