The dream itself could go either way: If you say it's bad, it will be. If you label it as a good dream, then that's what will come about. In fact, the great mystic Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem taught that teeth falling out can be seen as a wonderful dream: Teeth are what we use to grind our food, so we can digest it.
Trading in the different Dow futures contracts starts at 6 p.m. eastern time on Sunday evening. Trading closes at 4:15 pm on Friday. During the week, the futures markets close for 15 minutes at 4:15 -- 15 minutes after the stock market closes -- and for 30 minutes at 5:30. The daily trading session runs from 6 p.m. the day before -- starting Sunday through Thursday -- through 4:15 pm the next afternoon.
Dow Futures begin trading on the Chicago Board of Trade at 7:20 a.m. Central Time. Because the Dow Futures trade a full hour and ten minutes before the stock market opens, the investment community and financial reporters get a sense of the general market sentiment. If the Dow Futures are trading lower, chances are the stock market will open lower. The opposite is true if the Dow Futures trade higher before the market opens.