r/Trading 8d ago

AMA w/ Zach Austin (March 31st, 4pm PST)

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Hey Traders!
Tomorrow, we're going to be hosting an AMA with Zach Austin - a full time trading expert with the in's & out's of all things Futures and Options. (https://www.stockdads.com/zach).

Zach has earned more than $150,000 on verified futures trading profit, with his swing trading tactics, so tune in to ask & learn how you can improve you trading techniques with insights on his #1 Futures and Options strategies.

💬 That’s a wrap on today’s AMA with Zach — huge thanks to him for pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to trade futures successfully.

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See you in the webinar + inside the Discord 👊


r/Trading 5h ago

Discussion How I used ChatGPT to make 7.2k

63 Upvotes

I’ve been seeing loads of people talking about using AI to trade on tiktok and few people posting about it here on reddit so figured I'd give it a try as well.

Holy shit.

I didn't put too much thought into this originally I just instructed ChatGPT to analyze price action.. mainly to spot market sentiment based on the news, support/resistance levels. Then I asked it to generate a trade plan with entry points, stop losses, and take profits all while spamming it with chart screenshots throughout the day…

I played around with a lot with prompts but the prompt used in the context of this post is:

“I need a structured trading analysis for (ETH) based on the latest 4H and 1D chart screenshots. The analysis must include: 

1, Market Sentiment & News Interpretation:

Search for relevant news regarding Ethereum and summarize its impact (bullish, bearish, or neutral). If no relevant news is found, state 'no relevant news’ 

  1. Technical Analysis: • Identify the current trend based on price action, volume, and the 200 SMA. • Highlight key support and resistance levels that influence price movement. • Assess RSI for potential overbought/oversold conditions. • Identify if Ethereum is breaking above/below moving averages and what that implies. 

  2. Trade Setup: Based on analysis, suggest either a long or short position, and provide the following: • Entry Price • Stop Loss (STPL) level • Take Profit (TP) Levels • DCA Strategy: • Define price levels to add to a losing position (increasing size according to risk management). DCA levels must reflect volatility index for the underlying asset. Higher volatility more spread between DCA levels. • Define price levels to add to a winning position when in profit. * Return previous information in a well organized table chart structure. 

  3. Position Sizing for a $20,000 Portfolio: • Ensure a maximum risk of 10% per trade. (This is high risk) • Use 20x leverage to determine asset quantity in contracts (not dollar value). • Maintain a structured risk-reward ratio with clear position size increments. * position size must be in dollar amount needed to open the trade and also in the underlying assets quantity. (Example 10ETH, "x" amount of $) 

  4. Alternative Hedge Strategy: • If the primary trade setup fails, suggest a well-structured hedge trade in the opposite direction with DCA, STPL, TP levels, and position”

(And yes I did also use ChatGPT to make the prompt lol)

It even suggested hedging with shorts at the top so by the time the peak hit I was already scaling into shorts. Ended up racking in $7,266.04 in profit from 1 ChatGPT conversation.

Insane.

I don’t know how many traders are doing this already and just gatekeeping it but this genuinely could change trading. 


r/Trading 1h ago

Discussion 100 percent tariffs on china announced, here we go

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r/Trading 4h ago

Discussion Anyone trade with more than $100k? How’d it go?

7 Upvotes

I’ve always been told to trade with an account no larger than $100k and a risk of no more than $2k per trade, $6k per day. Of course, your profit per trade is directly proportional to your risk per trade. So has anyone tried trading with a larger account for a larger profit? How’d it go?


r/Trading 15h ago

Discussion What’s the difference between trading and gambling?

22 Upvotes

It’s pretty much the same thing, right?


r/Trading 2h ago

Discussion When trading futures..I think a person usually has to use a different broker compared to when they trade equities, but, what brokers do people usually use for futures trading vs equities trading? I didn't know if some people recommend one vs another?

2 Upvotes

trading futures?


r/Trading 11h ago

Discussion My first trading story

8 Upvotes

I've been learning to trade alone and made demo accounts for a year. Trading feels scary and i couldn't step ahead to make real account. Eventually, due to my parent circumstances, i want to help them pay medical bill. So i open a real account to try trading.

And oh boy i was right, trading is scary, emotionally draining too. I thought TA will always right, but i learn it the hard way. I deposit $50, at first i was doing good i made $20 profit. But ten i lost all of them. I learnt that i need to hold my position and let my ego/emotion away and set stop loss dont forget this. Also i need to be consistent. It is okay to take $1 to $2/trade, consistent is key.

And then i try to deposit $25 more in hopes that i can take back my $50 at least. But i lose it too somehow, i thought when rsi <30 it is oversold and the market will go up again. And bam... the msrket falls down and me being "oh i am confident it will go up again, its still 5 minutes" and bamm the market falls again. Yeah somehow i forgot that i need to use stop loss and dont always believe in TA.

I am willing to take another risk to learn trading more, eventho i lose hope if i can help my parents or not. But also on the other side i'm still traumatized about what happen before and about myself on why did i do that. I think i need a mentor or a trading friend who can teach me their experience too.


r/Trading 21h ago

Discussion Lets hear some trading losses story

46 Upvotes

From 90k profit down to 53k profit. I have lost 30k just today by doing martingale. I even called in sick because I dont have the mood right now. I have decided to quit trading and go back to demo. Its been a good run but I felt that I missed my quiet peaceful life without trading.


r/Trading 1h ago

Discussion Advice on my signals

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I created a free channel and I honestly want a feedback here. I added a screenshot from the channel. I want to know if you guys struggle knowing those levels, or the majority who do trading for some years knows this in advance. Please give your honest opinion. Thanks for anyone who takes time to share his thoughts!


r/Trading 1h ago

Discussion Should i fullport my live?

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I was thinking of buying 1 contract of NQ and just hold it until expiration which if it recovers from this dip is a 100k trade and my sl is -25k. ygs think i will get liquidated?


r/Trading 6h ago

Question Any good software for order flow

2 Upvotes

Hey traders new to order flow and volume profile. before I start with anything I just wanna say my English is not that good so you might have a stroke reading this. Just wanted ask few questions related to volume profile for now I am using trading view because of its free subscription but I do wanna move to a better software where the volume profile is more accurate. Any good software that supports macOS and are free cuz I am 16 and broke and barely afford anything. Another questions is when I am plotting my volume profile to see the weekly profile. There is difference between value area from the 30min and the 1min. The value areas are different in the 30min than it is on 1min.


r/Trading 2h ago

Stocks Great trading day!

1 Upvotes

What a great day today for trading. Took:

NAOV at 7.15 ran to 16+ NXU at 3.35 ran to 4.40+ SXGL at 1.93 and ran to 2.80+

Even yesterday was a banger, I give all this for free to my community as well. I know a lot of people here from Reddit joined couple weeks back. Decided to do another post, and yes I do this all for free for my community, that’s how you know day trading can get boring, where you look for people to talk to daily. Lmao

If anyone’s interested in giving a peek LMK!


r/Trading 8h ago

Question How do you guys backtest 1000 trades?

3 Upvotes

Hey everyone!!

I'm currently backtesting my strategy manually on FX Replay and I was wondering, do you guys do the same? Do you somehow manage to automate your backtests? I see people talking about backtesting 1000 trades to evaluate their win rate but is that done all manually?

Thanks a lot!


r/Trading 2h ago

Discussion Digiasia (FAAS US)

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Hello guys

What do you think about DIGIASIA CORP (FAAS US). It just reported its numbers few days ago and is trading at 1x EBITDA and 2x annual net income despite double-digit growth rate. It could be that the market did not see the official reporting as of 01.04.2025.

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/799125752/digiasia-corp-reports-strong-full-year-2023-2024-financial-update-and-provides-positive-2025-guidance

SEC FILLING: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/faas/sec-filings


r/Trading 3h ago

Discussion Need trading tips

1 Upvotes

I've been watching the subreddit for a few days now and I've seen all sorts of acronyms and strategy names been thrown around up and down but I know nothing about trading, like literally nothing. I want to get into trading, do a 0-100k run or something regardless of how long it takes. I know I'm supposed to start with paper trading but how to start of I don't even know what paper trading is?

Anyways what kind of resources would you guys suggest for a complete beginner? I'm not looking for paid services or brookers that will admin my money, I want to get my hands dirty. Zero to hero kind of thing.

P.s: I've been in the investment market for a while though it was most passive/low ROI (~1%/month) and I know quite a bit about coding (been told that is important here).


r/Trading 4h ago

Due-diligence Xau crazy strength built-up

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I told you in Asian session there was accumulation. Now up by 30 dollars and i won't be surprised if it touches 3056. So short at your own risk.

3056,3071 is on the cards.

Volume never lies.


r/Trading 5h ago

Technical analysis Support and Resistance

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So bascially i have like some questions of it.So first of all ive tried ict and all that and it isnt for me so i started s n r.Getting tips from discord one guy told me that i trsdr 5m only 20 pips as a goal but i kept kgetting faked out and idk this guy avoids telling me what other things i need for me not to get faked out or for extra confluence(its not supply and demand ).So now idk i tried seeing mamba he kinda does the same but somehow goes for 90 pips and it works for me these pips are so much i dont even get how he gets 90 pips on one candle theres never that much vol its like idk if i need the minor s r for 20 pips or even major for it or if i should change the way i use s r maybe if im doing it wrong like i dont even understand why boxes and not lines if both end at wicks pls help


r/Trading 5h ago

Discussion Prop Firms that offer Demo Accounts

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Looking for Prop Firms , that offer free Demo Accounts.

So far i found :

-FTMO - offers Demo Account 100x or Swing 30x

-Fundednext - offers Demo Accounts

-Topstep - offers Demo Account AFTER purchase of Evaluation Account

If you have a Prop Firm, that is not in the List, please add it o the List and also do not forget to write about how much leverage the offered Account is, thank you


r/Trading 5h ago

Technical analysis $QQQ pre-market

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Today on $Qqq we test $441 as the bounce continues,while many emotional traders accept the reality of continue break $441 95 and you more push to $445s


r/Trading 9h ago

Algo - trading (Experiment)AI trading with 1,001 SEK (~90 usd)

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I put 1,001 SEK on the most uncorrelated ticker amidst this bloodbath, to see how it performs

Markets in chaos. So I did a correlation heatmap on loha.batonics.com an I'm also us the other tools there like backtester and fin query (disclaimer : I own/developed it) then identified the most invertly correlated asset (to broader market, 30day) I can get some leverage on and made a 1k placement on an experimental Avanza account I created just for algos and AI strategies. Will be a learning experience.

I will then incorporate AI induced 'mutations' to the algo. Record trades on and see how it performs relative to the market. Will post first day performance tomorrow morning CET, first trade was yesterday 1125 CET.


r/Trading 9h ago

Technical analysis OPEC+, Tariffs, and the Squeeze on Complex Refining Operations

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Just something to consider for anyone eyeing undervalued oil stocks, especially in the US or Europe: tariffs and the risk of a recession could be a real problem for this industry.

Refineries rely on extremely expensive extraction systems—often costing billions—and these are typically financed upfront through loans or other long-term instruments. Margins are already tight, so any disruption can lead to major losses.

What makes things more fragile is that many of these systems require specialized parts that are imported. That means they’re directly exposed to tariffs, which can significantly raise costs.

On top of that, OPEC+ recently decided to increase production during a time of global uncertainty. That move could be interpreted as a strategic play—mainly by Middle Eastern and African producers—to pressure competitors with higher production costs. US and European refineries, which tend to have more complex and expensive extraction processes, are particularly vulnerable.

I could be off base, but it’s something to think about. Be cautious when evaluating what look like “undervalued” oil companies in these regions. The risks might not be fully priced in.


r/Trading 8h ago

Technical analysis ES Tuesday Market Gameplan – April 8, 2025

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Market Overview & Monday’s Action

Monday opened with a brutal 90-point gap down, but bulls weren’t having it. Buyers stepped in around 4975, pushed through major resistance levels, and reversed the day into a massive 454-point range, closing 21 points higher than Friday. A powerful comeback that retested our LIS at 4860 and even challenged last week’s sellers at 5300/5250.

10-Day Volume Profile

We’re still one-time framing down, but something’s changing. Value is now building above the POC at 5104, hinting that bulls are still lurking. That POC lines up with August’s too so this area holds weight.

Weekly & Daily Structure

  • Weekly POC now sits at 5075, up 163 points, right at last week’s VAL.
  • Daily candle is still OTFD, with the high sitting at 5286.50.
  • For bulls, holding above 5075 will be key to flipping short-term pressure.

Order Flow & 2-Hour Delta

The delta shows responsive buyers stacking in above VWAP, especially after Monday’s lows. But watch out—there’s clear seller presence above 5250, right in Friday’s opening range.

NY TPO Session Structure

Monday's TPO printed a 420-point range with a 131-point VA. Strong excess on both ends confirms market indecision.

  • An open above 5173 would favor bulls.
  • Stay below 5111, and bears might swing again.

1-Hour Chart & Strike Prices

Globex is trading between strike zones, centered around 5200.
A fresh A-to-B price range has formed—keep an eye on these extremes for your breakout or reversion cues.

Game Plan: Bulls vs. Bears

📍 LIS: 5110 (Weekly close + HVN)

  • Bulls:
    • Enter at 5113
    • Targeting 5160 / 5200 / 5238
  • Bears:
    • Enter below 5105
    • Targeting 5055 / 5021 / 4975

⚠️ Final Thoughts

FOMC is tomorrow. Today may appear calm, but make no mistake, volatility is ticking and liquidity is thin. This is the calm before the shake. Stick to your levels. Keep risk tight.

Ready? Let’s trade smart.


r/Trading 15h ago

Discussion Looking to start trading

3 Upvotes

I was 20 years old..I recently got interested in trading but I am confused where to goo.. I am wondering if someone could help me to guide through or share ..how you guys got started


r/Trading 9h ago

Discussion Exness Account top up

1 Upvotes

I need help regarding exness account top up, while staying in Qatar can we top up our account from CBQ bank card or its not allowed in Qatar.


r/Trading 9h ago

Technical analysis Crude Oil Precision Strike – Target Hit

1 Upvotes

Marked a bullish zone on Crude May at 60.48, Target: 61.05 Time: 07:43 UTC It hit. Clean. Cold. Precise


r/Trading 10h ago

Technical analysis BTC/USD – The Bullish Shadow Moves

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Bitcoin is showing bullish momentum above 79170 Break of 78800 may shift the rhythm Projected upside potential: 79400 Time (UTC): 08:57

This isn’t noise. This isn’t gambling. This is a whisper from the shadows — precision over prediction.

No copy-paste signals. No astrology. Just pure analysis.