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“Trading Futures: A Marathon, Not a Sprint”

Just like running a marathon, successful futures trading demands careful preparation, consistent effort, and unwavering focus. In a marathon, you train your body to endure and adapt to the challenges of the race; in futures trading, you train your mind to analyze, strategize, and execute under pressure. Both require:

• Preparation: A solid understanding of the terrain (market conditions) and tools (trading strategies).
• Discipline: Sticking to your plan, even when the going gets tough.
• Endurance: The ability to stay focused and committed, navigating highs and lows without losing sight of the finish line.

At Tickflow Futures, we’ll equip you with the skills and strategies to approach the markets like a seasoned marathon runner, pacing yourself for sustainable success in the dynamic world of futures trading.

Entry Level Program

Day 1 and 2: Introduction to Futures Trading

• What are Futures?
• What are Micro and Mini Futures?
• MNQ Tick Specifications
• MNQ Margin Requirements
• MNQ Deposit Requirements
• Broker Commissions
• Futures Scalping
• Order Types: Market, Limit, and Stop
• Understanding Slippage

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Day 3 and 4: Essentials of Technical Analysis

• TradingView Basics:
  • Symbol Search, Choosing Timeframes, Candle Type.
  • Indicator Search/Add/Remove/Hide.
  • Configuring Indicators, Timezone Settings.
  • Price Scale, Time Scale, Drawing Tools.
  • Building Watchlists.
• Candlestick Chart Basics:
  • OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close) for Red and Green Bars.
  • Measuring Price Movement Using Candlestick Charts.
• Timeframes:
  • Types, Importance, and Traders’ Positions:
    • Other Timeframe Traders, Swing, Position, Intraday, and Scalpers.
• Market Structure:
  • Understanding Higher Highs, Higher Lows, Lower Highs, Lower Lows (Swing Highs and Swing Lows).
• Key Concepts:
  • Support & Resistance.
  • Price Rejection.
  • Price Smoothening Using Moving Averages.
• Types of Moving Averages (MA):
  • Simple Moving Average (SMA): Identifies overall market trends.
  • Exponential Moving Average (EMA): Reacts quickly to price changes.
  • Hull Moving Average (HMA): Smooth yet responsive for scalping.
  • Weighted Moving Average (WMA): Focuses on recent price data for better responsiveness.
• Slope Analysis:
  • Positive Slope: Uptrend; look for pullbacks to enter long.
  • Negative Slope: Downtrend; look for retracements to enter short.
• MNQ Example:
  • If the WMA slope is upward at 21,400, wait for a pullback to enter long.

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Day 5 and 6: Trading Essentials

• Backtesting, Replay Trading, Trading Panel, Paper Trading Account Setup.
• Practical Exercise:
  • Search and integrate learned Moving Averages.
  • Live paper trade MNQ using different MAs and order types (Market, Limit, and Stop Orders).

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Day 7-11: Advanced Indicators and Strategies

• Definitions:
  • Momentum, Volatility, Trend, Range Bound, Choppy Market.
  • Average True Range (ATR), Overbought, Oversold.
  • Band Extremes, Band Squeezes, ADX, DI.
• Tickflow Indicators:
  • ATR Bands, HMA Slope, Stochastic Oscillator.
  • HMA-Based Squeeze Pro, ADX-DI Oscillator.
• Entry/Exit Timing:
  • Using indicators individually and combining them for confluence in decision-making.
• Practical Exercise:
  • Access, Search, and Install Tickflow Indicators.
  • Live paper trade MNQ using Tickflow ATR Slope Band, HMA Slope, ADX-DI Oscillator, Squeeze Pro-HMA, and Tickflow Stochastic Oscillator.

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Day 12-14: Multi-Timeframe Analysis

• Charts: Daily, 30-Minute, 1-Minute, 15-Second.
• Key Levels: Marking Previous Day High, Low, and Close.
• Combining Indicators: Trend, Volatility, and Momentum for Confluence.
• Practical Exercise:
  • Access, Search, and Install Tickflow Indicators for Multi-Timeframes.
  • Live paper trade MNQ using Tickflow Indicators.

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Day 15-16: Trading Psychology and Risk Management

• Economic Events.
• Risk Management.
• Journaling and Trading Plan Development.
• Trading Psychology and Emotional Discipline.

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Day 17-19: Auction Market Theory and Volume Analysis

• Core Concepts:
  • Auction Market Theory.
  • Volume Profile, VWAP, Anchored VWAP.
• Practical Exercise:
  • Identify VAH, VAL, POC levels using Volume Profile and VWAP.
  • Identify +2 SD and -2 SD levels using Anchored VWAP.
  • Time entries using Tickflow Auction Profile Indicator and 1-Hour VWAP Indicator.

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Day 20: Course Recap and Trading Challenge

• Course Recap: Summarizing the Key Learnings.
• Trading Challenge Overview: Applying skills in a simulated trading environment.
• Q&A Session for Clarifications and Final Tips.