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Actionable market insight for technically motivated directional traders

  • I'm new to this. Where do I start?

    Start with the Documentation. See link above. Then you may want to read through the documentation of our software products to see how we go about interacting with the markets.

  • When is this page updated?

    We update this page, with our plan and outlook for the next trading day, by midnight Eastern Time prior to every trading session on the US futures markets. We also post updates as necessary during the day (see 'intraday' folder).

  • Your charts are too big for me

    This is the most frequent comment we receive. Consider the following:


    a) It's important to ask the question: why do we want to trade a given timeframe. If because that's where our edge is, fine. But if we want to trade a timeframe because that's what we think is the only thing we have money for, we're in trouble. We have to pick timeframe not based on our wishes, but on where our verified edge is.

    b) Ok, is there some good news?

    Yes, lots:

    - With us, you'll be trading with an edge. (Without an edge, there is no point in risking a single dollar on the markets.)

    - Now, most of our trades are intraday trades, the 240min timeframe still being six times less than a day.

    - Also, many of our 240min trade ideas can be adapted to even smaller timeframes by simply waiting for the next pullback on the lower timeframe (LTF) after the 240min trigger.

    - Also, many of our trade ideas are on currency futures. On relatively small accounts, they can be executed on forex, which allows more granular risk management.

    - Many of our trade ideas can also be executed on ETFs: say, GLD for a GC trade or TLT for bond futures.

    - Finally, on smaller accounts trades can be executed with micro contracts (MES, MGC etc.). While some will say "that way you can't make money", our answer is: but one will learn to fish, and that's worth all the money!

    It is clear our service allows the capital accumulation process to be implemented on any reasonably-sized account.

  • What do "technically motivated" and "directional" mean?

    Technically motivated traders make trading/investing decisions based on what price has done in the past. We, as technically motivated traders, do not normally include macroeconomic or fundamental factors (e.g. a given company's financials) into our thinking. We hold the view that patterns can be uncovered in price behaviour alone that have predictive value.

    Directional traders expect price to move up or down. For directional traders to make money, price needs to move. Note: there are non-directional trading styles as well, although those are beyond the scope of our focus on these pages.

  • Miscellaneous notes

    - Make sure you read the Documentation, become familiar with our Market Scanner, and follow the markets every day to build intuition to make best use of this service.

    - We tend to scale back activities on the indexes leading up to FOMC releases, while being aware that the FOMC news release can often serve as a catalyst. We also stay out of intraday trades 10 minutes before and after of major news releases.

    - We're often wrong. After all, we work with probabilities, and this work is all about the future, the yet unknown. We judge our work not by how many times we're right or wrong, but - to paraphrase one of the best traders of all time - by 'how much we make when we're right and how much we lose when we're wrong'.

Please note: instead of the live trade rooms, we’ll upload one video about an important aspect of successful trading weekly or as warranted, solely for Premium subscribers. Send in your comments or questions you’d like to be covered in this new video series. Put “Premium videos” in the subject line. Thanks!

Futures, foreign currency and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

US Futures at a glance

Note: IB 1 = inside bar (daily), IB 2 = two consecutive inside bars. Data supplied by Remek! Inside Bar.

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 05 14

News at 8.30am EDT (expect a catalyst)

Note: no new information since yesterday, no video necessary

Indexes: looking to go long
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: GC, SI long setups
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZC 1R, ZS long setup

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2024 05 13

News.

Note: it’s worth rewatching, every once in a while, past videos, to learn, cement skills and reflect. (I just have, the past two weeks.) Lots of lessons there, and we’ve been just too right too often for our method to be a fluke. It’s obvious, the information you need to succeed in this financial ecosystem is right here, on these pages, both the framework/context/method (this page) as well as the tools (this page).

What we do is this: we deploy our algorithmic tools in the framework of our analyses. That’s all.

Indexes: long targeting the previous high (but Monday’s session may produce a bearflag)
Currencies: Long setup on 6E, monitoring for long on MBT
Commodities: GC, SI monitoring for upcoming long potential
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: bullish moves on several instruments (see video for details if you trade these markets)

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2024 05 10

News at 10am.

Indexes: long targeting the previous high
Currencies: Monitoring MBT for a long
Commodities: GC long in progress, SI 1R
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO marches on

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2024 05 09

News at 8.30am

Indexes: long targeting the previous high
Currencies: monitoring (loosely) 6E for a short. Monitoring MBT for a long
Commodities: GC, SI long setups
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO move done. Monitoring ZS for a long

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2024 05 08

News at 10.30am (CL)

No new information, no video necessary.

Indexes: long targeting the previous high
Currencies: monitoring 6E for a short. Long setup on MBT/BTC
Commodities: GC, SI long setups
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO moving on, ZS long setup

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Tuesday, 2024 05 07

No News.

Indexes: long targeting the previous high
Currencies: monitoring 6E for a short. Long setup on MBT/BTC
Commodities: expecting long moves on GC, SI (but no clear trigger area)
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO on the move, ZS expecting long setup

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 05 06

News

Indexes: reason to be long
Currencies: monitoring 6E for a short. Long setup on MBT/BTC
Commodities: expecting long moves on GC, SI
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO on the move

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2024 05 03

News at 8.30am EDT (expect a catalyst)

Indexes: we have the clues!
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: standing by
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO rocks on

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2024 05 02

News at 8.30am EDT (expect a catalyst)

Note: waiting for clues, no new information since yesterday, no video necessary

Indexes: standing by
Currencies: 6E short off the list (no trigger, no harm)
Commodities: standing by
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2024 05 01

News FOMC 2pm EDT, expect a catalyst

Indexes: our bullish case yesterday couldn’t have been more wrong… bears in control. Standing by.
Currencies: holding MBT long. 6E short setup. DX bullflag
Commodities: 1R on SI
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: 1R on ZO

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 04 30

News at 10am EDT

Indexes: be long, or be ready to go long
Currencies: holding MBT long. 6E short setup. DX bullflag
Commodities: CL no trigger/no harm. Monitoring metals.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO breaks out

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 04 29

News.

Indexes: last week’s selloff most likely bought up by the bulls. Bullish, waiting for triggers. Looking to test the previous high for now (at which point who knows what’ll happen)
Currencies: holding MBT long. 6J melts, 6E, 6N short setups. DX bullflag
Commodities: long setup on CL, monitoring metals.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZO breakout?

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 04 16

News.

Indexes: the bulls lost this for now: a new game. Standing by is okay, unless you’re bold to pursue those bearflags. We’ll give it a day or two.
Currencies: holding MBT long
Commodities: PL long triggered. GC, SI just don’t care: make sure you participate in these pushes. CL is set up for a long.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 04 15

News.

Join us in the Trade Room at 8.45am EDT for an hour, we’ll review what we can expect this week, and will answer questions.

Indexes: cautiously bullish, waiting for clues. See notes on charts below!
Currencies: holding MBT long
Commodities: PL long triggered.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2024 04 12

No News.

Indexes: NQ: targeting the top of the range
Currencies: holding MBT long
Commodities: PL long triggered. GC, SI rip.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2024 04 11

News 8.30am EDT

Apologies for the audio problems!

Indexes: see NQ, is this a failture test? The next session may provide some clues. Standing by.
Currencies: holding MBT long
Commodities: PL long setup we’ve been waiting for
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2024 04 10

News 2pm FED.

Indexes: a bullish breakout expected.
Currencies: 6E long in progress. MBT another bullflag, a break above 70 may result in a melt-up. Position yourself. (ETFs, as always, are fine too.)
Commodities: RB long in progress. PL breaks through previous pivot. GC, SI press on. NG could be turning
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 04 09

No News.

Join us in our workshop at 4pm EDT!

Indexes: the bulls not likely to be done just yet: if we get triggered, we’re ready to go long. You may want to consider half size, in case the move fails.
Currencies: 6E long in progress. MBT another bullflag, a break above 70 may result in a melt-up. Position yourself. (ETFs, as always, are fine too.)
Commodities: RB long in progress. CL setup on 240min. PL breaks through previous pivot.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 04 08

News

Indexes: the bulls not likely to be done just yet: if we get triggered, we’re ready to go long. You may want to consider half size, in case the move fails.
Currencies: Monitoring for long trigger on 6E. MBT another bullflag, a break above 70 may result in a melt-up. Position yourself. (ETFs, as always, are fine too.)
Commodities: RB long in progress. GC measured move done on weekly, give it time. Same on SI.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Friday, 2024 04 05

News 8.30am EDT (expect a catalyst!)

Indexes: we see what’s on the charts as extreme nervousness. Expect the news to move these markets.
Currencies: MBT daily long intact
Commodities: RB, CL 1Rs or close.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2024 04 04

News 8.30am EDT

Indexes: the bulls are not done yet!
Currencies: MBT daily long intact
Commodities: GC, SI epic runs (but nothing we didn’t foresee). RB, CL longs in progress.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2024 04 03

News 10.30am EDT (energies)

Note: moves on metals, indexes may indicator more long-term shifts in the markets. Stand by, manage any open positions.

No video tonight, let’s see the situation after the close on Wednesday.

Indexes: failure test on the YM the beginning of something new? Monitoring for signs of a bounce-back, in the absence of which we’d turn into “sideways mode”.
Currencies: MBT long setup on 240m off the list, daily still intact
Commodities: GC, SI push higher, SI 1R. RB, CL longs in progress.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 04 02

News

Indexes: not even a hickup on the daily.
Currencies: MBT long setup on 240m
Commodities: GC, SI no new information. RB, CL longs on daily intact.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 04 01

News

Indexes: new longs justified. Note: NQ expected to catch up.
Currencies: MBT long setup on 240m
Commodities: “GC long breakout expected”, that was Friday. See chart today: 1R with more to come. SI upgap, 26 expected to be hit. RB, CL longs on daily intact.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2024 03 29

Easter. Markets closed

Futures, foreign currency and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.