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  • Your charts are too big for me

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    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.

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    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 wednesday, 2022 08 31

News at 10.30am EDT (CL)

Indexes: monitoring for bearflag on daily, managing existing short on 240min. Potential downside extension to 3700 (ES)
Currencies: DX strength continues, short setups or shorts in progress on most major pairs. Short setup on MBT.
Commodities: Strength on HO, CL. CT long off the table. GC short setup, SI 1R hit.
Financials: shorts triggering on 240min
Agriculturals: ZC long in progress.

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 08 30

News at 10am EDT

Indexes: monitoring for bearflag, potential downside extension to 3700 (ES)
Currencies: DX strength continues, short setups or shorts in progress on most major pairs. Short setup on MBT
Commodities: Strength on HO, CL. Monitoring CT for a long. GC/SI short setups.
Financials: shorts triggering on 240min
Agriculturals: ZC long in progress. ZW 1R hit

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 08 29

No News

Indexes: the bulls have failed. Monitoring for a short setup
Currencies: DX strength continues, short setups or shorts in progress (6N, 6E) on most major pairs. MBT 1R hit.
Commodities: Strength on HO, CL bullflag on 240min. NG expected to break out. Monitoring CT for a long. GC/SI short setups.
Financials: shorts triggering on 240min
Agriculturals: bullish setups on ZC

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 08 26

News at 8.30am, 10am EDT (potential catalyst)

Note: terribly sorry about the sound quality… but I hope the job for tomorrow is clear.

Indexes: expecting a bullish move (trending day?) after Thursday’s strength
Currencies: DX strength continues, short setups or shorts in progress on most major pairs. MBT short setup.
Commodities: Strength on HO, CL holds in range. NG expected to break out. Monitoring CT for a long
Financials: shorts triggering on 240min
Agriculturals: bullish setups on ZC, ZL

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 08 25

News at 8.30am

Indexes: timeframe conflict, see video on how we think about this
Currencies: DX strength continues, short setups or shorts in progress on major pairs. MBT short setup
Commodities: Strength on HO, CL holds in range. Monitoring CT for a long
Financials: shorts triggering on 240min
Agriculturals: bullish setups on several markets:

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2022 08 24

News at 8.30am, 10.30am (CL)

Indexes: standing by, no setup, bullish case weakens
Currencies: DX strength continues, short setups or shorts in progress on major pairs (6E, 6A/6N, 6C, 6B). MBT short setup
Commodities: NG upside break (or at least the first attempt) fails
Financials: shorts triggering on 240min
Agriculturals:

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 08 23

News at 9.45am, 10am EDT.

Indexes: standing by, no setup
Currencies: DX strength, short setups or shorts in progress on major pairs (6E, 6A/6N, 6C, 6B).
Commodities: NG long in progress, expecting an upside break.
Financials: bearflags on weekly, looking for entry points.
Agriculturals: ZW we’re out

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 08 22

No News.

Indexes: bullflags, expecting a move to the upside. Targeting 2050 on the RTY, 4500 on the ES.
Currencies: DX moves, 1R on 6E, 6A, short in progress on 6B. Short triggered on daily MBT (weekly bearflag).
Commodities: NG expecting an upside break.
Financials: bearflags on weekly, looking for entry points.
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress, no momentum.

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Friday, 2022 08 19

No News.

Indexes: bullflags, expecting a move to the upside. Targeting 2050 on the RTY, 4500 on the ES.
Currencies: DX moves, 1R on 6E, short in progress on 6B, 6A, measured move on 6N. Expecting a short on MBT (weekly bearflag).
Commodities: NG 1R hit, expecting an upside break in the coming days. GC/SI moving down but no clear entry points.
Financials: bearflags on weekly, looking for entry points.
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress.

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 08 18

News at 8.30am, 10am EDT

Indexes: bullflags, expecting a move to the upside. Targeting 2050 on the RTY, 4500 on the ES (extremely bullish setup, and that’s exactly the danger in it: a one-sided market sentiment; be ready to handle a failure of a bullish move)
Currencies: DX bullflag. Looking to short 6E, 6A.
Commodities: NG 1R practically hit on daily. CL bearflag on daily.
Financials: bearflag on weekly
Agriculturals: ZW breaking out

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 08 17

News at 8.30am, 2pm EDT (FOMC)

Note: apologies for the inferior audio, my new mic is arriving on Friday, so hopefully sound will be back to normal from next week. Also note that the charts’ timestamp is Atlantic Time (which is where I am now).

Indexes: slide along the Keltner continues. Targeting 2050 on the RTY.
Currencies: DX moves. Looking to short 6E.
Commodities: NG long in progress. KC long setup (but no trigger yet).
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZL long setup on 240min

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 08 16

News at 8.30am, 9.15am EDT

Indexes: slide along the Keltner continues. Targeting 2050 on the RTY.
Currencies: DX moves. Looking to short 6E.
Commodities: NG long in progress. KC long setup.
Financials: ZB/ZN looking for shorts
Agriculturals: long in progress on ZL, monitoring for long on ZS, ZW

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2022 08 15

No News.

Indexes: slide along the Keltner on the indexes, strongly bullish bias short term, while noting that the bears on the weekly are not totally done yet. Continue to look for long setups on your timeframe if not long yet.
Currencies: not much clarity on the DX. Monitoring for a long on 6S, and for a potential breakout on 6A. A short setup may be setting up on 6E.
Commodities: NG long in progress, lesson on GC, see video
Financials: ZB/ZN looking for shorts
Agriculturals: long in progress on ZL, monitoring for long on ZS, ZW

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 08 12

No News.

Indexes: long 1R hit, or in progress, depending on your timeframe. Expect consolidation on the RTY/ES.
Currencies: still monitoring for short on 6E, 6B, 6J, potential failure test on DX
Commodities: NG long in progress
Financials: ZB/ZN shorts in progress
Agriculturals: long in progress on ZL

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 08 11

News at 8.30am EDT

Note: no changes, except longs triggered on indexes.

Indexes: longs in progress
Currencies: still monitoring for short on 6E, 6B, 6J
Commodities: NG monitoring for long
Financials: looking for shorts on 240min (ZB/ZN)
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress (probably a loser), long in progress on ZL

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2022 08 10

News at 8.30am, 10.30am EDT

Note: no video necessary, we’re watching the same setups as yesterday. The only additions: 6B, 6J short setup, and ZL long setup.

Indexes: bullish bias, breakout in progress on 240min timeframe (be aware of the HTF bearish structure).
Currencies: monitoring for short on 6E, 6B, 6J
Commodities: NG monitoring for long
Financials: looking for shorts on 240min (ZB/ZN)
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress, looking for long on ZL

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 08 09

No News.

Indexes: bullish bias, breakout in progress on 240min timeframe (be aware of the HTF bearish structure).
Currencies: monitoring for short on 6E
Commodities: CL off the short list, NG monitoring for long
Financials: looking for shorts on 240min (ZB/ZN)
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF monday, 2022 08 08

No News.

Indexes: bullish bias, breakout in progress on 240min timeframe (be aware of the HTF bearish structure).
Currencies: monitoring for short on 6E
Commodities: next short setting up on CL, NG monitoring for long
Financials: looking for shorts on 240min (ZB/ZN)
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2022 08 05

News at 8.30am

Indexes: breakout could be in progress, but do be aware of the HTF bearish structure.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: next short setting up on CL, NG monitoring for long. GC short potential off the table
Financials: looking for short, ignoring long setups
Agriculturals: ZW short in progress

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2022 08 04

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News at 8.30am

Indexes: breakout could be in progress, but do be aware of the HTF bearish structure
Currencies: 6E, 6A shorts setting up
Commodities: short in progress on CL (if aggressive), NG “long setup still intact”, we said yesterday, and we were right
Financials: short setups builing on weekly timeframe (slow!)
Agriculturals: ZW daily short triggered but no follow-through so far

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2022 08 03

News at 10.30am (CL)

Indexes: bullflag building on daily, and willing to pursue it on a trigger, but aware of the HTF bearish structure
Currencies: 6E short setting up
Commodities: short setup CL (if aggressive), NG long setup still intact
Financials: short setups builing on daily/weekly timeframe
Agriculturals: ZW daily short triggering (see notes in yesterday’s video)

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2022 08 02

No News.

Indexes: expecting a bullflag on daily, and willing to pursue it on a trigger, but aware of the HTF bearish structure
Currencies: lesson on 6J, MBT long setup (but be mindful of timeframe conflict)
Commodities: short setup CL (if aggressive), NG long setup
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZW short setup but be aware of potential flattening of downtrend

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2022 08 01

Note: very few setups. Be patient. This is normal for the season.

No News.

Indexes: expecting a bullflag on daily, and willing to pursue it on a trigger, but aware of the HTF bearish structure
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: standing by
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

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.