24 years, ex floor. Love J Dalton. Nothing should be construed as investment advice!

Joined May 2022
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Just remember order flow, Footprints, RVOL and other volume-dependent Indicators can be a little bit misleading in and around rollover. Although some tools handle it better than others.
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$ES | $SPX Weekly Plan | June 15-19 🟩 Daily: OTFU 🟥 Weekly: OTFD 🟩 Monthly: OTFU Starting Monday, I will transition to the ESU26 (September) contract. For reference, I do not back-adjust my charts. On the chart, I’ve marked Friday’s settlements for both ESM26 (June) at 7435 and ESU26 (September) at 7497.50, reflecting a 62.50 point difference (roll gap). The key this shortened week is to stay nimble, as Options and VIX expirations, the FOMC meeting, and contract rollover are all on deck, conditions that typically make order flow less reliable. From an auction perspective, the market saw a Look Below and Fail of the multi-week balance area last week after a 5% correction off the ATH. The question now is whether buyers can capitalize on sellers’ inability to follow through and rotate back toward the unfinished business at the all-time highs, the opposite side of balance, or whether sellers can instead establish a lower high.
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If you don’t have a setup, a process you follow- then you’ll never trade well consistently. Identifying an area to execute a trade is one part. Interpreting a tradeable setup is another. Placing the execution with sensible risk and reward expectations is another skill entirely. Exit is the third. You only have to get one of these wrong and you’re doomed. The trader has to get all three right, every time.
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FALSE INSIDE DAYBREAKS (FAKEY PATTERN) Inside bar forms 🧘 Breakout wicks out traders 🎯 Snaps back inside the range 🔄 Trapped breakout traders = fuel for reversal 🚀 How to trade it: Close back inside = confirmation ✅ Fade the false break ↩️ Stop beyond the extreme 🛑 Target opposite side extension 🎯📈 Warning signs: High volume inside day ⚠️ Weak volume on breakout 🪫 Happens at obvious levels 🎣 Context is everything. The trap is the trade. #daytrading #marketprofile #insideday #tradesetup #volumeprofile #tradelikeapro #es_f #AUDUSD
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The hardest part of trading is recognition -what’s actually happening in real time. Journaling and mindfulness are what build that skill. They train you to see when a setup (or its alternatives) is becoming possible before it fully plays out, and to read the signals as they emerge. This video breaks down some of those key precursors and signals.
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The culmination of many of the order flow concepts I've covered in the stack. Hope you enjoy :)
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Outside day after a false break of an inside day 📉 One for the journal. No news, no triggers, just sellers using the BTFD crowd as exit liquidity 🔄 Not an easy trade unless you’re prepared for it. Classic OTFD continuation 📘 Prep is everything. Apologies for Crude graphics… Only package I have on Linux 🐧 Video review coming if demand🎥 $SPY #ES_F
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OK gonna do a video review for this one. Cheers will be out by tonight ish.
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Now there's a headline you don't see every day! Going to sit down and do a quick video review of the day. Have a good evening.
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Narrative has changed ON with Yemen now getting involved and strikes in Tehran- JUST NOW
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BREAKING: Trump tells Channel 12 that "I will call Netanyahu now and tell him not to attack Iran in response" x him not to attack Iran in response. most effective tools for identifying and disrupting those threats before they reach our shores. Be careful tonight sometimes there are headlines inside the headlines.
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The Week Ahead.
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$ES | $SPX Weekly Plan | June 8-12 🟥 Daily: OTFD 🟨 Weekly: BALANCE 🟩 Monthly: OTFU The key question this week is whether sellers can sustain downside momentum following Friday’s multi-distribution trend day down, which brought an end to the weekly one-time framing up. Failure to defend the 2-week balance breakout triggered a rotation back toward the 7420 HVN, where multiple weekly VPOCs are stacked, and a full traversal of the balance area. How the auction behaves around the prior 2-week balance low at 7354, now marking the 4-week balance low, early this week will be key in gauging directional intent. Value building above 7354, while rejecting any immediate downside continuation, would set the stage for a clean-up of Friday’s poor structure toward 7449 and 7515, potential reload areas for sellers. Failure to do so would open the door to filling the gap at 7299.75, where a gap-fill reversal is of interest.
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Now don't go chasing bees.
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You should have chased the bees
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Eighteen‑hour days for months test the edges of anyone’s mind. Weeks of chasing a finish line that keeps moving will wear down even the strongest. This isn’t madness. It’s the natural cost of carrying more than a person should. The only way through is steady steps, clear focus, and refusing to let exhaustion dictate the outcome.
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#ES_F Daily Plan | June 5 A shift in tone required a break of the HVN from last week’s 2-day balance, an objective sellers failed to achieve today. This triggered a squeeze, resulting in three sets of single prints and a return to the upper HVN. Intraday strength would be indicated by a reclaim of 7611 (UT1), last week’s high, while weakness would be signaled by a break and hold below 7570 (DT1), today’s Initial Balance High, where change took place. Smashlevel: 7587
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🟦 Intraday Narrative #ES_F NFP came in decent 172 , but the reaction was textbook indecision: initial pop 7568→ no continuation → full rotation back to retest ON lows 7544, where buyers stepped in again. This is the third time ON buyers have shown up in this zone. Since last Thursday its acted strong support zone- yesterdays tail lows 7541-49 . We’re opening with a large gap from settlement, but still inside yesterday’s range while sitting outside value. That combination typically produces a tricky, two‑sided open, because neither side has clean control. Buyers’ objective: regain 7568-75. Acceptance above ( yesterdays singles zone) shifts the tone back toward balance up, and reopens the path toward upper distribution. Sellers’ objective: continue the OTFD from yesterday by taking out yesterday’s low at 7541.75. If they achieve that, the next natural magnet is 7525 — last Thursday’s low and the origin of the multi‑day buyer activity. Key dynamic: Buyers have been active since last Thursday, but they’ve been reactive, not initiative. Sellers have the initiative momentum, but not the location. That’s why this open is dangerous: both sides have a valid argument, but neither has a clean setup yet. 🟧 Scenario Map Bullish → Acceptance above 7568-75 → rotate toward upper distribution and ON Highs then Thurs Hi 7611 Bearish continuation → Break 7541.75 → accelerate toward 7525 (Watch out for quick reclaim of 7541 or failed auction) Chop/absorption open → Two‑sided trade between 7542–7570 until one side forces initiative
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Did anyone's platform, charts ladders slow down/snag/stop. If so, please State your platform and grievances in the message below. #NFP #platformslowdown
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