Ben

$NQ $ES 📈📉
Trading Futures & Selling Premium.
Much like playing poker, I bet when probabilities are favorable.
Time Based Liquidity, ORB/IB, FVG, VWAP, 0DTE

[Ben @PatternProfits]

A sample Playbook to beat Tilt!

7am Magic Hour Retrace to Mid-point
8am ALN
9:30-9:45 $NQ 15min ORB to .5 Ext
9:30-10 $ES 30min ORB to Time Based Liquidity
10:30 IB
12pm Noon Curve
1pm Lunchbox
2pm Hourly Break/Retrace to Open
3pm Power Hour Breakout

No random trades! 💪

[Ben @PatternProfits]

@shrederickson @JKBTrades_ 💯 Agree. The more variables, the more headaches!

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@NSharmaTrades Welcome, Nitin. Always best when they're in agreement and right in sync. That's the A+ trade to at least IB high/low.
Have a great weekend!

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$ES IB upside break. 🎯

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$NQ IB downside break. $ES trying for the upside break.

Everyone or nobody gets what they want this morning, I guess. What a mess! 7459 still 🔑 if one chooses to participate.

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@JKBTrades_ @shrederickson Thanks, JKB.

No problem. Fire away, if/when needed.

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I either don't trade IB at all or I wait for the SMT where one contract takes the high/low and the other one doesn't... then I can trade the retrace or wait to trade the continuation depending on context. If I take a pass on IB completely, it's no big deal as I have plenty of other strategies to lean on.

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@AnneBruns13 😂 Nope. You're not alone, Anne! I'm right there with you!

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The biggest win of the week was not chasing B- setups yesterday after missing my A+ entry. I was pretty down on myself as I hadn't let that happen in quite some time. I didn't let it snowball & then made up for it today. There's a lesson in there for newer traders. 👍

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@Renato_64 Welcome, Renato. Have a great weekend!

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$NQ $ES 👀 ⚡️

[Ben @PatternProfits]

GM. All my own. Same strategies as in my pinned post.

NQ... 15min ORB to 50% ext. ✅️
IB for NY, Asia & London. ✅️✅️✅️
AM TBR .25 std dev tag, retrace to 8am open. ✅️
Lunchbox/Magic Hours not ready. Stop placement the issue. It's close, but I don't love it as is.

ES... 30min ORB to TBL. ✅️ I have this one set to tag Asia, London or PDH/PDL, whichever is unmitigated & sits as the lowest hanging fruit. If none, it defaults to ORB 50% ext. Exactly the same strategy as my YouTube video I shared a couple years ago & the 1st futures strategy I ever used. Strongly considering changing it to PDH/PDL targets only with the 50% ext default because it leaves a lot of money on the table and probabilities don't drop off much with that adjustment. It only fires once & may capture 10+ handles or so even when the market moves 50+ handles. It does exactly what it's supposed to do & is great, but if I'm going to let anything run on trend days & try to capture a much larger move, to me this needs to be the one. 🤔

Working on the GEX level sweep/reclaim but have only been able to come up with a quick but manually entered & gated "ticket" that fires on command. Not fully automated like all the others... but once entered, it's a limit order so it can sit there & rest in the market until triggered. It's fine & works as is, but would love to get it 100% automated & paired up with Claude's setups⚡. Claude is not being cooperative with this last one, even though it built all the others. 😡

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@shrederickson @JKBTrades_ 💯 Agree. I've got a solid 6 months in & just started two new strategy automations this week. Plus, I'm changing the way it's all logged & tracked this weekend. I'm up to 6 algos with 2 pending but not even close to where @shrederickson is. So much more work to do. It's endless!

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@MarkB39156032 🤣 Yep... everyone is now entitled to a full refund!

Have a great weekend, Mark! Hope all is well!

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Apologies! Several mentions/questions went unanswered over the last few days. I did not get notifications. I don't leave anyone hanging. I had to scroll back through posts just now to see them & answer. If there's anything/anyone I didn't respond to please fire away here. Thanks

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@TheShadowHeDo MCP. I had concerns, but now it's one of the best things I've done for myself. Saves a ton of time and now the trading itself is starting to pay off as Claude has learned how I trade. Just fyi... I said "I'll explore this weekend" too -> that was in February. Still going! 😂

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@TheShadowHeDo Hey! Claude is connected to my TradingView account. It has live data whenever it needs it or whenever I prompt. It reads my charts, my indicators, it's own indicators and even draws all my levels. The only data I feed it is the options data from the CBOE for the GEX levels.

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@JKBTrades_ 🤣😂

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It's currently linked to prop. This is brand new over the last few days. Claude went this path on its own in a single report (which I liked) and then we tightened it all up for future reports. That's what we're viewing. Still a work in progress on how I want to track it all going forward.

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@Woolten_Fete @JKBTrades_ Noooo! 🤦‍♂️

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@auburn2007 @TrashTraderInv Sorry about the delay. I didn't get a handful of notifications. This happened to be one of them.

Thanks, Auburn! Same to you!

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Patience pays! $NQ joins $ES with an IB upside break as 1st FVG after 10am prints green. 🎯

Now, risk is easier to manage for runners to Asia high/PDH. 💪

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@JKBTrades_ TopStep has an API for $14.50/month if you trade prop with them. Code "topstep" 50% off the regular $29/mo. Claude can guide you through the rest.

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@VandelayTradez 😂🤣

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I'm not a fan of trading Friday afternoons, especially after a solid morning. Monday mornings and Friday afternoons tend to be times I give some back according to my stats... and I'm not willing to do that today.

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@VandelayTradez That's how one becomes a dinosaur in this business! 🦕

🤣 Thanks! Have a great weekend, SO!

[Ben @PatternProfits]

@PatternProfits How does your weekly report pull when you entered exit trades

have you linked it to your broker or journal?

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Weekly Review Notes...

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@JKBTrades_ Just asked Claude for a summary of the last few sessions. Only started flagging them on Wednesday. Would share the levels before and what to look for, but didn't specifically flag them & log them... 🔥

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The sweep/reclaim strategy that I've spent months teaching Claude has my own rules & I'll trade both $ES & $NQ in either direction, but a tip of the 🧢 must go to @AdamMancini4. His trading style made perfect sense once I learned how to map my own GEX levels. 🙏

HAGW all! ✌️

[Ben @PatternProfits]

@TheGoozer68 Hey, Goozer! I try. There's nothing worse than having a legit question and the larger account just ignores it. That's never been my style.

Have a great weekend, my friend!