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In the last article we looked at the Cobra trading pattern for the daily timeframe. The scale of the model is 4-5 trading sessions, so it is difficult to identify more than three models over the period of one contract. Slide #1 - September contract Slide #2 - June contract This year's June...

This week and next week, large traders will start locking in their positions on the June S&P500 index futures contract. Having gathered statistical data for the contract, I did some research to identify trading patterns and set the right values for filters and alerts. In this article I will...

75% of the currently held gold has been produced since 1910, two-thirds since 1950. South Africa has been the source of much of the world's gold reserves and about 22% of the currently accounted for gold comes from South Africa. In 2020, China was the world's leading gold producer, followed in...

Light Sweet Crude Oil 13.03-19.05.2023 The VolFix platform offers a trading rating service for traders who have given public access to real-time information about their trades in simulated accounts (paper-accounts). The modern investor will study the statement and monitor the trader's trades...

About Order Book, Level I and II Market Data The most reliable tool that traders use to make trading decisions is Level I and Level II market data. Market data comes directly from the exchange - for example, the NYSE and the CME provide Level I and II data for stocks and futures contracts...

The eur/usd pair is familiar to the average trader. An overview of current volume support and resistance levels. Many of you who send questions to my email ask about the software I use to analyse market activity and trade. This is my mistake, we will correct it now. I should have introduced you...

A little bit about my trade, or rather the two I opened on the 19th this week. The first slide is a cluster chart of the ES500. Standard core levels of the week, major support and resistance levels. Also added is the VWAP weekly and daily timeframe indicator. On the chart marked with a circle...

At the moment, there is an interesting combination in crude oil. The first days of liquid trading of the JUN23 futures contract. Just above you can examine the slide. Here is the CHART:: Classic Profile Chart / Delta by price TF:: Day Total H&P.Histograms Volume/Delta Open Interest yellow/gray...

The total volume figure for the day varies between 900k and 1,000k. For the ES500 index, the overshoot of 1200k is a strike indicator of the day. Delta Imbalance (lower histogram)-last trading days, was on the side of buyers. And if we add the Open Interest indicator, which as many expected...

words, wishes to the one who sets off Everyone chooses their own path. Time will tell whether it will be easy or difficult. My path began in 2008. Speculation on the stock market is not taught in institutes and universities. From that day, when I made my first trade until this day, I am...

Hello, The impact of OPEC and its oil production quotas is a great tool to regulate demand/supply. Those traders who have not yet experienced the GAP price after the weekend in the market and how much plans can change because of it - have been able to learn a lesson, regardless of the outcome...

From the first days of the June contract the EUR/USD pair was aiming for 1.1. Five days of steady momentum has not been seen for a long time on this instrument and those who followed the trend have clearly made money. But what happens now? Where is that stable trend? Several times a year...

Vitol became vertically integrated, which would allow it to minimise investment in and dependence on actual oil production. He says: “I would kill – kill! – for such a system”. Although setting up such a structure would be costly, Taylor and his colleagues want to remain a private company at all...

For profitable trading it will be advisable to make trades at the moments of trading session when strong price movement is the most probable, and those periods when market is weak or is in sideways movement, exclude trading operations. After the first study of market tendencies one might think...

Instead of paying a fine by refusing to admit guilt, Vitol agreed to a plea bargain in New York State Supreme Court. Other companies, including Chevron, were going through similar civil and criminal proceedings at the time, but few pleaded guilty. Taylor says: “We went to this to protect our own...

If you are waiting for the right moment to speculate on the S&P500 index, the time has come. The new contract has tested the key, volumetric level/massive (marked in blue). Other indices are in a similar +/- situation. Pay attention to the liquidity delta of the aggressors for the day. Out...

For Vitol, oil is just the beginning. The company mixes different types of fuel to obtain a product of exactly the right quality for a particular region, customer or even season. To guarantee an uninterrupted supply, Vitol pays in advance to companies such as Russia’s Rosneft, or to entire...

When stocks across all sectors go into the red zone for more than a day or two and gold on the COMEX goes from 1820 to 1920 in a couple of sessions - fear has settled in the hearts of investors. In an era of Uranus, Cryptocurrency and clean air trading, self-preservation instincts compel a...

Vitol in its current form began taking shape in 1990, when Dettinger and seven other partners sold the company for between $100m and $200m (the actual figures have not been disclosed) to a team of around 40 employees, including Taylor. The buyout was financed by Dutch bank ABN and former trader...

The March contract will lose its liquidity by the end of the week and become history. In fact, it is possible to summarise the results, plus it is doubly enjoyable to do so for the March contract. Why? The end of this contract means that spring is just outside the window. Slide#1 -...