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👀 Institutional Trader Development program launches, Gold Reversal incoming, Hedge Funds are back buying
Lets get ourselves prepared for the week ahead!
Hi guys, it’s Kieran! The week is off and running and it’s sea of red in the markets again, so let’s buckle up and get prepared for the week ahead.
📢 Prop Firm Industry News
Raen Trading, the prop firm linked to ‘trading-twitter’ legend Tom Dante, supposedly backed by traders from global firms such as Jane Street, Point72, and Gelber Group launched last week. They have framed it as ‘an institutional trader development program’. They are using the same paid evaluation model similar to other online futures firms, with a recurring monthly subscription, but the rules and targets are very different.
They opened up a limited registration window which has already closed, but its worth following these guys as they will continue to open up registrations over time. Lot’s of buzz on social media about this and it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
We're seeking exceptional, experienced Futures Traders to join our growing global team:
— Raen Trading (@Raentrading)
5:45 PM • Jul 31, 2024
Why I think @Raentrading is the new era of real prop
— Tom Dante (@Trader_Dante)
2:17 PM • Jan 29, 2025
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🕜 Economic calendar
Here are this week’s red folder news events. Non-Farm payrolls on Friday and US PMIs are the key events of the week. Trump is rolling out trade tariffs and who know what else, so headline risk remains high.

Time in CET (Central European Time)
📈 The Macro View
Second Monday gap-down in a row
We have opened this week with a very large gap-down in the S&P500. Same situation as last Monday, but a much larger gap this time.
Last week after the initial Monday drop, we ground higher throughout the week and ‘closed the gap’ on Friday. Lots of short term traders will be trading the “gap close” again this week, so it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Fear and Greed - Unchanged
Zooming out, overall market sentiment remains neutral. Geopolitics, trade-wars, currency devaluations, lots to factor in, and lots of unknowns. No major sentiment reading in either direction yet.

Positioning telling the same story
Positioning on Goldman Sach’s Prime Book, is also still neutral. Not ‘streched’ in either direction. We await a breakout or breakdown in equity markets, to see a shift in market positioning.

Hedge Funds are back buying stocks.
We tracked hedge funds aggressively selling over the second half of last year. Since the turn of this year however, they are back buying in size, and adding leverage. A data point to keep an eye on.

All-time-highs in Gold last week, but a short term pull-back coming?
One for the traditional technical analysts. A breakout attempt resulting in a “shooting star” candle has tended to precede a pull back in Gold. The RSI is about to hit ‘Overbought’ levels as well. Not something that I use as a signal personally, but a notable pattern to watch how it plays out at least.


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— Blue Guardian (@BlueGuardiancom)
12:22 AM • Jan 31, 2025
OK guys that’s it for this week. Stay safe out there and see ya next week!
Kieran
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