How I Make $4,000/Day Trading NQ in 30 Minutes (Anyone Can Do It)

Summary

The presenter demonstrates a rule-based NQ (Nasdaq futures) day-trading setup on a 5-minute chart. He says he trades once per day for about 30 minutes. The method combines a trend bias, a countertrend pullback containing a Fair Value Gap (FVG), and an entry when the gap breaks in the direction of the trend.

Strategy framework

1. Set the day’s bias before trading

   • Use three 50-period EMAs on the 5-minute chart to represent the 15-minute, 30-minute, and 1-hour time frames.
   • If the EMAs are stacked and pointing up, look only for long trades. If they are stacked and pointing down, look only for shorts.
   • Skip the trade if the EMAs are flat.

2. Wait for a pullback and an FVG

   • Look for a countertrend move against the established bias.
   • Identify a Fair Value Gap within that pullback. The pullback can occur before or after the market open.

3. Enter on an inversion or break of the FVG

   • For a bullish setup, enter when price breaks upward through the bearish FVG; reverse the logic for a bearish setup.
   • For a long, place the stop below the swing low or previous candle; for a short, place it correspondingly above.
   • Set the target at prior liquidity, or use a 2R target if no prior liquidity is apparent. In one post-open example, the presenter says fast price movement led him to place the stop below an EMA instead.

Performance claims and key figures

• The presenter claims five winning trades out of five the prior week, a 100% win rate, and $20,000 in profits.
• He reports a 75% win rate over a period he describes in one place as the last four months.
• For April, he cites $41,000 in profits, an 83% win rate, and 10 wins and two losses.
• He also claims an average of $4,000 per day and says he takes one trade per day.

These are the presenter’s reported results, not independently verified. The subtitles refer to performance statistics over both three and four months, so the period is unclear.

Risks and cautions

The presenter acknowledges having losing trades, including two losses in the April figures. The subtitles do not provide a full risk disclosure or establish that the displayed results are representative. Trading futures involves substantial risk, and past performance does not guarantee future results.

Asset mentioned: NQ (Nasdaq futures); no other specific tickers or assets are named. Presenter/source: Daxton Trades.