Appreciate it! One day I will put something together, especially when I’m able to do it full time and the kids are a little older so I can dedicate the proper time to it 👍

@@FattyTrades 100% great detail, I'm a subscriber right off the bat

Thanks! Yes that’s exactly what it is, a heads up for a trade idea. I’ve been using ICT for about a year and I would say I’m still learning, but his teachings have improved my trading by an immense amount. The big one is the paradigm shift from be reactive to the market to predicting where the market will seek liquidity or correct inefficiencies. That concept alone has improved my profitability significantly. You can see the deltas building up throughout the week on DMD. It typically won’t be anything significant on Mondays because the only expirations that exist for Monday are SPY & QQQ 0 DTE’s. We really need a big expiration, typically the 3rd or last Friday of the month or Quarterly OPEX/Quad witching. The last day of the year also leads to big moves. The reality is that you could determine that a move is going to happen based on dates like these, but DMD is nice confirmation on exactly the direction. It can be difficult to gauge strength because it only shows the options market impact, it doesn’t show how many futures/shares will be exited alongside the option de-hedging but the direction is always the same. For instance, the last day of the year showed put dehedging (bull run) but the real move came from profit taking on futures and shares for tax reasons and what not, so it ended up being far larger than what DMD indicated.

Sorry for the late reply, hopefully you've found success with their platform since then! Often times when we see NQ continue in the after hours immediately after close it's due to some sort of event like a big earnings beat/miss or some sort of other macro economic event. Lately it's been due to earnings seasons or other "excuses" like the added volatility like the Fitch credit rating. I saw other excuses because based on dealer data and concepts brought to light by ICT, the market was primed to drop regardless, but it seems to piggy back big events like those.

Also.. 2/3 DMD looks like it may provide a fun close 👀

The end of day sell off on 2/1 happened for two reasons from what I saw. We hit a bearish order block on the daily, created by the up close candles on 8/24 & 8/25 complimented by negative Vanna on SPX @ 4150 (& 4175 to a lesser extent). We did leave behind a lot of inefficiencies so I wouldn’t be surprised to see them fill before moving higher. I detailed the notable vanna in this post the night prior of you’re interested: twitter.com/fatty_trades/status/1620783121452122113?s=46&t=ye6J62yFfxwoib-8u_48ZA

Yes! Definitely keeping an eye on it 👍

I’ve found flow alone to often times be misleading, but I do factor it in. I like starting with net flow as well as real time market net flow, especially when it shows big shifts occurring, converged with price or shows significant divergence. I also really like TradyFlow when it spots OTM 10+ orders on non ETF’s. Live flow is useful for next day plays, especially when you see an unusually large amount of orders hitting an asset with a specific directional bias end of day. It usually gives hints as to what the NY open will look like for that asset. Large amounts of sweeps and other complex orders can also create interest for me. However, if I had to rate flow’s usefulness compared to all the data we have available (excluding news/macro data/or any sort of fundamentals) I would say 1) price (open, high, low, close and time) 2) dealer data, which is technically just flows hedging impact, 3) dark pool data and volume 4) flow data. It’s still an important part of my process for analyzing an asset but I would never rely on flow data alone. I would say it mostly shines at drawing attention to something for further investigation.

@@FattyTrades interesting, I’ve relied heavily on the tape in my trading as I’m particularly a scalper but I’ve been inclined to learn about dealer hedging in particular. Your videos are a true source of valuable information and I know I’m not alone in saying that. Thanks again for the timely and valuable response !