order flow

Trader Stories: A Look Back At Over 20 Years Of Retail Trading

Richard Sobin

March 23, 2021

As a trader, I’ve learned a lot over the years and if there’s 1 piece of advice I can offer, it’s this: always be prepared for the unexpected.

Icebergs & Stop Runs

Jigsaw Trading

July 9, 2020

With the advent of MBO, people are getting excited about using some of the new information in their trading. In this recorded webinar, Jigsaw Trading took a few steps back and examined the underlying activity of order flow to ensure we put icebergs and stop run info in the right context.

Trading with the Volume Profile

Alexander Kiel

May 7, 2020

The volume profile has become a popular and fundamental tool among order flow traders. This article describes its terms, characteristics and ways to interpret the various shapes.

Understanding Why Futures and Commodity Prices Move

Peter Davies

February 5, 2020

In their quest to make money from the futures markets, few traders stop to think and ask themselves a fundamental question, “Why do futures and commodity prices move?”

Choosing The Right Key Trading Levels – part 2

Peter Davies

January 14, 2020

When traders set their futures price levels, they are commonly looking for either a trade reversal or a trade breakout. Predatory traders will watch these levels too. A “head-fake” is a common term given to a market that appears to breakout but then falls back into the range.

Futures Traders Use Execution Algorithms For Alpha and Timing

Joseph Signorelli

January 6, 2020

Over the past decade, trading execution algorithms (aka “trade algos”) have become increasingly essential for traders of all shapes and sizes. And now, the key is not just the use of algorithms in trading but choosing the best ones to use.

Choosing Support and Resistance Market Levels to Trade Against – part 1

Peter Davies

December 16, 2019

In this article, we’ll discuss the use of market levels in futures trading and how to trade-off key support and resistance levels.

Day Trading Futures Without Charts – Stop Order Runs

Peter Davies

November 27, 2019

Stop order runs have certain trade setups and clues. In this article, we explore how traders react and trader psychology around stop orders.

Day Trading Futures Without Charts Using Volume Profile

Peter Davies

November 18, 2019

Is day trading without charts an amazing feat that can only be achieved by the elite traders? Or is it possible that it’s something quite straightforward? We introduce how traders use Volume Profile for specific key support and resistance trading levels

Top Traders Edge: "Risk Reward Trade Setups Are More Important Than Win Rate"

Peter Davies

September 30, 2019

Why Professional Traders Focus on Risk Reward vs. Win Rate. If you told somebody new to trading that markets can only go in one of two directions, it would be natural for them to conclude that even a beginner could be right half the time.