Pattern Day Trading and Planning
Live Traders is a group of traders whose most-watched lessons come from Jared Wesley: the 3 Bar Play, the premarket play, a written trading plan, and a trade-tracking spreadsheet, demonstrated on TradeStation. Here is the stack behind that process, and the tools that can do the same jobs.
Live Traders is a group of traders. Most lessons below are taught by Jared Wesley; a 2026 trade review does not name its presenter. Lessons from 2019 and 2020 use TradeStation screens that have since changed.
Subscribers
380K subscribers · 2026
Public statement, not verified
The channel describes a collaboration of professional traders; individual tenure is not stated.
Entity
organization, Jared Wesley
Channel joined 2015
Subscribers
380K
Channel views
21.5M
Videos
873
On YouTube since
2015
Avg views per video
about 24,700
Stack range
$0 to $39.99/mo
Did you know?
Jared Wesley's 3 Bar Play lesson runs over an hour and a half and has more than 520,000 views.
Avg views per video is total channel views divided by public video count, the channel average. Stack range runs from the Free Start bundle to the priciest bundle. All figures 2026.
Market focus
Holding period
Preferred conditions
A defined three-bar pattern on a stock in play.
Cross-market sections are left out. More sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEjUd82NVVg&t=846s · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEjUd82NVVg&t=3328s
Read the premarket chart separately from the regular session.
More sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqUD_MNTvqs&t=1081s · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqUD_MNTvqs&t=1451s
Setup criteria written down before the session.
More sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9OXtALfrgs&t=1491s · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9OXtALfrgs&t=2416s
STEP 01
Premarket · JARED
Read the premarket chart separately from the regular session and mark the setup.
As taught by Live Traders · Source
STEP 02
Plan · JARED
Write the setup criteria, entry, stop, and target before trading.
As taught by Live Traders · Source
STEP 03
Trade · JARED
Take the 3 Bar Play only when the pattern and stop are clear.
As taught by Live Traders · Source
STEP 04
After the close · JARED
Refresh the tracking sheet and review the day.
As taught by Live Traders · Source
STEP 05
Weekly
Review entries, stops, and patience across the week's trades.
As taught by Live Traders · Source
The Full Stack
Their pick on the left. Same job, different tool on the right. Prices sit side by side so you can do the math.
Scanner recipe
Jared's setup and planning rules, with the timestamp where he teaches each one.
Exact bar sizes and stop offsets are shown in the lesson; we list the structure. Cross-market sections of the 3 Bar Play lesson are left out. Testimonials and earnings claims on their site are marketing, not audited results.▶ 14:06
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Their pick
Scanner product not named
Why they use it. Jared covers how to find 3 Bar Play candidates near the end of the lesson.
Same job, different tool
Included with a TradeStation brokerage account; $99.99/mo as a platform-only subscription
Replaces. Real-time watchlist scans inside the platform he demonstrates
What you give up. Windows desktop; the brokerage account is what makes it cheap
Affiliate link
Same job, different tool
$0 platform for eligible Schwab clients
Replaces. Custom scans for the same pattern
What you give up. Different scripting from TradeStation
Affiliate link
Their pick
$0 stock commissions; basic non-professional data at no charge; $99.99/mo platform subscription without a brokerage account
Why they use it. Jared demonstrates the 3 Bar Play and his day versus swing comparison on TradeStation charts.
Affiliate link
Same job, different tool
$14.95/mo or $155.40/yr
Replaces. Multi-timeframe charts and alerts
What you give up. Order entry needs a connected broker; exchange data extra
Affiliate link
Same job, different tool
$0 platform for eligible Schwab clients
Replaces. Charts and orders in one free platform
What you give up. Different hotkey and scripting setup
Affiliate link
Their pick
Same job, different tool
$0
Replaces. The reason behind a premarket move
What you give up. Manual reading
Affiliate link
Their pick
$0 stock commissions (routing fees can apply)
Why they use it. His trade examples are taken on TradeStation.
Affiliate link
Same job, different tool
$0 platform; data from $4.50/mo
Replaces. Direct routing and hotkeys
What you give up. Steeper learning curve
Affiliate link
Their pick
Part of Microsoft 365 (price not checked)
Why they use it. A full lesson builds a tracking sheet with a dashboard, performance filters, and a daily refresh and review routine.
Same job, different tool
$0
Replaces. The same tracking sheet and filters
What you give up. Some dashboard formulas need small fixes
Affiliate link
Same job, different tool
$19.99/mo or $179/yr
Replaces. The dashboard and filters, built from broker imports
What you give up. Less control than your own sheet
What the AI actually does. Imports trades automatically and the AI coach does the filtering his sheet does by hand.
Affiliate link
Their pick
Same job, different tool
$20/mo or $200/yr
Replaces. The written weekly review
What you give up. Only as good as the data you export
What the AI actually does. Reads your exported trade sheet and writes the weekly review his lessons describe: setup, entry, stop, patience.
Affiliate link
Prices are subject to change fast, like AI technology.
Computer, monitor, and desk models were not shown in the videos we reviewed.
FullStack Alpha suggestion; Live Traders has not published a hardware list. Two monitors fit charts and a candidate list side by side.▶ 10:29
Lenovo LOQ 15.6", Ryzen 7 250, RTX 5060, 16GB, 512GB
$1,000 to $2,000
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Dell 27 Plus QHD S2725DSM (x2)
$100 to $250
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HUANUO FlowLift Dual
Under $100
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Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
$100 to $250
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CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD
$100 to $250
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Prices change daily on Amazon. Check each item's current price. Compare more in the Gear Lab
Ready-made stacks
The AI Full Stack
One-time. Day Trader Core desk $700 to $800 + computer $1,000 to $2,000. Check current prices on Amazon. Gear Lab
TradeStation (brokerage account)Charts, scans, and executionFree
Benzinga Pro BasicPremarket news$37/mo
TradesViz ProAI trade review$19.99/mo
Claude ProAI weekly review writer$20/mo$76.99/mo month to month
$746/yr
Commissions, routing fees, and exchange data beyond the basic package are separate.
Built by FullStack Alpha from Live Traders' public lessons. This exact stack is not theirs and is not endorsed by them.
$746/yr ($62.17/mo equivalent): Benzinga Pro Basic $367 + TradesViz Pro $179 + Claude Pro $200; TradeStation $0 with a brokerage account.
$0/mo
TradeStation (brokerage account)$0
SEC EDGAR$0
LibreOffice Calc$0Stays manual. Scanning, the tracking sheet, every review
$20/mo
Or $200/yr ($16.67/mo equivalent) $200/yr ($16.67/mo equivalent)
TradeStation (brokerage account)$0SEC EDGAR$0LibreOffice Calc$0Claude Pro$20Stays manual. Live trades; AI writes the plan check and weekly review
$39.99/mo
$379/yr ($31.58/mo equivalent) $379/yr ($31.58/mo equivalent)
TradeStation (brokerage account)$0TradesViz Pro$19.99Claude Pro$20Stays manual. Live trades
Replaces Jared's hand-built spreadsheet with automatic imports.
Totals cover software only. Commissions, routing fees, exchange data, hardware, and taxes are not included. Prices checked 2026.
In the public videos we reviewed, Live Traders trade with TradeStation (historical in 2020; $0 stock commissions (routing fees can apply)). His trade examples are taken on TradeStation. Same job, different tool: Interactive Brokers TWS at $0 platform; data from $4.50/mo.
For candidate search, Live Traders use Candidate scanning for the 3 Bar Play (demonstrated in 2019; Scanner product not named). Jared covers how to find 3 Bar Play candidates near the end of the lesson.
Same job, different tool: TradeStation RadarScreen at Included with a TradeStation brokerage account; $99.99/mo as a platform-only subscription.
Live Traders chart on TradeStation (historical in 2020; $0 stock commissions; basic non-professional data at no charge; $99.99/mo platform subscription without a brokerage account). Jared demonstrates the 3 Bar Play and his day versus swing comparison on TradeStation charts. Same job, different tool: TradingView Essential at $14.95/mo or $155.40/yr.
The software stacks on this page run $0 to $39.99/mo. The cheapest, Free Start, is TradeStation $0 (brokerage account) + SEC EDGAR $0 + LibreOffice Calc tracking sheet $0. Our pick, AI Plan and Review, is Free Start + Claude Pro $20. Commissions, exchange fees, and hardware are separate. Prices checked 2026.
No AI tool appears in Live Traders' public videos that we reviewed. The AI Full Stack on this page is FullStack Alpha's rebuild of the same routine, not Live Traders' own setup.
28:50 · 2026
A Live Traders presenter, unnamed in the video, reviews real trades by their entries, exits, and risk management. Judge each trade by its entry, stop, and patience, not just the result, and run that review every week.
Watch on YouTube49:46 · 2023
Jared Wesley builds an Excel trade-tracking spreadsheet with a dashboard and performance filters. The routine that makes it useful is simple: refresh the sheet after the close and review the day.
Watch on YouTube53:12 · 2020
Jared Wesley teaches the Pre-Market Play, reading the premarket chart separately from the regular session and marking the setup before the open. Risk stays small with a defined stop, and the 30-minutes-a-day living pitch is his claim, not a given.
Watch on YouTube69:49 · 2020
Jared Wesley compares day trading and swing trading using trade examples taken on TradeStation charts. Treat it as a 2020 snapshot, since the TradeStation screens in his lessons have since changed.
Watch on YouTube103:32 · 2019
Jared Wesley breaks down the 3 Bar Play: entry on the pattern trigger, a stop tied to the pattern, and how to find candidates. Take it only when the pattern and stop are clear, and get exact bar sizes and stop offsets from the lesson.
Watch on YouTube70:30 · 2019
Jared Wesley shows how to write a trading plan, with setup criteria down before the session and entry, stop, and target set in advance. His risk rule is to raise risk only after you have shown consistency.
Watch on YouTubeDollar figures in video titles are the creator's own.
Watch the foundation lesson
Start with "Real Trade Reviews: Entries, Exits, Risk Management & Lessons" before the advanced material. Open on YouTube
Write the setups down
Copy the 3 setup cards on this page into your own words: conditions, entry, exit, risk.
Build the Free Start stack
TradeStation $0 (brokerage account) + SEC EDGAR $0 + LibreOffice Calc tracking sheet $0. Learn the process before you pay for speed. Load it in the Stack Builder
Log 20 trades or paper trades
Journal every one, including the bad ones. Your journal, not a video, decides what works for you.
Upgrade to AI Plan and Review
Free Start + Claude Pro $20. Add paid tools one layer at a time, starting with the job your journal says costs you most. Load it in the Stack Builder
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