My Day Trading Routine/Process Flow

START EVERY DAY WITH A BLANK SLATE!!!

8:00am-8:30am EST: Re-read my day trading rules/process flow, review my trading journal then check the macroeconomic calendar and futures.

8:30am-9:15am EST: Go through my "up gappers" and "down gappers" scans in FINVIZ-Elite to see if there are any interesting ideas whose daily I love and might also be "in-play" for the open that day. Vet the daily/weekly charts, fundamentals and recent news on FINVIZ-Elite for each idea I like. 

LOG INTO DAS AND PUT HIGH QUALITY, HIGH CONVICTION IDEAS ONLY INTO MY DAS MARKET VIEWER!

Also analyze the index ETF's ($SPY, $QQQ, $IWM)

9:15am-9:30am EST: Observe my best pre-market ideas heading into the open. Focus on their spread, order flow and price action on the 30-minute and 5-minute charts. Use this information to decide which ticker I want to focus on at the open. REMEMBER I WANT TO SEE TIGHT SPREAD, GOOD ORDER FLOW AND CLEAN PRICE ACTION/SET-UPS IN PRE-MARKET!

9:30am-9:45am EST: Focus on my single favorite "gapper" looking for set-ups on the 1-minute chart like the 1-min ORB, 5-min ORB, QPB and reversal plays.

9:45am-12:00pm EST: Switch from the 1-min and 5-min charts to the 5-min and 30-min charts. Look for TC and ABCD set-ups.

REMEMBER, EVEN IF A STOCK IS "SETTING UP"; IF IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE DAILY AND OVERALL MARKETS: DO NOT TRADE IT!

Be sure to double check that the profit potential of the set-up is at least greater than 2X risk.

REMEMBER, IF PROFIT POTENTIAL OF 2X RISK OR MORE IS NOT EASILY AVAILABLE; DO NOT TAKE THE TRADE!

Furthermore, be sure to double check before taking trades in any stock; that its RVOL is greater than 100%, its spread is less than $0.05 and that its time and sales is moving at a decent pace. 

REMEMBER, IF RVOL IS NOT GREATER THAN 100% AND/OR SPREAD IS CONSISTENTLY GREATER THAN $0.10/ERRATIC AND/OR TIME AND SALES IS HARDLY MOVING: DO NOT TAKE THE TRADE!

Do not remove any ticker from my watches unless it has shown that its spread is consistently greater than $0.10, its RVol never gets above or drops below 100% or its moved above/below my key level of interest (set an alert on it and remove from my watches)! 

OTHERWISE STAY ENGAGED WITH MY BEST IDEAS UNTIL 12:00PM AT MINIMUM!

12:00pm-1:00pm EST: Shut down my platform and have lunch!

1:00pm-3:30pm EST: Try to avoid trading in the afternoons unless: 1. You have a nice profit cushion from the morning session and 2. there is a stock/group of stocks or the overall markets are very, very in play. 

3:30pm-4:00pm EST: Monitor and manage open positions if any.

4:00pm-4:30pm EST: Review my trades, if any, on the day.