Was short NQ using one of my VRT HVG + box zone setups.
Entered with 1 contract initially. Price pushed right into my stop area, but the HVG was still holding perfectly and volume behavior still looked weak, so instead of panicking I added 2 more contracts literally right before I was about to get stopped.
Ended up catching the dump and locking around $4.5k after trailing. Those HVG stops are something else.
I made this video quickly after getting back from work, so sorry if it feels a little low effort. I’m trying to keep bringing you guys content while working 4 jobs.
I genuinely love trading. I’m obsessed with it. For me, it’s more than money. I love the challenge, the problem-solving, and the process of getting better every day.
No matter how busy I am, I always find time for the market. After losing for 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars, I just couldn’t accept the fact that I couldn’t beat the markets. So piece by piece, I started building VRT.
Once I built VRT, that challenge I used to feel started to change. It’s not a crystal ball, and I’ll never claim it is, but it’s the closest thing I’ve personally seen to making volume-based trading easier to understand.
There’s still more to figure out, and as I keep learning, VRT will keep getting updated with better tools, better context, and better ways to read the market.
Hope this video helps some of you understand how I use VRT Box zones and midpoints to find ORB-style setups at any time of day.
Also, if you bought the indicator, please email me your TradingView username. I have around 20 people who purchased but never sent their username, so I can’t activate access yet.
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One of the VRT users sent me this today after hitting $10K on paper trading.
Before people scream “paper trading isn’t real,” obviously live trading is harder because psychology changes everything.
But this is still important because it shows the concepts are executable and repeatable in real market conditions. Most traders can’t even stay profitable consistently on simulator.
The goal is simple:
Learn the system on sim → build consistency → transition responsibly to live capital. Cool seeing people actually putting the concepts together.
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Been working on a volume-based system called VRT Levels and finally finished a large backtest on the raw strategy logic.
Results over roughly the last 3 years:
+92.56% return
7.46% max drawdown
~3X the return of the S&P 500 over the same period
3,868 trades
Profit factor: 1.132
35.7% win rate
What surprised me most was the low drawdown considering how active the strategy is.
The strategy is very simple structurally:
Volume-based future support/resistance levels
Breakout + rejection entries
3 ATR stop
2R target
Max 60 bars in trade
No trailing stop
No lookahead bias
What I find interesting is that despite only winning 35% of trades, the system still compounded very well because losses stayed controlled while the winners expanded enough over time.
Still improving it and testing additional filters, but I thought the drawdown comparison versus buy-and-hold SPX was interesting enough to share.
Curious what you guys think about the tradeoff between:
lower drawdown
lower win rate
higher trade frequency
long-term compounding
Especially compared to passive index exposure.
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Been developing VRT Levels around confirmation levels, invalidation levels, volume participation, and trend alignment.
Finally did a larger backtest and the results surprised me more than I expected.
Stats:
* ~3,868 trades
* ~92.5% return
* ~7.4% max drawdown
* 35% win rate
* 1.13 profit factor
The interesting part to me is the consistency despite the lower win rate. The system relies more on asymmetric RR and structure behavior than trying to win every trade.
And this is just using raw VRT level rejections and breakouts. No discretionary entries.
Most of the logic is based around:
* high volume trigger candles
* confirmation levels
* invalidation levels
* breakout/hold behavior
* trend filtering
Also:
* no lookahead bias
* no trailing stop
* fixed 3 ATR stop
* fixed 2R target
* 60 max bars per trade
Still needs more testing obviously:
* slippage
* commissions
* different market regimes
* live execution vs backtest
But I thought the equity curve and drawdown profile were interesting enough to share.
Curious what you guys think usually breaks first when a strategy transitions from backtest to live trading?
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Figured i’d post this because most trading pages only show wins.
Started the day up around $600 trading my normal VRT setups. But TakeProfitTrader only showed around $500 profit and for some reason that pissed me off more than it should’ve.
Instead of just taking the win and getting off, I went back in trying to make another $400.
After that I started forcing trades, overleveraging, taking setups that weren’t even that clean, and putting stops way tighter than where they were actually supposed to go because I didn’t have enough room left in the account. Basically stopped trading my system and started trading emotionally. Blew the account not long after.
Looking back the setups weren’t even the problem. I was. Going to review everything and run it back smarter.
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Day 2 of the VRT payout challenge.
Started the day with a bad trade.
I shorted a midpoint + HVG rejection even though the cloud and table bias were both bullish. Took about a -$250 loss because I ignored the overall context.
Later I saw:
- midpoint fail
- price break an HVG with strength
- bullish cloud below price
- bullish table bias
- a new HVG forming in trend direction
Entered on the retest and added size after confirmation instead of predicting.
That trade ended around +$900.
Challenge is now sitting around +$1062 after 2 trading days. Need 5 trading days total for payout eligibility.
Biggest thing I’m learning:
Not all setups are equal. Context alignment matters way more than the pattern itself.
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This is probably my favorite setup to trade now.
I wait for volume to build a high volume range first. After that, the midpoint is everything for me. The setup is basically price reclaiming the other side of the range through the midpoint. Once it gets back above and starts holding, I wait for a pullback into the nearest HVG and enter off the reaction targeting the high of the range.
That’s it. Simple.
What changed a lot for me was realizing most breakouts are trash. They break out with no real participation behind them and instantly reverse. The good ones usually come after aggressive volume steps in and price can actually hold above the midpoint instead of losing it right away.
This setup played a big part in me getting my first payout and lately I’ve just been sticking to this instead of forcing random trades all day.
📊 NQ Session Bias
NQ is still holding bullish structure, but price is pressing into a major resistance area around 28900–28920.
If buyers fail here, I’m watching for a pullback toward 28840 first.
If 28840 breaks and holds below, next downside target is 28775.
As long as VRT structure stays bullish, I’m treating this as a pullback/rejection setup, not a full bearish reversal yet.
🎯 Key levels:
Resistance: 28900–28920
Pullback area: 28840
Main downside target: 28775
Bullish continuation only if price accepts above 28920
📊 NQ NY Session Bias
NQ is still holding bullish structure, but price is pressing into a major resistance area around 28900–28920.
If buyers fail here, I’m watching for a pullback toward 28840 first.
If 28840 breaks and holds below, next downside target is 28775.
As long as VRT structure stays bullish, I’m treating this as a pullback/rejection setup, not a full bearish reversal yet.
🎯 Key levels:
Resistance: 28900–28920
Pullback area: 28840
Main downside target: 28775
Bullish continuation only if price accepts above 28920
Got home from the gym, checked the chart, and saw this HVG still holding.
I didn’t want to just jump in because it looked good. Price was holding above my blue VRT level, then broke out of the VRT box, and the bias was still strong long.
That was enough for me to take the trade. Ended up catching a clean $750 long.
Not financial advice, just sharing the setup I took.
Been working hard on VRT and I’m starting to get real feedback from traders using it.
One trader left a review saying the levels helped him make $1,700 on his first day using it, and another mentioned that I actually take the time to help people understand the tool instead of just selling signals.
Not posting this to flex. I’m just grateful people are finding value in something I’ve put a lot of work into.
Appreciate everyone who’s been supporting VRT so far.
Btw. Once again VRT Accurately marked key levels for 4th Day in a row. All these levels are called out in session bias channel on Discord.
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After months of studying volume behavior and momentum shifts, I built a new VRT Trend Wave that reacts insanely fast compared to most trend indicators. It’s been catching reversals and continuations during live sessions with almost no lag.
I was planning on keeping this private, but if this post gets 400 upvotes I’ll release it FREE.
All I ask:
• Subscribe to the YouTube
• Join the Discord community
I’ll also post live setups, examples, and breakdowns of how I personally use it.
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Messages like this honestly mean more to me than the money.
Seeing traders improve, gain confidence, and get closer to passing combines using VRT is exactly why I keep building and sharing this framework.
Still a long way to go, but seeing the community grow has been amazing. 🙏
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Been posting VRT session bias + exact key levels live in Discord before market open for the last 3 days and it hasn’t missed yet.
Not just direction. Exact reaction zones, pullback lows, breakout targets, and reversal areas getting respected almost to the tick.
This is what happens when you stop looking at normal volume and start tracking abnormal participation and aggressive positioning.
Posting some of the receipts below. 👇
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A lot of you have been complaining about the discord link not working. send me a message and I will invite you. Try this link First discord: https://discord.gg/eb4zSfx9eS
Just a quick replay clip showing VRT playing out.
In the video I explain how it helps simplify volume and order flow by marking the key areas on the chart instead of making you overthink every candle.
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I tested VRT levels across 3,500 touches. Using a strict reversal test, they reversed/held 71.1% of the time.
Every time it touched the level with a touch tolerance of 0.4 ATR price reversed 1.5 ATR more than 3X as much. Red Levels seem to hold the best at 75% with Orange Levels 2nd at 70% and finally Green Levels at 68% combined all levels held around 71% of the time.
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