There are countless motivations for getting into futures trading, a variety of trading systems to explore, and no shortage of courses or instructors to choose from. What sets us apart is our unique teaching methodology and clearly defined goals, which differ significantly from conventional programs.
Trading Systems
Trading Strategies
Trading Indicators
ITG Edge Approach
Our Guarantee
Trading Systems
TRADING SYSTEMS
The commodities market is flooded with countless trading strategies, many of which become popular trends for a short time—like Ichimoku Clouds, Woodies CCI, tape reading, or volume-based systems. New traders often fall into the trap of cluttering their charts with multiple indicators, believing this will somehow give them an “edge” and instantly improve their results.
While being familiar with various trading methods is certainly beneficial, it won’t fundamentally change your trading outcomes. Why? Because most traders struggle with proper risk management. It’s not just about setting a fixed stop-loss—real risk management means knowing when it’s worth taking a trade and what you expect in return. Without mastering this, even the best strategies or indicators won’t lead to consistent success.
Trading Strategies
TRADING STRATEGIES
The key question every trader must answer is: At what price do you enter the market? Price is the most valuable piece of information available, and professional traders don’t rely solely on indicators or generic signals—they enter trades at specific price levels where the odds are heavily in their favor compared to the broader market.
Our trading course is built around proprietary systems that simplify complex market analysis into clear, actionable strategies. We’ve distilled the essential elements of technical analysis into easy-to-follow methods designed for real-time trading. In this master course, you’ll learn multiple strategies tailored to different risk levels and goals, giving you a practical edge in today’s fast-moving futures markets.
Trading Indicators
TRADING INDICATORS
The trading world is full of so-called “market gurus” selling overpriced courses filled with generic indicators and candle patterns, labeling them as “strategies.” At ITG Edge, we take a very different approach. Our Master Class includes only a carefully selected set of tools—indicators and price patterns that are designed to work together for real, repeatable results. More than just theory, we spend an entire month reviewing and analyzing your trades with you to ensure you understand how to apply what you’ve learned in live market conditions.
This course was built with one clear mission: to empower you to trade futures independently and successfully. While we’re passionate about educating traders, we also have a business model rooted in your success. As brokers, our growth depends on long-term client relationships—not short-lived accounts. If you succeed and continue trading, we both win. That’s why we’re fully invested in helping you become a consistently profitable trader.
ITG Edge Approach
ITG EDGE APPROACH
This course is specifically designed for trading E-micro futures contracts using a dedicated trading platform, which we provide free of charge throughout the program. In the first phase, you’ll learn our proprietary trading system in depth—understanding market behavior, when and why price movements occur, how to identify retracements, when to enter or exit trades, and how to properly configure your trading screen. You’ll also gain critical insight into when to take profits, trail stops, and avoid overtrading.
The second phase of the course spans four weeks of live market simulation using a demo account funded with the same balance as your intended real account. This account will reflect real-time market costs, including commissions and fees, to closely replicate actual trading conditions. You’ll track your trades daily, and each weekend we’ll review your performance together to reinforce what you’ve learned and fine-tune your execution.
Our Guarantee
OUR GUARANTEE
If after four weeks of trading you are not able to make at least $1,000 in profit, trading in demo environment using preset maximum daily risk on 1-2 e-micro contract – you are not ready to take next step and trade live. You are free to take our course once again FREE OF CHARGE, or can continue to practice demo trading and contact us with any questions.
Our Guarantee: If you can make only $100.00 a day trading e-micro using systematic approach to trading – you will never would have to work 9-5 jobs in your life again! All you have to do, is to continue to trade the same market with the same risk/profit ratio, but substitute e-micro to e-mini, and you will be making $1,000 a day. Now, imaging that you are trading the same system using block of 10 lots? It is a matter of simple math. In futures we have saying – ” You can not make a “little” money trading futures. You are either lose everything, or make so much, that you will be ashamed to admit it to your friends”
I trust that our personalized approach to supporting individual traders will stand out when you’re ready to open a trading account—and that you’ll choose us as your broker and join our growing community of clients.
— Val Baur, CEO & Founder, ITG Capital Management
/ Trade Futures | Options |Futures Spreads - E-mini | E-micro
/ Trade Futures | Options |Futures Spreads - E-mini | E-micro
/ Grains - Meat -Soft -Bonds -Currency -Indices -Metals-Energy - Crypto
/ Grains - Meat -Soft -Bonds -Currency -Indices -Metals-Energy - Crypto
CME
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Agriculture markets
The largest segment of the futures market. In this segment, you can find futures on Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Oats, Rice, Live Cattle, Feeder Cattle, Lean Hogs as well as Coffe, Sugar, Cocoa, and Orange Juice.
Energy markets
nergy markets are very with day traders. Trade Crude oil, Natural Gas, Gasoline, Heating Oil, and Electricity. E-mini contracts are available for many energy futures.
Equity Index markets
Equity Index markets are the most popular markets for day-trading and scalping. This segment includes futures on US equity stock indices such as the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ 100.
Currency markets
Foreign exchange (FX) market is the largest regulated currency markets in the world. You can trade more than 30 contracts including Euro, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swiss Franc, and Dollar Index.
Interest rate markets
Interest rate markets are the most liquid and heavily traded futures markets. You can trade futures and on Eurodollars, U.S. Treasury Bonds, 30-day Fed funds and interest rate swaps.
Metals markets
Metals market includes futures on precious and industrial metals. You can trade futures on Gold, Silver, Platinum, and paladium—as well as industrial metals like Copper. There Mini and Micro Gold Futures also available for trading and hedging.
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As of earlier, 2025 estimates suggest that the notional value of all contracts traded on CME could range between $1.5 to $3 trillion per day
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As of April 2025, CME Group reported a record average daily volume (ADV) of 35.9 million contracts, marking a 36% yearly increase.
Unlike many overly complex trading systems, our approach is intentionally simple and effective. You may have heard the story of the “turtle traders”—a group of complete beginners who were taught a basic trading method and went on to achieve remarkable success. Our method follows a similar philosophy. We teach you a straightforward trading system using just a few key indicators, but more importantly, we show you why markets move, when they move, and where they’re likely to turn. As the course progresses, you’ll begin to read charts with confidence—recognizing where the market may pause or reverse, whether it will continue in the same direction, when to exit or reverse a trade, and when it makes sense to go against the trend—and, most critically, understand the reasoning behind each decision.
Here are some topics which we will cover in our trading course
- The psychology of commodity price movement.
- Classic price pattern
- What are the components of successful trading strategy
- The most important times during the trading session
- Two most important МА indicator
- ST indicator and the strategy of 3 screens
- Theory of Market Trend
- Simple 30m candle based strategy
- The most important candle pattern - 2B pattern
- Market closing trading pattern and how it affect next day trading
- Where the market moves and reverse during the day
- Importance of drawing daily market levels
- Trading signals - time to enter the market
- When to take a profit - numerical or analytical
- Daily risk and profit targets
- Patience - the most important attribute of day trading
- Monthly trading plan
- Compound Risk Reinvestment Program
- Individual trading plan based on your trading equity
BONUS: At the end of our Futures Master Class, you’ll receive a bonus module that introduces one of our most practical and effective trading systems—designed as a gateway to our upcoming Options Master Class and Futures Spreads Master Class. This system uses daily and weekly chart analysis to generate high-confidence BUY and SELL signals through a combination of five indicators working in sync. A valid entry is identified when at least four out of five indicators align in the same direction by the close of the trading session. Each signal also defines the price level at which it becomes invalid, allowing you to clearly calculate and manage your risk.
If the risk tied to a signal exceeds your personal limit, we’ll show you multiple ways to adjust:
a) Recalculate your entry point to match acceptable risk by waiting for a market retracement;
b) Trade Micro or Mini contracts instead of standard ones to reduce exposure without compromising strategy;
c) Use Options or Options Strategies to lower risk, leveraging delta-based positioning and time-value considerations;
d) Apply the signal to Futures Calendar Spreads for a more controlled, lower-risk approach.
As part of this bonus, you’ll get a foundational introduction to both Options and Spreads—equipping you with the tools to tailor this daily trading system to your preferred risk profile and trading objectives.
Algorithmic Trading
ITG Quantum AI
The trading principles and systems you’ve learned in this course are the very foundation we used to design our proprietary trading algorithm — ITG Quantum AI. We invite you to watch the accompanying video, where we transparently present all trades made by the algorithm, including both winners and losers. In just 22 trading sessions, the system produced over $18,000 in net profit trading one lot of the E-mini S&P 500 futures, operating between 7:00 AM and 2:00 PM, with a maximum daily risk of $1,000 and a daily profit target of $2,000.
It is important to know that ITG Quantum AI was designed as a tool rather than fully automated system. You need to follow the rules whither you trading yourself or using it to enhance your trading results.
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Control your trading exposure by setting daily risk and profit caps tailored to your risk tolerance and equity.
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Trade across the spectrum—from ultra-high-frequency to swing trading—using range, second, or minute-based bars.
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Choose full automation or take control by selecting your preferred trade direction — Long, Short, or both.
If you choose to open a live trading account with ITG Futures, we’ll be happy to support and guide you throughout your trading journey until you’re fully confident trading independently.
Val Baur
Val Baur is the Founder and CEO of ITG Capital Management LLC and Managing Director of ITG FUTURES. A licensed broker and registered Commodity Trading Advisor, Val brings over 20 years of experience in the futures industry.
He began his career at LaSalle Futures Group on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade and became a licensed broker in 2004. Since then, he has held leadership roles at several major firms, including JKV Global and Olympus Futures, where he developed advanced trading strategies for retail clients and managed teams of brokers.
In 2008, Val launched ITG DIRECT, a futures brokerage operating in Ukraine for over a decade. In 2012, he registered ITG Capital Management LLC as a CTA and has since taught his proprietary trading systems to hundreds of traders worldwide.
In 2019, he founded ITG FUTURES in Miami, Florida, and later shifted his focus to building algorithmic trading systems, including the successful ITG Quantum AI.
Val remains a registered NFA member, and his full professional history is publicly available via the NFA BASIC database.
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We achieved a 95% customer satisfaction rate from all the clients who took our classes since 2012.
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AI
Our comprehensive Futures Master Class is an 8-week intensive program conducted live via the Zoom platform. This interactive format not only enables real-time video conferencing with instructors and fellow participants but also allows you to share your screen for hands-on assistance with your trading platform when needed.
What’s included:
12 live sessions, each lasting 2 to 3 hours
Live market data through CQG and Rithmic connections
Access to the free version of the MotiveWave platform
Free repeat classes if you’d like to reinforce your knowledge
Ongoing support even after the course ends
Full video recordings of each session for your review
- Two Month Access to ITG Quantum AI – $1,000 value
This course is designed to equip you with everything you need to master futures trading—both technically and practically.
All of our Master Classes are conducted live online through Zoom, the leading video conferencing platform in the United States—trusted by industry giants like NASDAQ, Walmart, Rakuten, The New York Times, Major League Baseball, and even Google.
Here’s what makes it easy to join and participate:
Join instantly via a simple link — no complex setup
No software installation required — access via any web browser
Compatible with mobile devices — join from your smartphone or tablet
Full audio and video interaction — engage in real time
Screen sharing available — get personalized help when needed
Video recordings provided — review sessions at your convenience
In this Master Class, you’ll get far more than just theory or general market knowledge. We provide a fully developed, professional-grade trading system along with a complete, actionable trading plan—the very same tools we use in our own trading and for managing client accounts. By the end of the program, you’ll be equipped to trade independently with confidence and work toward achieving your long-term trading goals.
All of our classes run over an 8-week period, featuring 12 to 13 sessions, each lasting 2 to 3 hours. Weekday classes are scheduled for 12:00 PM EST, while weekend sessions begin at 10:00 AM EST. For individual sessions or small groups, we are happy to make scheduling adjustments to accommodate client availability.
Since our classes involve using professional trading platforms, we recommend a PC or Mac with a minimum of 4GB RAM (more is preferable for better performance) and at least 500MB of free disk space. For those planning to trade live, we also suggest using at least two monitors to enhance visibility and improve overall workflow efficiency.
All classes are recorded and securely stored in the cloud. Video recordings become available for viewing approximately 30 minutes after each session concludes.
Absolutely! We encourage you to reach out with any questions before enrolling in our Master Class. You’re welcome to join us live via Zoom Monday through Friday by clicking the Zoom button at the top of the page. You’ll have the opportunity to ask your questions, see our ITG Quantum AI in action, and review some of the trades executed that day.
Yes. If you complete our Master Class and still don’t feel ready to trade live markets independently, you’re welcome to retake the next available class at no additional cost. If you enrolled in individual training, you can join the next group session. If you signed up for the video course, you’ll receive access to the recordings from the upcoming group class once they’re available.
Please note: We won’t be able to extend free access to the Professional version of MW/ITG Charts for an additional 30 days. However, you will still have access to our free version of the platform. Also, due to CME restrictions on demo data limits, we’re unable to provide complimentary live market data beyond the initial trial.
Yes. If you know someone who would also like to take this course, you both can sign up at the same time and receive a 10% discount. Please contact us with the names of prospective traders, and will send you a discount code you can use at the checkout.
We offering several types of classes – individual one on one training, small group training, and video courses with live support. All courses are the same, with only difference being the start and the cost. Most popular are the group classes, which start at the beginning of the month with minimum of 5 participants. Individual courses start at the agreed upon time and date, soon after payment is received. The length and overall schedule of the individual training are the same in our group classes. Video courses will start soon after you sign up. You will have access to our video archive of the last group/individual class for the duration of the class – which is eight weeks.
We are open 8am-5pm EST, M-F. Call, email or use Telegram @valbaur. Our Zoom conference room is open every day 10-11 am EST.
+1 (786)309-3883
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2850 NE 188th St. Unit 146
Miami, FL 33180 USA
support@itgedge.com
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