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102221 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

The ES and NQ continue to press higher with the RTY while treasuries move lower.  Note from the Quicksheet that equities and…
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102021 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Yet another low-volume ramp in ES and NQ.  ES will come into Wednesday in extreme posture.  NQ is within reach of the…
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101921 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Another low volume ramp in ES and NQ.  RTY got early lower prices (as expected) and then rallied a bit.  Very poor…
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101821 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Low volume ramp into the weekend on the back of OPEX and into earnings for US equities.  Watch for failure if we…
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101521 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Thursday saw low RVOL "vanna" infused rallies in the equities that gapped and stuck making for large range days and new weekly…
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101421 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

ES, NQ, and RTY all closed above rebalanced 5/20D composites.  So long as we open above these references, we will be favoring…
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101321 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

ES and NQ retained the bearish tint we came into the session with.  We still have 5D VPOCs above 20D VPOCs.  In…
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101221 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Early rips were sold and now we have ES in ping pong land and NQ bearish below the key 14830-880 area.  RTY…
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101121 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Earnings kick off this week and the major indexes are in balance. Watching for continued pressure on the treasuries. Continue to pull…
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100781 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

NFP before the open.  In general, a bad number is good for equities.  A good number is bad.  Figure that one out.…
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100721 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

China remains on Holiday. We have Initial Jobless Claims before the open. The short-covering early in the week has become a real…
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100621 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

China remains on Holiday. Ripping short covering day in ES and NQ stalled on the way back to composite HVNs.  RTY remains…
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100521 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

China remains on Holiday.  With NQ close the weekly expected low already, we are watching for sellers to get trapped. Lean Hogs,…
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100421 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

China is on Holiday this week.  So, expecting most of the moves to happen either during the Euro session or US session. …
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093021 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Month-end and quarter-end.  We could see some wide swings in the ES as JPMorgan repositions their quarterly collar.    ES and NQ…
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092921 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Seeing some counter activity in Natty Gas taking it into the "rest" phase. Crude had an engulfing bearish day to shut off…
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092821 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Long RTY and Short NQ was the trade on Monday as the ES traded around 4450 as expected. RTY closed the week…
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092721 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Equities ended the week back at the prior week balance in front of lots of Fed jawboning this week.  Expecting lots of…
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092421 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

ES back to MVWAP and NQ is close.  RTY closed above the YTD VPOC and looking to continue higher. Big surprise may…
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092321 TRADEPLAN

FOMC is over and Powell did his best to suggest the Fed will continue the program.  We closed higher in all the…
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092321 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

FOMC day has come and gone.  ES and NQ have 4385 and 15136 respectively as the scenes of the FOMC release to…
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092221 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

It's FOMC day!  May the rates be ever in your favor! We Will not initiate any new trades today, but taking note…
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092121 TRADEPLAN

Massive post OPEX moves away from prior balance.  The moves were so large that we will likely need to balance in front…
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092121 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Big further liquidation lower in US equities. Bearish posture around. The question now will what happens next with FOMC on Wednesday. Most…
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092021 TRADEPLAN

The Monday after OPEX is always dicey as market makers will re-establish ranges.  ES and NQ closed with expectations for lower prices. …
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092021 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Asia on Holiday to start the week. ES in auction extreme.....caution chasing lower!! The Gold / Platinum (or Palladium) pair remains in…
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091721 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

Friday is OPEX and "Quad-Witching" in equities.  It's a good day to either not trade, or focus on non-equity products. Natural Gas…
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091621 TRADEPLAN

The auction was ripe for a reversal on Wednesday and after trading back to the 5D, ES and NQ rocketed higher.   MVWAP…
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091621 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

We got the reversals higher in ES and NQ to change posture and set us up for continuation higher into OPEX. Different…
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091521 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

ES met the target prior composite level at 4428 and has migrated 5D value lower. NQ has migrated value as well.  Looking…
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091421 TRADEPLAN

Good follow-through lower to start the week.  Watch for 3rd session down reversal on Tuesday.  We have CPI before the open, so…
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091421 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

US equities continued where they left off on Friday with NQ achieving the key downside objective for the week. For Tuesday, we'll…
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091221 FUTURES QUICKSHEET

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EQUITIES QUICKSHEET 9-10-2021

For Friday:  Equities struggled today as the market ripped higher off the open but lost the gains midway through the morning session. …
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EQUITIES QUICKSHEET 9-9-2021

For Thursday:  Sellers gave it the old college try, but...buyers saved the day again!  With OPEX next week and the FOMC the…
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EQUITIES QUICK SHEET 9-8-2021

For Wednesday:  Growth stocks were rocking on Tuesday.  Of course, this is not a new story.  As we mentioned yesterday, we continue…
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EQUITIES QUICK SHEET 9-7-2021

For Tuesday:  I hope you enjoyed the extra time from the markets.  The NFP number on Friday was a big miss and…
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Equities Quicksheet 9-3-2021

Fro Friday:  On Thursday equities gave back a little.  This could be due to the NFP number on Friday.  Regardless, we are…
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EQUITY Quicksheet – 9-1-2021

For Wednesday:  Equities took a break on Tuesday.  With a new month upon us, we expect inflows to hit Wednesday and Thursday. …
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EQUITY QUICKSHEET for 08/31/2021

For Tuesday:  It was a rocket ship Monday as the ES and NQ taking off.  With Uncle Jerome's foot on the gas…
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EQUITY QUICKSHEET for 08/30/2021

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Poison Pills for Trading

Lots of people in the industry want to tell you to keep trying to figure out how to trade. This is a…
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Skill Session: Stop Placement

One of our Skill Enhancement Sessions. Traders often say we could help them by giving insight into entry and stop management. It's…
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Skill Session: Debriefing Trades

One of our Skill Enhancement Sessions. To gain consistency in your trading, one of the most useful tools any developing trader can…
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Q&A: Earnings, AAPL, TSLA, MSFT, AMZN, ES, NQ

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
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Q&A: Rules based execution, “If this, then that”, Crude, ES, Gold, NQ

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
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Q&A: CL responsive trade, NQ open drive, ES, ZB, RTY, Sim vs Live, Sizing risk to opportunity

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
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Q&A: EUR/USD, BABA, GOOG, AAPL, CL, GC, ES, NQ

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
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2020 Annual Outlook Video

Whether you trade intraday or look for multi-session opportunities, looking at the much wider timeframe is a good start for any approach…
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Q&A: Tariffs, Year End, & 2020

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at the impact of tariffs.  We reviewed…
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Q&A: NFP, FOMC, Practice

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at the impact of news releases like…
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Q&A: Trading News Events, CL, NQ, ES, ZB, LE

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at how we incorporate news events into…
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Q&A: 4 Questions, CL, NQ failed Long, Sugar, Acceptance, Process

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at 4 questions to ask and answer…
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Q&A: Post NFP, ZS, CL, ES, NQ, ZB, Initial Balance Breakouts, & Platforms

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities after Non-farm payrolls. Then…
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Q&A: Earnings impact on Index futures, CL, NQ, ES, AMZN, AMD, MSFT, & Orderflow

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ES and…
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[Q&A]: ES, CL, NQ, ZS, NG, Orderflow Spikes, Fractal Rotations, Being Trapped, Excess

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ZS and…
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[Q&A]: Crude short; NQ & ES gaps & LT picture; Gold; Natty Gas; Reviewing tradeplans; unfinished business

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ES and…
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[Q&A]: CL, ES, BTC, Assessing performance, Over-trading, Cumulative Delta, 50pt NQ live trade

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion on our plan for the session and…
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[Q&A]: NQ fade, Crude, ES, DAX, Using index relative strength

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion on a “fade” trade we took in…
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IB EXT FADE example in Crude oil

One of the anchor playbook set-ups we encourage developing traders to look for is called an IB EXT FADE (initial balance extension…
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[Q&A]: Patience, “Postures”, Bonds, Notes, GS, Crude, Nasdaq, ES

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion with an important level for the day's…
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[Q&A]: 2976.5

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion with an important level for the day's…
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[Q&A]: Profiling overview, Global Trade Turmoil, Volatility, Setting Stops

Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion with an overview of both Market Profile…
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[Q&A]: Trading Fed information

Part of our weekly Q&A series. The Federal Reserve, aka "the Fed", or the United States Central Bank is an entity whose…
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[Q&A]: Why the first hour still matters

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion about why the range of the opening range still matters, how…
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[Q&A]: FOMC trade, price action and what we look for in the profile

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion reviewing trade on days like FOMC, how we use price action…
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Mapping human behavior in the auction

Profiling is the core of our trading approach and analysis because it captures how all market participants (institutions, hedge funds, retails, etc)…
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[Q&A]: “2nd Move”, bias, and determining support zones

Part of our weekly Q&A series. Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion regarding the "2nd Move" trade…
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[Q&A]: Nasdaq & Crude open gaps

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at some opening gaps in Crude and Nasdaq futures.  …
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[Q&A]: Glossary of terms, Nasdaq & Crude open fades

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at some opening "fade" or "responsive" trades in Crude…
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[Q&A]: Morning Routine, Option Trades, & Session Volume v. Orderflow Delta

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at our morning routine, how to build option trades…
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[Q&A]: Joining the breakout

Part of our weekly Q&A series. Breakout trades! Breakout trades occur when we take a trade in the direction of range extension. …
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Buying a house above value

Take a look at this pre-market chart of Nasdaq futures: NQ (Nasdaq futures) are gapping (A gap is where we open completely…
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[Q&A]: Using triggers to reduce trade entry risk

Part of our weekly Q&A series. Triggers. Triggers are short time frame price action arrangement patterns we use to help us minimize…
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[Q&A]: Using the profile to help you find patience in the trade

Part of our weekly Q&A series. Patience. Patience in trading is an edge. The challenge is in knowing what you are being…
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[Q&A]: What is auction context and how can it help you?

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to determine the…
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[Q&A]: What is a bias and how can it help your decision making?

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to set a…
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[Q&A]: What is the initial balance and how can this help you generate trade ideas?

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the initial balance to help…
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[Q&A]: How to pick better price targets

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to pick better…
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[Q&A]: Using the profile to confirm or negate a directional move

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to confirm or…
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[Q&A]: Using the profile to prepare for the next move

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to prepare for…
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[Q&A]: Using the profile to see and find value

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to see "value"…
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[Q&A]: Discerning auction direction and quality

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to discern auction…
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[Q&A]: Picking better auction times to be active

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to find better times of the trading…
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[Q&A]: Building an expectation for the session based on how it opens

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how we use "OPEN types" to determine the…
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[Q&A]: How to use the profile with short term triggers to minimize risk

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile along with short…
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[Q&A]: How to use the profile to establish context

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to quickly identify…
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[Q&A]: How to use the profile to determine a bias for the coming session

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to determine a…
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[Q&A]: Figuring out who is controlling the auction, so that you can go with them

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to help figure…
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[Q&A]: Gaining confidence in directional entries using orderflow along with the profile

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use orderflow along with the profile to…
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[Q&A]: Expected vs. unexpected behavior in the auction

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to discern unexpected…
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[Q&A]: Should you go with the move?

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to decide if you should go with…
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[Q&A]: How to use the profile to anticipate the next move

Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to anticipate a…
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Trading after a binary event

Binary events occur when a news or econ release is expected during the trading session. It creates one of 2 responses, higher…
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What happens when a profile reference doesn’t hold?

Profilers are taught to observe certain structural reference points in the profile graphic and expected certain behaviors when the auction comes toward…
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How to return to the market and find the plot

Whether you've been away from markets for a bit and coming back, or if you want to be able to get away…
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TRADE IDEA: Avoiding the squeeze

You may have heard of traders being "squeezed" in an auction. What does it mean? How can you see it, or better…
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AUCTION THEORY: Expected v. Unexpected Behavior

A mark of trading competence is being able to discern expected and unexpected auction behavior. For the novice, the example auction provided…
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TRADE IDEA: Gap rules

A gap is a move measured from the RTH (real-time hours) range of one session to another. This is a mark of…
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TRADE IDEA: How to find opportunities in balance

An auction in "balance" is an auction at rest. The next move is preparing to come and it will initiate from this…
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TRADE IDEA: Looking for “responsive” activity

Not all times during the session offer the same opportunity. During different periods of the trading session we look for different types…
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TRADE IDEA: Using Decision Zones and accumulated intraday inventory

Not all prices or activity in the auction are the same. So, to keep from being lulled into every bit of the…
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TRADE IDEA: Net short or long inventory rebalance on the open

Looking for a quick trade on the open? This is a great set-up to look for on the open in a trading…
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Seminar: Using the Profile to Adapt to Volatility

Markets go through cycles of volatility which can be damaging to the account of a new trader. In this seminar, we describe…
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There is no such thing as overbought or oversold in the auction

  I had the opportunity to catch up with Dave Toth, Market Insights Senior Analyst with RJO'Brien (Dave has served as a technical analyst…
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Trading Trend Days

When making trading decisions, we remove some of the randomness of markets by identifying "open types" and "day types" to help give…
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Identifying zones of interest and letting the trade come to you

When making trading decisions, we remove some of the randomness of markets by identifying zones that we are interested in participating. Then,…
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Making trading decisions by leaning on value across multiple timeframes

When making trading decisions, we always make them with respect to where we are in the "posture" of the market and that…
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Seminar: How to Get Started with Profiling Tools

Maybe you've heard about Market Profiling before, but not sure if it's worth the hype.  In this seminar, we guide you through…
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The only thing certain in trading is that it is uncertain

You may have heard us say at some point that there is no such thing as a trading holy grail. What we mean…
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Do fundamentals matter in trading?

The short answer? yes, and no.....see below: Eventually market prices do sync with fundamental data (company finances for stocks, economic data for…
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Knowing where you are in the auction can save you headaches

Knowing where you are in the auction can help you stay present to potential bias shifts and opportunities to come. Don't be…
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