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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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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)…
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[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…
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[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.  …
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[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…
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[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…
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[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. …
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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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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"…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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