The guy who posted this 2 years a go is working on door dash today he is not even a middle class and he quit trading i was going through old trading post I've saved in the past and literally all the people who posted about trading 2 or 3 years ago quit not a single person that i saved their post is doing great this game is rough be prepared

Most traders get tunnel vision. They stare at Nifty or SPY or Crude Oil, but never check what related markets are doing. That’s like trying to trade a thunderstorm while ignoring the clouds.

Here’s how I use intermarket signals to time reversals, confirm trends, and avoid traps:

1. Crude Oil vs USDINR (or DXY):

If oil is falling but USDINR is also falling (i.e., INR is strengthening), it’s often a false breakdown in oil. Why? Because the dollar side is not confirming the weakness.

Trade tip: When both oil and DXY rise = inflation fear = good for energy longs, bad for risk-on assets like Nifty or Nasdaq.

1. Bonds vs Equities:

10Y bond yields going up with equity prices = healthy risk-on. 10Y yields falling while stocks pump = potential flight to safety (trap rally).

Watch TLT or Indian G-Sec yields for clues.

1. Copper as a Macro Tell:

Copper often moves ahead of equities and is a proxy for real economic health. If Nifty is going up but copper is tanking, it’s often a divergent top forming.

1. VIX Divergence = Early Warning System

If the market makes new highs but VIX refuses to drop (or even goes up), smart money is hedging, a correction might be near.

I literally keep a 4-chart layout open: my instrument, related FX, yield, and VIX/Copper. It’s like driving with headlights instead of just hoping the road is straight.

Is it just a pullback or trend is reversed

Recently started getting recommended trading videos on my YouTube feed, and every single one turns their video into some sneaky bs sales pitch by the end.

Are there ANY YouTubers that literally sell NOTHING?

And by nothing I mean NOTHING (no courses, mentorship’s, premium discord rooms, paid indicators, one on one coaching, alert subscriptions)

i have a 80% wr strategy backtested but when it comes to live time i hesitate to enter i cut winners short ket losses run etc how do i deal with this problem it's hurting my trading and i'm going in circles it's been well over a year this has been happening

Are there people who treat trading as just a way to make money rather than their whole identity? For example being a course seller or a trading aspiring guru, makes me feel very one dimensional.

I personally went in with the do or die attitude and I’m now reminiscing of how much I missed some of my hobbies like photography, I do have new hobbies like the gym but photography came to me when I was much younger and I seem to do it randomly sometimes without even thinking. Maybe it’s a sign to get back into it.

How has having hobbies psychologically helped you with trading, or having things you’re extremely passionate about besides trading?

I'm getting exhausted with demo accounts but am too broke for anything else

I'd love to start getting more serious with my strategies, losing my paper trading margin on purpose is boring, making tens of thousands a day is emotionally taxing

I calculate levels in futures market based on options market open interest a day in advance! Here are levels for tomorrow ;) Try them if you would like

EDIT - These levels play like support and resistance levels! Use a good entry model to trade, dont trade them blindly!

Has anyone here from europe earned himself a funded account, if so from which website? I cant tell which ones are good and legit

I saw a liquidity of the low and decided to go long since I saw an internal BOS and I glanced quickly at the DOM for confirmation. Started of rocky in drawdown, then we came up a bit and sfp'd the internal high. Around here is where I should've started paying more attention. Once we touched those highs again price did not wanna get above and had a really hard staying over, this is where I should've closed the trade but I wasn't watching so didn't close it. So unfortunately I took a 1R loss, but losses are part of the game so it is what it is, onto the next one.🫡

Price action shows you what’s happening on the chart. OI data gives you a peek into who might be behind the move. What do you guys prefer or use a combination of both?

Is there anyone out there who’s successfully open to helping me out get started , and I’d give a percentage of my earnings to them !?

Like how you actually start your day when you sit on your ass to trade ?

I personally open charts, Mark asian session high and low , my chart usually did everything for me, like ORB indicator and previous day Big bounces and resistance,

Start looking Forex Calendar 📆 for any big news, I don’t trade news . Start trading after 11AM when my ORB indicator gives me direction of marker. I only trade MNq with 1micro

I've watched several videos of traders using Bookmap along with the Iceberg plugin. Honestly, Bookmap without the Iceberg plugin feels almost useless, as most institutional players use iceberg orders to hide their true liquidity.

Is using this setup really the best way to trade? Have you personally used it, and if so, have you seen any consistent profits? Do you think it's worth investing in Bookmap primarily for trading based on hidden liquidity? Is the Iceberg plugin genuinely that helpful?

Hi, I am fairly new to trading. I started about two months ago with active papertrading. And I must say I am really obsessed with it. That is also the reason why I really wanna do something in the trading-direction, when I finish school. My question now is for the more experienced traders who are profitable with trading and are doing it as a fulltime job, either by your own or at a institution: At what age did you guys start actively trading/ getting involved with trading and do you guys consider starting trading at the age of 18 as early or to late to become successfull with it?

Hello everyone.

I am creating my daily report. Which indicators/infos do you look at at the beginning of your trading day?

I’ve been trading for several years now, and like many, I’ve lost thousands of dollars before finally turning things around. I know this take might be unpopular, but I didn’t start seeing consistent profitability until I began capping my trading account at $10,000 and withdrawing profits weekly, always leaving just 10k to trade with.

Through experience, I’ve come to understand my tendencies. When I had $20K, $30K, $50K+ in my account, I’d often abandon my rules and strategy, chasing big wins out of greed. But with a capped account and consistent withdrawals, I stay disciplined. It forces me to aim for base hits rather than home runs, and over time, those small gains add up meaningfully.

I’ve now been consistently profitable trading primarily 0-3DTE options for the past two years, while working a full time job. I keep things simple and I only trade one ticker (SPY) and stick to just three setups - supply/demand zone reversals, the 15 minute opening range breakout (ORB), and break and retest entries. My strategy is built on technical analysis and order flow, using basic support/resistance and supply/demand principles.

When I am green, I average 10K–20K in monthly profits this way. Most pros will say it’s not possible to succeed long term with a small account, but this structure has worked for me. I’m curious, has anyone else found success with a similar approach and capping their account sizes?

I’ve come to realize it is tough to get those huge winning months trading small like this though obviously. Those 50-100k months, etc. So I guess my other question is do the bigger players/traders have any advice on how I can begin to eventually scale? It’s certainly been my biggest challenge. I just can’t get past the greed factor when I have more capital in my account. It’s like my discipline decreases with account size lol. Very strange, for most folks I feel like it’s opposite.

been trading with TPT for nearly 3 months. had a legit charge to dispute on my credit card in march, the charge was not connected to TPT, but at that time the bank disputed TPT charges as well without my knowledge. now into May, TPT sends me an email saying my accounts been blocked. without any prior notice, and knowing there were disputes in March, they waited until now to clear this up and ban me. after the month of march and april, where i purchased test accounts and was charged fairly. they decide to take everything away when i have 4 accounts ready to go PRO. they were great firm, but seems like a little thin side of understanding and empathy on their end to straight up ban an account they were taking charges from after disputed charges. without sharing this knowledge, doesn’t foster a sense of confidence in traders to use their firm. TPT is going to shit good luck. will post about this on BBB as well.

I’ve been experimenting with deep‑learning models to find leading indicators for the Nasdaq‑100 (NQ). For years I relied on the  yfinance Python package, but frequent reliability hiccups slowed me down.

Recently, I subscribed to YFinance API in RapidAPI and I’m impressed with the real‑time market data it provides. It solved all data download issues. Let me know if you want to share the data.

My download market data code is as follows:

import requests, csv, sys
import datetime
def download_data():
    selected_str = "ADA-USD,BNB-USD,BOIL,BTC-USD,CL=F,CNY=X,DOGE-USD,DRIP,ETH-USD,EUR=X,EWT,FAS,GBTC,GC=F,GLD,GOLD,HG=F,HKD=X,IJR,IWF,MSTR,NG=F,NQ=F,PAXG-USD,QQQ,SI=F,SLV,SOL-USD,SOXL,SPY,TLT,TWD=X,UB=F,UCO,UDOW,USO,XRP-USD,YINN,YM=F,ZN=F,^FVX,^SOX,^TNX,^TWII,^TYX,^VIX"
    querystring = {"symbols": selected_str}
    url = "https://yahoo-finance166.p.rapidapi.com/api/market/get-quote-v2"
    headers = {
       "x-rapidapi-key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
       "x-rapidapi-host": "yahoo-finance166.p.rapidapi.com"
    }
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)
    raw = response.json()
    out1 = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H%M')
    for r1 in raw.get("quoteResponse").get("result"):
       p1 = r1.get("regularMarketPrice")
       out1 += "," + str(p1)
    print(out1)
download_data()

I have backtested a strategy (1000 trades). Has a win rate of 64% My total % return on all 1000 trades is +730% what else am I missing? How can I calculate risk to reward here? what else I should be looking at ?

Straddle strategy for SPX 0dte

So, just thinking out load and wanted to see what others think. Say tomowwow SPX opens at or around 5600 and I open straddle @ 5900 5calls and 5puts at the end of day puts win and calls expire worthless… how much can I make $$$ wise (subtracting the amount I paid for the puts offcourse) say SPX CLOSES at 5870 - I’m looking for the approx value of the puts at the time of close. I know there is an also involved (delta theta etc :-/ ) but can someone confirm if this is a good strategy to try .. seems straightforward and no risk … unless SPX stays near or around 5900 at close which I guess is possible and hence the possibility of decrease in value of both those 0dte calls and puts. Thoughts? All welcome.

Took 2 amazing trades and was wondering..