Journal trading: - 15m bearish trend - IB 8.20-9.20 - 5m closed inside - Entry at retest - 1.5 RR - Target mid-range #xauusd #Initialbalance

Lovley start of the week. #Trading #orb #initialbalance #FDAX

Got wrecked in both Asia and Tokyo today. Risked about 1% per setup, and those two losses alone make up around 25% of my drawdown. Tokyo IB was a good entry that just didn't work out. Asia IB was all on me—entered way too early and got caught when the bias completely switched. Taking the L, reviewing the mistakes, and coming back tomorrow. Hope to bounce back strong tmr #IB25 #TOKYOIB #InitialBalance #IB50

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#NQ Globex #Initialbalance Long W 🤩💚 ✅IB Low formed first ✅7 Minute front-run entry ✅Target 0.2 extension ✅SL at IBL 76.47% chance we hit IBH using @edgeful 🔥 Lovely easy, painless trade. Thank you @andrearslanian for the data. @MrZincx I’m putting the giveaway to good use🙂

I was busy this morning so I missed the #Initialbalance today on $NQ. IB50 entry was so beautiful too 🤩🤩 Let’s see those entries for those who did!!

$NQ Globex #InitialBalance Long Loss ❌🙄 ✅IB low formed first ✅Entry 3m after IB hour close ✅Target 0.2 Extension ✅SL set at IBL I would 100% take this trade again. We really had everything in our favor for longs, and my RR was purposely so negative I wasn’t worried at all. Sure I could’ve put my SL below IB50, or at IB75, but if you size correctly, even scary screenshots like this one doesn’t hurt you much. Only a small bump in the road on a very long road trip!!! #NQ #ES #IB #YM $NQ $ES $YM

I did not trade the #InitialBalance on #NQ for the NY AM session this morning. 🤷‍♂️ The HTF looked bearish for NQ, all those wicks you see in the second picture? Those are bearish wicks because it’s a LTF BPR. If those wicks formed on the downside, which is what I want to typically see, I would’ve taken the trade for longs. To add to my confluence for staying out, NQ, ES & YM were all pretty decoupled. I want to see them aligned. Onto the next one 🫡🙂

Let me show you have I avoided a loss tonight while trading the #initialbalance. The IB was bearish tonight as the high formed first, but we had massive gaps above the IB range in the form of Liquidity Voids & Volume Imbalances. They act as magnets for price, therefore taking a short is not desirable. The first trade would’ve been an entry based off IB50 (and session Vwap if you use it). The second trade would’ve been an entry upon the close of the IB hour. I took neither. I’m an IB trader but I have a lot of experience with trading ICT, and that came in handy tonight. Also, I have the HTF candles on my chart using an indicator, so it’s easy to read the HTF’s quickly. How did everyone else do?

So far price has hit the probable #InitialBalance side eight out of nine times this week between Globex & NY session. With every single winner hitting the 0.2 extension level. IB’s are goated!!!! 🔥🔥🤑💰💰 #NQ #trading

#NQ Globex #IB Huge W ‼️🔥💚 ✅IB low Formed First ✅Entry on VWAP & IB50 tap ✅Safe SL below between IB75 & IBL ✅Partial at IBH, runner to 0.2 Extension Loved everything about this long, I’m very happy with this 82 point winner during Globex, you can’t ask for much more than that. 🤩❤️ #Initialbalance

První hodina na Wall Street není o hledání trendu. Je to o stavění pastí. 🪤📉 Pokud chcete pochopit, co se děje „pod kapotou“ trhu hned po otevření, musíte ovládnout koncept Initial Balance (IB). Jde o cenové rozpětí (High a Low), které si trh vytvoří během první hodiny obchodování (u amerických indexů typicky mezi 15:30 a 16:30 SEČ). Zatímco retail v první hodině panikaří a nahání každou zelenou nebo červenou svíčku, instituce a algoritmy si v klidu vytyčují hranice svého hřiště. Jakmile jsou IB High a IB Low ustanoveny, stává se z nich magnet. Proč? Protože právě pod nimi a nad nimi se začne hromadit masivní likvidita (stop-loss příkazy těch, kteří už do trhu naskočili). Jak tento edge využít v praxi: IB Sweep (Falešný průraz): Trh agresivně prorazí IB High, nabere čekající stop-lossy (vytvoří iluzi breakoutu) a okamžitě se vrací zpět do rozpětí. Toto je vnitřní schizofrenie trhu v přímém přenosu a učebnicový signál pro reverzní obchod. Trendový den: Pokud trh úroveň IB prorazí, absorbuje prodejce a udrží se mimo toto rozpětí, potvrzuje tím silnou dominanci jedné strany. Od toho momentu hledáme vstupy pouze ve směru průrazu. Kdo nezná hranice své Initial Balance, dříve nebo později se stane likviditou pro ty, kteří na ni trpělivě čekají. 🩸 Sleduj a dostaneš kompletní Opening Bell každý den #TradingPioneers #InitialBalance #DayTrading #SmartMoney #OrderFlow #SP500

$SPY 🤣🕷🕸 This mkt pattern is very different from all the past patterns being used as comps. Yes, the 9,14,21,30 ema,s have all been violated. The 9 hasn't confirmed its crossing of the 21 yet, and the #Market profiles from here are all pretty thin on a weekly comparison until 644.30. So, in my outlook, we possibly take a skinny dip to 644.30, then get a leg up. The current phase we are in is closest to the Jan 2022 rollover, which took over 3 quarters, into Oct of 22, before it finally pivoted. Today's pattern is nothing like early 2020 or early 2025. With that being said, if 644.30 gets retested, then we can see fresh legs down to 629.88 and possibly 617.54 Far out, the money puts are a premium grab-and-burn. Next levels to the downside will be totally calibrated and suck everyone dry of premiums, especially longer term higher premis stick with the shorter near term expiries take advantage if the ATR and especially overnight carries that paly into the opening GAPS!! The #InitialBalance or #OpeningRange as some call it is HUGE and reflects a majority of most days ATR . Since Sept 25, $SPY has most significant #profiles at 617, 629, 644, 655, 661, and has established respectable full #MarketProfiles at each of these levels on the way up and down over this nearly 10-month time frame. Yeah, yeah, I know. Credit is collapsing. The Hormy Straight is Open, then Closed, then open again, and Iran's not handing over their keys. But!!! Since the GFC, a lot has changed!! and the top institutional-level playas aint gonna be taken out like last time. Even a worst-case scenario selloff takes $SPY from here to 617, which in relative terms is ONLY a 53-point move 8% and it won't happen in one swift move. When taking ATR into focus, which is pushing a nearly 12-month high at 10.17, a 53-point move is simply 5 full days of pure sell-off. I simply dont see that happening. Ohh and July 4th is a lil over 3 mos away. HAPPY BDAY USA Hard to imagine we won't be celebrating with all-time highs at hand

Common IB Positions relative to its previous day #initialbalance #mes #ib

I have built a multi-agent bot for trading on 15-min markets on @Polymarket > What has changed since last time and what have I added? I implemented a multi-agent architecture - parallel management of several strategies. In other words, with a few clicks, I create a network of agents, each of which receives different settings for my strategy. The strategy itself consists of a large number of indicators and other settings. Calculated metrics: ROI (%) = (FinalBalance - InitialBalance) / InitialBalance * 100 Win Rate (%) = WinningTrades / TotalTrades * 100 Sharpe Ratio = (avgPnL / stdevPnL) * √252 (annualized) Profit Factor = GrossProfit / GrossLoss Max Drawdown = (Peak - Trough) / Peak > Optimization has been carried out - mass testing of up to 500 strategies is now available. Next, the following indicators need to be integrated: RSI (14) - Determining oversold/overbought conditions MACD (12/26/9) - Momentum divergence compression detection ATR (14) - Market volatility measurement VWAP - Price anchor (dynamic support/resistance) EMA (9/21/50) - Trend structure confirmation Heikin Ashi - Candlestick noise smoothing - My task is to identify the most profitable strategy using a demo balance, which I implemented myself. Next, we can put real money into the most profitable strategies. Potentially, this product is an endless money cheat. Stack: .NET 8 React 18 TypeScript Nethereum

Know Your Limits: Daily Loss & Max Loss Rules The Daily Loss Limit is the maximum amount you can lose in one trading day. This limit resets every day. For example, with a $100,000 account and a 5% Daily Loss Limit, you are allowed to lose up to $5,000 in one day. If your equity drops below that level at any point during the day, trading will be stopped and positions may be closed. HOW IS IT CALCULATED? Daily Loss Limit = InitialBalance × DailyLoss% (this value does not change during the day). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Max Loss Limit is the maximum total loss allowed for the entire account. This limit does not reset. For example, with the same $100,000 account and a 10% Max Loss Limit, your equity must always stay above $90,000. If it falls below that level, the account is permanently closed. HOW IS IT CALCULATED? Current Max Loss = total current closed positions the result of open positions. Simply put, the Daily Loss Limit protects you from one bad day, while the Max Loss Limit protects the account long-term. To succeed, traders must control both daily risk and overall drawdown.

Congratulations to winners of the CTF! I finished in first 10 (10th). I was expecting better score. I found multiple vulnerabilities but couldn't wrap all the attacks inside one test by the time, since it was needed to wrap every attack inside one test. Some overview: 🔻------ At the starting the Exchange/ExchangeVault.sol can be used for taking feeless flashloan. I started with writing attack/test for a bug involved in Lending/FlashLoaner.sol, where reentrancy to flashloan() allowed setting _flashloanActive in LendingPool to false which further allowed calling functions like deposit() in the LendingPool even when the amount is flashloaned which allowed manipulating the rates, resulting in more shares back. which later allowed redeeming large value of underlying tokens after paying the flashloan. (there was another vulnerability in FlashLoaner where the user could pay less than what is expected back because of how the initial balance was calculated and the way initialBalance fee is expected.) Additionally I was able to solve: (mulmod(x, x, N) == magic) requirement in the Lottery/LotteryCommon.sol. There was an interesting case in Lottery.sol where even if you call the solveMulmodxxxxx() functions which has high skillBonus/magic value, it will still revert because of function collision within Lottery and LotteryExtension functions. To solve this challenge the NFT needs to be bought from an auction. Additionally, I explored a case where the user can manipulate the AuctionToken.currentScalingFactor() so that the amount to mint and the balanceOf() output can be manipulated which allowed divesting deficit amount of already invested test tokens. Also, the case in CommunityInsurance.sol where liquidateBadDebt() can be used to manipulate totalAssets() output, so that while deposit()-ing mintShares would be bigger amount. which then can help malicious user to claim more rewards (after updating rewards). Though, couldnt finish this case completely because of need to wrap it in the one tx. 🔺--------- Again congratulations to all winners! Thanks to @Certora for creating a unique CTF with realistic setup and interconnected protocols.

#Nifty and #BankNifty opened lower yesterday but left an important tail in the #InitialBalance forcing a move back into previous #Value so what can be expected on #SettlementDay in the former from the 2-day composite??? Spot Hypos based on #MarketProfile for 16th December 2025 - vtrender.com/posts/weekly-sp… @Am_Shai @Vtrender

There was a rare follow up to a #TrendDay in both #Nifty and #BankNifty but post the #InitialBalance it was back to #balance mode with the former leaving a #3-1-3 profile with completely lower Value whereas the latter made an inside bar with a close around the dPOC in both so will the downside resume today??? Spot Hypos based on #MarketProfile for 10th December 2025 - vtrender.com/posts/weekly-sp… @Am_Shai @Vtrender

💡 Java tip : Avoid static variables unless they store truly global values. ⛔️ They hinder testing by making it harder to isolate classes due to shared state. ⛔️ It can cause subtle bugs. For example: public class BankAccount { public static double balance; public BankAccount(double initialBalance) { balance = initialBalance; } public void deposit(double amount) { balance = amount; } public void printBalance() { System.out.println("Balance: " balance); } } BankAccount acc1 = new BankAccount(1000); BankAccount acc2 = new BankAccount(500); acc1.deposit(200); acc2.printBalance(); // Balance: 700 ❌ (should be 500) The balance variable is shared globally, and changing it in one object affects the others. #Java #JavaTips