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Joshua Martinez

Futures Trading Expert

Joshua Martinez is a futures trading expert at Traders Agency, known for his Tunnel Trader and Destination Trader strategies.

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My Golden Trade Idea is Ready to Hit
Traders Daily Direction
Traders Daily Direction

My Golden Trade Idea is Ready to Hit

Gold got my attention this week as the currency and other markets set up conditions that are more favorable for the shiny yellow metal. Add in the ongoing volatility in the stock markets, and traders have been further getting in line with my reasoning for higher gold prices. I recently presented the trade idea for … The post My Golden Trade Idea is Ready to Hit appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

Jun 2, 2022 Read article
This Week’s Trade Idea for the S&P 500
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Traders Daily Direction

This Week’s Trade Idea for the S&P 500

The stock market was showing some positive signs as the month of May came to a close, including a positive performance for the S&P 500 Index futures contract (ES). Then, as June commenced, the ES set up as a buy trade idea. To kick off the new trading month, I’m sharing my thoughts on the … The post This Week’s Trade Idea for the S&P 500 appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

Jun 1, 2022 Read article
A Short-Term Setup in the NQ
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Traders Daily Direction

A Short-Term Setup in the NQ

With the old adage of “Sell in May and go away” as a backdrop, today the market is setting up some trading ideas in the buy zone.  This includes the technology-focused Nasdaq 100 Index futures contract (NQ). Here’s how I see this index and its contract shaping up for a positive trade idea today. The … The post A Short-Term Setup in the NQ appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 31, 2022 Read article
How Market Candlesticks Measure Traders’ Emotions
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Traders Daily Direction

How Market Candlesticks Measure Traders’ Emotions

With the markets closed on Monday for Memorial Day, this provides a great opportunity to take a step back and review how charting works to identify trading opportunities as well as to know when a chart shows when a trade shouldn’t be made. Today, I’m going to give you a prime primer course in candlesticks … The post How Market Candlesticks Measure Traders’ Emotions appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 27, 2022 Read article
How I Use TradingView to Chart the Futures Markets
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Traders Daily Direction

How I Use TradingView to Chart the Futures Markets

If you’ve been following my trading strategy, you’ll know that I rely heavily on timeframe charts to make futures trading judgments. So today, I want to teach you about the indicators and setups I use when preparing my charts. Dealing with all of the data for trading might be difficult, but properly setting up my … The post How I Use TradingView to Chart the Futures Markets appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 26, 2022 Read article
A Big Longer Term Idea for the S&P
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Traders Daily Direction

A Big Longer Term Idea for the S&P

There are different views that can be taken on the stock and other markets. On any day, there are intraday and daily trading ideas for short term gains.  But there can also be longer-term ideas that may not be ready to trade now but are worth keeping an eye on to see if and how … The post A Big Longer Term Idea for the S&P appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 24, 2022 Read article
Gold In The Buy Zone
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Traders Daily Direction

Gold In The Buy Zone

We’ve been working on the gold market over the past week, including our discussion in yesterday’s edition of this update. We now see that gold is now in the buy zone and providing potential opportunities for trades now for the glittering metal. Today, let’s take at the recent trading pattern setups for gold and how … The post Gold In The Buy Zone appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 23, 2022 Read article
How We’re Still Finding Opportunities at the Right Levels
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Traders Daily Direction

How We’re Still Finding Opportunities at the Right Levels

The stock market continues to show signs of resilience and optimism.  On any given day, the leading indexes will experience buying sending traders into profitable trades, including for the core US benchmark S&P 500 Index. In fact, even this morning, the S&P showed some nice gains for a period of time both in the cash … The post How We’re Still Finding Opportunities at the Right Levels appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 20, 2022 Read article
Here’s the Rundown on BTC
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Traders Daily Direction

Here’s the Rundown on BTC

The digital currency markets continue to be as volatile as the leading stock market indexes over the past weeks. This is providing challenges for researching and analyzing both direction as well as levels for entry. There are definitely plenty of opportunities for trading digital currencies, especially the leading currency in BTC.  In addition, by tracking … The post Here’s the Rundown on BTC appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 19, 2022 Read article
Go Small for Bigger Gains
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Traders Daily Direction

Go Small for Bigger Gains

The stock market is having another big risk-off trading day…  This follows the prior day’s enthusiasm stemming from the series of excellent economic data and news, particularly for consumer spending and retail sales. But even today, there are trades setting up for stocks that are bargains now with underpinnings of future positive business successes. Specifically, … The post Go Small for Bigger Gains appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 18, 2022 Read article
Let’s Go For the Gold
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Traders Daily Direction

Let’s Go For the Gold

The stock market has experienced plenty of downs lately with a few ups along the way, such as for this morning.  But with plenty of concerns held by stock traders right now, looking at alternative assets for trading gain opportunities just makes a lot more sense right now. Gold is one of those alternative assets … The post Let’s Go For the Gold appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 17, 2022 Read article
A Big, Bold Forecast for the Nasdaq 100 Market
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Traders Daily Direction

A Big, Bold Forecast for the Nasdaq 100 Market

Big technology stocks have been a major driver for the US stock market returns over the past some years. And these stocks have also been a major source of asset gathering by mega asset managers, both in ETFs as well as for general investment funds. This also includes many major hedge funds that are active … The post A Big, Bold Forecast for the Nasdaq 100 Market appeared first on Josh Daily Direction.

May 16, 2022 Read article
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