AutoScanTrade video guide

73 short videos, one for each part of the desk. Each topic has a two-minute walkthrough and a thirty-second version, filmed on the real program in paper mode with made-up symbols and prices.

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

AutoScanTrade - the trading desk in two minutes2:00 · 0:30 How AutoScanTrade fits together - scan, arm, trade, exit, review2:00 · 0:30 AutoScanTrade Lite and the full desk - two versions, one program2:00 · 0:30 Getting started with AutoScanTrade - first start, keys and paper mode2:00 · 0:30 Paper mode, going live and the SYSTEM switch2:00 · 0:30 Software stops - what to know before trading live2:00 · 0:30

Scanner and market lists

Filters, session sets, alerts, row colours, halts, float, gappers, watchlist, new highs and news.

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

Trading panel and hotkeys

Order size, limit or market, BUY and SHORT, the eight buttons, hotkeys, locates and manual trading.

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

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

Automation (full desk)

How the automation decides, arming, entry rules, gates, chart-signal entries, profiles, the fleet and the schedule.

How the automation decides - every condition, in order2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Arming and disarming the automation2:00 · 0:30 · full desk The AUTO/BOT window - every automation setting in one place2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Order handling - offsets, fill or kill, track, free entry and cooldown2:00 · 0:30 · full desk The breakout engine - breakout %, volume surge, price run and max step2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Scanner-hit entries - buy on scanner hit, first hit, PRE only2:00 · 0:30 · full desk More entry rules - trail entry, near session high, top gappers2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Fade and retest rules - trading a failure at a level2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Entry gates - candle, pullback, VWAP, EMA9 and volume candle2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Tape confirm and the volume, gap and band vetoes2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Trade chart signals - BUY ON CHART SIGNAL with Early %2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Profiles - save, load and compare whole sets of settings2:00 · 0:30 · full desk The profile fleet - up to 20 profiles, side by side2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Chart-signal slots and the four signal strategies in the fleet2:00 · 0:30 · full desk The paper schedule - start paper and the fleet on the clock2:00 · 0:30 · full desk

Exits and risk controls

Take profit, stop loss, trailing stops, other exits, adding and scaling, halts, risk limits and the day target.

Auto exit and units - percent or dollars2:00 · 0:30 Take profit and stop loss2:00 · 0:30 The trailing stop - trail after and trail width2:00 · 0:30 The step lock - a stop that ratchets in steps2:00 · 0:30 Advanced trails - ATR chandelier, widening, Parabolic SAR and Supertrend2:00 · 0:30 Other exits - volume fade, candle exits and the hard stop2:00 · 0:30 Adding and scaling - add-ons, scale cycles and the re-add floor2:00 · 0:30 How exit orders are sent - exit offset, exit chase and the band2:00 · 0:30 Halt rules and limit bands - LULD escape, resume stop and band guard2:00 · 0:30 Risk discipline - daily loss, trade caps, losing streaks and sizing2:00 · 0:30 Per-stock brakes - limits on one stock per session2:00 · 0:30 The DAY TARGET - stop for the day at your number2:00 · 0:30 · full desk

Journal and analysis

Realized net, the order log, execution timing, the journal, ANALYSE, trade reports and exports.

Realized net, open trades and closed trades2:00 · 0:30 The order log and executions - every order and every reply2:00 · 0:30 How long an order actually took - EXEC TIMING2:00 · 0:30 The JOURNAL window - your trades on a calendar2:00 · 0:30 · full desk ANALYSE - every profile ranked by what it actually did2:00 · 0:30 · full desk Trade reports - where it was executed2:00 · 0:30 · full desk SYNC BROKER, EXPORT, and paper kept apart from live2:00 · 0:30

Broker, keys and settings

Broker and commissions, credentials, sounds, layouts, the self-check, the risks window and the clock.

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