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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 continues to be a focus. The Gold / Platinum (or Palladium) pair is also in play. Click the image below to view the QUICKSHEET:

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 to markets. As the rule states, "always default to the higher timeframe." This can mean you may take a long position, but if the larger timeframe is bearish, take your profits and don't overstay your welcome. Each year we produce an annual outlook. This is your chance to…

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 outside the range of the prior session) into what we call an "extreme posture" in this chart. Nothing says short here yet, but this configuration does tell us it is getting late for longs in the day time frame and we should be careful about buying this gap higher.…

[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 bias for the coming session. Then we opened the floor to questions. Can you look at crude for today? Where do you start the ER? Where is the MC-VPOC in that current balance are on CL? What is the best way to trade a trend day? Can you…

[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 negate a directional move. Then we opened the floor to questions. Additional questions asked & answered during the session: How do you keep yourself from getting chopped up in these areas of acceptance when trying to establish a position? So in that example in NQ, you would enter…

[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 the next move. Then we opened the floor to questions. Additional questions asked & answered during the session: Crude? Thanks for these webinars guys. Wondering how do you typically determine where to set your stops? Given a balanced volume profile, and excess levels, are there things in the profile…

[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" and use that value to help establish good trade location. Then we opened the floor to questions. Additional questions asked & answered during the session: Do ag products have a tendency to slow down in vol as the week goes on like indices do? Is value following price in…

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 action, we establish zones of interest. These can serve as targets to exit or areas to look for a counter trend entry. In this video, we show how we used one of these zones to find a high probability intraday trade in Nasdaq futures.

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 us an expectation of behavior.

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, if the auction comes to us, we are prepared and have a plan in place.

Notice: derivatives trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results

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