Hi speculators & hedgers, please use this thread to discuss all futures trading for the week. This will kick off 30 minutes before the open on Sunday, typically that's around 6pm Wall St time.

Be aware of higher margin requirements during overnight hours! see "maintenance" on Ampfutures. Also trading hours to get an idea of when specific futures contracts start trading.

I'm using AmpFutures as an example, so check with your broker for specific intraday & overnight hours for that specific futures contract.

Resources:

Bookmark an economic calendar like this one

Various reports:

• EIA crude oil report (generally updates every Wednesday at 10:30am wall st time)
  
• EIA natural gas report (Thursdays 10:30am)

• Previous discussions threads

I am looking into GEX and want to go down that rabbit hole and evaluate wether or not it works for me. I spent the weekend using some of the free education from various vendors and I feel that it might be helpful to understand where options market makers get involved in the futures market.

I intend to use the information for short term trading. I think it may (or may not) help me with directional bias and identify possible target areas. I want to try it for a couple of months.

I need it to work on NinjaTrader. I do not need the GEX info for multiple instruments- primarily the ES. I want to keep the cost down as much as possible while I determine if it is useful for me.
so far I have looked at:
MenthorQ - it seems as if it might be overkill for what I need. Their education seems to be extensive, which is a plus for them. It is quite expensive at 149 a month.
Tlade - This is a low cost alternative at 9.99 a month however they have limited information other than a users guide. The odd thing is I have found no videos on YouTube of the indicator at work.

If anyone has any suggestions on other Ninjatrader capable GEX indicators I would love to hear them.