Market Strategies

Session killzones, entry models and complete playbooks for the NQ, ES, YM, Gold and Bitcoin futures contracts, with the conditions each setup needs.

21 lessons

Lessons

Market StrategiesIntermediate

How to backtest a trading strategy: how many trades you need, common mistakes like curve fitting, and validating results out-of-sample.

15 min read

Market StrategiesExpert

The NYSE cash open often fakes one direction before reversing. This lesson covers how to spot the trap and trade the 9:45-10:15…

15 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

How to define the Asian session range, then decide whether to trade the breakout or fade a false break using Order Flow…

14 min read

Market StrategiesBeginner

How to size positions with fixed fractional risk, volatility-based adjustments, and the Kelly Criterion, plus the mistakes that blow up accounts.

14 min read

Market StrategiesExpert

ES (E-mini S&P 500) contract specs, optimal trading windows, and how SMC concepts apply to this benchmark futures contract.

16 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) moves bigger and faster than ES, driven by tech-stock swings. This lesson covers position sizing and SMC adjustments…

15 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

Gold futures (GC) trade on dollar correlation, rate expectations, and safe-haven flows, with SMC setups at round-number liquidity zones.

14 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

Crude Oil (CL) trading strategies built around EIA inventory data, OPEC decisions, and the fundamentals that move oil prices most.

15 min read

Market StrategiesExpert

CME Bitcoin futures contract specs, what actually moves BTC price, and how SMC concepts hold up against crypto volatility and weekend gaps.

14 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

A framework for handling high-impact economic releases: event impact levels, pre-news prep, and the four-phase pattern most news spikes follow.

15 min read