This is what I am getting at. People state **** on trading forums as facts when they have seemly little idea in the hope of helping but it makes it worse. There is no vague "direct markets for guidance". They rarely hedge your positions and do so only if you're large enough that they exceed their own risk tolerances. In spite of the BS they tell you. They are linked tick for tick to a futures or a intermarket instrument, though they can be actually priced at some arbitrary amount off the link instrument, all the better to confuse you.
Once you find out what it is you can then understand what you are trading and what the market participants are doing. You can pay for the real data and start to open your eyes as to what is going on.