In this webinar, I sit down with the team at Target Trading — Mikey Z (25-year financial industry veteran and former investment banker) and Pat (20+ year professional trading veteran and creator of the Modified Market Profile System) — to give both of our audiences a full look at who we are, what we each bring to the table, and why this partnership makes sense right now.
If you’ve been following me for a while, you already know the VICI methodology. But this session was built for a broader audience — so we go deep on the why behind the system, the proof that it works, and what’s coming next.
What We Cover in This Webinar
Who Ryan Bailey & VICI Trading Solutions Are:
I walk Target Trading’s audience through my background as a former floor trader and market maker at the Chicago Board of Trade, my approach to reading markets through auction market theory and market profile structure, and why the VICI Impact Protocol is built around pre-planned, rules-based setups — not reactions, not guesswork.
The VICI Ecosystem:
We cover the full range of what VICI offers — from the S&P Edge daily trade plans and live Discord trading room, to the VIP training library, to small group mentorship. The focus throughout: student results, not mine.
Target Trading’s Approach:
Pat and Mikey walk through the Modified Market Profile System, their decade-plus track record of educating successful prop traders, and why both companies measure success by what their students achieve.
Automated Strategies & the Letter of Direction Program:
This is the part a lot of you have been waiting to hear more about. We introduce the Letter of Direction (LOD) structure — a fully automated trading strategy deployed through an introducing broker on your live account. This is for traders who want their money working in the markets without having to push buttons themselves. Whether you’re at work, traveling, or simply want a second system running alongside your manual trading, the LOD programs are built for exactly that.
We specifically discuss Emergent Edge:
The automated strategy developed by myself and our CTO/quant Rob Curry (Yale MBA in mathematics, former U.S. Air Force quant researcher). Rob has built what we believe is the first and only institutional-grade back-testing engine for futures trading outside of a hedge fund — using real CME tick data and Monte Carlo simulation to validate and optimize strategy performance. The results speak for themselves, and we show them live.
Prop Trading & Firm Selection:
Both teams discuss how we approach prop trading, which firms we endorse and why, and how we support students through the vetting and account setup process. We also touch on the Prop Trade Accelerator program and what “prop farming” looks like at scale.
The market environment right now is chaotic — and that’s exactly when having the right system and the right support structure matters most. This webinar is the full picture.
Watch the video above and see if any of this resonates with where you are in your trading journey.
Until next time — trade smart, stay prepared, and together we will conquer these markets!
Ryan Bailey, VICI Trading Solutions
