They watch the same indicators, chart patterns, and moving averages everyone else is staring at, while the institutions moving billions of dollars leave an entirely different set of footprints on the tape. 

Swing Trading Academy teaches you to read those footprints. 

Drawing on Pete Renzulli's experience owning and operating a New York proprietary trading firm, this course shows you how to track institutional order flow, follow smart money through sector rotation, and build a trading plan that tells you exactly what to trade, how many shares to take, and when to do almost nothing at all. 

This isn't about predicting where a stock will go. It's about positioning yourself where the big money is already moving, then executing with the same structured process the pros use every day.

HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE:

PART 1 - ORDER FLOW STACKING

The Origin of the New York Method — Behind the Curtain 

The hybrid system bomb: When the NYSE flipped a switch in February 2007, it exposed floor specialists to an unlimited number of electronic orders — and 5,000 careers began to end almost overnight. Here's why that single regulatory change quietly handed a massive edge to traders who knew where to look.

Why Stocks Move and How to Trade the Reaction 

The order flow signal that tells you whether a catalyst has legs — before you commit a single dollar. Most traders wait to see if a stock "confirms." Pete teaches a different approach: how to read the tape in real time so you know which moves have institutional follow-through and which ones are about to roll over. Revealed in this module. 

The Order Flow Road Map 

Why smart money never buys the way you do — and why understanding their "slow build" approach will completely change the size and timing of every trade you put on. The difference isn't talent. It's structure.

The One Price 

The one price institutional traders watch all day — and why it tells you more about a stock's next move than any combination of RSI, MACD, or moving averages ever could. 

The Stock Market Power Pyramid 

(Tracking Smart Money Through Sector Rotation)

The reason most traders are always in the wrong stock — they start at the top of the pyramid instead of the bottom. Pete's four-level system reverses the process entirely, and the result is a watch list that almost builds itself. 

Sector Analysis 

The footprints institutional traders can't hide. Pete reveals the sector rotation signal that shows exactly where billions of dollars are moving before most retail traders have even opened their charts. Once you learn to read it, you'll never go back to guessing. 

Every elite trader from Jesse Livermore to William O'Neil followed these footprints for a century — and ignoring it is the single biggest reason most active traders never get consistently profitable. 

Stacking the Market Signals

Why the market making new highs can actually be a warning signal — not a green light. Pete spotted this exact divergence in real time and called a 90-minute selloff before a single red candle appeared on the chart. Here's the three-level tick reading system that made it possible. 

Bullish ticks. Rising VIX. New market highs. Three signals simultaneously sending opposite messages — and Pete decoded all three in real time, calling the reversal 90 minutes early with a time-stamped alert to his trading community. Here's exactly how he did it.

PART 2 CREATING A TRADING PLAN

Building Your Trading Plan 

The two-plan rule professional traders use that most retail traders have never heard of — and why trading without BOTH of them is like navigating a city with only half a map. The second plan is what tells you when to do almost nothing at all.

Strategy, Entries, Exits & Time Frame Selection

The "million-dollar rule" Pete only teaches inside the course. It takes about 30 seconds to apply at the start of every hour — and it keeps part-time traders on the right side of institutional order flow without watching a single tick in between. 

Crafting Your Trading Business Plan

How to know — with precision — exactly how many shares to trade on any given idea, regardless of stock price or volatility. The formula Pete used at Keystone Trading Group ties your stop-loss distance directly to your risk dollar and produces a share size that's never a guess. 

Clarifying Your Goals Before You Write Your Trading Plan 

The question Pete asks every new trader before they write a single rule in their plan — and it has nothing to do with charts, setups, or capital. The answer to this one question determines which trading style fits and which ones will quietly drain an account for years.

Money Management & Risk Management — Defining Your Risk Per Trade 

The overlooked signal that tells you it's time to trade bigger. Pete identifies three specific conditions — not one — that justify stepping up your risk per idea. Miss even one and you're either leaving money on the table or gambling with capital you shouldn't be touching. 

Money Management Mindset — Trading From Probabilities, Not Outcomes

Holding losing trades—right? It's just giving the market time to come back. Wrong. This module reveals why that single belief is the #1 destroyer of trading accounts — and the simple mental substitution that stops it cold before it costs you another dollar.

PART 3 CREATING A GAME PLAN

Building a Game Plan — From Trading Plan to Executable Daily Strategy

How to know when a good trade idea becomes a great one — and what to do differently when it does. There's a specific checklist of market conditions that upgrades a setup from watchlist to maximum conviction. Miss this distinction and you'll trade every idea the same size. Nail it and you'll finally understand why Pete sizes up when others are sitting on their hands. 

Watch List Setup & Order Flow Column Sorting

How to turn a 30-stock watch list into a 3-stock action list in under 60 seconds using two clicks inside TradeStation. No scanning. No guessing. The software does the heavy lifting — if you know which columns to sort. 

The two-column rule Pete used at his prop firm to instantly separate the strongest stocks from the pretenders — and why most retail traders only look at one. Sorting by this second column alone can cut your daily scanning time in half.

PLUS Downloadable Game Plan Template