The initial balance (IB) breakout setup with 78% win rate [Video]

Kathy Lien BKTraders and Prop Traders Edge

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New Video Lesson!

Most traders are guessing after the open.

Professional traders are reading the Initial Balance

In this video, I break down the Initial Balance Breakout strategy used by serious futures and prop traders to trade $NQ $ES and indices with structure instead of emotion

You’ll learn:

How to use the first hour to build directional bias
Why VWAP matters
How Fair Value Gaps improve entries
How traders find high-probability setups with defined risk

Author

Kathy Lien

BKTraders and Prop Traders Edge

Having graduated New York University’s Stern School of Business at the age of 18, Ms. Kathy Lien has more than 13 years of experience in the financial markets with a specific focus on currencies.

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