AutoScanTrade Lite videos

47 short videos for AutoScanTrade Lite, the version you trade entirely by hand. Each topic has a two-minute walkthrough and a thirty-second version, recorded on Lite itself in paper mode with made-up symbols and prices.

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What Lite is, how it fits together, how it compares with the full desk, and paper and live trading.

AutoScanTrade Lite - the manual trading desk in two minutes2:00 · 0:30How AutoScanTrade Lite fits together - scan, pick, trade, exit, review2:00 · 0:30AutoScanTrade Lite and the full desk - what is the same, what the full desk adds2:00 · 0:30Getting started with AutoScanTrade Lite - first start, keys and paper mode2:00 · 0:30Paper mode, going live, and what SYSTEM means in Lite2:00 · 0:30Software stops - what to know before trading live with Lite2:00 · 0:30

Scanner and market lists

Filters, session sets, the board, alert types, row colours, halts, float, gappers, watchlist, new highs and news.

Scanner filters - price, gap, volume and relative volume2:00 · 0:30Session sets - PRE, MKT, AH and auto2:00 · 0:30The scanner board - every alert, its own row2:00 · 0:30Scanner alert types - what each Strategy means2:00 · 0:30Scanner row colours - what green, purple, red and yellow mean2:00 · 0:30Halted stocks - how the desk shows a halt2:00 · 0:30Float with its age, and where a stock files from2:00 · 0:30Top gappers - the biggest gappers that pass your filters2:00 · 0:30Watchlist and new highs2:00 · 0:30News and SEC filings for the stocks you watch2:00 · 0:30

Trading panel and hotkeys

The header, order size, limit and market orders, the resting rail, BUY and SHORT, the eight buttons, hotkeys, locates and MANUAL TRADING.

The header and button rows - a tour of the top of the Lite desk2:00 · 0:30The top of the trading panel - open counts, 1m volume, LULD and slippage2:00 · 0:30Order size - shares, dollars or percent of buying power2:00 · 0:30Limit or market - LMT and MKT orders, every session2:00 · 0:30The resting rail - a limit entry you drag into place2:00 · 0:30BUY and SHORT - one click, no confirmation box2:00 · 0:30The eight buttons - sell, cover, flatten, liquidate and cancel2:00 · 0:30Ask before sending, double-click, and when an order is refused2:00 · 0:30Hotkeys - two-key shortcuts for every order2:00 · 0:30The HOTKEYS window - set your keys and your eight buttons2:00 · 0:30Short selling and locates2:00 · 0:30The MANUAL TRADING window - every setting a manual trade uses2:00 · 0:30

Trade ladder and chart

The ladder and its levels, the trailing stop on the rail, the chart, indicators and chart signals.

The trade ladder - one trade on one price rail2:00 · 0:30Ladder levels - take profit, stop loss, peak, and dragging them2:00 · 0:30The trailing stop on the ladder - waiting, then running2:00 · 0:30The chart - candles, your levels and the live result2:00 · 0:30Chart indicators - overlays, oscillators and volume profile2:00 · 0:30Chart signals - trend flip, structure break, VWAP reclaim and exhaustion2:00 · 0:30

Exits and risk controls

Auto exit and units, take profit and stop loss, the trailing stop, the step lock and the risk row.

Auto exit and units - percent or dollars2:00 · 0:30Take profit and stop loss2:00 · 0:30The trailing stop - trail after and trail width2:00 · 0:30The step lock - a stop that ratchets in steps2:00 · 0:30Risk discipline - daily loss, trade caps and losing streaks2:00 · 0:30

Trades and the order log

Realized net, open and closed trades, the order log and executions, SYNC BROKER and EXPORT.

Realized net, open trades and closed trades2:00 · 0:30The order log and executions - every order and every reply2:00 · 0:30SYNC BROKER, EXPORT, and paper kept apart from live2:00 · 0:30

Broker, keys and settings

The BROKER window, credentials, sounds, layouts and text size, CHECK and the clock.

The BROKER window and your commission schedule2:00 · 0:30Credentials - your data key and broker keys stay on your PC2:00 · 0:30Sounds - a voice for every event2:00 · 0:30Layouts and text size - fit the desk to your screens2:00 · 0:30CHECK, the risks window, and the clock2:00 · 0:30