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Successful day trading is all about making the correct decision at the right time. All it takes is too big or too low a value, sometimes just a tick, to throw off a trade and cause a loss. Rather than guessing these values, it is best to keep a consistent and flexible strategy. Otherwise, if you are random with guessing a value to use, how are you ever going to get an understanding of what works? You’ll be experimenting with random date. That’s a sure way for no progress To go a step further, one can argue that it is better to stick with a losing, but consistent approach with objective rules because at least you will be learning something on a consistent foundation. Of course, losing money is to be avoided as much as possible. This simply describes an aspect of the learning process. Watching this new video, you’ll see a great Long 3818 signal from the Trade Scalper software from DayTradeToWin. Scalping goes for small amounts many times per day with a quick in and out for each trade. The ATR (Average True Range) is used with a period value of four to determine the profit target and stop loss for each trade. This ensures only the last four bars are used in the calculation rather than the default value of 14 in NinjaTrader’s ATR indicator. In effect, you have a more recent sense of what the market can reasonably “do” in the moment if the last 20 or so minutes are considered (i.e. last four bars on a 5-Minute chart). In contrast, John Paul believes the default 14 value is far too great a duration for real-time applicability for guiding the profit target and stop loss. Note that on a 1-Minute chart, an ATR value of four would simply be four minutes, as each of the last four bars represents a minute of price moment. For some price action methods, when the ATR exceeds five points, it may be high time to switch to a 1-Minute chart, where the signals will likely still work and the profit and stop loss more reasonable for the average trader. John Paul shares a solid piece of advice, here. Use as much time as you need to simulate trading in a real-time environment. Use NinjaTrader’s Market Replay if you need to. Really get a sense of how the methods work in real-time. Observing historical price action with signals is good, but you need to see how and when those signals appear in relation to the candle and the sequence of action to be taken thereafter: trade placement and management, mainly. Once you see success per the trade performance reports, consider trading the Micro E-mini first. This way, the same price action of the regular E-mini is present, though the financial consequence is lessened. The Micros are less expensive to trade. You see, when real money is in play, some traders really struggle with the psychology of it all. This is why the more affordable Micros offer a set of training wheels before removing them and pedaling full force in the regular index futures with the rest of the trading world. John PaulJohn Paul is the founder of DayTradeToWin, a trading education and software company established in 2008, supporting traders worldwide. His expertise focuses on price action-based futures trading strategies and structured market analysis. DayTradeToWin delivers trading education, indicators, and software tools designed to help traders apply disciplined, rule-based decision-making across global futures markets. He is the creator of multiple trading methodologies, including the Sonic System, Atlas Line, and Trade Scalper, which help traders identify structured opportunities in markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ), crude oil (CL), and gold (GC). Official website: https://daytradetowin.com daytradetowin.com

The chart below shows the Roadmap and ABC day trading methods from DayTradeToWin.com. Look at all those day trading signals. It’s a recent E-mini S&P 500 chart. If you work from left to right, you will see there is a “RMap Short” signal first. Soon after, the market moves down, indicating a winning signal. Some time goes by without any signal. However, we see some Zone ranges or boundary points in the down direction. Price never crossed these Zone lines. The meaning and significance of these license are taught in the included live training. The next signal is also a Roadmap short. We see price move upward, but if you stayed with the trade, it is possible that you could have been successful here as well. The next area you should pay keen attention to. Do you see those green/up Zone lines? There are three of them. Amidst them, there is an ABC Long. The ABC is a separate trading system. This means the Roadmap can help validate or confirm other systems because the Zone direction was also “looking up.” With this additional confirmation, you may feel more confident. The ABC long signal should have been a winner. Now here comes something even more interesting. There are no further Zone up or Down signals until later on. There are no further ABC signals until later on (not shown). You may get the sense the Roadmap is sort of intelligent in the way it behaves. Pull up the chart for yourself and you’ll see that these multiple Zone downs were really onto something that day! Remember, all of this is based on price action. There are known patterns among special circles in the day trading world. The Roadmap uses a certain set of key numbers in relation to common price action patterns. In a way, it can be used like the Atlas Line where you can get an understanding of where the market is expected to go throughout the day or at certain points. Then you can use the day trading system itself or use it with another technique in order to identify opportunities. However, make no mistake – the Atlas Line and Roadmap are completing different with how they calculate price action and produce signals. So, how does one get the Roadmap, ABC, and all of the rest? The eight-week Individual or Group Mentorship Program from DayTradeToWin.com is the only way. They have new classes that begin every month. They’ll teach you exact techniques for powerful price action trading. John PaulJohn Paul is the founder of DayTradeToWin, a trading education and software company established in 2008, supporting traders worldwide. His expertise focuses on price action-based futures trading strategies and structured market analysis. DayTradeToWin delivers trading education, indicators, and software tools designed to help traders apply disciplined, rule-based decision-making across global futures markets. He is the creator of multiple trading methodologies, including the Sonic System, Atlas Line, and Trade Scalper, which help traders identify structured opportunities in markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ), crude oil (CL), and gold (GC). Official website: https://daytradetowin.com daytradetowin.com

Want to see recent Trade Scalper signals right away? Watch the first video, which is part of the “Advanced Techniques You Don’t Know” live webinar recording. Under normal E-mini S&P 500 market conditions, when the ATR (Average True Range) period value is set to four, the ATR should be between one and five points. If below one point, the market may be considered too slow. If above five points, the market may be too fast. Yes, it’s still possible to trade when markets are too fast. Take a look at other recent trading videos to see how that has been handled. A 5-Minute chart is often preferred because it presents a nice picture of price action. Traders use 10, 15, 30, and 60-Minute charts frequently. Using a smaller time frame that divides these greater time frames evenly allows traders to spot opportunities potentially missed at larger scales. At times, John Paul will use a daily chart to check recent highs and lows. By placing a Fibonacci tool with three areas defined: 0%, 50%, and 100%, this allows the identification of the midpoint (at 50%). When price exceeds the 50%, that can be used as confirmation to look for long trades intraday. Traders can then use trading systems like the Atlas Line, Trade Scalper, and ATO 2 to look for long signals that further confirm the anticipated price direction. If you are ever looking to measure distances or price between two points on the chart, use NinjaTrader 8’s ruler tool. Located in the drawing menu at the top of the chart (look for the pencil icon), the ruler is placed via three clicks. The first point or click defines the start. The next is the end point. And the last defines where the measurement is displayed (usually away from the candles). The ruler is easier than using the crosshair with mental math. Have you ever been in a trade to have price suddenly take off in another direction against you? Such activity may be caused by news events. Traders should heed scheduled financial news. A number of websites exist that present such events. However, it may be easier for you to use the free trading news indicator offered by DayTradeToWin.com. The indicator plots news events scheduled for the current week. Note that on Fridays, you may see few, if any news events. The indicator tends to refresh itself on Sundays or Mondays. Keep in mind that major non-scheduled events can still impact market activity. Overall, John Paul expects 2020 to be an up year for the E-mini S&P. Specifically, he provides a midpoint value of 2,782. With your own knowledge of trading risk and disclaimers, look for buying opportunities as presented in the video. Want to learn more? Enroll in the next eight-week Mentorship Program. All courses and software are included with Lifetime Licenses. John PaulJohn Paul is the founder of DayTradeToWin, a trading education and software company established in 2008, supporting traders worldwide. His expertise focuses on price action-based futures trading strategies and structured market analysis. DayTradeToWin delivers trading education, indicators, and software tools designed to help traders apply disciplined, rule-based decision-making across global futures markets. He is the creator of multiple trading methodologies, including the Sonic System, Atlas Line, and Trade Scalper, which help traders identify structured opportunities in markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ), crude oil (CL), and gold (GC). Official website: https://daytradetowin.com daytradetowin.com

One of the best things you can do to avoid failure and significant losses is to thoroughly practice trading over a large number of days. Take advantage of the paper trading (sim) account provided by your platform. Trade for thirty days or more so you experience a diverse set of conditions. Imagine that you’re trading with real money using a budget that is realistic for you. In some platforms, like NinjaTrader, you can customize the total amount of “play money” you’re paper trading with. By default, NinjaTrader uses a default cash amount of $100,000 for its Sim101 practice account. You can reset this by going to the NinjaTrader Control Center > Click the Accounts tab (look at the bottom) > right-click the Sim101 account > Edit Account > modify or reset the account. After you are done practicing for 30 days or more, consider generating a performance report. Do this via the NinjaTrader Control Center > New > Trading Performance > specify a date range for the report and click Generate. The fields will populate with your win/loss/performance data. Keep in mind that true live trading with real money can still differ, but this type of paper trading is about as close as you can get to the real thing without risking real money. As you place trades, you’ll probably notice order text piling up near candles. This text is often obstructive. To remove the text, right-click the chart > Data Series > in the right panel, scroll all the way down to Plot executions and select the option to not plot. Click OK and all order text should be removed from the chart. In video above, you’ll see a 2.5 point Trade Scalper winner. The Trade Scalper is one of the DayTradeToWin trading systems that focuses on scalping; a type of trading that uses a fast, in-and-out approach. A win of 2.5 points equates to $125 (before any broker or exchange fees) when trading with one futures contract. If you trade five contracts, for example, the win becomes $625. How is that computed? Well, each point of the E-mini is worth $50. Each tick is worth $12.50. Yes, there are four ticks in one point. Therefore, we can take the 2.5 points and divide that by .25 to determine the amount of ticks and then multiply that value by $12.50. This is $125. Multiply that by five and you’ll get the $625. Again, no broker or exchange fees are applied in this math. From our experience, timing is crucial when applying day trading strategies. If you are too early or too late to place a trade, the market may have moved away. You may have to wait until conditions become more favorable or your system produces another signal. Most of the DayTradeToWin methods require action soon after a price action pattern occurs, which often ends with a closing candle/bar. As soon as that candle/bar closes, it’s time to place a trade according to the rules. This is where the ATR (Average True Range) comes into play. The ATR helps keep the risk level realistic compared to recent volatility. If the market is too slow, it doesn’t make sense to keep an open position for a long period of time in hopes that the market will awake and proceed in your favor. The inverse is also true (when markets are fast and tight profits or stops can get you out too early). Another important idea is to avoid being greedy. It’s tempting to chase price into unknown territory in order to make up for the day’s losses. This is often a mistake. We have found it to be better to simply stop trading for the day after multiple losses occur. Some days are difficult to trade for a number of reasons and it’s not your fault. Check your finances. Consider looking for more opportunities in the future. John PaulJohn Paul is the founder of DayTradeToWin, a trading education and software company established in 2008, supporting traders worldwide. His expertise focuses on price action-based futures trading strategies and structured market analysis. DayTradeToWin delivers trading education, indicators, and software tools designed to help traders apply disciplined, rule-based decision-making across global futures markets. He is the creator of multiple trading methodologies, including the Sonic System, Atlas Line, and Trade Scalper, which help traders identify structured opportunities in markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ), crude oil (CL), and gold (GC). Official website: https://daytradetowin.com daytradetowin.com

We share with you the following presentation showing two trading methods performing in real-time on a NinjaTrader chart. Multiple signals work together to confirm trades, thus leaving the trader with greater confidence. In this case, the Trade Scalper and Atlas Line are used. The Atlas Line is great at providing a long-term intraday prediction of price movement. Multiple trading signals are provided by the Atlas line as well. Additionally, the Trade Scalper is helpful by providing additional signals that can be confirmed in direction by the Atlas Line’s bias for Long (buy) or Short (sell) trades. There are two main types of Atlas Line signals: Atlas Long/Short and Strength (S) and Pullback (P) signals. The regular Long and Short signals occur upon the second close of a candle above or below the Atlas Line. If above, a Long signal is produced. If below, a Short signal is produced. Regarding Strength and Pullback, those signals appear as small S and Ps above corresponding candles. Don’t get confused with the S&P aspect of the market being traded. At about 2:45 in the video, take a look at the At the Open 2 (ATO 2) trading method. The ATO 2 focuses on finding winning signals soon after the E-mini S&P 500 opens. Like other trading systems, the ATR (Average True Range) is used to calculate risk. Using a period value of four, the last four bars are used to determine real-time conditions. If the market is fast, larger profit targets and stop losses will be used. Under tighter conditions, lower profit targets and stops are used. This makes trading adaptable. Price fluctuates constantly and you probably wouldn’t want to exit a trade prematurely if price hit a stop loss that was too tight. Inversely, a very large stop loss hit means a loss, so use stop losses that are within a reasonable range. This is what we teach in the course and included live training for all strategies. Tune in around 6:15, as that’s when the free trading method known as the ABC Method is taught. John Paul spends nearly 20 minutes explaining how to break up the day into three periods: A, B, and C. The method focuses on finding breakouts in the proceeding period based on the prior period’s highest high and lowest low. The rules of which are explained in detail. The DayTradeToWin.com website does provide an automated version of the ABC Method in the form of an indicator: the signals are automatically provided to you. This ABC Method indicator is included with the ATO 2 method as well as the eight-week Mentorship Program. John PaulJohn Paul is the founder of DayTradeToWin, a trading education and software company established in 2008, supporting traders worldwide. His expertise focuses on price action-based futures trading strategies and structured market analysis. DayTradeToWin delivers trading education, indicators, and software tools designed to help traders apply disciplined, rule-based decision-making across global futures markets. He is the creator of multiple trading methodologies, including the Sonic System, Atlas Line, and Trade Scalper, which help traders identify structured opportunities in markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ), crude oil (CL), and gold (GC). Official website: https://daytradetowin.com daytradetowin.com

This video is a recording of a recent live webinar conducted by John Paul of DayTradeToWin.com. In the presentation, he shares trading signals from his indicators; particularly the Atlas Line and Trade Scalper. If you’re new to the idea of trading, the overall concept is rather simple: by installing special trading software on your home computer, you can see markets move. You can then use special tools to hopefully predict where price will head next. If you are correct and predict that price moves up and it does indeed move up after some time, it’s possible that you can make money. The inverse is also true, at least with futures markets: it’s possible to make money by predicting price will fall. Obviously, there’s more to it than that. One goal of DayTradeToWin.com is to make getting into trading as easy as possible. In fact, the free NinjaTrader 8 video tutorial is a great first-stop on your exploration into day trading. With the time and right mindset, you could start trading in a relatively short period of time. It’s possible to learn and practice the trading software/platform basics within a day or two, then learn a trading method like the ATO 2, Trade Scalper, Atlas Line, or even participate in the eight-week Mentorship Program. There are many notable moments in the above video. For example, at 2:00 min., you can see recent Trade Scalper signals. At 6:15, you’ll learn how to download a free News Indicator for NinjaTrader 8. At around 22:00, you’ll be able to review recent Atlas Line performance. At 39:00, you’ll learn some important trade management concepts. Keep in mind, this video was a public demonstration and discussion of the more private trading methods sold on the DayTradeToWin.com website. If you’re serious about day trading, the best option is the eight-week training class known as Mentorship. John PaulJohn Paul is the founder of DayTradeToWin, a trading education and software company established in 2008, supporting traders worldwide. His expertise focuses on price action-based futures trading strategies and structured market analysis. DayTradeToWin delivers trading education, indicators, and software tools designed to help traders apply disciplined, rule-based decision-making across global futures markets. He is the creator of multiple trading methodologies, including the Sonic System, Atlas Line, and Trade Scalper, which help traders identify structured opportunities in markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 (ES), Nasdaq (NQ), crude oil (CL), and gold (GC). Official website: https://daytradetowin.com daytradetowin.com