Merritt Black

Founder, Head of Trading for @ApterosTrading. Ex Head of Futures for SMB Capital. Context is king.

[Merritt Black @merritblack_]

See you guys in a few mins. Come hang out and let's get to work and be 1% better today.

[NinjaTrader Live @NTLiveMedia]

Talking metals with @DanaSamuelson99 at 8:30 am ET, followed by pre-market prep across the major futures markets with @TTrades_edu.

Then it's live trading with @merrittblack + @Trading_Boxes 📈

Tune in: https://t.co/Y7nQXUulyE

[NinjaTrader @NinjaTrader]

Does volume profile provide more accurate levels than market profile? @MerrittBlack weighs in.

Do you agree?

[Merritt Black @merritblack_]

It's Tuesday morning - that means I'll be trading live from 8:15-10CT! Come hang. https://t.co/EF2YNDnKvB

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Hey @thetastowe4 , @_traderkane2 , how’s my fescue?

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Two really nice spots to get long from lows since pit open. A period (first 30mins of pit session) simply probing both edges of overnight session (blue profile) balance/value.

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but PMI inbound here in 7mins - so who knows how that shakes it up.

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GM traders.
NQ overnight with a little "POC ping pong"

I'm generally bullish against these lows (and a wick of them since weak lows), but will flip short term bear on acceptance below them.

[Merritt Black @merritblack_]

I'll be trading live on stream here from 8:15-10amCT. Step into the arena!
https://t.co/o6hV8NPjRY

[Merritt Black @merritblack_]

I'll be trading on the NT Live Stream starting at 8:15amCT until 10:00 today. Come hang out!
https://t.co/ZqHhQvJ4DL

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I'll be streaming/trading/taking questions live over on the NT stream starting 15mins before the opening bell here:
https://t.co/VtDfYj5lVi

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Not trading. Little girl sick. 🤒 Yall catch a few good ones for me!

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Just so you guys know. Futures trading is really hard. It's not for everyone. Not everyone on Apteros desk performs well, and we have high turnover with Jr Desk just like everyone else.

Here's a trader I had to recently cut from the desk. What stands out to you in their stats

[Merritt Black @merritblack_]

Here's the stats of the trader on my desk that mentored the trader I showed you the stats for yesterday that's just joining the desk. It's kind of like my son and my grandson! ♥️
I LOVE trading and working with ELITE traders.

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Member of Apteros community reached out to me concerned about their performance. Given their short term NADRO style, they should be having some winning days that are outsized compared to their losing days (especially in these conditions), and they aren't. Nothing else super conce

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Hey guys.....

meanwhile....

ZN unchanged and peering over a cliff.... ?

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If NQ holds above a big wide area around that same 18860 level i spoke of on the way down... then it is absolutely game over for bears.

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You will not believe this....

Just kidding, I wasn't in for this one! ha

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I was saying all morning the headline risk was to the upside today. Too bad.

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check out the recording if you wanna watch me take small L after small L on the stream this morning! haha.

in all seriousness, good to get the first losing stream out of the way and show you guys REALNESS and how to really be a good loser- which is a requirement to win.

[Merritt Black @merritblack_]

I'll be streaming live starting at 8:15CT this morning
https://t.co/hE49ZWC4ez