u/HRH47

«everybody needs something to drive them, John»

Currently on my 8942th rewatch of the first 3 seasons. This scene absolutely goes hard. Strand torching the Abigail. The flames reflecting off his glasses... Pure cinema

Is there a way to update my indicators without resetting them completely ? 🤦‍♂️ If not, Can I chose to just never update them ?

From last Wednesday, on ES. Watching market structure (1H/15min) on tradingview, executing on ticks chart on AtasX

I found out that simplifying my orderflow strategy by focusing on market structure rather than pure tape reading has helped me follow market direction more effectively

I spotted this level from tuesday. Price was clearly up trending and made this resistance at 7761 before continuing

On Wednesday, after market open, price had this sharp drop, looking like a correction after reaching a new all time high. When price is dropping like that after reaching a new high, it can be difficult to know if it'll actually keep dumping OR where it will bounce

That's where the volume profile is useful. See how price made this huge high volume node? Exactly right at the 7761 level spotted from the previous day. And for the rest of the day: non stop magnetic pull back in the high volume node because that's where the market already proved it was willing to trade at 10:30 after that drop

(1) NQ market structure since July
(2) NQ market structure in May (and the rest of the year)

Same scale.

Is this volatility exclusively caused by the current geopolitical conflicts and economic uncertainty or summer’s price action has anything to do with it?

These violent, directionless spikes are not it bro
I wonder if NQ will ever print this clean, orderly structure again

So difficult to be consistent in this volatiliy

Lots of people struggle with finding a simple entry model, here's one:
This is one of the most simple trading setup, short entry from the PDH (previous day high)

I took it at NY open, entry at 30567 after price rejected the PDH
TP was at the previous level 30490, that's 310 ticks/80 points, a $1,550 win for the day with 1 mini NQ

At 9:00, when you open your chart, all you gotta do is mark the previous day high and previous day low, then watch how price react when it gets there
Today, price had a clean rejection from that level, that's why I took the entry

No, the rejection is not always that clean, sometimes price breaks up and keeps going up, sometimes it just chop around, that's why trading is discretionary, there is no recipe or strategy that gives the exact same result 100% of the time

PS: Notice that I have the ETH high/low, PWH/PWL marked too, these levels are a "good map" for the day. Price often reacts when it reaches them

My favorite are ETH high/low. I have my first volume profile set up from market open at 18:00 to NY open at 9:30, it covers the entire overnight session. When NY opens, I mark the high and the low of this overnight session. Price reacts to them EVERYDAY. If price break up the ETH high, I know market is bullish; if price breaks down ETH low, market is bearish. Price can also bounce up and stay in range. As always: trading is discretionary

Got them with the DLL promo as well. From $85 x 2 to max payout
Insane ROI

BE STRICT. That's the one thing this journey thought me. 10k/month is a huge milestone to me and I would never have reached it if I didn't get that

Be strict with the type of market you're trading, be strict with the session you choose to trade, be strict with your strategy, be strict with your discipline

I remember when I started trading 5 years ago: no discipline, impulsive, impatient. Every flaw showed up in my losses. Like... It cost me a lot, mentally AND financially, until I forced myself to understand that it was always the same actions leading to the losses, over and over. Took a trade outside my system? Took a trade during the slow, dead Asian session because I couldn't wait for the 9:30 open? Loss. Every-time

Here's what most people miss: you can't control the outcome in trading, but you can maximize every edge available to you. When people hear that, they think strategy, they think mindset, but it even goes for the type of market/asset you choose to trade. I traded crypto futures and got burned by the random pump and dumps engineered by hidden players, switched to forex, got frustrated by the ridiculous spreads and bad fills. Then I discovered futures: centralized market on CME, fixed fees, tight spreads. The cleanest trading conditions I'd ever seen. Like bros.... I can't explain how glad I am that Futures exist. This is what trading is supposed to be

Second slide is an entry I took today with orderflow. Trading with orderflow changed everything compared to simple S/R or blind candles trading ICT concepts lol. I don't rush. I don't try to guess. I simply wait and let the market prove itself before I act. Even if it happens regularly, it never gets old.... look at this short against the green delta (aggressive buyers) on the low-volume node. Market was clearly bearish and all I needed was to identify a level where buyers would get trapped trying to get a reversal. No more stress!! That entry type still gives me the same feeling every time

The last slide is the thought process that helped me stop blowing my accounts to the tilt. I believe tilt is the number one account killer in trading lmao, that spiraling after a loss or two.... I have this image open everyday during my trading session. Hopefully it can help you too!

I intend to max out to 5 accounts, all the way to LucidMaxx. Get on the journey with me hehehe

I usually use 5 micro for 50K accounts as the risk is too big with 1 mini, but I tried it today and succeeded because footprint never lies 🥲 3 000$ profit in 1 day trading 1 mini NQ

I usually use 5 micro for 50K accounts as the risk is too big with 1 mini, but I tried it today and succeeded 🥲 3 000$ profit in 1 day trading 1 mini NQ. Orderflow is everything

Tried to make my own challenge by trying to pass this account in one day but closed at 4k5 🤣... 1 day pass fail

Who else is trading with orderflow here, specially footprint

Who else trading with orderflow here?

Anyone futures trader loving this combo too? Got me that clean 7:1 RR on NQ today. 140 points. That'd would be impossible on ES

Ironically, ES sees more daily trading volume but has a tighter price range so a compressed volume profile barely actionable compared to NQ that spread it out over a wide price range so you can clearly identify where price will potentially bounce off (from the low volume nodes) to get back into the high volume nodes

NVIDIA earnings priced in

I caught a beautiful 7:1 RR on NQ today, and THIS is why I love NQ over ES... like, yeah, ES sees more daily trading volume than NQ but it has a tighter price range so all that liquidity is crammed into a narrow range which creates a compressed volume profile almost barely actionable

NQ is different. The wider price range spreads it out and gives a clean, structured profile where levels are just obvious. All I do every morning is let the market pick a direction and wait for the profile to develop to show me the high volume nodes where price is truly accepted compared to where it gets rejected (on the low volume nodes)

This morning, NQ started to push higher and created a high volume node at new (daily) high levels. I confirmed the bottom of that HVN as a support with footprint, around the 29183 level. The two times price tapped it, candles closed higher with a bottom wick. Every market sellers (red deltas at levels under 29183) shorting the support hoping for a break down got immediately trapped as price pushed back up into the HVN proving that it was defended by (limit) buyers

I place my buy order at 29183 and when price tapped this level for the third time, the candle closed higher with a positive delta despite having made a lower low (sellers tried to push price down, but buyers won). Proving me that level was still defended and price would keep pushing

Held for 140 points as price kept pushing up, I guess NVIDIA earnings getting priced in by bulls !!! Loooove NQ