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technically, all three charts from the left are order flow charts.
The footprint chart that you are referring to is just the most obvious one.
The bar type is specific to Apex Investing, they are called Diagnostic bars and setup to be a 10 tick bar size.
Basically the footprint chart is showing what the big chart in the middle is showing, its just more zoomed in and shows what the order numbers are inside the bars.
The big chart in the middle is called Order Prints, it just simplifies all the information, takes the numbers out of the mix, and shows the important aspects of what the order flow is doing through graphical representations.
Few questions for the veterans and anyone else reading this -
Do you have a morning routine that you do daily before trading?
How strict are you about doing and following it?
What about an evening routine?
What made you decide to get serious about a routine if you have one?
I see by your charts, you are a member of apex investing. I hope you realize Darrell Martin does not trade for a living...He only sells memberships for crazy indicators (Almost all you can get here for free). All of his trades are done in SIM. Just wanted you to know this.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves about this forum. Any vendor I've seen reviews for on here say they are scammers basically. Not sure how you validate him being in sim when he trades all morning in a room and has withdrawn $300K from leeloo - verified (another company you probably think is a scam). He has amp accounts i've seen him trade too. Thats 100% live money.
Is this just your belief from the old posts about Apex Investing on here or do you have some personal experience?
Hi, I noticed that you mentioned that you are reading the book "Think and grow rich" by Napoleon Hill.
I read it some years ago and I think it's a very useful book in some situations and very dangerous in others. This book is basically about motivation, visualization, entrepreneurship etc... it's the first self help book.
If you are starting a company, it's surely very helpful to read but in trading a positive mindset is not necessarily something good.
Be careful in applying these concepts to trading because you can lose a fortune!!
Trading is about rational decisions in stressful and difficult situations, not about wishful thinking.
I also noticed that you are very positive about the possibility of turning 3000 USD to 100K, I don't want to be a naysayer but I have been there. Some years ago I started with 50K and I believed I could turn it to at least 300K in one year..... the result was that I turned it into zero in a couple of months ( you can read my "full story" in my journal ).
If you are an experienced trader you can probably turn 3K to 2 millions (maybe not in one year), but it depends on your level of expertise. So if I can suggest something, take it easy and don't aim too high.... life is long, if you can make 100 USD per day on a 3000 USD account you will be doing great.
Morning routine - coffee, exercise if I have time, review calendar for earnings and economic events, review charts, scan headlines, read news articles. I have a regular wfh job so evening routine I may trade the open at 6pm a little but usually not past 7:30 pm so I can have some time to unwind before bed.
So many nay-sayers here. You have a plan and the daily points you’re going for are not too aggressive in my opinion. Also your contract sizing is also conservative so I think it is definitely doable.
Backtesting can help give you faith in your strategy along with seeing if it was possible to get the points every day or not.
I’ll be looking forward to checking in on your progress as I’m attempting something similar
