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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'.

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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.

All times Eastern Time.

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 Friday, 2024 12 20

News: 8.30am, 10am.

Note: Quadruple twitching! Caution advised. (Google the term if you’re unfamiliar with it.)

Indexes: antis triggered on the 6pm EST open. Do not chase it. Be mindful tomorrow with all that twitching!
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: standing by.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZC long setup if you want something other than the indexes

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Thursday, 2024 12 19

News: 8.30am, 10am

Indexes: the game has changed. Let’s see what can come next: default: an anti. If the anti fails, we could end up with a buying opportunity. Standing by.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: standing by.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2024 12 18

News: 8.30am, 10.30am (CL), 2pm (FOMC)

Note: an important day, pay attention! See below. No upside move without volatility, so today’s expected action is not for all account sizes.

Indexes: expect an upside break and the resolution of the divergence between YM and ES/NQ. Overnight action may be clue!
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: standing by.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 12 17

News: likely market-moving FOMC meeting with Wed 2pm press release. We’re not planning new trades on Tue and Wed.

Indexes: if you’re long on NQ, trail it and cover your back. Be mindful of the FOMC meeting. We still expect markets to finish the year on a high note, we’re just not planning new entries before 2pm Wed. Note the historic divergence between NQ and the YM.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: Long in progress on CL, contract rolling over.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: long setup on daily ZC

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 12 16

News

The weekend is a good time to zoom out and look at the long term charts. Act tactically, plan strategically.

Indexes: long setup on NQ.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: Long in progress on CL.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF friday, 2024 12 13

No News.

Indexes: long setup on NQ
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: SI sells off, a warning sign? Long setup on CL, but mind the daily, which lacks momentum.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2024 12 12

News at 8.30am EST (expect a catalyst)

Indexes: clarity, led by the tech sector.
Currencies: expect bitcoin to keep moving up
Commodities: SI has triggered. Worth being long on metals. “NG has triggered.” - that was yesterday. Today: NG 1R
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Wednesday, 2024 12 11

News at 8.30am EST (expect a catalyst)

Note: we’ll know more after the CPI. Focusing on NG, SI.

Indexes: standing by.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: Long setup on SI. NG has triggered.
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 12 10

News

Note: little new information.

Indexes: manage longs or stand by.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: watching NG
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZL long setup

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 12 09

News

Note: little information apart from ZW. Make sure to check back in the morning, before the open!

Indexes: NQ 1R. Standing by.
Currencies: standing by
Commodities: standing by
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: ZW long setup

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF thursday, 2024 12 05

News at 8.30am EST, expect a catalyst

Indexes: YM 45,000. ES 1R on 240m. RTY expected to break to the upside. None of these moves were unknown to any of us here.
Currencies: “MBT bullish setup”. - We said that yesterday. Today bitcoin is 104,000.
Commodities: GC expected to break to the upside. What will we say tomorrow?
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF wednesday, 2024 12 04

News

Indexes: indexes longs in progress on ES, NQ. RTY expected to break to the upside.
Currencies: MBT bullish setup
Commodities: GC expected to break to the upside
Financials: standing by
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF tuesday, 2024 12 03

News

Note: no new information, no video necessary.

Indexes: indexes bullish setups, chance of melting to the upside.
Currencies: MBT bullish setup
Commodities: standing by
Financials: evolving long setup, potential consequences to equity markets.
Agriculturals: standing by

FOR THE TRADING DAY OF Monday, 2024 12 02

News

Indexes: indexes bullish setups, chance of melting to the upside.
Currencies: MBT expected to march on
Commodities: standing by
Financials: keeping an eye on evolving long setups, may provide clues to the saga on the indexes.
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.