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AMT Fundamentals
How the market auctions price, in twelve short lessons. Start at 01; each one builds on the last and ends with something to try on your own chart.
01The market is an auctionPrice moves to find a level where both sides keep trading.02Contracts, ticks and what a point costsNQ and MNQ: the unit, the tick, the hours.03Orders: who actually moves priceLimit orders wait. Market orders move price.04Balance and imbalanceMarkets rotate in a range, then move to find a new one.05Volume profile: POC, value area, high and low volumeVolume by price, turned sideways.06Market Profile, TPOs and the initial balanceTime at price, one letter per half hour.07Value and where the market opensInside yesterday's value, or outside it?08Opening typesThe first minutes show how confident the market is.09Day typesHow far the day travelled beyond its first hour.10Sessions: overnight, cash open and inventoryThe overnight session leaves a position behind.11Delta and cumulative deltaWho was aggressive, bar by bar.12Absorption and exhaustion on the footprintTwo ways an auction ends.
Figures are drawn from simulated prices to show each idea cleanly; they are not real sessions. AXIS Desk · AMT Fundamentals · free. Education only, not trade advice. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss; past patterns do not guarantee future results.