There are no stupid questions dude! You're absolutely correct, the U.S. initial balance will be formed in about 9 minutes. BUT, a little while ago I found out that sometimes trading the Asia and London session highs and lows has more momentum and ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Happy Friday everyone! U.S. markets coming up today and all long positions opened and closed quickly today. Done for the day and done for the week! Here's this week's report. Stay safe out there! Also, having trouble with execution speeds. S&P 500 ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Hey man thanks for the comment! So the dark gray is the Asia and London session's high, mid and low. The light gray is the U.S. session's initial balance. Even though I don't trade it much I still like to see it. Also, since most of my trades are ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Very short trading day. U.S. indexes keep bleeding and shorts were triggered at the open. A lag in MetaTrader 5 made the Dow Jones position open higher than it was supposed to but still worked out. All done for the day. Stay safe out there!

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Sure yeah. Did you have any questions about this trading method?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Today's trades, 2 shorts and a long. Also, a dollar cost averaging position close on the Dow Jones.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Officially hit the +100% return mark! image Here are today's trades. Two shorts and a long. Finally got MetaTrader to work on Mac after the horrendous update that they made. In case anyone is having the same problem just update to the "Beta" ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Managed to get my trades in through my old MacBook. Quick and small target profits hit. Done for the day. The rest of the day will e dedicated to getting the old version of MT5 back on my current computer.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Yeah those are all .exe files. I work on Mac. UGH. I'll keep searching.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Cant open link, says I'm blocked. Context?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Good morning everyone! Any Mac users of MT5 having trouble with the new 5570 build? I opened it up this morning and I can't get anything to load.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

First month of the year live trading is done! Here is my report, I am almost at the point of +100%. I was a few dollars away today but I did something stupid: didn't follow my rules and manually traded based on impulse. I've done it before and ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Small market update: the Dow just recouped a little over half of it's sell off from this mornings earnings reports.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

U.S. Indexes are TANKING today. I left a lot on the table but I met my personal daily quota so I'm good. No Dow Jones trades since I saw that spike from the over night session and the open was too mixed (NADEX session bearish, US open extremely ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Well put. Do you mind explaining to the rest of us how you confirm breakouts? How do you combine volume and trend context?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Take Profits hit on small targets today. Only took trades on the Dow Jones and S&P500. I closed the S&P position manually, I dont want to stick around for today's FOMC events. All done for today! Stay safe out there. P.S. Yes I got an updated EA ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

S&P 500 futures hitting ATH overnight and my positions from last night hitting TP.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Long Day! Took a loss on an S&P 500 short, took some longs that were VERY close to my TP but didnt break so I'll have to hold those over night. Nasdaq provided profits for that loss and ALMOST hit 26000 where I have a target for some dollar cost ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Dude yeah Dow Jones just ripped today. Also, the think about MindFuck is if you stare at charts all day, you're gonna get it. That's why I try and use the EA, that has been backtested, forward tested on demo and now live. It's in, it's out and ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Hell yeah dude! I like it.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)