Let me know how many of you trade the last hour, holding a portfolio of stocks long and short...your holdings are put on between 2:30 -3:00, and all positions are liquidated at the close(with the exception of a trailing stop being hit for a stock).
Working overtime, eh? How are you going to have a 3-martini lunch if you don't make your paper before noon?
Too much pressure to make "paper" before "noon" as I have other ventures to tend to. I'm always looking into decreasing the "afterthought" of each trading day. One would be wise to diversify trading strategies over the long run...
The last 1 to 2 hours of the European session is very important. That is where the Europeans and Americans interact on a big scale. commodities, index futures ... might move decisively.