At least in the US, politicians are selling 2:1 bs buying. Something is about to go down or they are getting ready to dump money into the Anthropic IPO. Or maybe to fund mid term campaigns. What are you guys thinking?
Anyone else here day trade futures or stocks using pivot points? What’s ur experience with them and how well have they worked for you?
Gold is approaching the 4195-4210 resistance area, which also lines up with the 4H trendline. I’m watching for a rejection from this zone. If it comes, my view is that price could move down toward the sell side liquidity around 4055, continuing the current bearish trend. Fundamentally, I also lean bearish on gold right now.
For my own plan, I’m looking at short setups around 4195, with my stop above the zone near 4214 and my target at 4055. This is just a continuation of the trend I’m already seeing on the higher timeframe.
My idea is invalidated if an H4 candle closes above 4220. In that case I’ll drop the bearish bias and look for buy setups on a retracement instead.
This is only my personal analysis and how I’m planning the trade, not financial advice. Everyone should do their own analysis and manage their own risk.
Mon side project du soir a un peu dépassé le stade du script. Je cherche 10 testeurs pour le mettre à l'épreuve.
Le principe : mon moteur génère des variantes de stratégies à la chaîne, les rejoue sur des années d'historique et les fait passer par une série d'épreuves de robustesse. Celles qui tiennent deviennent des bots, d'abord en simulation.
Ce que j'ai construit :
▸ algoproof.fr : le suivi public de mes 214 bots de trading. 3 tournent en argent réel, les autres en simulation. Chaque trade est publié, pertes comprises.
▸ AlgoLab (lab.algoproof.fr) : un labo de backtests
tu définis tes règles, tu lances le backtest
optimiseur multi-paramètres, walk-forward, comparaison de variantes
tests de robustesse (permutations Monte Carlo, prix bruités) pour savoir si ton résultat tient ou si tu as juste sur-optimisé
les dossiers des stratégies qui ont passé mon moteur : plus de 55 millions de configurations énumérées, 2,2 millions jugées, 4 423 retenues
Sous le capot : moteur en Python/Numba, API FastAPI sur un VPS, front Next.js, Postgres sur Supabase. Les bots tournent sur le même VPS et poussent leurs trades en base.
Ce que je cherche : des gens qui ont déjà backtesté quelque chose (TradingView, Python, Excel, peu importe). Pas besoin d'être pro.
Ce que je propose : 3 mois d'accès complet au Labo. Gratuit, sans CB, sans abonnement à la fin.
En échange, juste tes retours par message au fil de l'eau : un bug, un écran pas clair, une feature qui manque.
Intéressé ? Envoie-moi un DM, je t'explique le reste.
Projet perso. Pas de conseil en investissement.
My live bot lost its first 3 trades in 2 days. The backtest was filling orders on the signal bar. Classic.
So I built Kapybar. Describe your strategy to Claude or ChatGPT (any language, voice, even a screenshot), confirm the rules, and it runs on 40 liquid CME futures (ES, NQ, CL, GC, ZN… + micros), 1-min to daily, back to 2008.
- next-bar fills, real rolls, commissions
- always vs buy-and-hold
- flags luck and edges that die with one more tick of cost
- last 2 years hidden until your final verdict (3 shots per market)
- prop-firm pass odds, minus luck
It tests your ideas, it doesn't make them up. If something passes, it means something.
Looking for serious rule-based traders. Needs Claude or ChatGPT Plus (MCP connector, 2 min setup). Free during beta.
No money, no broker access, no API keys.
Comment how you trade and I'll send an invite.
Not financial advice.
Well, you have already heard a lot about discipline in trading but I bet you don't follow it. I will tell you exactly in this post why it matters a lot not just even in trading.
I can't forget my days when losses haunt me down, everyday a revenge trade, fomo, anger, fear, greed and closing my trades too early, blowing my accounts every other week and being in this constant loop forever.
I told myself, I will quit trading only and only when I trade based on my rules and I want to see what will happen after, If I still can't make money day trading, I will just quit but guess what? The minute I made that decision, everything changed! I got three payouts in total and now trading two accounts, and trying to stay consistent and improve further from there.
Sometime you go through shit because God wants to teach you something, I feel so peaceful about those random trades I took, countless blown accounts, sleepless nights because that's what changed me! You reach a point where it's like you do or die situation. You only lose when you quit it.
I'm not saying I made millions but at least I build that unshakeable discipline that 90% traders struggle with.
Discipline is going to be the only answer to trading, there are no shortcuts, I have tried everything.
You need a set of rules that are never going to be compromised. Please if you really want to improve in trading, just take it seriously and if you are not ready to do what it requires then please reconsider whether trading is right for you. You can look for some other business.
What I have learned, trading is 90% mindset and 10% execution.
I'm still learning every day, and I'd love to hear what has helped other traders develop discipline.
Good luck to everyone!
Not looking for strategies or entries.
I'm curious about the boring rules that actually keep profitable traders profitable.
Mine is that once I know I'm emotionally trying to make money back instead of trading my setup I'm done for the day. Took me way too many blown accounts to actually respect that. I also take any major day (birthday, anniversary, etc..) off because I do not want it taking away my fpcus and causiung me to do stupid things and also ruin my important day.
If you've been consistently profitable for a while what's the one rule you absolutely refuse to break anymore?
I'll compile the best answers into one post afterward to our traders on this sub!
Three candles:
A tall red day: sellers in control.
A small-bodied day that opens below day 1's close: sellers push, price barely moves.
A strong green day that closes well into day 1's red body: buyers take over.
Example: Day 1 ₹110 → ₹100. Day 2 ₹98 → ₹99. Day 3 ₹100 → ₹107, which recovers 70% of day 1's body.
Two details most explanations skip:
- Nison's ideal version has a gap before AND after the middle candle. He notes the second gap is rare, and missing it doesn't weaken the pattern.
- It needs a prior downtrend. The same three candles in a sideways market carry little information. It's more useful at a level where buyers stepped in before, but that part is judgement, not definition.
It's not a guarantee. Nison's own examples include a rally after a morning star that stalled within days.
Source: Steve Nison, Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques. Example numbers, not advice.
I'll backtest your futures day-trading strategy on 23 years of data, free — net of costs, no cherry-picked windows
I've spent the last month building a backtest rig and running strategies through 23 years of data. Now I want more ideas to throw at it — including yours.
What you get: I'll code your strategy exactly as you specify it and run it over the full dataset. You get back trades, net P&L, t-stat, profit factor, win rate, max drawdown, and a straight pass/fail. No sugarcoating — most strategies fail, including most of mine.
The data (being upfront): 1-minute bars, 2002 → Sept 2026, across 6 markets — NQ, ES, YM, RTY, gold, and silver (via their ETF proxies: QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM, GLD, SLV — they track the futures closely on intraday bars, but they're not the contracts themselves). Regular trading hours only, no overnight. Commissions baked in. Bar-level testing, not tick data — if your edge lives in order flow or the DOM, I can't see it.
How to submit — DM me with precise mechanical rules:
- Entry (exact trigger)
- Stop loss and target (exact)
- Session / time window
- Market(s) you want it tested on
- Anything else a computer needs. No discretion allowed — "buy when it looks strong" isn't testable.
Free for now. If this blows up I'll cap the queue — first come, first served.
Been trading and investing for almost a decade. Options for about four years. Overall resulted in loss. But finally switched to this systematic trading in August and ended with a green month. Not a fake post. Knowledge shared is knowledge gained. Cheers
I’ve found ICC to be very fractal all the way down to the 5m TF, as far as using one TF alone to mark/get a Bias. A good understanding of Market structure + Price Action Is highly recommended considering thats what the system is based around!.
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I’ve found myself entering trades waay too early before my reset this past few days, I was able to figure out why and I hope it sheds light on someones trading….M.S.S/B.O.S back in your direction is a MUST have confirmation!! Not only does it signify a structural shift in the market but its the break of a Spprt/Ress level that once held up, Once this occurs i like to apply ICC,S/D,FVG,or whatever you use back below that level and wait for your entry!! I personally enter the same as i would my HTF just on a LTF, Once I am back Above/Below the level my indication came from!.
-//I am attaching a PaperTrade I am In just testing and journaling over the weekend, Once again I hope I was able to help. FOR The trade attached I noticed we were in a Range and was awaiting for a breakout + pullback which i made it to just in time lol. Once I noticed price starting to gradually hold Resistence turnt support I entered my longz and TP and the next 15m swing High/Level of sellers!!!
!!!!ALWAYS BUY TO SELLERS AND ALWAYS SELL TOO THE BUYERS!!!!THE TREND IS YOUR FRIEND!!!!THE HIGHER THE TIMEFRAME THE STRONGER,THE STRUCTURE!!!!!!!