The Gates Method: Professional Futures Trading Chartbook

The Gates Method: Professional Futures Trading Chartbook

An Illustrated Companion Guide to Break & Retest Setups, Market Structure, Order Flow, and Trade Execution

Author: Brad Gates

Learn to Read the Chart. Recognize the Setup. Define the Risk.

Understanding trading theory is important. Learning how to apply that theory to a chart is where the real educational work begins.

The Gates Method: Professional Futures Trading Chartbook is a visual learning companion designed to help futures traders study price structure, evaluate potential trade setups, and develop a more disciplined approach to trade selection.

Created by Brad Gates to complement The Gates Method: Professional Futures Trading Textbook, this illustrated chartbook brings key concepts into focus through 16 detailed educational chart studies.

Inside the Chartbook

Explore illustrated examples covering:

• Bullish and Bearish Break & Retest Setups: Identify structural breakouts, retests, and potential confirmation points.
• Failed Breakouts and Liquidity Sweeps: Study price rejection, failed auctions, and changing market conditions.
• Market Structure and VWAP: Learn to evaluate trend context, structural levels, and VWAP confluence.
• Order Flow and Footprint Concepts: Examine imbalance, absorption, and delta divergence.
• Market-by-Order Analysis: Explore liquidity replenishment and order-level behavior.
• Trade Qualification: Understand when a setup meets predefined conditions and when remaining on the sidelines may be appropriate.
• Risk and Execution: Practice evaluating stop placement, reward-to-risk relationships, position sizing, and slippage.

More Than a Collection of Charts

Each illustrated study includes an explanation of the trading concept, a decision sequence, structural invalidation considerations, potential exit planning, and common mistakes to avoid.

The chartbook also includes practical risk calculations, a trading qualification checklist, and a reusable chart-study worksheet.

Designed for Futures Trading Students

With an emphasis on NQ and MNQ futures concepts, this chartbook is suitable for traders who want to strengthen their chart-reading skills and develop a repeatable analytical process.

Study the setup. Understand the invalidation. Evaluate the risk.

The Gates Method: Professional Futures Trading Chartbook is designed to help bridge the gap between understanding trading concepts and practicing their application.

Important: The chart illustrations are synthetic educational examples, not verified historical market data or actual trade results. This book is for educational purposes only and does not guarantee trading performance.