Recent content by steven46

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

As with so many similar claims, there is some (small) truth in the text, but in general what Institutions actually do varies with the market or markets they operate in. Currency markets for example are traded differently than other assets. The use of AI is of little or no advantage. If any of...

Hello Traders Here is a list of the high impact economic reports scheduled for release prior to and/or during each day's New York Session of the S&P 500 Futures Market. This will likely be my past post, since I am close to starting a new class...

Hello London & Euro Traders For the upcoming New York session on Friday, March 20, 2026, the macroeconomic environment is heavily influenced by the aftermath of the March 17–18 FOMC meeting and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. High-Impact Economic Reports (March 20, 2026)...

High-Impact U.S. Economic Reports – Week of March 16–20, 2026 Monday Retail Sales (8:30 AM ET) Consensus: ~ +0.6% MoM Previous: −0.2% Measures consumer spending, which drives roughly 70% of U.S. GDP. Institutional Interpretation Strong number → inflation / growth narrative → bond yields up /...