My name is Malcolm Robinson.

I am a Futures Trader and have been since 1992. All the opinions expressed on this site are mine, they are intended to offer insight and new perspectives on trading.

Low Risk High Probability Set-Ups
I spent the first 6 years of my trading career as a floor trader on LIFFE, and as a screen trader since 1998. I have learnt the hard way what works and what doesn't. My trading method is not dependent on a myriad of technical indicators; it is based on the true market fundamentals of price and volume.

Pit Trader
As a floor trader I had a very interesting and unique perspective. It did not take me long to realise that the market would move in the same direction as the dominant orders coming into the pit. So if there were more buy orders flowing in, the market would move up; and if there were more sell orders, the market would move down. It did not matter what preempted those orders (whether fundamental or technical factors); from the perspective of a pit trader trying to make a profit, all that mattered was whether there were more buy orders or sell orders coming into the pit.

Order Flow
This seems obvious, I am sure, but it is in fact quite profound. When you realise that the most important factor in determining the direction of the market is order flow; you realise that it is by observing order flow that you will have the tightest grasp on which direction the market will move.