Minima and maxima

         Use the minima and maxima question to identify days having some kind of extreme behavior.

Example:

         The day with the highest volume.

Questions from Traders:

         What was the highest-volume trading day in the whole of 1992?

Setting Up the Search:

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Answers:

         The highest volume day of 1992 for US Treasury Bond Futures was on Thursday, February 13, when the volume was almost 541,000 contracts.

Profile Analyzer Hint: In order to make sure that you get the answers you are looking for, be sure that you note the current setting of the rollover offset flag in the TPA Status Bar . If you want true prices for seeking maxima and minima, first re-open the commodity database using File|Open , and make sure you uncheck "Adjust rollovers ."

Profile Analyzer Hint: Minima and maxima is an unusual question, in that it gives different answers when you combine it using "and" from those when you combine it using refinement. Be careful!