Jared’s Blog

Yesterday was the Federal Funds Rate announcement & FOMC press conference. I never trades days like that because they are often times slow leading up to the news release, and then things go crazy when the news drops. But, the bearish sentiment stays in the markets for the days after. Today I got short & it was an extremely clean setup.

Everyone loves starting the week out in the green, and that’s exactly what happened today. I took a very nice buy position on the S&P 500 & was able to lock in 2 partials. It was a very textbook setup, it just took the right amount of patience to catch the move, and to stay in the trade once I put the risk on.

The S&P 500 went very bearish today, and I was able to get in on that action. But I didn’t get the entry that most people would be looking for. Everyone is obsessed with sniper entries, but personally I rather have more confirmation that the trade idea is valid. So I did miss a couple of opportunities to get short, but once I was confident in the idea, I got into the trade.

After a bit of a break from trading the S&P 500, I am back. I took a beautiful buy position today which quickly moved to my first target. This was a textbook trade, an da nice way to be welcomed back to the ES futures. There was a lot of great analysis that went into taking this trade.

Another day trading Pound futures, but this time I’m short. After the rally we had the previous day, I was anticipating a bearish correction back to the Weekly VWAP. This ended up playing out beautifully. So why did I get short, what was my trade setup?

If you didn’t know, I began my trading career in the forex markets. As I started to trade futures & using orderflow, I stopped because of the very thin liquidity. However, tonight I decided to give Pound futures a go - and I was able to bag a nice 15 pip trade. Nothing crazy, but a nice trade nontheless.

The best feeling is having a trade that immediately goes in your favor & hits your target, and that’s exactly what happened to me today. I got short right as the RTH session opened, and within 5 minutes I already took a partial & moved my stoploss to breakeven.

I had a very nice start to the week. I took a quick buy position on the S&P 500 off of the VWAP & under a Value Area Low. However, I got stopped out at breakeven after locking in some profits. I’m perfectly okay with this outcome, because even though my bias was wrong, I was still able to make money.

After a phenomenal trading day yesterday, I wasn’t eager to trade today. However, this setup was too perfect to ignore. Everything was lining up, so I had to take the trade. I’d take a trade like this 11/10 times, because it was just so textbook. Plus, you can see me manage the trade in this video as I secure a partial at my second target.

The S&P 500 went on a massive rally today, and I was able to capture almost the entire move. I got long around the VWAP & RTH POC, and I took the market to a new high. This was an absolutely beautiful trade, I am very pleased with my performance today. It was a one shot, one kill type of trade. I didn’t have to take a loss & re-enter to get involved (like last week…) Almost as soon as I executed the trade, it went in my favor.