The Franks Report

Phillip Franks
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Welcome to The Franks Report—your deep-dive audio guide into modern micro futures trading, prop-firm mechanics, and systematic market execution. Whether you’re navigating prop-firm evaluation rules, scalping micro contracts (Micro E-mini S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Dow), or refining your risk management and automated setups, this podcast breaks down the technical reality of today’s markets—no hype, no filler. Each episode delivers analytical breakdowns of price action mechanics, market structure, execution strategies, and trading psychology designed specifically for the modern prop-firm era. Hosted by Phillip Franks, author of The Funded Micro: Modern Futures Strategies for the Prop-Firm Era, this show provides actionable insights to help you protect capital, stay disciplined, and scale your trading business. Resources & Links: 🌐 Website & Recaps: https://www.franksreport.com/ 📖 Get the Book: The Funded Micro: Modern Futures Strategies for the Prop-Firm Era https://www.franksreport.com/product-page/the-funded-micro-modern-futures-strategies-for-the-prop-firm-era-5 📩 Subscribe: Never miss an episode—hit follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

Episodes

  1. 22h ago

    How Institutions Hunt Retail Liquidity

    Title: Episode 2: How Institutions Hunt Retail Liquidity Ever feel like the market knows exactly where your stop-loss is placed, triggers it, and immediately reverses in your original direction? It isn't bad luck—it's institutional design. In this episode, we peel back the curtain on how institutional algorithms, market makers, and large players identify, engineer, and sweep retail liquidity pools before driving the true market expansion. In this episode, we break down: The Mechanics of Liquidity: Why markets move toward areas of dense orders (buy-side vs. sell-side liquidity).Retail Traps: How obvious chart patterns (double tops, static support/resistance, trendline bounces) create predictable liquidity pools for institutional algorithms.Sweeps vs. Breakouts: How to visually distinguish between an institutional liquidity grab and a genuine structural breakout.Aligning with Order Flow: Practical steps to stop acting as exit liquidity and start trading with institutional expansion.Whether you trade index futures, forex, or equities, understanding institutional order flow is the foundation of turning retail traps into high-probability setups. Resources & Links: 📌 Website / Articles: www.franksreport.com📊 Market Recaps & Guides: https://www.franksreport.com/blog🐦 Follow on Twitter/X: TBADisclaimer: Content presented in this podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Day trading and trading futures carry substantial risk of loss.

    How Institutions Hunt Retail Liquidity

  2. 2d ago

    How the Market Auction Moves Prices

    Stop relying on lagging indicators to tell you where the market is headed. In this inaugural episode, we break down the foundational mechanics of the continuous double auction—the core engine that actually drives price movement across every financial market. Discover how market participants, liquidity, and order flow interact to move price from balance to imbalance, and how understanding auction theory changes the way you view the chart. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The Core Mechanism: Why the market isn't a chart—it's a continuous two-way auction searching for fair value.Price vs. Value: How price moves to advertise opportunity and find liquidity, rather than just following technical patterns.Aggressive vs. Passive Orders: How market orders consume limit orders to push price through the order book.Balance vs. Imbalance: How to spot when the market is accepting a price range versus when it's driving into price discovery.Initiative vs. Responsive Activity: Identifying whether institutional buyers or sellers are driving the auction at key structural levels.Resources & Links: 🌐 Read the full written analysis & market breakdowns: https://www.franksreport.com/📖 Check out our comprehensive trading guides: https://www.franksreport.com/product-page/the-funded-micro-modern-futures-strategies-for-the-prop-firm-era-5💬 Join the conversation & get daily updates: TBA

    How the Market Auction Moves Prices
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About

Welcome to The Franks Report—your deep-dive audio guide into modern micro futures trading, prop-firm mechanics, and systematic market execution. Whether you’re navigating prop-firm evaluation rules, scalping micro contracts (Micro E-mini S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Dow), or refining your risk management and automated setups, this podcast breaks down the technical reality of today’s markets—no hype, no filler. Each episode delivers analytical breakdowns of price action mechanics, market structure, execution strategies, and trading psychology designed specifically for the modern prop-firm era. Hosted by Phillip Franks, author of The Funded Micro: Modern Futures Strategies for the Prop-Firm Era, this show provides actionable insights to help you protect capital, stay disciplined, and scale your trading business. Resources & Links: 🌐 Website & Recaps: https://www.franksreport.com/ 📖 Get the Book: The Funded Micro: Modern Futures Strategies for the Prop-Firm Era https://www.franksreport.com/product-page/the-funded-micro-modern-futures-strategies-for-the-prop-firm-era-5 📩 Subscribe: Never miss an episode—hit follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

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  • Creator
    Phillip Franks
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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