Directionday
The Dominican trader behind the Shrimp Strategy, who teaches Smart Money made simple in Spanish and posts his Nasdaq futures trades for nearly 13,000 Telegram subscribers.
Compiled by MarketFramework editorial · Last reviewed Oct 17, 2026
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Directionday, who goes by Francis, is a Dominican futures trader and Spanish-language educator known for the Shrimp Strategy, his simplified take on Smart Money concepts. He trades Nasdaq futures in the New York and Asian sessions, posts his trades to nearly 13,000 Telegram subscribers and runs a paid VIP group with live trading every day.
Trades
Nasdaq futures
NQ · also US30 · forex and gold CFDs
Style
Simplified Smart Money
Estrategia Camarón · liquidity · 1:3 targets
Experience
3+ years
teaching in public since April 2023
Based
Dominican Republic
YouTube
9.4K
subscribers · Oct 2026
Language
Spanish
every video, class and post
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BEST KNOWN FOR
The Shrimp Strategy and Smart Money made simple
Directionday’s signature is the Estrategia Camarón, or Shrimp Strategy, a stripped-down take on Smart Money trading built on two confirmations and one entry point. His January 2024 tutorial on it is still his most-watched video, past 21,000 views. Today he applies it to Nasdaq futures, posting each trade as he takes it for the nearly 13,000 subscribers of his free Telegram channel.
IN FRANCIS'S WORDS
“Teniendo en cuenta que el trading se basa en probabilidades, nada es totalmente seguro siempre manejen un riesgo adecuado! [Since trading is based on probabilities, nothing is ever completely certain, so always manage your risk properly!]”
Telegram, April 2023
“Respetar su “Plan de Trading” de esa manera siempre estaran en el juego por mucho tiempo [Respect your “trading plan”, and that way you will stay in the game for a long time]”
Telegram, May 2023
“x eso les digo, mejor suave y seguro que rápido y riesgoso [That is why I tell you: better slow and safe than fast and risky]”
Telegram, September 2026
Directionday's featured video
“(Estrategia Camaron) aprende a tomar entradas precisas con mucha logica!!” · published Jan 7, 2024 · 21.3K views
Who is Directionday?
Directionday has built a Spanish-language following on one conviction: trading works best when it is kept simple. The Dominican trader, who goes by Francis, calls his method the Estrategia Camarón, or Shrimp Strategy. His earliest descriptions called the approach “la manera mas sencilla y simplificada de Smart Money” [the simplest, most stripped-down way to trade Smart Money]. The shrimp is everywhere in his work, from his thumbnails to the sign-off on every video description, and on his Telegram the method goes simply by “la camaron” [the shrimp]. His January 2024 tutorial on the strategy is still the most-watched video on his channel.
He opened his Telegram channel on 8 April 2023 and began posting analysis to it the next evening. The early posts covered forex (EURUSD, AUDCAD and GBPUSD), read through liquidity and the imbalanced zones price had yet to fill. Within a week he had published his trading plan: trade from 7 to 11 am, EURUSD only, 0.5% of the account per trade and one trade a day. “De esa manera controlare mi riesgo, cuidare mi capital y mi tranquilidad mental sobre todo!” [That way I will control my risk and protect my capital, and above all my peace of mind!], he wrote. The YouTube channel followed in May. His first uploads, four live backtesting sessions posted on 31 July 2023, summed up the method in a line: two confirmations, one entry point.
The method has travelled with him across markets. In 2024 he took it to US30 and gold, released a Camarón 2.0 and began streaming the Asian session live. By autumn 2025 he had moved to futures. His explainer “Explicando futuros desde 0” [Futures explained from scratch], posted that October, is now one of his most-watched videos. A week later he published a free TradingView indicator, DIRECTIONDAY (FREE), which he describes as the indicator he uses to analyse the chart. Today the Nasdaq is his main market, traded in two windows: the New York morning and the Asian session that opens in his evening. A July 2026 video weighed the two sessions against each other.
His teaching runs on three levels, and the free one is generous. YouTube carries weekly and monthly recaps, plus long recordings of his private classes and one-on-one mentorships. On Telegram he posts his Nasdaq entries, stop sizes and targets as he takes them, in relaxed Dominican Spanish. The paid VIP opens month by month and is where members trade live with him every day. Beyond that, he opens a handful of one-on-one mentorship places at a time. Around it all run Instagram Lives, Google Meet sessions and travel vlogs, from 72 hours in Santo Domingo to 96 in Punta Cana with fellow traders.
What sets Directionday apart is how much he shows. He posts his stop-outs as readily as his winners and puts recordings of his mentorship sessions online for anyone to watch. His advice to newer traders keeps returning to patience, a written plan and protecting capital. The audience has followed him across platforms, with nearly 13,000 subscribers on Telegram, 42,600 followers on Instagram and 9,400 on YouTube. For Spanish-speaking traders who want Smart Money concepts and Nasdaq futures explained plainly, in their own language and by someone trading alongside them, he has become a daily presence.
How Francis trades
Direction first, then the entry
His first upload was titled “Como tener direccion y entrada en el mercado” [How to get direction and an entry in the market], and that order is the method. Directionday reads the chart for liquidity and for imbalanced zones “que el precio todavía no ha llenado” [that price has not yet filled]. He then waits for the market to take liquidity before looking for an entry. A setup needs two confirmations before it earns its single entry point.
The Shrimp Strategy packages that logic for different horizons. In July 2024 he described it as three sets in one, covering swing trading, scalping and day trading. A September 2026 video presents liquidity as the key to reading the market’s direction. On the chart he works with his own free TradingView indicator, published in October 2025.
Two sessions, tight stops, 1:3 targets
On Nasdaq futures he trades two windows: the New York morning and the Asian session, which opens in the evening in the Dominican Republic. His Telegram posts give the numbers for each trade. Stops run roughly 15 to 35 points on a one- or five-minute chart. Once a trade is working, the stop moves to breakeven. Targets sit at three or four times the risk and are sometimes trailed further. His September 2026 lesson “Nunca busques 1:1” [Never look for 1:1] makes the case for aiming well beyond the amount at risk.
The trades run on prop-firm accounts. A February 2026 tutorial walks step by step through replicating trades across funded accounts, and his Linktree points to Tradesyncer for the same job. The habits of his first written plan, a defined stop and only a trade or two a day, still show in his posts. As with every trader profiled here, the approach is described from his own material and is not a recommendation; futures trading involves substantial risk of loss.
See how the wider prop-trading field is positioned in NQ while you study a method like this: MarketFramework's Positioning Edge shows live long/short splits across ES, NQ, MES and MNQ from real evaluation and funded accounts, and Prop Backtest scores strategies against prop-firm rules.
Directionday's career timeline
Opens his Telegram channel on 8 April with forex analysis, then posts his written trading plan on 14 April: 0.5% risk per trade, one trade a day. source
Opens the Directionday YouTube channel on 16 May; his first uploads, four live backtesting sessions on 31 July, set out the method as two confirmations and one entry point. source
Publishes the Estrategia Camarón tutorial on 7 January, still his most-watched video, then Camarón 2.0 in April and his first live Asian-session stream in July. source
Posts a recording of one of his one-on-one classes in August, alongside a new paid VIP group. source
Moves to futures; publishes “Explicando futuros desde 0” [Futures explained from scratch] on 2 October and his free DIRECTIONDAY (FREE) indicator on TradingView on 9 October. source
Appears as a collaborator on Crypto Billions’ “SEMANA OPERATIVA viajando por el mundo” [A trading week travelling the world] in May. source
Tells the story of how a trading plan helped him win back lost capital (July); streams the Asian session live from his channel. source
Posts a 96-hour vlog from Punta Cana with fellow traders (16 September), then “Nunca busques 1:1” [Never look for 1:1], his lesson on risk and reward (19 September). source
Directionday's videos
LATEST
Que he estado haciendo estas ultimas 2 semanas ? (RESUMEN)
Como me fue este mes ? (EL REGRESO) 🔥👀👀
Resumen semanal (ASIA SIGUE SIENDO RENTABLE) 🤔❌
Que es mejor ahora mismo ? BUSCAR VENTAS O COMPRAS ??? 🤔💰
Nunca busques 1:1 (AQUI TE LO EXPLICO) 🤦🏻♂️✋🏻
MOST POPULAR
(Estrategia Camaron) aprende a tomar entradas precisas con mucha logica!!
Explicando futuros desde 0 (LO QUE NO SABIAS) 🫢💰
Corte del 1a1 (CLASE PRIVADA) 🚨
Como hacer backtesting correctamente!! +300 PUNTOS 💰🍤
Figure as stated by creatorMENTORIA PRIVADA (FILTRADA) 👀💰
Prop firms Francis works with
Since September 2025 his video descriptions have carried a line naming the funding firm he uses, with a discount under code DIRECTIONDAY. Since July 2026 that line has linked to Goat Funded Trader, whose CFD accounts he trades. The most recent example is his 15 October 2026 upload.
His Telegram posts from August and September 2026 show him trading futures accounts at Topstep and Lucid Trading.
We list a firm relationship only with dated public evidence from the last 30 days, re-checked each editorial pass.
DIRECTIONDAY: FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Directionday trade?
Nasdaq-100 futures above all, with the Dow (US30) as a second market, traded intraday in the New York morning and the Asian session. His Telegram posts show stops of roughly 15 to 35 points on a one- or five-minute chart and targets of three or four times the risk. Before futures he traded forex, gold and US30 through CFDs, and he still trades CFD accounts alongside his futures.
Who is Directionday?
Directionday is the trading name of Francis, a Dominican trader and Spanish-language educator. He opened his Telegram channel in April 2023 and his YouTube channel the following month. He teaches a simplified Smart Money method he calls the Estrategia Camarón, or Shrimp Strategy, to nearly 13,000 Telegram subscribers, 42,600 Instagram followers and 9,400 YouTube subscribers.
What is the Directionday VIP?
The VIP is his paid group, opened month by month. His video descriptions present it as the place “donde operamos en vivo todos los días” [where we trade live every day]. Members sign up through the PayPal link on his Linktree. He also offers a small number of one-on-one mentorships. His free Telegram channel carries his own trades, new videos and live-session links.
What is Directionday’s net worth?
Directionday has not disclosed his net worth, and MarketFramework does not estimate net worth for the traders it profiles.
Which prop firm does Directionday use?
His video descriptions name a funding firm he uses, with a discount under code DIRECTIONDAY. Since July 2026 that firm has been Goat Funded Trader, whose CFD accounts he trades. His Telegram posts from August and September 2026 show him trading futures accounts at Topstep and Lucid Trading.
SOURCES
- Directionday: YouTube channelaccessed Oct 17, 2026
- YouTube, 15 October 2026 (description with code DIRECTIONDAY)accessed Oct 17, 2026
- YouTube: (Estrategia Camaron) tutorial (2024)accessed Oct 17, 2026
- YouTube: Como tener direccion y entrada en el mercado (2023)accessed Oct 17, 2026
- Telegram: Directionday channelaccessed Oct 17, 2026
- Telegram: his trading plan, April 2023accessed Oct 17, 2026
- TradingView: DIRECTIONDAY (FREE) indicatoraccessed Oct 17, 2026
- Linktree: directiondayaccessed Oct 17, 2026
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