Step 3 - Setting Up The Charts

Strategies are built for specific instruments and chart timeframes. If you pick the wrong one, two bad things happen:

• The strategy may not trade at all (because its logic expects certain bar types).

• Or worse: it trades with distorted behavior (wrong instrument, chart, etc..).

3.1 Pick Your Strategy First (Quick Decision)

Strategy	Instrument	Timeframe	Style
FastPass	NQ	1 Minute	Aggressive, eval-only
MONEYBAGS	NQ or MNQ	30 Seconds	1 trade/day, 20-tick target
Blitz	NQ or MNQ	3 Minutes	1 trade/day, “power hour” style
Pulse	NQ or MNQ	1 Minute	Higher frequency scalping
60M (TradingBoss60MES)	ES or MES	3 Minutes	Trend following, dynamic sizing

💡 Tip for beginners

If you’re nervous about big swings, start with micro contracts:

• MNQ instead of NQ

• MES instead of ES

Micros move 10x less money per tick than minis.

3.2 Open a New Chart

1. In Control Center, click New → Chart

2. In the Instrument box, type your instrument:

   • NQ / MNQ / ES / MES

3. Select the correct contract if shown (example: “MES 03-26” style naming).

4. Set the timeframe:

   • 1 Minute, 30 Seconds, or 3 Minutes (depending on strategy)

5. Click OK