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Lunch Chop Guard

Protects you from low-volume midday chop

Traders frequently mention giving back morning profits during the midday "doldrums." This recipe blocks or strongly warns on entries during a configurable lunch window.

House RecipePersonal3 min setup

INGREDIENTS

🔔Notifications

PROMPT

Create "Lunch Chop Guard". Default lunch window 11:30-13:30 (local session time). During this window, warn and block momentum entries by default; allow override at 50% risk with A+ tag.

Pain point

Midday often has lower participation and more random price action for many intraday strategies.

Triggers

  • Current time enters lunchWindowStart..lunchWindowEnd

Conditions

  • Only for strategies that require momentum/trend
  • Allow mean-reversion strategy if explicitly enabled

Actions

  • Alert: "Lunch window — no-trade by default."
  • If user overrides: cap size and require A+ setup tag
  • Suggest using time for journaling / review

Parameters (defaults)

  • lunchWindowStart: "11:30"
  • lunchWindowEnd: "13:30"
  • allowOverride: true
  • overrideRiskMultiplier: 0.5

Examples

  • If it's 12:10 and you try to trade momentum, warn and require half size.
  • Use lunch window to run "midday review" and reset.
Tags:#trading#time-of-day#overtrading#discipline