Explore

Strategy

When am I trading?

London/NY session killzones

What am I trading?

NQ, QQQ, SPY, SPX

Futures/options

What am I

Day trader/Scalper

Timeframes

1min/5min/1hour/daily

Approach/Strategy

PO3 - Accumulation, manipulation, Distribution. For this approach, it is important to watch how the market moves between asian session through pre New York. Ive seen that price tends to have a big move around 8 before market open to manipulate the highs of a liquidity area and then either move out of the range and NY continues to manipulate and distribute higher/lower. I take my entry when i see an aggressive move out of the range met with an aggressive move back in.

https://youtu.be/TCFvsZeYvV8?si=TnkCSpZWN1TnEO5V⁠

⁠

Order Blocks - Order Blocks are formed when the series of downclose or upclose candles that led into another PD array/key level/sweep are closed below/above. These are good entry points combined with things like fvgs, swing highs/lows, and other forms of high resistance liquidity. I take my entries here when i see alignment with a CISD/ Key support or resistance level.

https://youtu.be/DMUiDBnTYc8?si=GESZCP6bIclvwDBu⁠

⁠

Breaker Block- A breaker block is the series of upclose/downclose candles that made a high/low that got taken and then closed above. Taking the wick of the highest and lowest point of that range and drawing a rectangle from those two points with the block to be respected.

https://youtu.be/75S4vwD4P1U?si=I0rFRIzvobyqimB4⁠

⁠

Propulsion Blocks- Propulsion blocks are formed when an order block is returned to and then closed above. If you are looking for an entry here either get in with closure above the downclose/upclose candle before the move that closed out of the ob OR get in on the retracement of the PB. (With this pd array we want to see 0.5 of the block get respected.

https://youtu.be/9PKJ0U1gl4g?si=CZu4o6Z6NBF5JiY8⁠

⁠

Fair Value Gaps - The most common PD array to find is the fvg. It is an imbalance in the market where the wick of candle one and three reach into candle 2 to leave a gap. Not all gaps are relevant, but we look for rejection in those areas to close above or below the series of candles that led to the gap forming an order block/protected swing. The larger the fvg the better + HTF alignment aswell. I often do not enter solely off of FVGS, but they are useful(sometimes)

https://youtu.be/ZVUDpCyvxfQ?si=SeSWvUF97Z4rn20k⁠

⁠

Swing High/Low - This pattern consists of three candle sticks. Candle one and three have to close above candle 2 in order to form a swing. The colors of the candlesticks dont matter,but you would like to see a green move then a red candle with a long wick followed by another red candle closure for a swing high. For a swing low you would like to see a red candle followed by two green candles with the middle candle having a longer wick. These are used as good support/resistance levels. I often take my trades around these areas.

Protected Swings - A protected swing is when a low is taken out then closed above the series of candles that took the low(Protected Low) or when a high gets taken out and then closed below the series of upclose candles that took the high.(swing high). These are a key part of my setup and serve as a good support/resistance level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-wr4xATE37g⁠

⁠

CISD - Change in state of delivery and order blocks pretty much come hand in hand. CISD is when price breaks through a key level and then reverses and closes above the candles that made that breakthrough. This creates an order block and often forms a swing point as well, making it a high probability entry point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHIK5oBRKiw⁠

⁠

Liquidity- Liquidity is how easily the market can move/flow. It is the oxygen of the market, and areas of liquidity are common points of interest. (

https://youtu.be/Njs-eRpeP9Q?si=2uFTN-2dcz-AxzeC⁠

) (

https://youtu.be/U8xH2dEgH5A?si=sezrNOuHIsVDIVKH⁠

) (

https://youtu.be/3OivsP1j_UE?si=pcr7TTKgCVVHm9_i⁠

)

Liquidity sweep- When a liquidity sweep happens, there is usually an accumulation of liquidity in a range where that range high/low gets taken. After these sweeps happen, the price tends to move in the opposite direction from where the sweep happened. EX. If we swept lows expect price to push higher, If we swept highs expect price to push lower.

https://youtu.be/_Fkofoggjv4?si=Tq39IT7iwlKv5DMG⁠

⁠

OTE - Optimal Trade entry is the optimal point at which price would retrace at. These points or lower are called discounts and anything above would be considered premium. Obviously you want to buy at a discount and sell in a premium. To use this take your fibonacci tool and drag it from the most relevant swing low to high in a bullish market, and from swing high to low in a bearish market. the optimal points you're looking for are 0.62, 0.705, and 0.79. Entering solely at these points is not such a great idea, unless you have another pd array such as an order block, swing point, or fvg. This is one of my personal favorite tools when looking for retracements.

https://youtu.be/1YRs4Z1lMws?si=B1bF4gxRazctbK0O⁠

(fibonacci settings in the video)

Stop loss/Take Profit Obj - For Futures, my stop should be at the most recent protected low or closest PD array for 1-3/1-2 rr with the max risk per trade 500 but looking for 200-250 risk on avg if possible. Take Profit should be at the most relevant high/low that hasn't been taken out or the highest swing point in the range. As for my personal account I'm looking to take 1-2% to make 1:3rr back which would be 60$ or more risking 20$. Going to have to backtest this some more, but this is the general idea.

Psychology -Treat wins and losses the same. They both need to be studied and they both need to be taken at face value with little emotions of joy/ego/sadness/or anger. Analyze my winners and realize what caused the trade to go through and analyze my losses and see what went wrong. Meditation in the morning to clear my mind helps before going into the charts. Don't get greedy and wait for the market to show you what it wants to do

https://youtu.be/Yon08Lr-61s?si=X7qfOXuJoDiKzU5B⁠

Dealing with Drawdown-When in drawdown most people tilt or start forcing trades/getting impatient. The key to this is to study where your trades went wrong, re study your model, back test, and apply patience. Also minimize risk/size down positions until you feel comfortable risking your regular amount or until your out of drawdown. The biggest takeaways are to study previous trades, don't make any drastic changes, stick to the strategy, have more patience, and size down until you're comfortable again. Never let this weigh on your mind too much, were in a game of probabilities. Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win.

Daily Bias - To get an idea of what kind of setup you should be looking for in the current day, daily bias helps with that. (it is not 100 percent accurate)

https://youtu.be/g3oDYq4P9ZE⁠

⁠

ALL THE VIDEOS I THINK ARE IMPORTANT AS FAR AS MINDSET AND LEARNING CONCEPTS WILL BE IN HERE

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABoNjP7DSGB_8_wnu3nCC2d8kd2Z77Qa&si=hTneegoshiKfgtkJ⁠

Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.

Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (

CtrlP

) instead.