Last week's post carried two roadmaps and the market traded both: the downside path early, the upside path late, ending with a rejection at 29,800. Now NQ sits inside balance with a Fed that sounds unfinished, payrolls on Friday and Broadcom midweek. Levels, scenarios and calendar inside.
Every NinjaTrader 8 tool you download arrives one of two ways: a NinjaScript zip you import in three clicks, or raw .cs source files you drop in a folder and compile. Here's both paths, plus how to update, remove, and fix the errors that stop most people.
Last Thursday Walmart's numbers hit at 13:00 CEST, right in the middle of my EU session, and I didn't have the time in my plan. So I built the calendar I wanted: every USD event that moves NQ, plus the earnings that matter, in ET and your local time.
Last week's downside map played out almost level by level as the 30-year yield hit its highest since 2007. Now NQ sits on prior-week value low with PCE, Nvidia earnings and Warsh's first Jackson Hole keynote packed into four days. Levels, both scenarios and the calendar inside.
Hougaard's argument is uncomfortable: most traders don't lose because they're wrong too often — they lose because of what they do when they're wrong. My review after measuring that exact thing in my own trade data, and why this book is the natural companion to Tendler's The Mental Game of Trading.
Walmart beat on revenue and EPS, fell ten percent, and NQ lost 200 points — far more than its index weight can explain. Where the rest of the move came from, what it says about next week, and my one trade of the session, warts included.
Nvidia reports Wednesday after the close. Two days later, Kevin Warsh delivers his first Jackson Hole keynote as Fed Chair — with a hike, not a cut, as the live question. Two catalysts, 48 hours, no precedent. The map, the history of this slot, and how I plan to trade (or skip) each session.
Most trading psychology advice boils down to "control your emotions." Tendler's book does the opposite — it treats emotion as data. My review after building my entire daily journaling routine around this system, and why it's one of the best trading books I've ever read.
The biggest Copier update yet: a rare live-connection deadlock that could freeze NinjaTrader is fixed and verified with a real trade, and the last MVP module ships — continuous account reconciliation with quarantine and alarms.
NQ enters the week holding above the 2026 high-volume node, roughly 3% below all-time highs. FOMC minutes, Walmart earnings and monthly OPEX will test whether the breakout is real. The full level map and calendar inside.
