NICK
VIBECODER · OG STREAMER · FAILED BIG TECH GUY
Hyper-focused volume trader. Army of code clones. Reads the tape, builds, slightly always bearish.
About Nick
Vibecoder, OG streamer, dad. Built the free course because the $200 course industry needed someone to actually teach it. Still does.
Wears a lot of hats. Trader, coder, dad, griller, streamer, pit boss. Runs on caffeine, hyperfocus, and questionable sleep.
"Survive and advance."
"Touch grass."
"You don't have to fucking trade every day."
"Fuck it. We'll do it live."
Allegedly was long the gold lows in November 2024 from the labor and delivery wing of a hospital.
What he actually trades
Tape Reading
Live DOM print-by-print on the NQ and ES day session. Trades the actual orderflow as it happens, before any lagging indicator catches up.
Volume Profile Map
VAH, POC, and VAL build the structural skeleton for the day. Levels come from where the market actually traded.
Auction Theory
Wait for the auction to show its hand, then engage at the response. Setups, never signals.
The Tale of the Tape
Black coffee. Empty stomach. Live tape.
Pattern recognition runs at full bore.
The vibes are real. Ignore the haters.
Vibecoder. Builds his own infra, ships agentic tools.
The Playbook.
Six modules. Thirty-six lessons. Volume profile as the map, orderflow + DOM as the compass. Funnels to course.nick4atick.com.
OPEN PLAYBOOK →What he's working on
- ▸ NT Live: live trading RTH every day on the NinjaTrader channel
- ▸ Video course: building out the free curriculum, lesson by lesson
- ▸ The Brief: daily game plan and weekly huddle
- ▸ Dashboard: hourly trade ideas, levels, and orderflow reads
- ▸ Backtesting setups: grading every trade rec against actual session data