Chris Swanson Introduction
Hello TradeHive Community! I'm excited to be here to learn market fundamentals from an institutional perspective, build a structured approach to risk management and execution, and trade futures with a clear, rules-based framework. - What I trade: MES and MNQ. I've spent a little time looking at CL and GC and would like to trade them in the future, but not confident to take on risk yet. - How long I've traded: Futures for 1.5 years. I trade a few days per week, generally a mix of pre-US Market Open, US RTH, and occasionally the Asian Session. I tend to trade around work and family schedule each week. I have traded equities and crypto (swing and long term buy-and-hold) for 15 years, in retirement accounts and some activity in cash accounts. - My biggest challenge: clear understanding of market context and structure. Articulating why a trade reflects calculated risk management rather than simply reacting to momentum. - A win in the next 90 days would look like: build a solid grasp of the Overnight Global Macro Market Report and the TradeHive Institutional Framework, and use that knowledge to independently identify key levels and develop well-defined risk and execution plans.