market tools & resources

 The commitment of traders report is aggregated each Tuesday and released on Friday. This report is widely used in the industry to provide the industry overall with the general direction of institutions in the markets and should be reviewed prior to trading going into Mondays. 

 Seeking Alpha is a very useful site in a variety of ways and here we provide a link to their market reporting and analysis page. This makes for a good Sunday read, once again to help assist you in your planning for the week ahead. It's best to be looking for a variety of news resources to work off of and a very good idea to be paying attention to items that agree with other sources in predictive commentary. 

 Zacks is a great start on ahead-of-the-week research as they offer a quick & concise wrap of what's going on and a good idea of what to expect. This is a group paid close heed to by the institutional crowd. 

 There's nothing updated here, just a simple forum chat between traders talking about focus on the ES & NQ markets, as we do... Light reading... 

 This is an important daily market review of what's to be expected in the day's activity. Certain reports are Major market movers and it is imperative you learn more about these reports if you are new to trading so to get a grip on market anticipations... 

 The 10 Year U.S. Treasury Yield is an important benchmark in the balance between equities investors (our markets) and the bond market. Money shifting from one to the other has immediate and definite impact on price in the Emini S&P, our primary trading instrument. When yield approaches pivotal percentages, currently 3.0% for example, money moves out of the ES and into this market. Very important to keep an eye on. 

In our opinion the best commentary available on Youtube. FT 71 offers a daily live-cast starting at 8:00 AM and runs for roughly 20 minutes. Expert pre-market analysis primarily on the ES. Highly, Highly Recommended! 

Discord is a host server for a plethora of group interests. In our case, you case you can search and discover a multitude of like-minded Traders freely exchanging resources and information. Joining is simple and free, and once in you can seek out Trading Groups. 

From their site, The AAII Sentiment Survey offers insight into the opinions of individual investors by asking them their thoughts on where the market is heading in the next six months. This market sentiment data is compiled and depicted for individual use. Investor sentiment is measured via a weekly survey. Tracking sentiment gives investors a forward looking perspective of the market instead of relying on historical data, which tends to result in hindsight bias.