In this example, we look at Apple ($AAPL) after a recent earnings release and we use composite volume profile analysis to set…
A key to trading consistency is to do consistent things in consistent contexts. We define context using "Auction Postures" Even if you…
Take 35 minutes to review this overview of markets and gain some free education as we prepare for the coming week and…
Take 35 minutes to review this overview of markets and gain some free education as we prepare for the coming week and…
From January to May of 2022. We facilitated 150+ (167 is exact count) "Insight" sessions. These were free 30min sessions traders could…
We have lots of conversations with traders in our PATHWAY about how to "stalk" trades....forcing the auction to come to them. There…
The following is a stream of posts made to our development team in SLACK related to this scenario plan for S&P futures…
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY REVIEW &…
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY REVIEW…
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY or…
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY REVIEW…
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY or…
>>This is a sample of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development PATHWAY or…
Each weekday morning we post "mark-ups" of S&P futures on our twitter and instagram feeds. The platform we show is called WindoTrader. …
>>This is a free sample edition of the TRADEPLAN & QUICKSHEET which we prepare daily for those who are in our development…
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…
File this under: "You know if you can see the opportunity, everyone else can too" Have you ever seen an auction get ahead…
REVIEW & TRADEPLAN: We got the lower prices as expected in the equities and Crude. Now, we wait for FOMC and Uncle…
REVIEW & TRADEPLAN: Rotational day as expected in equities to digest the big Vanna ramp on Tuesday. Complacency is back on the…
If you are going to be active in US equity markets (particularly with the SPX complex), knowledge of what is displayed above…
Lots of people in the industry want to tell you to keep trying to figure out how to trade. This is a…
One of our Skill Enhancement Sessions. Traders often say we could help them by giving insight into entry and stop management. It's…
One of our Skill Enhancement Sessions. To gain consistency in your trading, one of the most useful tools any developing trader can…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we took a look at a number of products from stocks, futures,…
Whether you trade intraday or look for multi-session opportunities, looking at the much wider timeframe is a good start for any approach…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at the impact of tariffs. We reviewed…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at the impact of news releases like…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at how we incorporate news events into…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at 4 questions to ask and answer…
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…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ES and…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ZS and…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a look at some opportunities in NQ, ES and…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion on our plan for the session and…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion on a “fade” trade we took in…
One of the anchor playbook set-ups we encourage developing traders to look for is called an IB EXT FADE (initial balance extension…
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…
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…
Part of our regular Q&A series. In this Q&A session, we began with a discussion with an overview of both Market Profile…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. The Federal Reserve, aka "the Fed", or the United States Central Bank is an entity whose…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion about why the range of the opening range still matters, how…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion reviewing trade on days like FOMC, how we use price action…
Profiling is the core of our trading approach and analysis because it captures how all market participants (institutions, hedge funds, retails, etc)…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began with a discussion regarding the "2nd Move" trade…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at some opening gaps in Crude and Nasdaq futures. …
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at some opening "fade" or "responsive" trades in Crude…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at our morning routine, how to build option trades…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Breakout trades! Breakout trades occur when we take a trade in the direction of range extension. …
Take a look at this pre-market chart of Nasdaq futures: NQ (Nasdaq futures) are gapping (A gap is where we open completely…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Triggers. Triggers are short time frame price action arrangement patterns we use to help us minimize…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. Patience. Patience in trading is an edge. The challenge is in knowing what you are being…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to determine the…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to set a…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the initial balance to help…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to pick better…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to confirm or…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to prepare for…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to see "value"…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to discern auction…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to find better times of the trading…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how we use "OPEN types" to determine the…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile along with short…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to quickly identify…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to determine a…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to help figure…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use orderflow along with the profile to…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to discern unexpected…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to decide if you should go with…
Part of our weekly Q&A series. We began the discussion with a look at how to use the profile to anticipate a…
Binary events occur when a news or econ release is expected during the trading session. It creates one of 2 responses, higher…
Profilers are taught to observe certain structural reference points in the profile graphic and expected certain behaviors when the auction comes toward…
Whether you've been away from markets for a bit and coming back, or if you want to be able to get away…
You may have heard of traders being "squeezed" in an auction. What does it mean? How can you see it, or better…
A mark of trading competence is being able to discern expected and unexpected auction behavior. For the novice, the example auction provided…
A gap is a move measured from the RTH (real-time hours) range of one session to another. This is a mark of…
An auction in "balance" is an auction at rest. The next move is preparing to come and it will initiate from this…
Not all times during the session offer the same opportunity. During different periods of the trading session we look for different types…
Not all prices or activity in the auction are the same. So, to keep from being lulled into every bit of the…
Looking for a quick trade on the open? This is a great set-up to look for on the open in a trading…
Markets go through cycles of volatility which can be damaging to the account of a new trader. In this seminar, we describe…
When making trading decisions, we remove some of the randomness of markets by identifying "open types" and "day types" to help give…
When making trading decisions, we remove some of the randomness of markets by identifying zones that we are interested in participating. Then,…
When making trading decisions, we always make them with respect to where we are in the "posture" of the market and that…
Maybe you've heard about Market Profiling before, but not sure if it's worth the hype. In this seminar, we guide you through…
You may have heard us say at some point that there is no such thing as a trading holy grail. What we mean…
The short answer? yes, and no.....see below: Eventually market prices do sync with fundamental data (company finances for stocks, economic data for…
Knowing where you are in the auction can help you stay present to potential bias shifts and opportunities to come. Don't be…
