PTR‑SNIPER live demo

A real-time video posted by trader D Lourenzo shows his PTR-SNIPER system placing futures trades automatically on the Quantower platform, turning a discretionary setup into a rules-based execution demo. (x.com) Order flow trading tries to read who is hitting bids and lifting offers in the market’s live tape, not just where price closed on a candle. Quantower’s own documentation says its order flow tools include footprint charts, volume profiles, depth-of-market panels and one-click order entry for futures-style trading. (quantower.com) (help.quantower.com) A footprint chart is a candle with the inside exposed: it shows how much volume traded at each price and how much came from buyers versus sellers. Quantower says its “Cluster chart,” another name for a footprint chart, displays open, high, low, close, trading volume, and the number of buy and sell trades at each price. (help.quantower.com) That data sits inside a broader idea from market microstructure research: order flow can move price because aggressive buying and selling change the balance in the book. A University of Alberta and University of Toronto teaching paper on algorithmic trading describes net order flow as the difference between buy and sell market-order volume and models its relationship with price changes. (math.ualberta.ca) The pitch behind an automated “sniper” tool is simple: let software wait, watch, and fire when preset conditions appear instead of relying on a trader’s impulse. Trading Technologies, which uses “Sniper” for a separate spread-order function, says that mode waits for a target spread price and then submits child hedge orders automatically rather than quoting continuously. (library.tradingtechnologies.com) PTR-SNIPER appears to be part of a wider product stack D Lourenzo has been building around prop-firm futures trading. In a YouTube community post published nine days before this answer, he listed “PTR Tracker Web Version,” “PTR Trade Copier,” and “PTR-SNIPER Algo” as upcoming products. (youtube.com) His recent YouTube videos and descriptions tie that stack to Quantower, funded-account firms, and retail futures education. One video published on November 28, 2025 promoted “PTR-TRACKER + JOURNALING + RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL,” while another recent live-trading video carried a disclaimer that he is “not licensed or a financial advisor” and that the content is for educational purposes. (youtube.com 1) (youtube.com 2) That matters in retail futures because many traders try to systematize execution without becoming full-time programmers. Quantower’s help center says the platform supports automated order placement strategies, including scheduling and splitting order quantity over time, which helps explain how a custom algorithm can sit on top of a retail trading interface. (help.quantower.com) The open question is not whether software can click faster than a human; trading platforms have offered automated execution for years. The harder question is whether PTR-SNIPER’s entry rules, risk limits, and live results hold up beyond a single demo clip, and the post offers a look at execution rather than a verified long-term performance record. (library.tradingtechnologies.com) (youtube.com)