SteadyTrader Academy
Learn to read the market like a market maker.
Deep, practical guides on dealer positioning, order flow and the microstructure that actually moves price. Written from the desk, not the textbook.
16Guides
6Modules
2h 22mOf reading
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Sizing, stops and invalidationThe arithmetic that keeps you alive long enough for any edge to matter.SteadyTrader
Trading around dealer levelsTurning a positioning map into entries, stops and targets without pretending it is a signal.SteadyTrader
Max pain is not a magnetWhat the number actually measures, why it sometimes "works", and when to ignore it.SteadyTrader
The expected move and event premiumWhat the straddle is telling you before earnings, the Fed, and every other scheduled scare.SteadyTrader
Absorption vs exhaustion at a levelTwo ways a move ends, and how to tell them apart on the tape while it happens.SteadyTrader
Charm, vanna and the 0DTE clockWhy the afternoon drifts, why vol spikes move spot, and what expiry does to both.SteadyTrader
Balance, imbalance and the openDay types, range extension, and what the first thirty minutes tells you about the rest.SteadyTrader
Icebergs, spoofing and hidden liquidityThe order types that make the book lie, and the fingerprints they leave anyway.SteadyTrader
Trading positive vs negative gamma daysSame news, different tape. How the regime changes what a strategy is worth.SteadyTrader
Cumulative delta and divergenceThe running score between buyers and sellers, and what it means when price disagrees.SteadyTrader
Implied vs realized volatilityWhat options charge versus what the market does — and why the gap is the whole game.SteadyTrader
Call walls, put walls and the gamma flipThe three levels on every SteadyTrader chart — what builds them, and what they are not.SteadyTrader
Reading volume footprintsBid-ask volume inside every bar: delta, imbalances, and unfinished auctions.SteadyTrader
What gamma exposure actually isDealers hedge what they sell you. GEX measures how hard they have to, and where.SteadyTrader
Reading the DOM without fooling yourselfWhat the ladder actually shows, what it cannot, and the habits that make it useful.SteadyTrader
TPO and Market Profile fundamentalsValue area, point of control, single prints — the auction, organised by time at price.SteadyTrader