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  • 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 provide a morning brief for the day's trading session around 8am Eastern Time. We also post updates as necessary during the day, starting with a "Morning brief" pre-session, Eastern Time.

  • 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'.

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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

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 06 30

News 8.30amEST

Indexes: bearflags trigerring
Currencies: DX strength, shorts to be triggered or in progress (6A, 6B, 6E). BTC short triggered.
Commodities: NG short setting up
Financials: monitoring for short trigger on daily
Agriculturals: short setup on ZL

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 06 29

News 8.30amEST

Indexes: bulls failed yesterday, expecting a breakdown
Currencies: monitoring for shorts (6A, 6B, 6E)
Commodities: CL expecting higher prices
Financials: monitoring for short trigger on daily
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 06 28

News 8.30amEST

Indexes: monitoring for long trigger on 240min (there’s a difference between doing a long on a four-hour chart, and having any long term (weeks out) bearish bias)
Currencies: no change since yesterday
Commodities: study on CL (how a bearflag fails), cataclysmic move on CT
Financials: monitoring for short trigger on daily
Agriculturals: ZW largely done, monitoring for shorts on ZC, ZS

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 06 27

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News 8.30amEST

Indexes: the likelyhood of these bearflags failing is increasing with time (unless it breaks down). Watching closely, standing by.
Currencies: USD strength, looking for shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6A/6B/6E).
Commodities: SI short off the table, NG 1R hit. Exhaustion on daily HG. 12 sigma move on CT
Financials: focusing on daily bearflags
Agriculturals: great short on ZW, looking for short on ZC, ZS

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 06 24

Note: not much change since yesterday

News 10am EST

Indexes: watching bulls’ attempt to take control (but we’re still looking for shorts out of these bearflags)
Currencies: USD strength, looking for shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6A/6B/6E).
Commodities: SI monitoring for short, NG short in progress, KC off the list
Financials:
Agriculturals: great short on ZW

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 06 23

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News 8.30am, 9.45am EST

Indexes: watching bulls’ attempt to take control (but we’re still looking for shorts out of these bearflags)
Currencies: USD strength, looking for shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6A/6B/6E/6J).
Commodities: SI monitoring for short, NG short setting up, KC monitoring for long (new long setup after stopout last week)
Financials: ZB/ZN monitoring for shorts (study in ‘exhaustion within flag’)
Agriculturals: great short on ZW

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 06 22

No News

Indexes: mean reversion likely done, bearflags, looking for shorts
Currencies: USD strength, looking for shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6A/6B/6E/6J). Further downside expected on BTC/MBT
Commodities: SI monitoring for short
Financials: ZB/ZN monitoring for shorts
Agriculturals: great short on ZW

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 06 21

Several important lessons in today’s video:
- when to abandon ship (lack of follow-through) (KC)
- how to use pattern failure to confirm setups (CL)
- ‘restoration of market structure’ after parabolic distruction (ZW)
- tendency for mean reversion on stock indexes (ES etc.)
- potential flush event (BTC)
- how to spot potential exhaustion on HTF (ZB)
- correlation on currencies
- violation of support areas is the norm/natural market behaviour (DX)

News at 10am EST

Indexes: bearflags on NQ/RTY, looking for shorts
Currencies: USD strength, looking for shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6A/6B/6E/6J). Further downside expected on BTC/MBT
Commodities: KC off the list. Monitoring for long on CL. HO slides higher. NG 1R hit, with further downside expected (measured move on daily)
Financials: ZB/ZN monitoring for shorts
Agriculturals: short setups on ZW, ZS

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 06 20

Juneteenth 2022: Markets closed.

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 06 17

News at 9.15am

Indexes: shorts in progress
Currencies: USD strength, looking for further shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6A). A potential flush event on BTC/MBT
Commodities: KC triggered. Monitoring for long on CL. HO slides higher.
Financials: ZB/ZN monitoring for further shorts
Agriculturals: ZC 1R hit

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 06 16

Note: thank you for the well-wishes! I’m feeling much better and we’re back in business :)

News at 8.30am

Indexes: shorts in progress
Currencies: USD strength, looking for further shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6E, 6A). A potential flush event on BTC/MBT
Commodities: monitoring for a long on KC
Financials: ZB/ZN monitoring for further shorts
Agriculturals: ZC long setting up, potential measured move on ZW (short)

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 06 15

Note: FOMC news release at 2pm. Standing by.

News at 8.30am, 10.30am (CL/HO). FOMC at 2pm

Indexes: looking for bearish setups until price action tells us otherwise (which could be days or weeks).
Currencies: USD strength, looking for further shorts on major pairs (e.g. 6E)
Commodities: SI stopped out
Financials: ZB/ZN monitoring for further shorts

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 06 14

Apologies, but I’m dealing with a cold and lost my voice. Please read my notes below for today’s session:

Notes: 6SD move on BTC (see our RRR indicator in the Remek! Market Scanner Pro, with other big moves on GC and SI). Remek! Market Scanner Pro gives you a one-glimpse view of the “bloodbath” (or just “shifts” if you want to trade without the emotional baggage) going on on the equity/currency/commodities markets. The point is: for us, it’s business as usual: we look for setups, wait for triggers and put on 1R trades. Stay away from the media’s hype.

News at 8.30am

Indexes: looking for bearish setups until price action tells us otherwise (which could be days or weeks). RTY 1R hit.
Currencies: 6SD collapse on bitcoin (MBT 1R hit), USD strength yields shorts on most major pairs (e.g. 6A, 6N)
Commodities: SI bearflag on 240min (if not short yet)
Financials: ZB/ZN 1R hit

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 06 13

No News

Indexes: “clear breakout to the downside: focus on shorting the indexes”, we said Friday. See charts.
Currencies: MBT 1R hit, USD strength yields shorts on most major pairs
Commodities: SI monitoring for a short
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts in progress on daily
Agriculturals: ZL stopped out.

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 06 10

News at 8.30am

Indexes: clear breakout to the downside: focus on shorting the indexes
Currencies: MBT monitoring for short
Commodities: CL, HO further upside expected, SI monitoring for a short
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts in progress
Agriculturals: ZL long triggered, ZS 1R hit

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 06 09

Note: very little change since yesterday

News at 8.30am

Indexes: no change since yesterday
Currencies: MBT monitoring for short
Commodities: CL 1R hit on daily (trailing), HO longs in progress, SI monitoring for a short
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts in progress
Agriculturals: ZL long triggered, ZS long setup

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 06 08

Note: very little change since yesterday; make sure you’re aware of the excellent setups on Treasuries and ZL

News at 10.30am

Indexes: no change since yesterday
Currencies: 6J 1R done, standing by, MBT monitoring for short
Commodities: CL, HO longs in progress, SI monitoring for a short, NG bullflag
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts in progress (or 1R hit depending on your timeframe)
Agriculturals: ZL setting up long

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 06 07

News at 8.30am

Indexes: short-term bullish potential (measured move), but still a bearflag on the daily.
Currencies: 6J 1R great short
Commodities: CL, HO longs in progress, SI monitoring for a short
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts in progress (or 1R hit depending on your timeframe)
Agriculturals: ZL setting up long

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 06 06

No News

Indexes: short-term bullish potential (measured move). No change in mid-term sideways (“slow summer action”) bias
Currencies: 6J short in progress
Commodities: CL, HO more upside pressure expected
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts setting up/triggering
Agriculturals: ZL setting up long

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 06 03

Note: we’re entering “summer mode”: many days with not much happening, hitting 1Rs will take longer, we’ll have less clarity. Add to that the current macroeconomic and political landscape, and we have a market that is increasing difficult to navigate. Do not argue with the market, do not destroy your account. It is important to adjust your trading to this environment! Putting on fewer, well-selected trades and practicing patience is a good way to deal with this environment. More dynamic circumstances will return later in the year, that we know too.

News at 8.30am EST

Indexes: short potential weakening, but no clarity yet
Currencies: waiting for DX clues on 240min. 6J short in progress
Commodities: CL long in progress, HO practically hits 1R on 240min, SI: short potential erased
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts setting up
Agriculturals: ZS daily we’re still expecting a breakout

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 06 02

News at 11am EST

Indexes: short setups on daily, waiting to see outcome of 240min structure
Currencies: waiting for DX clues on 240min. 6J short in progress
Commodities: CL long in progress, HO long triggered, SI short setting up
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts setting up
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 06 01

Note: apologies for the audio problems…

News at 10am EST

Indexes: timeframe conflict, waiting for LTF (240min) for clues (see video for details)
Currencies: waiting for DX clues on 240min. 6J short setting up on 240min
Commodities: CL long in progress, HO long triggered, SI short setting up
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts setting up
Agriculturals: standing by (see video for details)

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.