AM Session Profiles ( Futures / Nas100 ) -ICT Concepts // only seen here \\ discord below !!

Summary

In this video by Market Maker Turbo, viewers are introduced to insightful concepts about AM session profiles in futures trading, focusing specifically on Nas100. The creator offers unique tactics not commonly available on platforms like YouTube, designed to help traders anticipate market moves by evaluating liquidity at key times - 8:30 and 9:30. Trading strategies are aligned with economic calendars and involve anticipating liquidity purges and understanding patterns like the Great Example Gap. Emphasizing the cyclical nature of market liquidity, the video shares innovative trading tips and highlights the importance of strategic entries around specific times. Through relatable examples and a deeper look at the trade dynamics, the creator also discusses the strategic avoidance of macros in favor of diversified trading models.

Highlights

• Understanding liquidity movements at 8:30 and 9:30 to gain an edge in trading. ⏰
• Utilizing economic calendars helps predict market shifts. 📊
• Recognizing liquidity ‘purges’ to help set market directions. 📈
• Emphasizes screenshotting and backtesting for continuous learning. 📸
• Shares insight into the strategies of smart money and how to use this knowledge to your advantage. 💼

Key Takeaways

• Learn to master AM session profiles for improving trading strategies! 📊
• Importance of watching liquidity movements at 8:30 and 9:30 AM for better trade execution. ⏰
• Use economic calendars to anticipate market movements effectively. 🗓️
• Snapshot and backtest generic profiles for consistent learning! 🧠
• Focus on liquidity traps and understand smart money tactics for profitable outcomes. 💰

Overview

Market Maker Turbo dives deep into specific strategies for trading futures, especially with the Nas100. By examining AM session profiles, the creator reveals lesser-known insights that aren't widely available on mainstream platforms. They emphasize the importance of engaging with the market liquidity at specific times, primarily around 8:30 and 9:30 AM, to determine the day's trading direction. By evaluating these liquidity movements, traders can capitalize on significant shifts whether bullish or bearish, providing them an advantage in the fast-paced trading environment.

The video integrates strategic use of economic calendars to foresee potential market movements, allowing traders to anticipate and respond to those liquidity shifts quickly. The approach relies on snapshotting and backtesting generic market profiles, ensuring that traders reinforce their understanding over time. By recognizing patterns like liquidity purges and positioning based on smart money strategies, traders can identify prime market entry points, reducing risk and enhancing return.

Market Maker Turbo also challenges viewers to reconsider heavy reliance on macroeconomic factors, proposing a more dynamic and versatile trading approach. With an arsenal of trading models available before major macro events, the emphasis on diversified strategies provides room for tactical maneuvers rather than waiting for singular market movements. This detailed and engaging session encourages traders to develop an adaptable mindset, leveraging each opportunity within the AM session for maximized gain.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction The introduction discusses the personal nature of the video content presented, which focuses on 'am session profiles.' The speaker hints at the uniqueness of the video, emphasizing that it is a specialized creation 'for me.' The introduction also includes playful references to Michael Jackson and Billy G, setting a casual and approachable tone for the viewer.
• 00:30 - 02:00: 24-hour Futures Overview The chapter provides an overview of the 24-hour futures market, explaining how it operates around the clock from midnight to midnight. It highlights the typical liquidity patterns, especially noting that there tends to be a purge of liquidity between 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM. This suggests a significant movement or change in the market during these morning hours, which is crucial for traders to be aware of.
• 02:00 - 04:00: Liquidity Purge Technique The chapter titled 'Liquidity Purge Technique' explains a method in trading where the goal is to anticipate market movements based on liquidity runs. The main idea is to identify whether the market will move towards a buy side or a sell side liquidity. This involves observing price behavior around certain times, specifically the 8:30 or 9:30 marks, to determine if there will be a run for opposing liquidity. The chapter uses the examples of futures in NQ (Nasdaq), YM (Dow), and ES (S&P), illustrating how these market indices might be guided towards buy side liquidity. The strategy is to set the stage either to go higher or lower, based on how liquidity is purged and taken advantage of.
• 04:00 - 06:00: Example 1: Bearish Day Setup The chapter titled 'Example 1: Bearish Day Setup' discusses the behavior of market liquidity at specific times. It emphasizes observing the market at 9:30 am to determine the direction of liquidity. On a bullish day, there is an expectation for the price to dip lower at 9:30, signaling buy side activity, whereas on a bearish day, the price is expected to rise at 9:30 to clear out those who are short-sell positions. This setting illustrates the importance of time in trading strategies.
• 06:00 - 08:00: Example 2: Economic Calendar Influence This chapter discusses the influence of the economic calendar on market trends, focusing particularly on the behavior of stock prices at 9:30 AM. On bearish days, prices are expected to drop, while on bullish days, they are expected to rise. The content is described as exclusive, not typically found on YouTube, and might only be temporarily available, hinting at its premium nature.
• 08:00 - 10:00: Example 3: Double Whammy Strategy The chapter discusses the 'Double Whammy Strategy,' focusing on market behavior around the 8:30 time frame. It notes that the market can either hit the high or low of the day at 8:30. For traders looking for a price decline, they should observe scenarios where buy stops are triggered at 8:30. Conversely, for a price increase, they should look for sell stops being executed. The advice includes capturing screenshots for analysis and conducting backtests to understand these patterns better.
• 10:00 - 15:00: Rant: Macros and Micros The chapter titled 'Rant: Macros and Micros' delves into the theories, concepts, and logic of financial markets. It uses a specific example to illustrate these points, noting that while the example itself may not be perfect, the underlying principles are robust. The chapter focuses on understanding daily financial patterns, using time frames from midnight to midnight, and how one might approach viewing daily trading sessions. An example time, like 9:30, is used to discuss anticipated price movements and strategies.

AM Session Profiles ( Futures / Nas100 ) -ICT Concepts // only seen here \\ discord below !! Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 said you Michael Jackson B you Billy G when we hit that after life you going remember me like I like what's up YouTube so this video today is going to be about the am session profiles and you're not going to see a video like this because it's for me so starting off how you want to view 24 hour
• 00:30 - 01:00 of Futures is more like this so let's say this is midnight here and this is midnight here let's pretend this is uh 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. usually around your 830s or 930s you should see a Purge on liquidity like
• 01:00 - 01:30 that setting the stage to go higher or lower so with that being said if you want price to go for sell side or previous day low you want to see 8:30 or 930 run opposing liquidity so looking at this example here if you want Futures NQ ym es whatever if you want it to go for buy side liquidity
• 01:30 - 02:00 you want to see 930 here on the exact minute Purge sell side and then shift that's what you want to see so on a bullish day if you want buy side to go you want to see 930 dip lower on a bearish day if you want to see sell-side liquidity go you want to see 930 run higher and take out whoever's already short
• 02:00 - 02:30 and then go lower for sside liquidity that's what you want to see on a bearish day so bullish days you want to see 9:30 go up bearish days is you want to see 9:30 go down and this is the stuff you're not going to see on YouTube I'm giving you guys a little bit of p uh patreon sauce right now I'm not even going to lie this is revamp stuff they're not going to be mad because they understand but this is revamp stuff I'm giving you so take advantage of this I don't know how long this video is going to be on YouTube I might take it down I might not
• 02:30 - 03:00 it doesn't matter but there are some cases where 830 will take the high or low of the day so if you want price to go down you need to look at 830 run buy stops if you want price to go up you want to see 830 run sell stops so the opposite of this and these are just very generic um profiles but you want to be screenshotting these and then and then back testing them that's what you want to do so looking at this here I wouldn't
• 03:00 - 03:30 call this a great example because of the Gap but the theory and the concept and the logic is there um looking at here for midnight to midnight all the way over there how you want to view your days are like this so 9:30 is here as you can see we want price to go down now why is
• 03:30 - 04:00 that looking back here you have a sell-side liquidity pool here so if you want price to be bearish what do you want to see well midnight to 9:30 you want to see 9:30 run higher to trick people into Longs and then you can look for reversals short down to your objectives so this is example of 930 putting in your high I wouldn't call it the high of the day but this is the high of the day but 9:30 running buy stops
• 04:00 - 04:30 breaking down to go shorter and some logic behind this is smart money will use this time to get in up here and then turn it around and go away quickly because it don't want to spend much time up here because this is where they're getting in and the more people who can short the liquidity is not in their favor so example one um and we're going to take a quick look here at 830
• 04:30 - 05:00 so ignoring the 930 as you can see with just what you know now is the 930 used the 830 to purge cell side here
• 05:00 - 05:30 to go higher so the specific 830 candle here dipped lower breaking structure to the upside to go higher taking out buy stops and whatever else it needed so just looking at your chart like this will help you not get confused on the day in which you should expect and not expect okay so looking at this example here I'm sure you can already see it now because it just jumps out like a sort dumb but 930 is here we'll mark that
• 05:30 - 06:00 so already what you can see is if you want the day to go bearish because you're looking at a cell side you want to see 930 go the opposing Direction taking out whoever is on side and they'll usually leave Clues like this pool right here so price runs up stops out whoever's on side breaks down r value Gap entry here
• 06:00 - 06:30 short and looking at these lows here you can see that was a good draw now if you want to learn how to anticipate when 9:30 or 8:30 will do these moves it it is based on your economic calendar certain news revent uh certain news events released and whatnot if you want more details on profiling how to look at Futures and how to trade
• 06:30 - 07:00 because it's one thing to know where it's going to go that's just that's Clockwork to us but to actually get in the trade and manage your stop accordingly life price that's different um I have a patreon down below if you guys want to join and learn how to do these things but we'll go to the example three okay for this one I got you guys with a double whammy you're not going to see this coming but again I'm an AM session Trader so these are things I have to have under my belt in tools I got to
• 07:00 - 07:30 use um and I can go into opening range gaps and how to know when your bias is on on side but that's not for the YouTube right now but looking at midnight to midnight all the way over here um how you want to view it is you see how 9:30 like I like I teach it dips lower when we want prices to go higher this is what you want to look for so when you get to your chart at 9:00 like I said in the last video with the shitty audio when you get your chart at 9:00 you want
• 07:30 - 08:00 to be establishing if you want price to go higher or lower and for what reason so if you want price to go higher you want to see 930 go lower and it does in the midst of that you can look for an opening range Gap to be filled so when you see one you like okay price is going up there that supports my buys and some other tools that I'm not going to dig too much into but the double whammy what I wanted to show you is taking a look at
• 08:00 - 08:30 8:30 here if you come to your chart around 8 7:30 or 7:00 you can see 8:30 runs up higher breaks down and shifts ver value Gap here to allow 930 to use that as a tool to run lower because inevitably sells side liquidity was here
• 08:30 - 09:00 so you have this low and this low you have these two lows a30 runs higher why because it wants to trick people so you have a pool here 830 runs against the direction breaks down and once it breaks down it's telling you hey I'm going down here there's a fair value Gap here for a CBI you short that stop loss displacement candle
• 09:00 - 09:30 using the time of 9:30 to run into that and then it then that's is when the basic concepts come in okay now why would we go higher well we're looking bullish there's a pool up here that we like there's a pool right here that we like and more confirmation and things if you know how to use them correctly is smt so you want to be looking for smt around here that
• 09:30 - 10:00 would support that you want to be looking for opening range gaps at 9:30 that happen at a specific time you want to see if those things are there and if they are there the last thing you need to wait for is a fair value Gap you don't need to shift so if you guys want to learn more again there's a link below the patreon if you like this video just drop a comment okay so I stopped editing this current video just to get this little
• 10:00 - 10:30 rant out because I got a rant I got to get out and I need to just get it out um I'm not the one to bash on Macros and talk down on Macros and downplay them because there's a time and place for macros but you don't want to come to your chart every day praying on the macro and I'm going to explain a few reasons why my mindset is the way it is and what i is actually showing you and and not just a macro or a silver bullet and in this day it is actually
• 10:30 - 11:00 it's it's Prime in this day all right I just cut price back to 820 and the reason why I'm not the one to always Point towards macros is because 9:30 and 8:30 they're supposed to take liquidity that's what those times do everyone's so scared of it but that's why you're trading ICT is to take liquidity you're not sitting there trading ICT to not take liquidity
• 11:00 - 11:30 so pay attention to when he takes his trades and what he's doing and put this logic there and you'll see this is what he's showing you so at 8:30 you can see price headed up here and at this time as a Trader you should be like well what side does it want does it want this high or does it want that low you don't know right now right now you're not supposed to know I don't know like you don't know right here if it wants this high or that low you only know if certain things happen
• 11:30 - 12:00 like price is going to do one of two things it's either going to bounce off this order block and run higher because this is the last point or it's going to break this low and turn into a shift that's the only two options right now with these pools price does break the low and shift so now you have a fair value Gap you extend that out
• 12:00 - 12:30 now you're thinking to yourself okay price is going to this low do you trade this order block here in short or do you wait for another F Val Gap you wait on time because you know these times are supposed to take liquidity so at 850 you could be thinking okay 8 uh 9:30 might want to take this low so you just wait until you get any type of Entry model towards that pool because you already have the shift in play
• 12:30 - 13:00 here it looks like it's going to run without you and that's okay because you have another entry model you're not sweating this open you're not sitting there like oh I need to get this 930 trade you can honestly just wait for it to take that liquidity and then you can wait for the shifts up that's why when you have the 830 or the 9:30 you really have four models there you can either be a buyer on the left side of the curve of the 830
• 13:00 - 13:30 or you can be a seller on the right side of the curve of the 830 same thing at 930 you can be a buyer on the right side of the curve or you can be a seller or you can be you guys get what I'm saying that's four models right there why why would I skip past four models if to a macro if I can just get these trades out of the way you know so 930 retap the fair value
• 13:30 - 14:00 Gap using the uh volatility to purge sell side here so that's how you can use the 9:30 open the 8:30 open that's how you can use these specific times of the day to take trades to purge liquidity and that's why you don't see me really trade past 10:00 unless I'm going for the daily range but and then you see price dip low
• 14:00 - 14:30 this is why your inversions work right here that's an inversion this is why this is a breakaway Gap is because smart money doesn't want to spend time down here because that's where they got in so why would they spend time down there and the real reasons why your Macros work is off the heels of of these types of things so as you can see the 950 right here to 1010 macro here it does present a fair value Gap to enter
• 14:30 - 15:00 and buy that's okay this is a scenario where you do take the macros but I don't wait my whole day to take a macro trade I have four trades that I can take before the first macro well not the first macro because that's in London session but you know what I mean am am session I literally have four trades I can take before that 950 to 1010 macro that's four different opportunities I roll into model after model after model after model I don't trade them all I just roll into to them and whatever feels the sweetest for that
• 15:00 - 15:30 day I will take that trade so I don't wait the whole day for a macro and once this macro is over I don't go for the 1050 to 1110 macro I don't I have four models five models six models in the AM session I have six am session models that I can take so that's just the little bit of a rant I had to get out