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The Card Counter's Guide to the Markets: 10-week course starting 16 September
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It doesn’t matter whether you’re trading futures, forex, options, stocks, ETFs, binaries or event contracts, if you don’t respect probability and risk, you are likely trading at a disadvantage.
Our brand new live, premium course will teach you how to assess and leverage probability in your trading so that you’re in a position to take trades only when the “deck is stacked in your favor”, i.e. you have a proven, statistical edge.
If you don’t have a defined, proven, statistical edge, then in the long run, you’ll lose money. Period.
If you feel unsure that you have a clear trading system, or you’re sick of having a bad day wipe out several good days, read on…
By the end of this 10-week course, you’ll have learned how to:
- use your existing trading platform’s historic data as a statistics source
- gather statistics from market structure, order flow and Market Profile and leverage these to your advantage
- monetize trade setups that have a statistical edge using futures, stocks, ETFs, options, binary options and CME event contracts
- have your trading platform act as your go/no-go to help cage that trading-addicted monkey brain that blows up accounts!
- automate trade setups that have statistical edge
Class Schedule
Part I – Foundations & Initial Setups
Saturday 16 September 11:00am EDT:
Market Structure statistics and how to gather them
Saturday 23 September 11:00am EDT:
Initial monetization of statistics
Saturday 30 September 11:00am EDT:
Winning more than we lose. Non-arbitrary R:R
Saturday 7 October 11:00am EDT:
Interactive tutor group Q&A ‘Office Hours’
Part II – Advanced Setups & Automation
Saturday 14 October 11:00am EDT:
Statistics recap. How to exploit in more asset classes
Saturday 21 October 11:00am EDT:
Order Flow & Market Profile statistics. Identification & gathering
Saturday 28 October 11:00am EDT:
Don’t blow up. How to size your position
Saturday 11 November 11:00am EDT:
A trading system with statistical edge. Automating it with Sierra Chart
Saturday 18 November 11:00am EDT:
Now you’re a quant, where can you take this? Playbook expansion. Evaluator hacking
Saturday 25 November 11:00am EDT:
Interactive tutor group Q&A ‘Office Hours’
What you're getting…
- 10 live classes – typically 60-120 minutes duration
- 24/7 online access to recordings of all classes
- Private 24/7 chat stream to ask questions and interact with the instructor and other students
- Access to TRG’s TickMaker™ online foundation order flow education
FAQ
I’m not interested in futures (or stocks, forex, ETFs, options, binary options, CME event contracts). How is this relevant for me?
This course covers statistical analysis that can be applied to all product types. It’s important that you understand all of the analysis. The trade setups presented for futures/stocks/forex/ETFs require an understanding of the options/binary options/event contract setups. If you’re not trading futures/stocks/ETFs, you can enroll for Part I only, but we recommend that you expand your horizons by enrolling for the complete course.What software/platform do I need?
Course examples and automated systems will be taught using Sierra Chart. We recommend this for data gathering, order flow capability and support for a wide range of markets. We will also show how 3rd party add-ons can be used with NinjaTrader 8 and Sierra Chart for added productivity and efficiency.Do I need to be a programmer?
Hell no. The analytical approaches will work fine using a pen & paper! It helps if you’re comfortable with basic level math and simple Excel formulas. When you enroll, we’ll send you a recommended reading/watching list and some pre-work to help you get the most out of the course.- Does this only work for futures? ES? What about EUREX or TSLA, or SPX or CL, or AAPL, or frozen OJ & pork bellies….?
The course will mainly demonstrate concepts using ES futures (which can be directly related/translated to SPX, etc.), however, everything being taught can be applied to any traded product. Perhaps you like trading Bund futures, or Nadex 2 hour expiry binary options, or Nikkei 225 futures, or 0DTE options on TSLA. All of the concepts taught are applicable. - I can’t make the schedule.
No problem! All live classes are recorded and will be available for you to watch in your own time. We typically post recordings to our video library within 24 hours of class completion. You’ll also have 24/7 access to a private student chat stream in our TRG community, the Pit. Order Flow? Market Profile? What the hell is that? I like my indicators.
Of course you do. Are you consistently profitable? If so, great. If not then guess what…. it’s your *$£%* indicators, a lack of trade setups with a statistical edge, and an undisciplined approach to setups and risk management that’s holding you back. You’re simply not trading like a serious trader. You’re stuck in the retail trader/technical analysis trap. Escape while you can.When you enroll in this course, you’ll get access to TRG’s TickMaker™ online foundation order flow education – hundreds of our students and members have used this to develop consistent profitability, get funded by and make withdrawals from trading evaluators. Studying these online lessons is required pre-work for this live course – you’ll struggle without it.
Who’s the instructor?
This course has been developed and will be delivered by Lee Harris – Co-Founder of Trading Research Group, Founder of and developer at emoji trading and a full-time trader. Click here for an example of Lee’s trading & teaching style.- What’s card counting?
Short answer… casino games like roulette have a built-in house edge. In the long run, the casino always wins. Blackjack (when it’s not a game with a continuous shuffler) has known probabilities and if you keep track of the cards that have been played, it’s possible to have a small edge over the casino. This has been exploited in the past and dramatized in films like “21“. Intrigued? Learn more about card counting here.
Course developer and instructor Lee Harris is the grandson of a bookmaker that worked for many years at horse and dog racing meetings and owned a betting shop in the 1960s. Lee’s had the “pleasure” of over 35 business trips to Las Vegas so decided to learn card counting to not lose money and get free pre-dinner drinks
He’s also been barred by most UK bookmakers for exploiting “matched betting” promotions… This course teaches how the principles of “beating the house” can be applied to trading. - I have another question…
No problem. Just contact us and if you’d like to schedule a call before signing up, let us know.
Summer Bootcamp: Trading the DOM with Jigsaw tools - 12 August - 2 September
Jigsaw daytrdr is one of the most popular DOMs for retail traders, yet DOM trading remains a black art for many.
Join Jeff Mayem – full time scalper & TRG co-founder – to learn how to trade using the DOM.
Looking at the market through charts is an optical illusion. That’s why all serious traders approach the market by looking price vertically and considering the volume that’s traded at each price.
Class Schedule
Saturday 12 August 11:30am EDT:
Course Introduction:
Jigsaw Order Flow Tools. NinjaTrader Bridge. Journalytix.
Monday 14 August 11:30am EDT:
Class 1:
Introduction to DOM components.
Auction Vista Heatmap. Flip Chart.
Wednesday 16 August 11:45am EDT
Class 2:
Volume Profile. Current & total traded volume vs order book. Understanding liquidity.
Tuesday 22 August 11:30am EDT:
Class 3:
R Tape. Power Meters. Intelligent Order Management.
Thursday 24 August 11:30a EDT:
Class 4:
Putting the Jigsaw puzzle together.
Monday 28 August 11:30am EDT:
Class 5:
Using traded volume inflection points on the DOM to game your trades.
Thursday 31 August 11:30am EDT:
Class 6:
Setup examples using the tools.
Saturday 2 September 11:30am EDT:
Review / Q&A
Next steps & wrap up.
What you're getting...
- learn how to use Jigsaw tools on real life trade setups that occur regularly through the day… and night!
- 8 live, interactive classes, over 20 hours in total
- Access to TRG’s TickMaker™ online foundation order flow education
- Private 24/7 chat stream to ask questions and interact with the instructor and other students
- 24/7 online access to recordings of all classes
Do I need Jigsaw for this course?
Even if you don’t already use Jigsaw, you can likely apply the knowledge and techniques to your existing DOM – just contact us if you’re unsure. We recommend Jigsaw daytrdr for serious DOM trading.
We all know these days that the majority of trading volume is machines and not humans. This is because algorithms can process information and make decisions much faster than humans can. They can also trade 24/7, giving them a significant advantage over human traders.
Your hear it all the time. “The algos moved the market.” “The algos took my stops.” The algos this, the algos that. But what is an algo? It’s just automation! A set of instructions. In the context of trading, an algorithm can be used to identify opportunities, place orders, and manage risk.
So how does this help you? Well as the saying goes, if you can’t beat ’em… join ’em! It’s time to create your own “algos” and put them to work. If you want to deploy your edge perfectly, you need to use algos. But not just any algos. Not some “black box” that promises to make you money without explaining how. You need to use algorithms that are custom-tailored to your specific needs, trading style, and goals. You need to automate your edge.
In this 7-day workshop, I’ll walk you through the tools available to you right out of the box with Sierra Chart, show you how to design, build, and deploy a bot, and even give it to you once class is complete, so that you can continue to explore on your own!
Book your seat now, and discover the power of algos at your fingertips in Sierra Chart.
What you're getting...
- 7 live, interactive classes, over 10 hours in total
- Access to TRG’s TickMaker™ online education
- Access to a private course-specific chat channel in the TRG online community – the Pit
- 24/7 online access to recordings of all classes
- See why automation is so desirable in trading
- Learn how to “think like a Quant” regarding your trading
- Discover the differences in Sierra Chart’s multiple methods of automation, and the pros & cons of each approach
- Walk through step-by-step how to take an idea from “I wonder if…” to a fully working trading robot executing against order flow
- Learn how to automate entries, exits, automatically manage stops, consider multiple timeframes, and more
- Find out what to look for in the results of a system to identify the weak points
- Watch as we fix problems, and identify the statistical edge(s) and where to look for improvement & optimization of the bot
- Plenty of time to ask your questions about what we’ve done so far, so that everyone is able to follow along
- You will leave the class with the full chartbook we build and any supporting materials, spreadsheets, code/formulas, etc.
- Ongoing access to the instructor via the TRG community
Class Schedule
Saturday 17 June 4:00p EDT:
Introduction to Automation (1 hr)
Tuesday 20 June 4:00p EDT:
Studies Build Begins (2 hrs)
Thursday 22 June 4:00p EDT:
Studies Build Concludes (2 hrs)
Saturday 24 June 4:00p EDT:
Office Hours / Open Q&A (1+ hr)
Tuesday 27 June 4:00p EDT:
Spreadsheet Build Begins (2 hrs)
Thursday 29 June 4:00p EDT:
Spreadsheet Build Concludes (2 hrs)
Saturday 1 July 4:00p EDT:
Results Analysis & Optimization, Final Q&A (1+ hr)
What are the results?
All sessions will be recorded and available within 24 hours, usually faster. Course focus will be on the thought processes needed to explore an automated idea, how to prototype (build) it, obtain data, and analyze the results in order to spot potential profitable automated trading approaches.
There is a risk of loss in futures, forex and options trading. There is risk of loss trading futures, forex and options online. Please trade with capital you can afford to lose. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Nothing in this site is intended to be a recommendation to buy or sell any futures or options market. All information has been obtained from sources, which are believed to be reliable, but accuracy and thoroughness cannot be guaranteed. Readers are solely responsible for how they use the information and for their results. Trading Research Group does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information or any analysis based thereon.
Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. for example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.
