Order Flow OS — Institutional Trading Operating System

Premarket Routine

Context, structure, positioning, and bias — completed before risking capital (Vol I, II, IV-VII, X, XII).

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Tech gate: UPS/power, net, broker login/equity match, data feed, hotkeys/kill-switch armed, journal dated, clock synced to exchange time

Vol XII App. A

T-120: overnight/global session review — Asian/European range, acceptance vs. rejection, overnight inventory long/short

Vol XII 4.2

T-90: calendar tiers reconfirmed, pre-market movers/related markets scanned, institutional flow/options positioning reviewed as hypotheses

Vol XII 4.2

Global risk regime tag (risk-on/off/mixed) and rates path narrative (hike/hold/cut)

Vol II / XI #1-2

Cross-asset confirmation check: ZN, DXY, GC, breadth aligned Y/N

Vol I-II / XI #3

COT large-spec / commercial percentiles — with or against the prevailing trend

Vol III / XI #5

T-60: mark PDH/PDL, ONH/ONL, weekly open, VWAP, Value Area & POC (prior + composite), swing points; update macro one-liner

Vol XII 4.2

Prior day type + close location, multi-day VA/balance location, IB projection / expected day-type priors

Vol IV / XI #6-10

Estimated GEX regime (+/-/flip), nearest call/put wall (model estimate), OPEX/max-pain notes if expiration week, 0DTE cluster risk

Vol V / XI #11-14

T-45: skim prior-day journal grades; state check (sleep, distraction, tension) — pre-commit to observe-only/half-size if impaired

Vol XII 4.2

Overnight inventory / gap-size bucket, pre-market volume vs. average, OF tell watchlist, DOM/footprint workspace verified

Vol VI / XI #15-18

T-30: A/B/C conviction grades assigned; limit A-setups to what you can actually manage (typically 1-3)

Vol XII 4.2

Primary setups armed for expected day type, entry confirmation standard set, invalidation lines pre-drawn, allowed time windows for new risk

Vol VII / XI #19-22

No-trade / event windows locked (FOMC, CPI, NFP, OPEX, etc.)

Vol XI #23

Stop methodology, T1/T2 references, trail rules/runner policy, and hard flat times pre-assigned for today's setups

Vol VIII / XI #24-27

Risk % and $ per trade computed, DLL and remaining heat capacity confirmed, correlation/multi-position heat plan written

Vol IX / XI #28-30

T-15: select primary Volume XI playbook hypothesis; rehearse first 30 minutes — what confirms, what invalidates

Vol XII 4.2

Sleep/health/psych readiness score declared; P&L display policy and max trade count set for today's day-type prior

Vol X / XI #31-33

T-5: confirm DOM depth populating, spreads sane, technical startup still green — hands off entries until open protocol says otherwise

Vol XII 4.2

One-page pre-market brief completed and filed (date, regime, bias+invalidation, key levels, A/B setups, playbook, risk params)

Vol XII 4.3

PLAYBOOK SELECTION LOCK: today's playbook name and size posture written down

Vol XI #35

Execution Checklist