US Stock Futures Edgy Before August PCE; Micron, Chip Trade in Focus
The PCE print lands with rate expectations turning broadly neutral. Odds of an October Fed rate hike has fallen to 42.6% from 70.9% a week ago
US Stock Futures Fall as Oil Surge, Rising Yields Cloud Wall Street Open
Brent tops $108 after Trump rejects Iran proposal; Kospi tumbles 2.7% on chip jitters; Dallas Fed manufacturing gauge in focus.
US Stock Futures Advance Ahead of NYSE Open as Yields Hover Near Multi-Year Highs; Durable Goods Orders In Focus
Traders brace for August durable goods orders and Fed speakers after Nikkei extends gains; DAX and CAC lead European bounce
One Chart, One Fed Meeting, One AI Earnings: What's Next for NQ After Its Record Rally
A technical level, an earnings print and a policy signal all landing in the same window. That’s what makes the near term more consequential for the NQ than the record high itself.
US Stock Futures Steady Ahead of Open: BOJ Hikes Rate, Oil Declines for Third Session
Nasdaq futures lead a mildly positive premarket after Japan raises rates to a 30-year high; Generac and FedEx headline single-stock action into the Conference Board LEI release.
Wall Street Futures Slide as AI Warning, Oil Surge Rattle Sentiment Ahead of Fed Week
Nasdaq 100 futures lead losses after Anthropic and OpenAI chiefs urge a slower AI buildout; Brent tops $107 on Gulf supply fears.
TRADER PROFILES
All trader profilesAlpine Trader
Alpine Trader is a US-based Nasdaq futures scalper who moved from small-cap stocks to futures in 2023 and now streams live at the market open on nearly every trading day. He trades an opening-range strategy across many funded prop-firm accounts using a trade copier on Quantower. He runs the free Alpine Trading Fam Discord of close to 3,000 members and is known for daily evaluation giveaways tied to his own payouts.
NQ · MNQ · ES
Anthony Crudele
Anthony Crudele is a former CME S&P 500 pit trader who obtained his exchange seat in 1999 and was among the first to trade the E-mini S&P electronically. He founded the Futures Radio Show podcast in 2014, joined NinjaTrader in October 2024 as senior vice president of NinjaTrader Live, and now hosts its daily broadcast while trading index futures around a market-environment framework.
ES · NQ · RTY
Flow Zone Trader
Flow Zone Trader is the channel of Alex, a UK-born futures day trader who left a touring DJ career in 2020 and now streams the New York morning session live on YouTube every trading day for about 142,000 subscribers. He teaches his Flow Zone method, a blend of EMAs, anchored VWAP, volume profile and Bookmap order flow, through a 20-hour course, custom indicators and a private Discord.
NQ · ES · MNQ