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Intraday futuresFutures Scalper
Ten fast intraday plays on the index futures, with the full plan in contracts the moment one fires.
Works on: MES, ES, MNQ, NQ
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How Futures Scalper works
Futures move fast, and fast markets punish guessing. Futures Scalper watches ten professional setups at once, picks the best one, checks it against the levels that matter today, and hands you a plan sized in contracts: entry, stop, three take-profits, and what to do if it turns.
Reads the tide and the water
THE TIDE is the daily trend, THE WATER is the trend on your chart. It counts the swing legs too, because a fourth leg is more likely to snap back than run.
Quick Read: today's rules, a RIDING verdict that says don't chase, the water and the Session Stop. Watches ten plays
⚡ Snap (Pivot Scalp), 🦆 Duck Dive (Trend Pullback), 🌀 Rip Current (IB Sweep & Reclaim), 💥 Closeout (Failed Breakout), ↩️ Cutback (VWAP + RSI Mean Reversion), 🚀 Air (Keltner Breakout + Fib), ☁️ Floater (Ichimoku Cloud Edge Bounce) and more.
Structure Fit: what else is on the board, plus the watch-only extra setups. Checks the levels
Support and resistance from the prior day, the opening range, the Initial Balance, the overnight high and low, VWAP and the gamma walls. A level price has closed through twice flips sides.
Market context: the GEX read, today's key levels and the support and resistance check. Applies the safety rules
Your daily loss limit and news blackouts give a 🦈 SHARK SIGHTING (Sit Out Today). A long into a downtrend is called out as a fade. A signal on an open candle waits for the close.
Builds the plan
Contracts sized to your account, a stop from 15-minute volatility, and a scale-out in thirds with a stop that ratchets to breakeven.
Manage: the stop, three take-profits a third each, and what to do if it's threatened.
Calm on the board, whatever the ocean does.
Ten setups, one calm panel.
Each one shows what it needs and how close it is to firing.
It tells you when not to trade.
Counter-trend fades, tired moves, overnight signals, a broken Session Stop and entries too stretched to chase.
Same story on every timeframe.
Levels and stops are built on a 15-minute basis, so flipping from the 1-minute to the 15-minute doesn't change the answer.
- 5-day free trial on the TrendSpider Store
- Beginner, Intermediate and Pro views
- A Coach that explains every call
- Works on: MES, ES, MNQ, NQ
- Pairs with In The Barrel (Stocks/Futures), just $2.99/mo
Intraday traders of the micro and full-size index futures.
New to it? Choose the Beginner view and paper trade the plans until the reasoning clicks. Here’s how to get started.