Thank you Seth and Garrett for sharing this information for those of us who really see the value in options trading. I was wondering if these four modules would be made part of the SMB OPTIONS program that I'm already been a part of.
The only You Tube trading instructional I watch is SMB Capital. These guys are the real deal, no fluff. I would love to see the algo's. ONE GOOD TRADE!
Thanks Seth and Garret. Among millions of you tube videos, it is very rare to see any one else talking about the execution skill like they are demonstrated in this video. Probably because most people make so call educational trading videos but they themselves can't even make a winning trade.
@leon the greatest traders become better and better at execution. It's a skill that takes a while to master and you truly never "master" it, you just get better and better at it over time in a process of continuous improvement
This is the clearest presentation of this difficult topic that I have yet encountered. I'll get back to you after backtesting but I am optimistic. Seth & Garrett make a good team.
@@sethfreudberg4750 I have found this script online. I would imagine you could at it on think script.. def upDaysVolume = Sum(If(close > close[1], volume, 0), 50); def downDaysVolume = Sum(If(close < close[1], volume, 0), 50); def upDownRatio = upDaysVolume / downDaysVolume; AddLabel(yes, Concat("Up/Down Ratio: ", upDownRatio), if upDownRatio > 1 then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);
Thanks for sharing, couple questions: Do you folks have some back testing to show win rate and p/l buying at various points during the day at the 30 delta? IE Do you guys have "proof" that this setup actually has edge? What about theta decay when buying 0 dte options? 0dte will NOT hold extrinsic value...
Why do you hold until the close? I would take profit but I’m a novice trader so my question is helpful to others I’m sure. Do you want to risk assignment?
this video was absolutely fantastic- enjoyed it thoroughly, very clear explanation and I definitely will incorporate this into my trading strategy. Thanks to both of you for creating this!!
@@wingandaprayer72 Have a look at Trading View Indicators and Search under VOLD - a lot of member scripts come up - I use the Market Breadth Ratio - it shows for the NQ and NYSE
Excellent Video. Thanks to Seth & Garrett. Quick question -- in the video, you used the ticker $ADQD (NASDAQ Advancing Issues - Declining Issues Difference) to plot the ADline for the Qs. What is the proper ticker for the S&P? Is it $ADSPD or $ADSPDC? Or something else entirely? Thanks so much. You guys are a treasure trove of know-hows.
I created this TOS Study for VOLD. Set up for Nasdaq. Has input boxes to change. declare lower; input price1 = FundamentalType.CLOSE; input price2 = FundamentalType.CLOSE; input symbol1 = "$UVOL/Q"; input symbol2 = "$DVOL/Q"; plot Ratio = if Fundamental(price1, symbol1) >= Fundamental(price2, symbol2) then Fundamental(price1, symbol1) / Fundamental(price2, symbol2) else -( Fundamental(price2, symbol2) / Fundamental(price1, symbol1)); Ratio.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HISTOGRAM); Ratio.DefineColor("Up", Color.UPTICK); Ratio.DefineColor("Down", Color.DOWNTICK); Ratio.AssignValueColor(if Fundamental(price1, symbol1) >= Fundamental(price2, symbol2) then Ratio.Color("Up") else Ratio.Color("Down"));
This was very helpful as I just started using these same indicators recently and needed a good up to date understanding of how to use them. I trade 0DTE on the SPX
I really appreciate the content to make us stronger traders. I certainly have learned much to help me with my trading from technical, psycholigical, to strategy. All of it so helpful.
Hi Garrett, one issue. I am trading in Indian Market (NSE). I am not able to find these market internals for specific indian indices. Can you please help with this or suggest any alternatives? Thanks in advance.
On some of your charts, you used 15 minute charts. On others you used 5 minute charts. When you are looking at these internals, does this mean you can use any time frame? Which one should you use?
Great video, just finished all three, they tie together so beautifully. However I am having a bitch of a time making my VOLD and other indicators look like yours on TOS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thx for the video, the trade examples are buy and hold the option through the close. Many of us prefer to trade the intraday reversal patten. Can the next video demonstrate how these indicators can be used for that trading style?
Thanks for this video. I’m really wanting to get the VOLD ratio but I don’t see it in interactive brokers. Could there be a different name for it? I also looked for UVOL and DVOL and those aren’t there either.
Great video, I'm going to share it on X. One question though (I'm not that tech savy) how do i set up the $VOLD indicator like you have it? Also can i do it on tradingview? Thanks 👍
My question is , you buy a call, if call not in money by expiration, then value is 0; if the long call in the money, you let it expire in the money, then system can automatically calculate the credit for my trading account and credit me next day? Won’t get margin call since broker asked me to buy 100 shares of that index?
Thanks for offering these lessons! But I can't find VOLD on any stock chart a non-professional investor uses. Could anyone share on which platform I can find it?
Earlier today I believe that the DVOL was about 60,000 and UVOL was over or about 240,000... giving it a ratio of 4-1 to the downside and the ADD was a holding a constant -1500/-1600...even the TICK was a constant negative. I experimented, with only 1 contact of SPX shorting a call out of the money thinking that the market would go down....since the indicators were expressing that. As soon, as I realized a trend up breaking a daily high, I got out of the trade with a very little loss. Am I missing something? With all the negative indicators mentioned above how could the market keep going up?
Hi and great series... Quick question though, I use ToS but I'm not familiar with setting up the code for your $VOLD Histogram variation and I don't see the Cumulative Tick selection either? Any chance you could do a quick video on getting them established on ToS charts? Thank you.
I see you said on a trend day that there is a lot of ticks around 1000 or 1200 but what if the market is running up trending but the ticks are kind of neutral or not ticking as high as you would expect them too? for example I have seen when they don't even rise that high, but the market is just rising steadily showing strength .
Great video, gentleman! Thanks again for your time, expertise, and dedication to helping your audience become more successful in their trading. Looking forward to part 2!
Hi, i am from India and also a 0DTE options trader. I am interested in knowing how can I trade the US ODTE options from India, or with your firm if possible.
I started 0DTE option after watching your videos using Robinhood. In last three days my observation is that RH policy to auto exercise at 3:30 pm on expiration day is very expensive and costing somewhere around 20-30% of the earned premium. For example, today auto exercise cost $ 0.088 on a premium of $0.27. Yesterday it costed $0.04 on a premium of $0.23. Is there another platform which does not auto exercise the 0DTE or has less charges?
I tried reproducing the VOLD Ratio in a TOS script. I think the slide was missing a minus sign, here's my attempt at the script which seems close enough. It's my first time writing a TOS script though. Feel free to copy paste and/or correct it :) def uvol = close("$uvol"); def dvol = close("$dvol"); def ratio; if uvol > dvol { ratio = uvol/dvol; } else { ratio = -(dvol/uvol); } plot Data = ratio;
First time listening to your channel. What a perfect video to be introduced on. I'm very new on my trading journey but this seems to be a great way to start to filter stocks to start charting and to hopefully engage in higher probability trades
More options videos like this, please! Many of us retail traders have such small accounts that we (I) can't afford the "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" strategies you normally share (no matter how consistent they are)! We need help building our XS or S accounts more aggressively because not everyone has an IRA or inheritance $ that we're trading with.
Really awesome in-depth insights, the case of trending days (up or down) is undesrtood by exploiting the VOLD, ADD and TICK/cumulTick, now in a ranging, is the iron condor the way to trade ?
Hey there, I have been trading for about 6 months now and just about every trade slaps me in my face. Nearly impossible for me to catch more than a few points . I try to do top down analysis and MTF analysis, but it doesn't work for me . I say to myself, clearly I'm in the 90% that lose money, so I open a demo account, do my analysis, then take the opposite of what I would normally take(I know, it sounds stupid but I was desperate) and get the same result. I'm starting to feel hopeless, any advice for a struggling trader?
Your problem could be that your stop loss is way too close or you're watching your trades too much. Place it and walk away. Or you could just give up, trading isn't for everyone.
Don't let them discourage you, don't give up. Trading takes years to master, even the pros learn everday. Never the less, if you lose money no matter which side you take, maybe you need to look at how you are managing active trades rather than how you are entering them, moving stops to BE may help. My advice, find a mentor . And also, try incorporating the use of oscillators or rsi into your strategy to make your entries better and prevent overtrading. And most importantly move to higher TFs(4h or 1D preferably), you'll thank me later .
You're right, I don't lose money every single trade, but my main problem is trying to let my runners run. Very rarely do I catch big moves . Instead they go a few pips in my direction, then go against me if when I try holding them. Also my entries could use a lot of improvement. A mentor would be amazing, but getting one is easier said than done. If it's not too much, does any come to mind?
I think the most important thing you should know is staying away from the lower TF. Also, it's important to keep an eye on the environment too, ie DXY if it isn't doing too well or is a bit choppy, chances are dollar denominated pairs are in for a ride too. In this case, it's probably better to get in and out of your positions quicker.
Also, I understand how tough it is to find a mentor because most institutional traders do not take retail traders seriously. The best advise is to get a mentor who has a PAMM account so they trade for you while you learn.
Great video guys! I look at all of these as you do along with $DXY and $PCALL. Why is D30 the sweet spot, like why not D70 or higher if you are buying options. I do 0DTE selling credit spreads, do you have traders that do that?
What should be the reasonable stop loss in terms of percentage if you just buy a 30-delta option? I want to make sure that but also let the trade play out and cut loss quick as well. Thanks
@Baogiangfran, that's a complex topic because you have to decide if the stop is based on technical price action or other technical behavior, or whether it's based on options pricing. There is no one answer to your question.
OMFG you guys are leagues above everyone else. I've watched hundreds of your videos and am a better man for it. HUNDREDS. Piles of notes. Now..... TOS user here ... 1) PLEASE help us plot the VOLD data pieces. Please. Pretty please. 2) Been using $TICK for a while, both on 1min and per-tick timelines with an SMA overlayed. Kinda shows me "area under the curve" in an absolute value sense (+ or -), but would love to know HOW to histogram the cumulative as you did. Brilliant. 3) Been using $ADSPD for opening SPX butterflies, to spot anchors and undercurrents. I also use 2 hrs into the day as my decision point. So helpful to ENJOY head-fakes in price action, center dynamically, get my 10-15% and go home without getting my feelings hurt. Is there a way to monitor VOLD and TICKs purely for SPX? Would you if you could, or is that splitting hairs? 4) Is SPX price action a consequence of SPY? Vice-versa? Or independent? Hugs around, Adam
There appears to be an error starting at 27.10 min mark. Seth points out the strike price of 12110 and premium of 24.40. Yet in the comment box next to it he has an amount one strike below that 12110 and a different Premium Value. What gives?
You probably should invest some in a continuity editor. If you look at the video around the 39:28 mark, you see that the same skyline is behind both presenters, but is clear behind Seth and foggy behind Garret. Obviously the 2 were recorded on different days and stitched together to make it appear that they were interacting. Interesting concept nonetheless.
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Thank you Seth and Garrett for sharing this information for those of us who really see the value in options trading. I was wondering if these four modules would be made part of the SMB OPTIONS program that I'm already been a part of.
Excellent
This is by far the most enlightening video I have seen on 0TE. Thank you !
The only You Tube trading instructional I watch is SMB Capital. These guys are the real deal, no fluff. I would love to see the algo's. ONE GOOD TRADE!
Garrett is a great teacher/communicator! Good stuff!
Superb free learning that does not hide vital information. I love SMB Trading videos. Kudos to the experts there.
Thanks Seth and Garret. Among millions of you tube videos, it is very rare to see any one else talking about the execution skill like they are demonstrated in this video. Probably because most people make so call educational trading videos but they themselves can't even make a winning trade.
you’re welcome. glad you enjoyed!
@leon the greatest traders become better and better at execution. It's a skill that takes a while to master and you truly never "master" it, you just get better and better at it over time in a process of continuous improvement
This is the clearest presentation of this difficult topic that I have yet encountered. I'll get back to you after backtesting but I am optimistic. Seth & Garrett make a good team.
thanks! good luck
Thanks Harry!
Hi, did you back test these ?
It's crazy, I just started back testing this strat on indices a month ago and love it
Great video gentleman. Could you suggest how to add all what you just spoke about on TOS platform? How to add TICK, VOLD to the screen? Thank.
Seth & Garret: Thank you for putting this together. Great stuff!
@Jackjack this is just part 1. We've got four of these lined up to shoot!
This is better than saturday morning cartoons! Thanks for sharing!
you’re welcome!
lol @Stedocli6387
Spongebob or pokemon on a Saturday morning in the early 2000s was a hit though!
Is there a TOS script for these indicators?
i posted on my twitter feed @GarrettDrinon
If there isn’t, it can be made. Watching the video now to see when they cut to the chase so we can get some ToS codes made. 🫡
It's amazing to find such valuable information for free.
This is such great info on which indicators to look. Thank you so much for sharing. Others have no idea on 0DTE.
I see most of your videos and love it. This is by far the best video as it goes into great details. Can you post how we get the $VOLD Ration on TOS?
SMB, Market Wizards Series and Ben Graham. Solid Wisdom. These indicators are awesome! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks David
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Namaste SMB, Thanks for this video in advance. Never miss a single jam-packed videos from your guys.
Hi, very interesting. I have problems understanding how you put it in TOS. Could you make a video or guide on how you setup the indicators on TOS?
I'll discuss it that with Garrett @user-uv
2 of them is already on TOS $ADD and $TICK, the VOLD you might need to use chatgpt to set it up how Garrett did
@@sethfreudberg4750 that would be helpful.
@@sethfreudberg4750
I have found this script online. I would imagine you could at it on think script..
def upDaysVolume = Sum(If(close > close[1], volume, 0), 50);
def downDaysVolume = Sum(If(close < close[1], volume, 0), 50);
def upDownRatio = upDaysVolume / downDaysVolume;
AddLabel(yes, Concat("Up/Down Ratio: ", upDownRatio), if upDownRatio > 1 then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);
Thanks for sharing, couple questions:
Do you folks have some back testing to show win rate and p/l buying at various points during the day at the 30 delta?
IE Do you guys have "proof" that this setup actually has edge?
What about theta decay when buying 0 dte options? 0dte will NOT hold extrinsic value...
Great advice from the experts. Garett particularly is expert in everything stocks - options, technical analysis, shorting, longing and what not!👏🙏
The advance decline line on my TOS shows different. How can I see it like I'm seeing on this video? Please help, thank you.
The best trading video ever!
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Why do you hold until the close? I would take profit but I’m a novice trader so my question is helpful to others I’m sure.
Do you want to risk assignment?
this video was absolutely fantastic- enjoyed it thoroughly, very clear explanation and I definitely will incorporate this into my trading strategy. Thanks to both of you for creating this!!
Thanks for the video.. Is there a way to display VOLD ratio in tradingview?
Im curious also. will look into it when i get home. any help would be appreciated
@@wingandaprayer72 Have a look at Trading View Indicators and Search under VOLD - a lot of member scripts come up - I use the Market Breadth Ratio - it shows for the NQ and NYSE
Absolutely one of your best, most useful videos. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series.
We working on number two right now @Billyj
Can you post the thinkscript code for your VOLD study? Thank you for all the incredible information
def upDaysVolume = Sum(If(close > close[1], volume, 0), 50);
def downDaysVolume = Sum(If(close < close[1], volume, 0), 50);
def upDownRatio = upDaysVolume / downDaysVolume;
AddLabel(yes, Concat("Up/Down Ratio: ", upDownRatio), if upDownRatio > 1 then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);
What can you do with this code?
@@benv.5170. Paste it in TradingView pine script editor
cant find the same TICK and Advance decline line on trading view... can you post the links or under which names those are under on TV. Thanks
I would also like this. I don’t use TOS so I really want it on TradingView
So to clarify rather then buying or selling to close you just let the 0DTE options expire?
Excellent Video. Thanks to Seth & Garrett. Quick question -- in the video, you used the ticker $ADQD (NASDAQ Advancing Issues - Declining Issues Difference) to plot the ADline for the Qs. What is the proper ticker for the S&P? Is it $ADSPD or $ADSPDC? Or something else entirely? Thanks so much. You guys are a treasure trove of know-hows.
in TOS it is $ADD
but it’s different for each platform
What platform are you guys using to find the VOLD histogram or Advance Decline Lins
Excellent video - thank you SMB Capital
I created this TOS Study for VOLD. Set up for Nasdaq. Has input boxes to change.
declare lower;
input price1 = FundamentalType.CLOSE;
input price2 = FundamentalType.CLOSE;
input symbol1 = "$UVOL/Q";
input symbol2 = "$DVOL/Q";
plot Ratio = if Fundamental(price1, symbol1) >= Fundamental(price2, symbol2) then Fundamental(price1, symbol1) / Fundamental(price2, symbol2) else -( Fundamental(price2, symbol2) / Fundamental(price1, symbol1));
Ratio.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HISTOGRAM);
Ratio.DefineColor("Up", Color.UPTICK);
Ratio.DefineColor("Down", Color.DOWNTICK);
Ratio.AssignValueColor(if Fundamental(price1, symbol1) >= Fundamental(price2, symbol2) then Ratio.Color("Up") else Ratio.Color("Down"));
Wow, thanks for sharing this script!
Thanks very much! Nice to have a single script with option for various inputs.
This was very helpful as I just started using these same indicators recently and needed a good up to date understanding of how to use them. I trade 0DTE on the SPX
I really appreciate the content to make us stronger traders. I certainly have learned much to help me with my trading from technical, psycholigical, to strategy. All of it so helpful.
Love your videos. Thank you Mike, Seth, Garrett, & the SMB U team. Looking forward to next week's ETF educational video.
Hi Garrett, one issue.
I am trading in Indian Market (NSE).
I am not able to find these market internals for specific indian indices.
Can you please help with this or suggest any alternatives?
Thanks in advance.
Great video !! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I am sorry, it it has been posted already, but where can I find the Tick Indicator?
Thanks in advance
On some of your charts, you used 15 minute charts. On others you used 5 minute charts. When you are looking at these internals, does this mean you can use any time frame? Which one should you use?
Excellent content as usual.. do you have 2nd best Delta entry point?
Great video, just finished all three, they tie together so beautifully. However I am having a bitch of a time making my VOLD and other indicators look like yours on TOS. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
hello. I can not find cumulative tick on TOS and Tradingview. Do you have Guys yout own script for it? Thank you in advance
i will post code to my twitter feed tomorrow @GarrettDrinon
Do we have Trading view Indicators on all of the 3 internals ?
Thx for the video, the trade examples are buy and hold the option through the close. Many of us prefer to trade the intraday reversal patten. Can the next video demonstrate how these indicators can be used for that trading style?
Thanks for this video. I’m really wanting to get the VOLD ratio but I don’t see it in interactive brokers. Could there be a different name for it? I also looked for UVOL and DVOL and those aren’t there either.
Do you let those options expire at the end of the day or close them right before the close? Thanks
Hi there, in which platform do you use that internals?
Do you know in IBKR these tools are available?
Great video, I'm going to share it on X. One question though (I'm not that tech savy) how do i set up the $VOLD indicator like you have it? Also can i do it on tradingview?
Thanks 👍
Great Video! Couldn't implement the VOLD RATION or the ADL or the Tick on trading view/ IBKR, can you possibly show the process in the second part?
Following! I have VOLD indicator on tradiingview but I think it looks a little different then Garretts
Following as well
Every think looks different then Garrett video
yup, facing the same issue
My question is , you buy a call, if call not in money by expiration, then value is 0; if the long call in the money, you let it expire in the money, then system can automatically calculate the credit for my trading account and credit me next day? Won’t get margin call since broker asked me to buy 100 shares of that index?
Great video ! Are these indicators available on TD think think or swim?
Thanks for offering these lessons! But I can't find VOLD on any stock chart a non-professional investor uses. Could anyone share on which platform I can find it?
speakingmia, same here can't find it on any of the trading sites that I use.
If all three of these indicators hover around the zero line or have a consistent period of consolidation, I’m assuming we could do a butterfly?
Is there a way to plot these in TWS??
Earlier today I believe that the DVOL was about 60,000 and UVOL was over or about 240,000... giving it a ratio of 4-1 to the downside and the ADD was a holding a constant -1500/-1600...even the TICK was a constant negative. I experimented, with only 1 contact of SPX shorting a call out of the money thinking that the market would go down....since the indicators were expressing that. As soon, as I realized a trend up breaking a daily high, I got out of the trade with a very little loss. Am I missing something? With all the negative indicators mentioned above how could the market keep going up?
What is the line under the price? Is it an EMA, SMA? or a VWAP? Thanks!
What time frame are you using for your charts to determine? I’m assuming the lower time frames
Hi and great series... Quick question though, I use ToS but I'm not familiar with setting up the code for your $VOLD Histogram variation and I don't see the Cumulative Tick selection either? Any chance you could do a quick video on getting them established on ToS charts? Thank you.
Great video, thank you. Please, if you could help out on setting up the charts on TOS. Thank you in advance for your time.
Great video breaking down each of those indicators...
I see you said on a trend day that there is a lot of ticks around 1000 or 1200 but what if the market is running up trending but the ticks are kind of neutral or not ticking as high as you would expect them too? for example I have seen when they don't even rise that high, but the market is just rising steadily showing strength
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Does the Tick have another4 reference name using TOS think or swim or is it just a candlestick pattern
Great video, gentleman! Thanks again for your time, expertise, and dedication to helping your audience become more successful in their trading. Looking forward to part 2!
thank you and you’re welcome!
Hi, i am from India and also a 0DTE options trader. I am interested in knowing how can I trade the US ODTE options from India, or with your firm if possible.
why does my advance declone line stay around 6500 instead of the 2000 they are talking about?
I started 0DTE option after watching your videos using Robinhood. In last three days my observation is that RH policy to auto exercise at 3:30 pm on expiration day is very expensive and costing somewhere around 20-30% of the earned premium. For example, today auto exercise cost $ 0.088 on a premium of $0.27. Yesterday it costed $0.04 on a premium of $0.23. Is there another platform which does not auto exercise the 0DTE or has less charges?
How do you find these indicators for SPX?
for some reason I cant find the vold ratio in Trading view , does anyone know how I can find it ?
I tried reproducing the VOLD Ratio in a TOS script. I think the slide was missing a minus sign, here's my attempt at the script which seems close enough. It's my first time writing a TOS script though. Feel free to copy paste and/or correct it :)
def uvol = close("$uvol");
def dvol = close("$dvol");
def ratio;
if uvol > dvol {
ratio = uvol/dvol;
} else {
ratio = -(dvol/uvol);
}
plot Data = ratio;
First time listening to your channel. What a perfect video to be introduced on. I'm very new on my trading journey but this seems to be a great way to start to filter stocks to start charting and to hopefully engage in higher probability trades
@Brianholden1641: Keep watching and learning!
What are your thoughts on the $ADQD? I find it a greater indicator with the SPX, QQQ, and so on. As seen on today, Monday, 2024.01.29
Good morning! Where can I find the VOLD Ratio?
Can you do a thinkorswim set up with these trends and using an atr entry and trailing stop loss?
Another awesome and extremely useful video. Thanks guys, my favorite market related videos hands down:)
thank you. glad you enjoyed!
I use rh. How would i access these statistics and charts.
How can I change the setting for Advance decline line? So it can look exactly like the one you’re showing on the video ?
30 delta for your weeklies or 0dte?
More options videos like this, please! Many of us retail traders have such small accounts that we (I) can't afford the "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" strategies you normally share (no matter how consistent they are)! We need help building our XS or S accounts more aggressively because not everyone has an IRA or inheritance $ that we're trading with.
I can't see the VOLD Ratio histogram on tradingview, is there anyway to add it?
Really awesome in-depth insights, the case of trending days (up or down) is undesrtood by exploiting the VOLD, ADD and TICK/cumulTick, now in a ranging, is the iron condor the way to trade ?
Hey there, I have been trading for about 6 months now and just about every trade slaps me in my face. Nearly impossible for me to catch more than a few points . I try to do top down analysis and MTF analysis, but it doesn't work for me . I say to myself, clearly I'm in the 90% that lose money, so I open a demo account, do my analysis, then take the opposite of what I would normally take(I know, it sounds stupid but I was desperate) and get the same result. I'm starting to feel hopeless, any advice for a struggling trader?
Your problem could be that your stop loss is way too close or you're watching your trades too much. Place it and walk away. Or you could just give up, trading isn't for everyone.
Don't let them discourage you, don't give up. Trading takes years to master, even the pros learn everday. Never the less, if you lose money no matter which side you take, maybe you need to look at how you are managing active trades rather than how you are entering them, moving stops to BE may help. My advice, find a mentor . And also, try incorporating the use of oscillators or rsi into your strategy to make your entries better and prevent overtrading. And most importantly move to higher TFs(4h or 1D preferably), you'll thank me later .
You're right, I don't lose money every single trade, but my main problem is trying to let my runners run. Very rarely do I catch big moves . Instead they go a few pips in my direction, then go against me if when I try holding them. Also my entries could use a lot of improvement. A mentor would be amazing, but getting one is easier said than done. If it's not too much, does any come to mind?
I think the most important thing you should know is staying away from the lower TF. Also, it's important to keep an eye on the environment too, ie DXY if it isn't doing too well or is a bit choppy, chances are dollar denominated pairs are in for a ride too. In this case, it's probably better to get in and out of your positions quicker.
Also, I understand how tough it is to find a mentor because most institutional traders do not take retail traders seriously. The best advise is to get a mentor who has a PAMM account so they trade for you while you learn.
Can you share a great platform to see these formulas in action
Great video guys! I look at all of these as you do along with $DXY and $PCALL. Why is D30 the sweet spot, like why not D70 or higher if you are buying options. I do 0DTE selling credit spreads, do you have traders that do that?
@subsonicflighttraining many of our traders use credit spreads and embed credit spreads within their larger strategies myself included
Wouldn't be safer to sell a put on 0 dte trade? Buying call option on 0 dte day it's little crazy.
Did you mean .30 Delta or 30 Delta?
Great video Seth and Garrett, good job.
Hi @smbcapital / Garret, can you apply these for 0DTE for the options on /NQ or /ES?
yes the indicators are of the exchanges NYSE NASD so all instruments work based on that
What is 0DTE options?
which platform is this for option chain?
Can you please post the thinkscript for your VOLD study for ThinkorSwim?
all posted on my X feed @GarrettDrinon
What should be the reasonable stop loss in terms of percentage if you just buy a 30-delta option? I want to make sure that but also let the trade play out and cut loss quick as well. Thanks
@Baogiangfran, that's a complex topic because you have to decide if the stop is based on technical price action or other technical behavior, or whether it's based on options pricing. There is no one answer to your question.
Smb……You guys are awesome ! Thanks !
useful content! thankyou i am still learning in the Nusantara fx community class
OMFG you guys are leagues above everyone else. I've watched hundreds of your videos and am a better man for it. HUNDREDS. Piles of notes.
Now..... TOS user here ...
1) PLEASE help us plot the VOLD data pieces. Please. Pretty please.
2) Been using $TICK for a while, both on 1min and per-tick timelines with an SMA overlayed. Kinda shows me "area under the curve" in an absolute value sense (+ or -), but would love to know
HOW to histogram the cumulative as you did. Brilliant.
3) Been using $ADSPD for opening SPX butterflies, to spot anchors and undercurrents. I also use 2 hrs into the day as my decision point. So helpful to ENJOY head-fakes in price action, center dynamically, get my 10-15% and go home without getting my feelings hurt.
Is there a way to monitor VOLD and TICKs purely for SPX? Would you if you could, or is that splitting hairs?
4) Is SPX price action a consequence of SPY? Vice-versa? Or independent?
Hugs around, Adam
How do you get the vold ratio to show up in tos?
There appears to be an error starting at 27.10 min mark. Seth points out the strike price of 12110 and premium of 24.40. Yet in the comment box next to it he has an amount one strike below that 12110 and a different Premium Value. What gives?
are the 0dte indicators useful for futures and thx for always providing useful informations.
yes
You probably should invest some in a continuity editor. If you look at the video around the 39:28 mark, you see that the same skyline is behind both presenters, but is clear behind Seth and foggy behind Garret. Obviously the 2 were recorded on different days and stitched together to make it appear that they were interacting. Interesting concept nonetheless.
Isnt NDX settlement is on the ff day?