Learn to Trade European Futures Markets (the German DAX and Euro Stoxx)
Use These Indexes as Indicators for Trading the U.S. Market
Watch this short video about the DAX by DTI’s Tom Busby
Have you heard about the DAX? The powerful German DAX is a futures contract that allows you to trade the European markets. The DAX is the leader in early morning trading in the US. The 0-90 series teaches you how to become a proficient DAX trader and how to use it as an indicator for the US markets.
Course Syllabus
Module #1: The Big Picture: Market Fundamentals
- Video 1: What is a market? How does it work? Necessary vocabulary and types of markets.
- Video 2: Brokerages, account and platform types, and order types
- Video 3: Get to know your RoadMap software
- Video 4: Stocks and bonds
- Video 5: Options
- Video 6: Futures and commodities
Module #2: Trading the 24-Hour Global Market
- Video 1: The 24-hour market, times of day, and market opens and closes
- Video 2: Reference bars, trade zones, and bracket bars
- Video 3: News events, where to find resources, and how to know what’s important
- Video 4: How to use the news schedule: Barron’s; time of day and time of week
- Video 5: How to use the news schedule: time of month and time of year
- Video 6: News Pivots
Module #3: Key Numbers
- Video 1: What are key numbers? Pivot numbers and support and resistance numbers
- Video 2: Market generated key numbers
- Video 3: Historical key numbers
- Video 4: Market synchronization and “relationships” with the DAX and EX
- Video 5: Rail Road Tracks
- Video 6: Gathering and organizing your key numbers for the DAX
Module #4: Charts and Tape Reading
- Video 1: Chart types: candlesticks, bar charts, tick charts, and time periods
- Video 2: Chart patterns: ‘head & shoulders’, and ‘cups & saucers’
- Video 3: The compass chart
- Video 4: Important numbers in tape reading
- Video 5: Determining support and resistance points
- Video 6: Using pivot numbers
Module #5: Principles of the DAX
- Video 1: The DAX and News
- Video 2: The Rule of 20
- Video 3: The V-Table
- Video 4: Charting the DAX
- Video 5: The Global Hand Shake
- Video 6: Eurex News Letter
Module #6: Identifying Trends in Stocks
- Video 1: The Bullet Trade
- Video 2: The Bullet Trade
- Video 3: The Wake Up Trade
- Video 4: The Wake Up Trade
- Video 5: The Banker Trade
- Video 6: The Hail Mary Trade