How to Plan a Futures Trade from Scratch (Step-by-Step Chart Setup)

Learn how to plan a futures trade from scratch using a repeatable, step-by-step process. In this video, we use the free tools inside Optimus Futures Web to take your chart from a blank slate to a fully structured plan. Planning a trade correctly is one of the biggest differences between consistent futures traders and reactive ones. We walk through a complete workflow that you can reuse every day, covering key levels, market structure, and risk management. In this video, you will learn: - Chart Setup: How to mark the Overnight High/Low and Previous Day levels. - Context: Using Volume Profile to find where buyers and sellers are active. - Risk Management: Using the Position Tool to measure Stop Loss and Take Profit targets. - Execution: Transforming analysis into a concrete plan before you click. Chapters 00:00 Introduction: How to Plan a Trade 00:25 Building a Clean, Reusable Chart Setup 01:05 Marking Key Levels (PDH, PDL, Overnight) 02:12 Adding Market Structure and Context 03:09 Planning Entries, Risk, and Reward 04:26 Managing the Trade and Exiting Practice Your Planning Risk-Free: You can explore these charting tools inside Optimus Futures Web at: https://demo.optimusfutures.com Want to learn more about Optimus Futures? Visit our website: https://optimusfutures.com/ Learn to Trade Futures: https://learn.optimusfutures.com Our commissions, margins, and pricing: https://optimusfutures.com/Futures-Trading-Pricing.php Open an account with us today! https://optimusfutures.com/Futures-Commodities-Trading-Account.php Please don't forget to like the video, comment, and subscribe! THANKS FOR WATCHING! There is a substantial risk of loss in futures trading. Past performance is not indicative of future results. When considering technical analysis, please remember educational charts are presented with the benefit of hindsight. Market conditions are always evolving, and technical trading theories and approaches may not always work as intended. The placement of contingent orders by you or broker, or trading advisor, such as a “stop-loss” or “stop-limit” order, will not necessarily limit your losses to the intended amounts, since market conditions may make it impossible to execute such orders. The high degree of leverage that is often obtainable in commodity interest trading can work against you as well as for you. The use of leverage can lead to large losses as well as gains. Optimus Futures, LLC is not affiliated with nor does it endorse any trading system, methodologies, newsletter, or other similar service. We urge you to conduct your own due diligence.