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# The day's arc bar

> How to read the gradient bar at the top of every Daily Recap.

The horizontal gradient bar at the top of every [Daily Recap](/macro/daily-recap). It's the visual story of how the [quant score](/concepts/quant-score) moved through the trading day.

## How to read it

**Time runs left to right:**

| Position  | Time (ET)                       |
| --------- | ------------------------------- |
| Far left  | 8:00 AM (pre-market)            |
| \~15%     | 9:30 AM (cash open)             |
| \~40%     | 12:00 PM                        |
| \~80%     | 4:00 PM (cash close)            |
| Far right | 6:00 PM (post-market wind-down) |

**Color encodes the score at each moment:**

| Color        | Score range                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------------- |
| Bright green | +0.5 or higher (strong risk-on) |
| Light green  | +0.2 to +0.5 (mild risk-on)     |
| Orange       | −0.2 to +0.2 (neutral)          |
| Light red    | −0.5 to −0.2 (mild risk-off)    |
| Bright red   | below −0.5 (strong risk-off)    |

## What to look for

* **Smooth left-to-right gradient** — the day had one direction. Cross-check with the [day type](/concepts/day-type) badge.
* **Color flip mid-day** — a regime shift, often newsy (rate decision, geopolitical headline, big earnings, CPI surprise).
* **Bright color compressed at one end** — most of the day's drama happened in a small window.
* **Bar ends short of the right edge with a vertical white line** — today's intraday recap. The white line is "now."
* **Bar fills end-to-end** — past day, complete.

## A quick example

A bar that starts green, oscillates through orange around 11AM, then deepens into red by 3PM tells a "morning rally faded into close" story — almost certainly tagged **Reversal (Failed)** or **Trending Down**, depending on how strong the morning was.