Recent content by steven46

Just a few moments ago I tried to post this "Pre-Market Comment" for interested traders on Reddit it was taken down because I don't have enough "Karma" ---------------------------------------- Here are my pre-open comments for tomorrow Friday Sept 4 2026 ---------------------- Scheduled...

I was asked to contrast ICT/SMC to my own training. I posted this on Reddit ICT/SMC is recycled rebranded crap. It is needlessly complicated. Institutions make decisions based on one of two protocols. The older and primary concept is the Wholesale/Retail model. You buy at Wholesale, then you...

Do any of you folks actually trade For the few of you who may actually have active accounts take a look at today's London & New York Sessions of the S&P 500 I will post my chart and notice that today's price action was "Trading Range" and that mean reversion trades were winners. Notice the...

Attached please find my Pre-market list of High Impact Economic Reports for the week of August 24 2026 Retail traders can use any of several resources to capture the high impact reports and timing of the release however we also provide our opinion of how the Top Tier Firms will manage...

We closed our book of business quite a while ago, however it might interest folks to see what the automated closeout process is. On Fridays, in the Top Tier firms, executives usually leave early (sometimes they have the option to work from home on Fridays). Automated programs monitor VAR for the...

This is our chart from today's New York Session From a professional point of view, Friday's are the easiest day to trade because of the time constraints. Specifically, the Top Tier firms are obligated to manage risk at the end of each week, and in this chaotic environment, they do that by...

And here is the follow up As can be seen price continues higher and is now at +20 pts

Hello Traders One of the most important differences between Retail & Institutional Professionals is an understanding of the use of "time". The understanding of Market Microstructure is what shapes this understanding. Algorithms are the basis of Institutional practice and they are activated by...

This last chart shows the continuation of trend that happened at the New York Open earlier This is the "Typical" Gap & Run Profitable day all around. I will be trading this on YouTube periodically to show struggling traders what is possible Good Luck

And for Bracket 2 we use 30 minute candles as shown This is where most of the money is made trading Asia to London (when it sets up) The process is straightforward. We cover most of the ground (planning) on Saturdays at a pre-market meeting. We integrate a list of pending economic news and...

For those interested in how this is done. I monitor three (3) time based brackets The first is a "Daily & Three (3) Hour" Bracket as shown below This is the primary bracket for professionals and from this we obtain the primary trend. The Volume Profile on the left shows us the High & Low Volume...

Hello Traders. I have been away for a while and wanted to provide an update with regard to changes I have made to my trading Recently I have been "London to New York handoff". I continue to use Anchored VWAP, Volume Profile and CVD The markup attached below shows the previous session moving...

The institutional, professional, and established trading community generally views "Smart Money Concepts" (SMC) with a mix of skepticism, indifference, and recognition of rebranded, established principles. While the CORE idea—trading in alignment with large institutional volume—is valid...

Depends on your priorities, your goals, your skills and the time you have available 1) My priorities are always family first, my motivation after that is to create a sustainable business model my skillset is that I am institutionally trained to trade a variety of asset classes including...

Build away. Good luck