Institutional order flow and swing trading
Unlock the strategies of institutional traders—commonly known as “smart money”—in this transformative course focused on identifying and interpreting high-probability supply and demand areas in the market. Based on over 11 years of professional trading experience, this concise yet powerful course will introduce you to the foundational concepts of institutional order flow, a methodology used by seasoned futures traders and investment professionals to gain an edge in the markets.
You’ll learn how to locate, analyze, and trade around institutional activity zones, helping you make more informed, strategic trading decisions. Whether you’re a developing trader or a seasoned investor seeking to elevate your technical edge, this course delivers actionable insights and market-tested techniques drawn from real-world success.
3 activities • 8 videos • duration: 3h 30m
Head of Trader Development at Blahtech
I am a former session musician turned derivatives trader and a Level 4 qualified Investment Advisor. Before my finance career I had the pleasure of working with some of the legends of the music world such as Rod Stewart. I was also a Ministry of Sound live saxophonist for a number of years. Whilst I still enjoy playing alto sax and electric guitar, these days I have a huge passion for trading the markets and teaching others the observations and techniques that I've come by with great difficulty and thousands of hours of trading the markets day in day out over the last 15 years. Today I am a managing director of a fintech startup Blahtech where I create mechanical trading systems with the help of a small elite team of software developers from bulge bracket investment banking companies. I started Market Stalkers courses to maximize my free time while I was mentoring junior traders as a senior futures trader few years ago. More and more people kept finding the videos asking if I could teach them how to trade. Due to my professional trader roles in trading firms, I eventually obtained a Level 4 Investment Advisor qualification (similar to Series 3 and Series 7 in the US), although I no longer trade other people's funds but prefer to invest and trade my own. I am the originator of a concept now widely known as Q Points, the missing link to Supply/Demand trading which is explained in my course on institutional Supply/Demand order flow concept. As a managing director of Blahtech, I also run a small prop trading department from London, UK where we have a small number of funded traders who use my systematic methodology to trade and capitalize on various complex financial products.
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I took this course from the perspective of an investor managing a portfolio of stocks being held for longer periods, looking for ways to interpret candlestick charts to try and improve my ability to identify when to buy and sell a security holding. I found the technical side a little difficult to follow and I am sure takes a lot of study to master and I believe a lot of the comments apply mainly to day trading. However, I did gain some insights into the chart reading and will likely use those in my efforts. I found the discussion of the mental side of trading and the discipline required to be quite interesting and helpful as it pertains to all type of stock investing.
The discussion surrounding emotions in trading was excellent and really added to the overall value of the course.
