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Al Hill: November 1, 2026
Most traders practice on whatever the market happens to be doing today. If today is a dead drift, that is the lesson they get. Market replay removes the luck from that equation. Instead of waiting for the market to serve up a teachable moment, you ...
Market Replay Trading: The Definitive Guide
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Al Hill
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October 31, 2026
Somebody asks me this at least once a week, usually right after they have watched a trader on YouTube turn four hundred dollars into four thousand ...
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Al Hill
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October 21, 2026
I get versions of this question more often than you might expect, usually from a reader who has been practicing for months and wants to know whether ...
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Al Hill
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October 20, 2026
Somebody asks me this every month, usually after a broker froze their account or rejected their fourth trade of the week. The question deserves a ...
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Al Hill
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October 19, 2026
Every index trader ends up answering to the S&P 500 eventually. ES, the E-mini S&P 500, is the benchmark the other equity index futures trade ...
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Al Hill
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October 17, 2026
The E-mini Nasdaq-100 has a reputation, and it earned it. NQ is the index contract traders graduate to when they want speed, and the one that ...
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Al Hill
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October 17, 2026
Most traders meet futures the way you meet a cold pool, one toe at a time, and the vocabulary is what keeps them on the ladder. Multipliers, ticks, ...