{"id":8477,"date":"2020-06-04T18:41:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/?p=8477"},"modified":"2020-06-04T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:41:32","slug":"trading-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/blog\/trading-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading Routine | How to Prepare for the Trading Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>This article on Trading Routine is the opinion of Optimus Futures.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Trading-Routine.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Trading-Routine.png\" alt=\"Trading Routine\" width=\"1240\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Key Points<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>Although there is no sure-shot formula for winning in the markets, there\u2019s a sure-shot formula for losing big, and it\u2019s called \u201clack of preparation.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Your trading routine, from the moment you begin your trading day to market close, will likely define your overall performance.<\/li>\n<li>The biggest mistake you can ever make besides not preparing for your trading day is letting your mental and physical attributes suffer as a result of your trading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Benjamin Franklin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether you succeed or fail in any trade, preparation plays a key role. It is true that not every outcome is a result of what you had prepared (or not prepared) to do. There is the element of chance that plays into any endeavor, particularly speculation.<\/p>\n<p>But preparing to stack the odds in your favor, or to simply gain more than you lose <em>over time<\/em>, is possible and necessary. Besides, what else are you going to do&#8211;not prepare? To a certain extent, every trader has a trading routine, a way of preparing for the trading day. But not every trader takes preparations as seriously or as thoroughly as he or she can. Big mistake (as we all know from experience).<\/p>\n<p>Preparation is especially important for futures traders, as futures trading involves high leverage, a huge risk in itself. So, if you trade futures, make sure your futures trading routine is based on well-thought and solid preparatory practices, from target-setting to contingency planning (as markets can often move against you).<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few trading routine ideas, suggested<em> in order<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Scan the Market Environment<\/h2>\n<p>Unless you want to get hit by a car when crossing the street, look both ways. The same principle applies to trading. If you do not want to get hit by large market movements, check the economic calendar and make sure you\u2019re on top of major fundamental and geopolitical news events.<\/p>\n<p>Following an economic calendar is a no-brainer. Imagine trading the S&amp;P 500 futures, Dow futures, or Nasdaq futures right before a weekly jobless claims report, completely unaware of its pending release. Imagine trading any index during major earnings reports. These releases (and plenty of others) can either help you or hurt you. So why not make them part of your routine?<\/p>\n<p>Also, markets are moved by two things&#8211;sentiment and fundamentals. Knowing when a market over-reacts based on sentiment can serve as a trading opportunity. Likewise, knowing when market sentiment is not responding to fundamentals can also be a trading opportunity. This is reason enough to follow the news, such as Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, MarketWatch, Fox Business, etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you want trader-oriented news&#8211;or news with analysis geared specifically for traders&#8211;then<a href=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/Optimus-News.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> sign up for Optimus News<\/a>, a tool that frames news events as actionable opportunities. Optimus News does part of the analysis for you, helping you find trading opportunities within a stream of real-time data. It is also a free resource for Optimus Futures customers.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re all set, then get to the next important step in your futures trading routine.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Your Trading Platform Ready<\/h2>\n<p>Your trading platform is your proverbial vehicle in the markets. Metaphorically speaking, does your vehicle have enough fuel, is your parking brake on, can you see out of your front and rear-view mirrors, and if it\u2019s raining, do your wipers work?<\/p>\n<p>Translated into a trading context, is your data connection streaming correctly, is your internet connection strong, is your chart template set up the way you want it, and do you have the right markets up? These are just a few of the important considerations. The details will differ according to your own personal trading approach.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at an example.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Optimus-Flow-Trading-Routine.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8480 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Optimus-Flow-Trading-Routine.png\" alt=\"Optimus Flow Trading Routine\" width=\"1917\" height=\"978\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/OptimusFlow.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Optimus Flow<\/strong><\/a> platform, I am looking at three indicators, set up according to my strategy. On the right-hand side, the <strong>Power Trades<\/strong> indicator allows me to see trades of unusual volume, suggesting potential short-term buys or sells based on <em>buying and selling pressure<\/em>. This gives me <em>order flow insight that most traders cannot see <\/em>when looking at a plain chart.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>VWAP<\/strong> indicator is also present. If I am entering quick day trades, I want to see where the larger institutional funds may be placing their buys and sells. I want to avoid taking a position on the opposite side of the bigger players.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, I set up my hourly <strong>Step Profile <\/strong>indicator. If I am deciding whether to trade or fade a trend, I want to know where the value line is at. I want to see where most of the trading had taken place price-wise. This might help me gauge the balance between buyers and sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Do I set this up every day? No. I automate the template. It is easy to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/help.optimusflow.app\/getting-started\/templates#how-to-create-the-template\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here are the instructions if you\u2019re using Optimus Flow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Prepare Your Daily Setup by Reviewing Your Performance Scorecard, Technical Score Sheet, and Trading Checklist<\/h2>\n<p>A little common sense here: if you don\u2019t review your previous day\u2019s scorecard, then you probably won\u2019t know how your week-to-date or month-to-date performance is going. This can seriously impact your trading capacity if you have a weekly or monthly loss limit.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine having a 10% loss limit for the month. You\u2019re in week two, and you are already holding a 6% loss overall. Might that not affect the way you trade moving forward? Perhaps you may need to reduce your positions. If you\u2019re trading more than one system, perhaps you may need to reduce the number of systems you\u2019re following, keeping the more conservative and less frequently-trading systems in play.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if you\u2019re up 20%, then you may be in a position to increase your number of contracts. In the end, it\u2019s up to you, but hopefully, you understand why it\u2019s so important to review your daily scorecard.<\/p>\n<p>As far as your <a href=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/blog\/pre-trade-checklist-scoresheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technical Score Sheet and Checklist <\/a>is concerned, these are your pre-trade rule-of-thumb principles that help guide your strategy. It likely differs for every trader. Do you have a scoring method for technical patterns? Do you score risk-to-reward scenarios, helping you decide which trades are worth taking? What about scoring fundamentals vs technicals?<\/p>\n<p>If you have all of these evaluation methods built into your strategy, then you should probably combine all of them into a checklist. This way, you can be sure that every trade&#8211;win or loss&#8211;at the very least is done according to plan.<\/p>\n<p>Need help coming up with a checklist? Here\u2019s a helpful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/checklist_optimus.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8-point checklist<\/a> that you can use as a starting template.<\/p>\n<h2>Set Up Your Profit and Risk Management Goals<\/h2>\n<p>Goal-setting is so common and commonly assumed that the mere mention of it is already a cliche. Yet, many traders tend to shoot before they aim. And over time, especially when it comes to losses (something not uncommon in trading), failing to aim can have dire financial consequences. If you are an experienced trader, you know what we\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, when you are in the midst of a trade, fully engaged in opportunities unfolding right before your nose (literally, on your screen), goals tend to fly out the window. You\u2019re too busy capturing an opportunity or potentially averting a loss.<\/p>\n<p>Now, losses weigh more than profits (which can take care of themselves). So, what is a handy solution to managing risk mid-trade? Simple. Automate it. Set alerts to remind you when you\u2019re breaching some sort of limit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Optimus-Flow\u2019s-automated-PL-Alerts-feature.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Optimus-Flow\u2019s-automated-PL-Alerts-feature.png\" alt=\"Optimus Flow\u2019s automated PL Alerts feature\" width=\"1035\" height=\"636\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This can easily be accomplished using <a href=\"https:\/\/community.optimusfutures.com\/t\/optimus-flow-whats-new-release-notes-current-version-1-54-3\/3372\/5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optimus Flow\u2019s automated\u00a0 P\/L Alerts feature<\/a>. It\u2019s easy for any trader to say, \u201cI have a loss limit at x%.\u201d Nearly every trader who has blown up an account has had a well-thought Profit\/Loss limit. And for every trader who has lost big, either they did not stick to their limits, or they were just too busy trading, unable to \u201cplay defense\u201d while they were engaged in an aggressive \u201coffense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> The placement of contingent orders by you or broker, or trading advisor, such as a \u201cstop-loss\u201d or \u201cstop-limit\u201d order, will not necessarily limit your losses to the intended amounts, since market conditions may make it impossible to execute such orders<\/p>\n<p>Automate it and make it another component of your trading routine and don\u2019t worry about it until you get an alert. What better solution might you have?<\/p>\n<h2>Reevaluate Your Trading Day After Market Close<\/h2>\n<p>At the end of the day, either you made progress, or you were set back. But where exactly are you on the map leading to your overall financial goals? Now\u2019s the time to celebrate your accomplishments, big or small, or lick your wounds and learn from your mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201clearning from mistakes\u201d part is perhaps the more important of the two. Those of us who succeed (in anything in life) learn from failures. Those who can\u2019t or refuse to are doomed to repeat failures that are avoidable with experience. Unless you learn from your failures, you can\u2019t say that you have \u201cexperience\u201d since you allowed yourself to be \u201cblind\u201d to it. Understand?<\/p>\n<h2>Live Your Life<\/h2>\n<p>Those who trade to live don\u2019t necessarily live to trade. There\u2019s a big difference. Trading is a physically, mentally, and sometimes emotionally tasking lifestyle. So, it makes sense to take care of your physical and cognitive health in order to be at your best when the situation calls for it.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re trading in the markets, you can\u2019t afford to not be at your best. So, take care of yourself&#8211;mind, body, and spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Physical exercise is a must. No well-functioning brain can perform for extended periods of time if the body is weak.<\/p>\n<p>As with exercise, diet is an essential component of health. Are you eating in a way that heightens your cognitive performance? Personally, I find that not eating (i.e. intermittent fasting) makes me sharper during the day. But this is my personal choice and isn\u2019t recommendable to everyone (we\u2019re not giving health advice here, as we\u2019re not healthcare professionals; so, consult your doctor).<\/p>\n<p>Some traders find it helpful to do yoga or meditation. And why not? Ultimately, you want to discover what works best for you. In contrast, being obsessed with the markets day in and day out, in other words, not \u201cliving life,\u201d can be a big mistake. What\u2019s the point of trading if you can\u2019t enjoy what it is you\u2019re trading for? Think about this. You may be a trader. But you\u2019re a human being first.<\/p>\n<p><strong> There is a substantial risk of loss in futures trading. Past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article on Trading Routine is the opinion of Optimus Futures. 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