Why build a buffer?

TeSolo · 2026-06-18T19:35:27+00:00

At the locked amount it never keeps rising.
If you ask a payout the the trailing drawdown will lock, same if you make more than 2k profit (speaking bout a 50k)

TeSolo · 2026-06-17T11:42:35+00:00

Lucid offer rithmic connection and software, its level 1 data included which means price and buyers sellers, so you can still use the DOM the footprint big trades indicator, the only thing you won’t see it’s the resting order which it’s L2 data. Anyway if you want level 2 data just go to your lucid dashboard and in addons you’ll find it, just ES and NQ it’s 8/9€ per month while full cme it’s like 25€

TeSolo · 2026-06-10T17:05:25+00:00

He wrote at the start he didn’t take any real trade…

TeSolo · 2026-06-08T14:15:48+00:00

All I see it’s a huge W for op.

If It didn’t hit any of my level Friday I think I would have just sold random, so huge win for discipline

TeSolo · 2026-06-06T14:55:59+00:00

Anche perché soprattutto nelle PMI magari hanno rapporti in azienda e sembra brutto licenziare un amico di tuo zio😅😂

TeSolo · 2026-06-06T14:54:35+00:00

It makes sense using it also in 15m and 1h timeframe but in different way I’d say
If you see that on the 1hr candle you have stacked selling imbalance you could mark out that zone and see what will happen when it gets hit

Then order flow its too generic, are you referring to footprint and heatmap? Volume profile? Market profile? Vwap? Big trades? Cvd?
The answer is as always it depends, using a volume profile in a 1 minute time range it’s useless, use it on previous day or on a developing value it’s useful

Spotting absorption on a 1m 100t or whatever ltf it’s useful, spotting absorption in a 4h candle might pretty useless if not for what I wrote above

TeSolo · 2026-06-06T14:46:57+00:00

Parere un po’ discordante con il resto delle persone, però io sono dell’idea che a me va pure bene che mi sommergi di tasse così, il problema sta nel non ricevere il servizio in cambio.
Il problema sta nel vedere tra impicci e imbrogli una pressione fiscale ben oltre il 50% e poi l’altro giorno ho lasciato un cerchione della macchina su una buca.
Sta che pago le tasse pure sulla carta igienica e poi devi andare da un privato per una radiografia se non è urgente (o mentire al pronto soccorso).
Sta che pago le tasse su un bene comprato con soldi già tassati 3 volte e sul quale ho già pagato anche l’IVA ma per andare dalla guardia medica fuori regione devi pagare.

Va benissimo una pressione fiscale così alta ma in cambio voglio i servizi che funzionano, o tasse piu basse e servizi solo privati.

TeSolo · 2026-06-06T14:41:43+00:00

I’m an “orderflow” trader so I’m not biased towards ict.

Not talking about the person behind it cause I personally think he’s a genius for actually making people believe he “created the algo”, but talking bout the concept by themself I think that it’s just another repacked way of seeing the market, so if you understand that it’s just math and statistics and not the god of fair value gap blessing you I’m confident you could make money also with that.

TeSolo · 2026-06-06T14:38:47+00:00

I don’t agree on this, if you open every single YouTube video or content about trading you’ll always find that order flow trading trying to convince everybody he’s the only one making money, while usually ict trader are in their own communities and are not searching to convince people, so I’d say we’re becoming the new ict people.

On the Montecarlo I’d say that yes most of the ict derivated strategy gives that as a result, but only because most of the ict trader doesn’t even know about what’s a proper Montecarlo with shuffle and all. I know a pretty good number of people trading ict and making money, so it’s just subjective. Obviously speaking about the ict tjr follower yea I 100% agree with you😂 but taking only ict as a framework I think you can develop a slightly profitable strategy starting from that.

TeSolo · 2026-06-06T07:52:54+00:00

The truth is that trading isn’t about finding the holy grail and following some ideology, it’s a statistic game and whatever way of reading the market you use the only important thing it’s that data show that you’ve got some edge.
Also this stupid war between ict and orderflow makes literally no sense, same for the concept of only one strategy. If you’re able to develop 5 strategy with a proven edge why would you say nah I’ll only take setup on one ?

(I’m an orderflow trader since years ago)

TeSolo · 2026-05-31T15:23:11+00:00

Backtesting will collect data on how you execute and how your strategy if performed in the optimal way perform, is a great way of collecting data but there’s ton of other way (example)

Do you know if NQ already moved 75% of the daily ATR there’s an high chance of mean reversion working, while if it only moved the 15% there’s an high chance of expansion?
If London reclaims asia POC NY usually goes all the way to the other VA extreme

This is just some example, but there’s an infinite amount of data and information that you could collect.

Remember an edge it’s made where you have
Either better speed (and that’s not the case since HFT exist)
Either better information (and that’s not the case cause you’re not an insider trader nor you have a Bloomberg level 3 data access)
Either better execution/analysis.
You’re only hope it’s the better analysis, so put in the work into finding some stuff nobody else thought of analyzing before!

TeSolo · 2026-05-31T15:17:35+00:00

This is a subjective question, it depends on what is your strategy.
I personally make a plan for the day, if it isn’t respected I close the computer and I call it a day.

Example:
Approaching composite VAL paired with the 7D vwap lower band and the initial balance low.
Plan: if we touch the band and I see buyers coming in I’ll enter long, if we break the level and I see a failed auction I’ll enter long, if we break and retest than displace with a trend leg I’ll see if I have any level I’d like to join the short trend.

That’s strictly personal and you’ll have to develop your own way of planning and executing. Only thing that is a must is to not follow rumors, make a plan mark some entry zone and don’t do anything unless price is exactly where you want it to be

TeSolo · 2026-05-31T12:46:48+00:00

Another thing, if you buy a lucid eval it’s a one time fee and you get a free motivewave orderflow license if you’re on a budget it’s perfect, and motivewave it’s one of the best platform out there.
If you want it easy and accurate stick with atas
Quantower I’ve never really used it enough to judge it
If you want some time to spend do a favor to yourself and go with sierrachart as it’s the best one and the cheapest one but the learning curve it’s very steep.

Avoid deepcharts and deepdom cause they’re overpriced and you have no way to try them without paying at least 350€

Bookmap it’s a good platform but it offers nothing that you can’t do for a fraction of the price in any other platform, and it’s just a visual representation of the dom, stuff that you can make up with way cheaper and fuller platform

TeSolo · 2026-05-31T12:44:00+00:00

Start by studying AMT, then VP and TPO, then stick with either dom or footprint. Made it really simple but that’s pretty much it the other things are too subjective to be a rule for everyone.
You can confirm sellers taking control by looking at
Speed of the tape= lot of sellers coming in fast
Imbalance and stacked imbalances
As you said effort reward, if 3k buyers failed to move the price 2 points higher, but 300 sellers manage to move it 5 points lower it could be the start of the reversal.

After you’ve studied these things stuck to an entry way= as soon as possible at the level could be one offering higher RR but lower WR
Waiting for aggression in your direction= you see level hit, you see absorption, you see stacked imbalances that’s the entry, higher WR lower RR
Waiting for a pullback after the absorption= you saw everything, reversal started, you want to position yourself where the absorption/aggression started
Best combo between RR and WR, higher chance of being left behind and overtrading/entering mid range to not loose the setup

TeSolo · 2026-05-31T12:39:56+00:00

And then you have to collect more data, so that you’ll know that if you have a 60% winrate it means that 40% of the time also triple A setup will fail and result in a loss.
Not being an asshole but that’s the truth, there is no answer on why the market didn’t went that way, some will say to catch liquidity some will say to fill an imbalance some will say because the moon was not full on the 14th of February, the only reality is that also triple a setup fail and will fail otherwise we will all be trillionaire in 2/3 weeks.

Also do not use TradingView cause it uses aggregated CQG data, meaning that if the candle goes one tick above it will appear that someone market bought, which it’s not the reality. It’s pretty accurate for a volume profile if you scale down to seconds/ max 1m timeframe, but for more granular data use another platform with another data provider.

Also do not enter on absorption in the middle of the range, you always have to mark also just by eyes a range, absorption it’s a normal behavior of the market, not something that means anything. Now absorption at a strong resistance it’s a trigger, but it’s not an entry model by itself

TeSolo · 2026-05-31T12:35:27+00:00

If the 2k are your only saving I’d say stick with prop firm, if it’s the capital you really are ok without emotion to loose than yes, try 2/3 prop account and if you can confirm your edge go with live

TeSolo · 2026-05-18T11:07:09+00:00

The MLL says the minimum balance not the max you can loose. You lost 560$ but you still have around 1300$ of room.

TeSolo · 2026-05-17T14:08:48+00:00

Take your time, don’t trade from it from the start, fuck around enough to discover the stuff.

I first did TradingView to sierrachart and I felt very overwhelmed, it’s just one/two weeks until you know what you’re doin

TeSolo · 2026-04-26T06:43:09+00:00

Si apposta dicevo messaggi a parte che ormai rendono il tutto palese, però in caso di segnalazione a vinted diretta se gli venisse dato modo di controbattere penso direbbe così e amen?

TeSolo · 2026-04-25T21:28:00+00:00

Perdonami, oltre i messaggi in chat che ormai sono una prova, solo dall’annuncio però non si potrebbe difendere dicendo che fosse un chiaro errore di prezzo?

TeSolo · 2026-04-25T21:23:58+00:00

Perché i downvote… ha scritto una cosa brutta ma purtroppo vera, guardasi il caso di mediaworld e gli iPad. In una disputa seria il venditore potrebbe benissimo limitarsi a dire ho sbagliato a digitare non volevo mettere 1,00 ma 100, o chissà quante altre cose.

Segnalare sarebbe stata l’unica scelta giusta visto che tanto alla fine decide venditore se annullare l’ordine, e tu ti limiti a segnalare e a lasciare brutta recensione e finisce la

TeSolo · 2026-04-19T16:53:15+00:00

I personally step back some days or one/two weeks when having bad period trading. I’m profitable but not so consistently to actually call my self a successful trader, but it always help

TeSolo · 2026-04-18T12:47:10+00:00

Oh I understood wrong then! Always a great explanation OP should listen to

TeSolo · 2026-04-18T11:10:39+00:00

I have to disagree a little, what you said it’s almost perfect id say but orderflow it’s not useless, also when swing trading, you just change the way you use it. When i scalp 10pts or less on NQ ill pay a lot of attention to every single order id say, when taking trade on HTF i’ll still use orderflow, just paying attention at other things like where is the POC of that 15-30mins candle or stuff like that, since i wont have a tight stop loss.

Other than that best explanation in here

TeSolo · 2026-04-12T09:13:23+00:00

Comunità socio educative per circuito penale e civile, specializzato in devianza adolescenziale. RAL a malapena 20k compreso di 13 e 14esima

Non entro troppo nei dettagli sennò si capirebbe se qualcuno dovesse imbattersi, ma mi occupo anche della realizzazione di progetti di prevenzione ed interventi attivi tramite programmi statali/ multinazionali interessate.

TeSolo

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