October Preparation New Month Template StartE-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index FuturesCBOT_MINI:YM1!FOMC_GodNow that September has three trading days left, the new month is about to be upon us. I don't know what the monthly open will be yet, but once I do, I will mark it in orange. So far this month, September has been a bearish template with a sort of creeping down motion. Creeping trends either blow off in the direction they are creeping in, or they violently reverse. I take it day by day and won't know what October will look like until it plays out. Just a ball park estimate, I think October will be a massive dump month to slam down into the monthly 20sma. That doesn't mean there won't be any good Long day trades. As a day trader, I care very little what side the market sets up. It either presents me my setups or I don't participate. Below I will highlight my thought processes Spike and channel creeping trend down