PICK YOUR PATH
LOGIN
CONTACT
PICK YOUR PATH
LOGIN
CONTACT
Show All
Getting Started with Profiling
Market Profile Examples
Profiling Concepts & Applications
Profiling Essentials
Profiling Execution
Q&A Sessions
Resources
Tips for Newbies
Video
Webinars
011523 WEEKLY OUTLOOK
Resources
Take 35 minutes to review this overview of markets and gain some free education as we prepare for the coming week and…
2 MIN READ
010823 WEEKLY OUTLOOK
Resources
Take 35 minutes to review this overview of markets and gain some free education as we prepare for the coming week and…
2 MIN READ
[AUDIO] What we learned from 150+ free “insight” sessions with developing traders
Resources
From January to May of 2022. We facilitated 150+ (167 is exact count) "Insight" sessions. These were free 30min sessions traders could…
1 MIN READ
How to stalk a trade….
Profiling Execution
We have lots of conversations with traders in our PATHWAY about how to "stalk" trades....forcing the auction to come to them. There…
2 MIN READ
What to do when facing intraday drawdown….
Profiling Execution
The following is a stream of posts made to our development team in SLACK related to this scenario plan for S&P futures…
4 MIN READ
092122 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET: #ES_F #NQ_F #RTY_F #CL_F $VIX $SPY
Resources
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY REVIEW &…
2 MIN READ
081022 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET: #ES_F #NQ_F #RTY_F #CL_F $VIX $SPY
Resources
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY REVIEW…
3 MIN READ
040622 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET: #ES_F #NQ_F #RTY_F #CL_F $VIX $SPY
Resources
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY or…
2 MIN READ
022522 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET
Resources
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY REVIEW…
2 MIN READ
021422 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET
Resources
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY or…
2 MIN READ
012722 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET
Resources
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY or…
2 MIN READ
WindoTrader Market Profile Software
Getting Started with Profiling
,
Profiling Concepts & Applications
,
Resources
Each weekday morning we post "mark-ups" of S&P futures on our twitter and instagram feeds. The platform we show is called WindoTrader. …
1 MIN READ
010622 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET
Resources
>>This is a free sample edition of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development…
1 MIN READ
There is no such thing as overbought or oversold in the auction
Tips for Newbies
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to catch up with Dave Toth, Market Insights Senior Analyst with RJO'Brien (Dave has served as a…
3 MIN READ
Poor auction structure is a clue to opportunity
Market Profile Examples
File this under: "You know if you can see the opportunity, everyone else can too" Have you ever seen an auction get ahead…
3 MIN READ
121521 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET
Resources
REVIEW & TRADEPLAN: We got the lower prices as expected in the equities and Crude. Now, we wait for FOMC and Uncle…
2 MIN READ
Protected: 120921 FUTURES TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET
Resources
REVIEW & TRADEPLAN: Rotational day as expected in equities to digest the big Vanna ramp on Tuesday. Complacency is back on the…
1 MIN READ
Using the VIX curve to evaluate auction quality
Tips for Newbies
If you are going to be active in US equity markets (particularly with the SPX complex), knowledge of what is displayed above…
3 MIN READ
Poison Pills for Trading
Tips for Newbies
Lots of people in the industry want to tell you to keep trying to figure out how to trade. This is a…
3 MIN READ
Skill Session: Stop Placement
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
One of our Skill Enhancement Sessions. Traders often say we could help them by giving insight into entry and stop management. It's…
1 MIN READ
Skill Session: Debriefing Trades
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
One of our Skill Enhancement Sessions. To gain consistency in your trading, one of the most useful tools any developing trader can…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: Earnings, AAPL, TSLA, MSFT, AMZN, ES, NQ
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: Rules based execution, “If this, then that”, Crude, ES, Gold, NQ
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: CL responsive trade, NQ open drive, ES, ZB, RTY, Sim vs Live, Sizing risk to opportunity
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: EUR/USD, BABA, GOOG, AAPL, CL, GC, ES, NQ
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
1 MIN READ
2020 Annual Outlook Video
Resources
,
Video
Whether you trade intraday or look for multi-session opportunities, looking at the much wider timeframe is a good start for any approach…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: Tariffs, Year End, & 2020
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at the impact of tariffs. We reviewed…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: NFP, FOMC, Practice
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at the impact of news releases like…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: Trading News Events, CL, NQ, ES, ZB, LE
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at how we incorporate news events into…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: 4 Questions, CL, NQ failed Long, Sugar, Acceptance, Process
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at 4 questions to ask and answer…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: Post NFP, ZS, CL, ES, NQ, ZB, Initial Balance Breakouts, & Platforms
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
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…
1 MIN READ
Q&A: Earnings impact on Index futures, CL, NQ, ES, AMZN, AMD, MSFT, & Orderflow
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ES and…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: ES, CL, NQ, ZS, NG, Orderflow Spikes, Fractal Rotations, Being Trapped, Excess
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ZS and…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Crude short; NQ & ES gaps & LT picture; Gold; Natty Gas; Reviewing tradeplans; unfinished business
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ES and…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: CL, ES, BTC, Assessing performance, Over-trading, Cumulative Delta, 50pt NQ live trade
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion on our plan for the session and…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: NQ fade, Crude, ES, DAX, Using index relative strength
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion on a “fade” trade we took in…
1 MIN READ
IB EXT FADE example in Crude oil
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
One of the anchor playbook set-ups we encourage developing traders to look for is called an IB EXT FADE (initial balance extension…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Patience, “Postures”, Bonds, Notes, GS, Crude, Nasdaq, ES
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
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…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: 2976.5
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
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…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Profiling overview, Global Trade Turmoil, Volatility, Setting Stops
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion with an overview of both Market Profile…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Trading Fed information
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our weekly Q&A series. The Federal Reserve, aka "the Fed", or the United States Central Bank is an entity whose…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Why the first hour still matters
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion about why the range of the opening range still matters, how…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: FOMC trade, price action and what we look for in the profile
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion reviewing trade on days like FOMC, how we use price action…
1 MIN READ
Mapping human behavior in the auction
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Concepts & Applications
,
Video
Profiling is the core of our trading approach and analysis because it captures how all market participants (institutions, hedge funds, retails, etc)…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: “2nd Move”, bias, and determining support zones
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion regarding the "2nd Move" trade…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Nasdaq & Crude open gaps
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at some opening gaps in Crude and Nasdaq futures. …
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Glossary of terms, Nasdaq & Crude open fades
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at some opening "fade" or "responsive" trades in Crude…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Morning Routine, Option Trades, & Session Volume v. Orderflow Delta
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at our morning routine, how to build option trades…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Joining the breakout
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Breakout trades! Breakout trades occur when we take a trade in the direction of range extension. …
1 MIN READ
Buying a house above value
Getting Started with Profiling
,
Profiling Concepts & Applications
,
Resources
Take a look at this pre-market chart of Nasdaq futures: NQ (Nasdaq futures) are gapping (A gap is where we open completely…
2 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Using triggers to reduce trade entry risk
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Triggers. Triggers are short time frame price action arrangement patterns we use to help us minimize…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Using the profile to help you find patience in the trade
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Patience. Patience in trading is an edge. The challenge is in knowing what you are being…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: What is auction context and how can it help you?
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Essentials
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to determine the…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: What is a bias and how can it help your decision making?
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Resources
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to set a…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: What is the initial balance and how can this help you generate trade ideas?
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Essentials
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the initial balance to help…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: How to pick better price targets
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to pick better…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Using the profile to confirm or negate a directional move
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Resources
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to confirm or…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Using the profile to prepare for the next move
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Resources
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to prepare for…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Using the profile to see and find value
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Resources
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to see "value"…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Discerning auction direction and quality
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to discern auction…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Picking better auction times to be active
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to find better times of the trading…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Building an expectation for the session based on how it opens
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Essentials
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how we use "OPEN types" to determine the…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: How to use the profile with short term triggers to minimize risk
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile along with short…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: How to use the profile to establish context
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to quickly identify…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: How to use the profile to determine a bias for the coming session
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to determine a…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Figuring out who is controlling the auction, so that you can go with them
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to help figure…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Gaining confidence in directional entries using orderflow along with the profile
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use orderflow along with the profile to…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Expected vs. unexpected behavior in the auction
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to discern unexpected…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: Should you go with the move?
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to decide if you should go with…
1 MIN READ
[Q&A]: How to use the profile to anticipate the next move
Market Profile Examples
,
Q&A Sessions
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to anticipate a…
1 MIN READ
Trading after a binary event
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
Binary events occur when a news or econ release is expected during the trading session. It creates one of 2 responses, higher…
1 MIN READ
What happens when a profile reference doesn’t hold?
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
Profilers are taught to observe certain structural reference points in the profile graphic and expected certain behaviors when the auction comes toward…
1 MIN READ
How to return to the market and find the plot
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
Whether you've been away from markets for a bit and coming back, or if you want to be able to get away…
1 MIN READ
TRADE IDEA: Avoiding the squeeze
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
You may have heard of traders being "squeezed" in an auction. What does it mean? How can you see it, or better…
1 MIN READ
AUCTION THEORY: Expected v. Unexpected Behavior
Market Profile Examples
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
A mark of trading competence is being able to discern expected and unexpected auction behavior. For the novice, the example auction provided…
1 MIN READ
TRADE IDEA: Gap rules
Market Profile Examples
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
A gap is a move measured from the RTH (real-time hours) range of one session to another. This is a mark of…
1 MIN READ
TRADE IDEA: How to find opportunities in balance
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Webinars
An auction in "balance" is an auction at rest. The next move is preparing to come and it will initiate from this…
1 MIN READ
TRADE IDEA: Looking for “responsive” activity
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Video
Not all times during the session offer the same opportunity. During different periods of the trading session we look for different types…
1 MIN READ
TRADE IDEA: Using Decision Zones and accumulated intraday inventory
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Resources
,
Video
Not all prices or activity in the auction are the same. So, to keep from being lulled into every bit of the…
1 MIN READ
TRADE IDEA: Net short or long inventory rebalance on the open
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Video
Looking for a quick trade on the open? This is a great set-up to look for on the open in a trading…
1 MIN READ
Seminar: Using the Profile to Adapt to Volatility
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
,
Webinars
Markets go through cycles of volatility which can be damaging to the account of a new trader. In this seminar, we describe…
1 MIN READ
Trading Trend Days
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Resources
,
Video
When making trading decisions, we remove some of the randomness of markets by identifying "open types" and "day types" to help give…
1 MIN READ
Identifying zones of interest and letting the trade come to you
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Resources
,
Video
When making trading decisions, we remove some of the randomness of markets by identifying zones that we are interested in participating. Then,…
1 MIN READ
Making trading decisions by leaning on value across multiple timeframes
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Execution
,
Resources
,
Video
When making trading decisions, we always make them with respect to where we are in the "posture" of the market and that…
1 MIN READ
Seminar: How to Get Started with Profiling Tools
Market Profile Examples
,
Profiling Essentials
,
Tips for Newbies
,
Video
,
Webinars
Maybe you've heard about Market Profiling before, but not sure if it's worth the hype. In this seminar, we guide you through…
1 MIN READ
The only thing certain in trading is that it is uncertain
Profiling Essentials
,
Profiling Execution
,
Resources
,
Tips for Newbies
You may have heard us say at some point that there is no such thing as a trading holy grail. What we mean…
3 MIN READ
Do fundamentals matter in trading?
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
The short answer? yes, and no.....see below: Eventually market prices do sync with fundamental data (company finances for stocks, economic data for…
1 MIN READ
Knowing where you are in the auction can save you headaches
Market Profile Examples
,
Video
Knowing where you are in the auction can help you stay present to potential bias shifts and opportunities to come. Don't be…
1 MIN READ
LOAD MORE POSTS
BLOG | TRADE WITH PROFILE