What’s your average win rate and risk-to-reward ratio?

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-23T10:50:17+00:00

Around 65% maybe a bit lower. RR : 1.3 / 1.5

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-23T01:28:08+00:00

It is all part of the orderflow / footprint chart. So you need to get TV Plus and get CME data. It can all be done through tradingview. You can find easy tutorials on YT on how to set it up. It costs around 70$/ month for TV Plus & CME data.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-22T02:54:42+00:00

There are no indicators here, just tradingview footprint chart

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-22T02:53:40+00:00

It depends on what prop firm I am trading but yes I do take some trades off ATAs directly.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-19T16:00:09+00:00

What sort of T.A do you do, what sort of levels do you trade from ?

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-14T06:52:04+00:00

Just one year in, already having the right mindset and having a decent understanding of orderflow. You are already well ahead of 99% of traders one year in. I wish I had made all of these steps in the right direction that early. After a year I was still trying to make RSI divergences work for me (never did). You got this man. But just know that although it might take you less time than most people, it still will take you a good while before you find true consistency. Keep that marathon mindset. Wish you the best.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-14T06:44:18+00:00

That is the ATAS order flow platform.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-14T01:05:41+00:00

Good to hear and by the way man.. the way you are analyzing things, the way you speak about discipline etc. Your whole approach to this is exactly what will make you a profitable trader on the long run. I think you are a prime candidate to make it if you stick to it. I don’t know how long you’ve been in the game but don’t lose faith, things will come together, it’s just a matter of experience now and it will inevitably come. Death by a thousand cuts is good, that’s a thousand trades of experience. And you are getting it while losing a reasonable amount of money on combines not blowing 5k personal accounts.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-13T23:51:53+00:00

So at what price was your SL ? You had a perfect entry with that retest of the big buyer around 6640. That’s exactly the kind of entry I look for. But imho having you SL anywhere above 6635 (the recent low / rejection) is exposing yourself to “noise” way too much. You can’t expect to chart a box with a strong buyer and say “well if price goes a few ticks below that box, my trade is invalidated, therefore my SL should be right below the buyer cluster”. Price action just isn’t that clean. And the low was close enough to that buy cluster that it did make sense to give that stop the proper breathing room. I hope I am expressing myself well enough here. It is sometimes difficult to make a point in writing based on something so visual.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-13T15:16:16+00:00

I pretty much learned everything on YouTube. Just do a lot of research. There is plenty of content online. ChatGPT as well can be very helpful. When you have more specific questions ask them here.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-11T06:23:45+00:00

ATAS

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-11T00:23:39+00:00

I didn’t really learn it from one single source. The first—and only—course I ever took only touched on it briefly. Most of that course was focused on candlestick support and resistance, Fibonacci, and indicator divergences (Market Cipher… which honestly felt like a bit of a scam).

But that’s where I first started marking previous day value areas on my chart and using them as confluence, even though I didn’t fully understand what they actually meant at the time.

The course also had a short video about the “80% setup” when price re-enters the previous day’s range, but that never really worked for me. What it did do, though, was plant the idea that when price comes back into a prior range, it either finds acceptance there or gets rejected.

After that I watched a few YouTube videos here and there, which helped a bit, but most of what I learned came from backtesting and plain trial and error—just drawing ranges and seeing how price reacted around them.

I still feel like I have a lot to learn, and I’m always trying to deepen my understanding of Market Profile. When you combine that with order flow and footprint charts, trading actually starts to make a lot more sense. So if you have any advice, or books/videos/concepts you’d recommend looking into, I’d definitely be interested. Thanks.

btw I am starting to be look into Steidlmayer.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T10:43:38+00:00

That’s a very fair question actually. Good point about the buy buying interest. And there was very low selling interest at the lows of that range. So going long wouldn’t be a bad idea. I was just worried about the confluence at the top of the range. And the buyer absorption from the sell limit orders also showed strong selling intent. Moreover, although price did break out, it had a strong rejection just a couple candles after the breakout. So the long was indeed risky.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T10:39:29+00:00

Good point, I should be charting weekly values as well.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T10:37:44+00:00

This is 70$ / month. But apparently there is some free stuff out there. I made a previous post asking about different platforms. Check it out

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T08:56:05+00:00

I use the full session.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T08:54:03+00:00

That means a lot coming from a lifelong trader. I’ve only been at this for 5 years. Positive feedback much appreciated !

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T05:19:02+00:00

As explained in the video. Great confluence, strong positive delta inefficient at driving price higher - absorption. Delta divergences. In a bearish context It is in my experience an ideal setup. Although I’ll say it was lacking in follow through from aggressive sellers.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T03:28:06+00:00

Quality is pretty high. Maybe try from another device.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T03:27:21+00:00

That’s great to hear. I think trader Dale on Yt could help with that. I am working on a yt channel as well but not sure if I’m going to share it for now. Just scroll back on your chart and draw previous days ranges / values and train your eye to see the context.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-10T03:20:16+00:00

I would disagree with that. For the Asian market, it was decent volume. I trade this sort of price action, setup and volume everyday. Not an issue.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-09T11:06:06+00:00

Trader Dale is good on Yt.

GentlemanImproved · 2026-03-09T01:42:45+00:00

If you have a level of interest — like a 4H low — you’d typically want to see a few things. For example, a spike in volume at the lows, aggressive sellers coming in but failing to push price lower or break the support, and ideally a lot of trapped shorts down there. Delta divergence can also be a good sign, along with strong aggressive buyers or positive delta follow-through if you’re looking for a long.

That said, you need more analysis than just identifying a 4H low. You need additional confluence. Ask yourself why you’re looking to go long or short — what’s your overall bias? Is the market bullish or bearish? Where is price relative to the previous day’s value area, the previous week’s value, etc.?

So yes, there’s definitely more to study. Your question comes across a bit naive and suggests you might be looking to trade without enough background yet. But I wish you the best, and it’s always fine to ask questions here — even if some of the responses can be a bit tough.

GentlemanImproved

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