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# The Close: Course workbook
- URL: https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-0-course/
- Published: 2026-10-30T02:35:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T15:51:33.000Z
- Description: Seven lessons on The Close, from the idea behind it to what a bad year looks like, plus a test checklist and journal template.
- Author: Read the Open
- Tags: Course, Index dip

Every rule in this course is one we have coded and tested. Each lesson says what the testing found, including what failed, and ends with an exercise to do on your own charts.

The rule has posted its levels before the open and its result after the close since 30 October 2026, on [the record](https://readtheopen.com/record/). Nothing in this course claims a result from those posts.

## Contents

1. [The idea and the research behind it](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-1-idea/)
2. [Why the money is made overnight](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-2-overnight/)
3. [The exact rules](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-3-rules/)
4. [The daily routine](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-4-routine/)
5. [The second trade](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-5-weak-closes/)
6. [Sizing for the worst drawdown](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-6-sizing/)
7. [What a bad year looks like](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-7-bad-year/)
- [Worksheet: test checklist and journal template](https://readtheopen.com/index-dip-8-checklist/)

FreeLessons 1 and 2 are free. The rest come with the daily read. Members can also download the whole course as a [PDF](https://readtheopen.com/course-pdfs/).

## Test results are hypothetical

[Hypothetical results1](#hypothetical-results), not actual trading. The full statement is at the end of this page.

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Education only. Nothing here is advice about your account.

**1 Hypothetical results.** These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.

Why our numbers carry this label, and what other kinds of track record leave out: [How to read a trading track record](https://readtheopen.com/notes-how-to-read-a-track-record/).