The Global Update

There are many metrics you can use to evaluate a trading system’s performance. Too many, perhaps. You may be wondering how an automated system’s drawdowns weigh-in against its annual ROI, or whether the MAR ratio might provide a clearer picture

In our previous two installments of our order flow series, we’ve covered the way order flow works and how to take advantage of the imbalances within the order flow process. In this installment, we’ll cover the other side of order

Nearly three decades ago, right before the advent of  24-hour online markets, digital finance, dancing baby videos, and fake news memes, commodity markets actually closed for the day. This meant that if you wanted to trade, you had to wait

In last week’s post, we covered the basic mechanics of an order book as viewed in a DOM. The only setback in following order flow from a DOM is that once the order has been filled, the numbers change and

Over the last few years or so, “order flow” has become something of a new buzzword in retail trading circles. It’s almost as if there’s an air of mystery surrounding the idea, a code that (once deciphered) might give one

Corn futures may not be among the most popular of instruments for short-term trading. But there are times when the less popular markets present the clearer trading opportunities. It’s a matter of thinking differently from the crowd and seeking opportunities

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This blog is the last of a 4 part series.  Let’s do a quick recap: The first blog presented the virtues of starting from scratch, approaching your trading knowledge base from a position of doubt. The second blog discussed the

In the last installment we covered the mythical vs practical notion of “The Holy Grail”–how perfect systems do not exist but that an optimal  conjunction of method + trader + technology might be the closest you will ever get to

Many traders perceive that there is a true value for a market– where the price should be–and that if a given asset goes too far above or below this price, it comes back to this fair value range. And this