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If you work during the day and want to trade futures seriously, this is the order I would do things in. None of it costs money. The links to tools and firms further down are affiliate links, explained on the disclosure page.

1. Decide the night session is your market

Not a consolation prize. The Globex session has its own open at 6 pm Eastern, its own first hour, its own participants and its own rhythm. Lesson 1 makes the case; the rest of the course shows you how it moves.

2. Take the course

Six lessons, in order, about an hour in total. Session anatomy, the levels that matter after dark, the setups that survive the night, risk, and the schedule that fits around a job.

3. Watch a session before you trade one

The streams are recordings of me trading the night session with the chart on screen: the plan before the open, the levels, the trades and the misses. Watch for the decisions, not the score.

4. Read the journal

Every night I trade gets written up in the journal. It is the honest version of this site: what the plan was, what happened, and what I left on the table. Read a few bad nights before you trust a good one.

5. Set up the desk

You do not need my desk to start. You need a charting platform, a broker, and a journal. The tools page lists what I run every session, what each piece does, and which ones I think are optional.

6. Find people who trade your hours

Trading alone at 11 pm is how good plans die. The community is a small group of traders around the world who meet on Discord every session and hold each other to the plan. Read how it works, then ask for an invite if it sounds like you.

What this site is not. It is not a signal service, a trade room, or a system for sale. Nobody here calls trades for you. The point is that you learn to read the night session and run your own plan.

Trade the session your life actually allows.

The night session is a complete market. Learn how it moves, watch me trade it live, read the write-up the next morning, and if you want people who trade the same hours, there is a room for that.

Disclosure. Midnight Futures is an educational site written by Scott West, a private trader. Nothing here is financial advice, and trading futures carries a substantial risk of loss. Some links to the tools and prop firms I use are affiliate links: if you buy through them I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure · Risk disclaimer