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Popular trading strategies in US futures and forex, explained plainly: how traders define them, where they are known to fail, and how to test them without fooling yourself. Education only, never a recommendation.

• 6 October 2026 · NQ, ESThe ICT Silver Bullet: what it is and how traders define itA plain explanation of the ICT Silver Bullet, a popular one-hour setup among index futures traders, and the parts traders most often get wrong when they test it.
• 6 October 2026 · ES, NQ, YM, RTYOpening range breakout: a popular futures setup, explainedHow the opening range breakout is usually defined on index futures, the choices that change it completely, and the conditions where it is known to struggle.
• 6 October 2026 · EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPYThe London breakout in forex: how the session setup is definedAn explanation of the London session breakout, a popular forex approach built around the Asian range, with the definitions and pitfalls traders discuss most.
• 6 October 2026 · Futures and forexFair value gaps explained: the three-candle pattern traders watchWhat a fair value gap is, how traders identify bullish and bearish gaps on futures and forex charts, and why the definition needs to be exact before it is tested.
• 6 October 2026 · ES, NQ, CLVWAP mean reversion: a popular intraday approach in futuresHow traders describe VWAP mean reversion on index futures, what VWAP actually measures, and the market conditions where fading moves away from it is known to fail.