Scalping, Day Trading & Futures
Trading CME futures is approached here without pretense or easy promises. Scalping, day trading, the order book, market structure, and Stoic psychology: the goal is to build a discipline that lasts, session after session.
This central section gathers all dimensions of my active trading journey since 1994. From daily market session analysis before the US open to commented replays in Inside the Trade, alongside technical analysis (classical and Smart Money Concepts) and intellectual self-defense against cognitive biases.
I share my trading method, refined over more than three decades on US indices (Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow Jones, Russell 2000), crude oil, and gold: an exacting craft where risk management and mental mastery matter far more than finding a miracle indicator.
Browse the subcategories and articles below to structure your approach to the markets, whether you are starting from scratch or looking to stabilize your consistency.
What is a seller on the financial markets? Sellers on the financial markets, are intermediaries between traders and their clients. Sellers work together with market maker traders and are responsible for client relationships. Sellers on financial markets are the ones who really know the clients, their needs, their resources, etc. Specifically, when clients call to […]
What does it mean to be a bear? Being a bear on the financial markets means selling shares that you don’t have and buying them back later at a lower price. This technique is also called short selling or shorting. This imagery is used because when bears attack the movement is from a high position […]
What is a quantitative analyst? Quants or quantitative analysts are math addicts who do « tough math » to develop new pricing models, risk measures and hedging systems. These models are then used by traders to assess the value of their financial assets more accurately, and more generally to mathematically manage their operations. Quantitative analysis is the […]
What is a trader? Firstly, before wanting to become a TRADER, it is good to know the daily activities of this profession. A trader is « a wholesaler » whose role is to provide liquidity on the markets, they are therefore market makers. Specifically, when a customer calls a bank to buy or sell securities, he is […]
Trading on your own account, a difficult freedom to acquire Trading on your own account, a dream of freedom For a few years I have wanted to become a trader on my own account, a desire and also a fantasy, the idea is to acquire a form of freedom, to really be the master of […]
Tick size is an anti-scalping weapon for brokers and a handicap imposed on traders Definition of tick size A tick size is the minimum gap between 2 consecutive prices. It is the gap between the bid and offer price, imposed by regulators of regulated products, such as futures or CFD brokers who choose their tick […]
It may seem strange to have a trading rule which says that we should not follow the rules. And yet, I think that there are « conventional » trading rules which are commonly accepted, never questioned, applied by the vast majority of traders, and which can be harmful to our results. It is helpful to remember that […]
Why do I trade CFDs and Futures at the same time?
Why do I trade with ProRealTime CFD and ProRealTime Futures?
Try a Free Demo Account or a Real acount
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
My Cfds and Futures Broker
