Inside a 2 Year Old Trading Desk
The Obsidian desk is a working trading room rather than a chat room, and the daily rhythm reflects that difference.
What is the Obsidian trading desk?
The Obsidian desk is a private options trading community that has run continuously since 2024, built around dealer positioning analysis and the Cipher terminal. Roughly 300+ members share one common daily process rather than following trade calls from a single lead trader.
What happens in the desk on a normal day?
The desk posts overnight positioning changes before the open, marks the session levels together, discusses setups as those setups form at marked levels, and reviews the completed session afterwards. Members share their own reasoning rather than simply copying an entry.
Why does a 2 year track record matter?
Most trading communities close within months, usually when the founder's results turn. A community operating continuously across multiple market regimes has survived conditions that eliminate the majority, which is a meaningful filter even though survival guarantees nothing about future performance.