Since 2009, this page has served as a repository of resources (webinars, chart definitions, instructional videos, etc) dedicated to FuturesTrader71 followers. FT71 (alias Morad Askar) has always been dedicated to helping traders develop their skills and find their edge.
When it comes to using Volume profiles as a tool to read the market auction, or analyzing the market behavior by extracting relevant statistics, Morad has become a recognized expert in these fields. His 15 years of collaboration with Chad Payne, Senior Software Engineer at Linn Software, has resulted in a wealth of valuable information documented on this page. We hope it will help you better understand and analyze such concepts, and ultimately improve your trading performance.
FT71 trading charts and layouts
Last updated in 2016/2017, these chart layouts (first shared in 2009) have been discussed or have appeared, over the years, in numerous public webinars or AMA sessions hosted by FT71 (as listed below). Until 2020, using the Investor/RT “Flexlevels” indicator, FT71 kept sharing his key market levels for multiple instruments with his community of followers. If you want to access today FT71 market levels (and the newly introduced "Stalkzones") along with the last version of his chart definitions, you are invited to join Convergent Trading, the education and mentoring collaborative platform he launched in 2018.
Linnsoft / FT71 webinar repository
At several occasions, FT71 joined Chad Payne, Linnsoft’s senior software engineer, in discussing the newly released features and developments in the Investor/RT toolkit, especially those related to the volume profile indicators and those involved in extracting, from raw data, relevant statistics around key market behaviors. We have split into different sections the most relevant webinars which have been presented by Chad and/or Morad, and which were hosted by Linnsoft or on other venues
Webinars discussing new Investor/RT features
Although some of these webinars are now starting to age, they still provide valuable insights into how some indicators features, unique to Investor/RT (such as the Session Prices & Session Statistics) have been developed and refined over the years, and how they can help traders better analyze and apprehend the markets.
Webinars focused on extracting market behavior using a statistical approach
This second list offers a comprehensive overview of the type of statistical analysis that can be performed with Investor/RT's unique indicators toolkit.
FT71 presentation on "Understanding market behaviour with statistics"
In this March 2019 Convergent Trading webinar, FT71 discusses how extracted market information can be used to generate a trading edge. Using a specific example (How often is the Overnight VPOC level traded again during the RTH session ?), he goes into a detailed walk-through on how to generate such a market statistic and derive from it a profitable trading setup.
FT71 webinar on "Changing markets"
In this October 2017 presentation (on futures.io), FT71 discusses the various statistical homework research to be performed when deciding to start trading a new market. This led to discussions on the Investor/RT user forum, with FT71 followers investigating the best ways to perform some of the Initial Balance break statistics computations.
FT71 webinar on "Extracting market behavior with Investor/RT"
During this March 2015 event, FT71 and Chad Payne discusses ways to apply the latest innovations introduced in Investor/RT to obtain key market behavioral information and statistics, including how to analyze the market rotations size distribution, the timing of new daily high and lows, the probability of revisiting the previous Day VPOC during the RTH session (upon the Opening price level), the aggregation of fractals prices to assess upcoming support and resistance levels, and more...
FT71 webinar on "Statistical analysis for a broader edge"
In this June 2013 presentation (on futures.io), FT71 discusses the process of extracting raw market data and generating relevant market statistics around the Overnight Range and the probabilities of having the ON Low and High being touched again during the day session.
For your information :
- there are more than 30 additional videos available in our “homework” section which gathers all Chad Payne’s studies and research works addressing questions from the entire Investor/RT user community regarding such market statistics.
- the Homework RTX indicator was created in 2022 to provide (in a single step) the most frequently requested statistics (previously only available through separate chart studies).
Other FT71 webinars and resources
- To get a better understanding of how FT71 uses his chart layouts (shared on this page) to build a clear vision of the market posture, and learn about the art of using Volume Profiles for evaluating and finding sustainable trade setup, here is a selection of Morad’s AMAs & webinars held over the years on the futures.io trading forum (today known as Nexus.fi) : FT71 AMA - Mar. 2016 FT71 AMA - Feb. 2015 FT71 AMA - Apr. 2014 FT71 AMA - Mar. 2013 FT 71 on Volume Profile - Nov. 2012
- FT71 is also very well known for his daily “Trader Bites”, his pre-open market reviews which have been streamed live on Youtube from 2012 to April 2024 for a record number of 2657 episodes !!
- To keep benefiting today from Morad's exhaustive trading knowledge and wisdom, follow him on X or on Convergent Trading
FT71 legacy instructional videos and chart definitions
If you are willing to dig further back in time, here are some older charts and videos published from 2009 onwards. Most of these videos were produced before the last upgrade of the IRT user interface (implemented in IRT 11.1) and may also refer to the former linnsoft.com website layout (redesigned in 2014). Nevertheless, they have been kept online as many comments on indicators or market concepts are still fully valid.
This 2011 video includes a complete guide for setting up FuturesTrader71 charts in Investor/RT.
This 2011 video demonstrates how to properly set up FT71's composite and intraday charts for other symbols such as Crude Oil.
This 2011 video reviews how the QB indicator recovers Overnight levels (VPOC, High & Low) to display them in the FT71 Intraday chart.
FT71 chart definitions (as per Oct. 2010)
This video explains some minor changes/additions that Chad and FT71 made to the charts in October 2010.
FT71 original chart setup webinars (Dec. 2009)
This follow-up webinar includes a brief summary of each chart, followed by a Q&A session.
This third webinar focuses on the proper setup needed for FT71 Composite Profile charts.