Trade Reviews
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Trade Review — Friday, August 28, 2026 ## Session Result: NO TRADE Live P&L: [amount redacted] Execution: No live positions taken Demo: One exploratory short…
Trade Review — Thursday, August 27, 2026 ## Session Result: Profitable on 150K Account / Breakeven on 300K Accounts ### Overall Grade: A- / 92% This was a…
Trade Review — Wednesday, August 26, 2026 ## Session Result No Trade — A+ No-Trade Day Today was a good example of why not taking a trade is still an execution…
Trade Review — Tuesday, August 25, 2026 ## Session Summary Primary instrument: MES Confirmation markets: VIX and MNQ Trades taken: 2 trade ideas Primary bias…
Trade Review — Tuesday, August 18, 2026 ## Session Result Instrument monitored: MES, with VIX confirmation Trades taken: 0 Realized P/L: [amount redacted]…
Trade Review — Monday, August 17, 2026 ## Session Result Instrument: MNQ Primary bias traded: Short Setup quality: B / B+ 150K [broker] PA: -[amount redacted]…
# Trade Review — Friday, August 14, 2026 ## Session Summary Friday finished as a green day at +[amount redacted]in the 150K account, but the more important…
Trade Review — Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Session Summary Wednesday was CPI day, and the session ultimately became a good example of the distinction between…
Trade Review — Monday, August 10, 2026 Looking at Monday as both a trade review and a risk-state review, I think there are two separate conclusions: the trade…
Friday 8/7 Trade Review I went through this against the Friday PMP, your execution narrative, and the MES/VIX charts. My conclusion is a little different from…
Trade Review Monday 8-2-26 First, I want to say this is one of your better trade reviews. Compared to the reviews from a few months ago, this one is much more…
Trade Review — Friday, July 31, 2026 ## Session Classification Result: No trade Primary Instrument: MES Confirmation Markets: VIX and MNQ Session Type: Failed…
Trade Review — Thursday, July 30, 2026 ## Account Details | Detail | Result | | -------------------------- | ----------------------: | | Trading Environment |…
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Trade Review — Thursday, July 23, 2026 ## Session Summary Trade status: No trade Realized P&L: [amount redacted] Account exposure: None Primary reason: The…
Trade Review — Wednesday, July 22, 2026 ## Session Result Trade status: No trade Realized P&L: [amount redacted] Primary reason for standing down: Severe sleep…
Trade Review – Tuesday, July 21, 2026 This review was one of the easiest to evaluate because I think you're beginning to make a noticeable transition in your…
Trade Review – Thursday, July 16, 2026 Absolutely. I actually prefer our standardized format as well because it lets us compare weeks and months without the…
Trade Review – Wednesday, July 15, 2026 This session was very different from yesterday's review. Yesterday's lesson centered around platform execution risk.…
Trade Review — Tuesday, July 14, 2026 First, I want to point out something that has nothing to do with the P/L. I think this is one of your best losses. Not…
Trade Review — Monday, July 13, 2026 I can definitely see the progression in your thinking from Friday to Monday, and it's exactly the kind of progression I'd…
Overall Weekly Grade July 6-10, 2026 After looking at everything you've produced this week—your PMPs, your trade reviews, and the evolution of your thinking—I…
Trade Review – Friday, July 10, 2026 First, congratulations. This review is materially different than the reviews you were giving me even a month ago. I'm…
Trade Review – Thursday, July 9, 2026 ## Result Trade: No Trade P&L: [amount redacted] Grade: A+ (Professional Pass) --- # One Sentence Thesis > The market…
First, I want to say something that stood out to me. I think your notes are getting significantly better. They're no longer saying *"price went down…
Trade Review – Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Result Trade: No Trade P&L: [amount redacted]Grade: A+ Market Narrative The session opened with an unusual catalyst.…
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This is exactly the kind of journal that starts separating consistently profitable traders from traders who simply recognize patterns. There are several things…
Trade Review – Monday, July 6, 2026 ## Overall Market Environment The market opened after the Independence Day holiday with very little overnight conviction.…
I actually think you've stumbled onto something that could become a core part of your model. I don't think I've ever seen ICT explicitly classify displacement…
Daily Trade Review – Tuesday, June 30, 2026 ## Market Narrative Tuesday marked the final trading session of both June and the first half of 2026. Markets…
Daily Trade Review – Monday, June 29, 2026 ## Market Narrative Today's session was driven primarily by continued optimism surrounding the fragile U.S.–Iran…
Day Traders Versus Daily Trade Review ## Thursday, June 25, 2026 ## Market Narrative Today's session was driven almost entirely by the 8:30 AM ET economic…
# 📅 Trade Review — Wednesday, June 24, 2026 --- # 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ## HTF Bias ### Slightly Bullish After Tuesday's liquidation, overnight trade…
First, I don't think this day should be viewed as a failure. In fact, I think Tuesday might be one of the more important days you've had recently because it…
Trade Review – Monday, June 22, 2026 --- # Narrative Weekend geopolitical headlines surrounding the Strait of Hormuz shifted the market back into a risk-off…
📅 Trade Review — Thursday, June 18th, 2026 ## 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ### HTF Bias Neutral to slightly bullish, but not clean. Overnight: * MNQ and MES…
Trade Review – Tuesday, June 16, 2026 ## Trade Result ### MNQ Trades #### Trade #1 * Entry: 30,839.00 * Stop: 30,793.00 * Position Size: 2 MNQ * Result:…
Cory, after reading your review and looking at the charts, I think this was one of the most important reviews you've done all year. Not because of the loss.…
Trade Grade: N/A No trade. ### Trader Grade: A And that's more important. --- # What I Like About This Review You said something that caught my attention: >…
📅 Trade Review — June 9th, 2026 ## 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ### HTF Bias Bullish Reasoning: * Previous day sold off aggressively * Price held inside the…
📅 Trade Review — June 5th, 2026 ## NFP Friday --- # 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ## HTF Bias ### Initial Bias: Bullish Reasoning: ✅ NFP Forecast: 85K ✅…
📅 Trade Review — June 4th, 2026 *Thursday Session* --- # 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ## HTF Bias This was one of the most difficult narrative environments…
📅 Trade Review — June 3rd, 2026 ## 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ### HTF Bias Mixed to bearish intraday. Before the open: * MES PMH: 7620.50 * MES PML: 7610.50…
📅 Trade Review — June 2nd, 2026 ## 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context ### HTF Bias Bullish Overall Overnight: * ES held above the prior day's low after the June 1st…
Trade Review — Monday 6/1/26 ## Overall Grade # A- ## RAS Score # 8.8 / 10 This was another day where the score is driven by process, not profit. The biggest…
📊 Trade Review — Friday 5/29/26 ## Overall Grade # A ## RAS Score # 9.1 / 10 This is one of those reviews where the score isn't high because of money made.…
# 📊 Trade Review — Thursday 5/28/26 ## Overall Grade # A- Day ## RAS Score: # 8.7 / 10 And honestly? This was probably one of the most disciplined non-trading…
📊 Trade Review — Wednesday 5/27/26 ## Overall Grade # B+ Day ## RAS Score: # 8.1 / 10 And honestly… this was a much better day than you probably feel like it…
📊 Tuesday 5/26/26 — Trade Review ## Overall Grade # A- Trade ## RAS Score: # 8.8 / 10 This was a: * patient trade * structurally aligned trade * correlated…
📊 Trade Review — Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Today’s session was a perfect example of: > correct higher timeframe narrative > mixed lower timeframe execution…
📊 Trade Review — Tuesday, May 19, 2026 ## 🌍 Session Overview Today was a highly rotational, correlation-conflicted session that ultimately produced the…
📊 Trade Review — Wednesday May 13, 2026 🌍 Narrative Alignment Premarket Thesis Your PMP was excellent. Key narrative: Yesterday: ✅ CPI hot ✅ Selloff fully…
📊 Trade Review — Tuesday May 12, 2026 🌍 Narrative Alignment Macro Driver 8:30 AM — CPI Release Per your PMP: CPI: ReleaseActualForecastCore CPI…
Trade Review — Wednesday May 6, 2026 🌍 Narrative Alignment Macro Driver At 4:50am, the market repriced aggressively on: Potential US–Iran agreement This…
📊 Trade Review — Tuesday May 5, 2026 ### Instruments Reviewed: * MES / ES * NQ * VIX * MYM (Demo) ### Account Result: ### Live Account: [amount redacted] ###…
Trade Review — Monday, May 4, 2026 ### Outcome: No Trade ### Result: Rule-Based Pass --- # 1. Narrative Alignment This was actually one of your best narrative…
Trade Review – Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Trade Type B-/C+ setup → Executed appropriately with reduced risk Premarket Narrative (Reality Check) You called this…
Trade Review – Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Trade Type Missed A-/B+ setup (valid participation opportunity) News Context At 8:30am, PPI came in softer than…
📅 Trade Review – Thursday, April 9th, 2026 🧠 Trade Summary (What Actually Happened) Market Context Thursday conditions → historically choppy (you called this…
📅 Trade Review – Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 🧠 Trade Summary (What Actually Happened) Primary Action: No Trade (Correct Decision Early) Late Opportunity: One…
📅 Trade Review – Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 🧠 Trade Summary (What Actually Happened) Bias: Slight bearish (based on VIX holding strength + MES failing reclaim)…
Good—this is exactly the kind of zoomed-out review you need right now. Instead of just grading one day, I’m going to evaluate this like a performance block…
📅 Trade Review — April 6th, 2026 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context HTF Bias Bullish overall Overnight: - ES trending higher - Taking out PDH - Holding strength…
📅 Trade Review — April 6th, 2026 🧠 Trade Narrative & Context HTF Bias Bullish overall Overnight: - ES trending higher - Taking out PDH - Holding strength…
Trade Review — Wednesday 4-1-26 Trade Overview Today’s trade was a long setup on ES, executed after a sharp morning selloff and reversal structure began to…
📊 Trade Review – Tuesday 3/31/26 (No Trade Day) Narrative Alignment (1–10): 6 You had a clear HTF narrative mapped the night before You correctly identified:…
Trade Review Date: Monday, March 30, 2026 Instruments: ES (Primary), VIX (Driver) Result: * Net PnL: +[amount redacted] * Primary Accounts: No trades (good…
Trade Review Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Instruments: ES (Primary), VIX (Correlation) Accounts: [amount redacted] PA ([broker]): +[amount redacted] →…
Trade Review Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Instruments: ES (Primary), VIX (Correlation) Accounts: 1 × [amount redacted] PA (Primary execution) → +[amount…
Trade Review Date: Monday, March 9, 2026 Instrument: ES Accounts Affected: 1 × [amount redacted] Combine (blown due to platform execution issue) 5 × [amount…
Trade Review Date: Monday, March 9, 2026 Instrument: ES Accounts Affected: 1 × [amount redacted] Combine (blown due to platform execution issue) 5 × [amount…
Opened this week up with a gap to the downside NWOG. If we stay in line with the VIX volume, its pointing to the upside, we then push bearish to take the PML…
So we gonna look for a neutral bullish standpoint on this we got a price gapping NWOG
There's a small gap on the opening, and from the daily, we have a NDOG from 2/19 that maybe a draw on liquidity. Thu Feb 19 8:20am USDFOMC Member Bostic Speaks…
Sitting inside a NDOG from April 2025 and a D-FVG from the same timeframe. The push is to the upside at the moment and we have left 4H and below imbalances…
Trade Review Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Instrument: NQ (5 contracts) Model Used: 3-Drive + VIX Inverse Correlation + 4H FVG Rejection Result: +[amount…
Trade Review Date: Monday, February 23, 2026 Instrument: NQ / ES (3-Drive Pattern + Bearish IFVG) Result: No Trade Taken Model Reviewed Under: Structured…
Trade Review: Thursday – February 19, 2026 Instrument: MES / ES Accounts: [broker] WealthChart (Combine) + Tradeovate Result: –[amount redacted] (WealthChart)…
Trade Review – Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Instrument: MES (Primary) Model: VIX Gap Rejection → Inversion Continuation Accounts: 3 x [amount redacted]…
📆 Trade Review – Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Instrument: MES ([broker] [amount redacted] WealthChart Combines + [broker] [broker]) Result: +[amount…
📆 Trade Review – Thursday, February 12, 2026 🧠 Narrative & Market Context VIX Narrative (Primary Driver) You correctly mapped the entire volatility…
📊 Trade 1 – NQ Buy (Counter-Trend Attempt) Setup 5m bullish FVG: 25,344–25,365 High of day swept → 25,420 Retrace into FVG midpoint Attempted continuation to…
📊 Trade 2 – NQ Short (Primary Trade) This was the trade you actually wanted. Setup Bullish FVG inverted Below DOP VIX accelerating through weekly open + 4H…
Cory — this is a clean journal. Structured. Honest. No excuses. That alone tells me your edge is intact. Let’s break this down like we would in a coaching…
🧾 Trade Summary — Monday 2/9/26 You executed a long trade on MES (ES) across: [broker] [broker] PA ([amount redacted]) account with 10 contracts Four [broker]…
To stay bullish there is a small 4H-FVG that I want us to push through and above then into the larger 4H-FVG and hold within the range to climb higher taking…
To stay bullish we will continue the current move. We have a weak ATH above 50K and a huge 4H+FVG that we took out the highs with. We will likely get some…
To stay bearish, we don't have a lot to stop us, a small 1H+FVG just above the PWL and then there are several lows and EQLs as targets below us and the YOP as…
If we stay bearish I want to see us take out the PDL and if we go bullish I want to see us take invert the 4H-FVG that is just above us and take PWH
To stay bullish we need to trade through a 4H-FVG and invert it to take the PWH. We will likely retest the area and move higher from there and target the…
To stay bullish we need to hold inside the 4H-FVG we are in and invert the range. Getting above the FVG(M) and holding would be the likely move once inside…
Thanks for your detailed trade journal and charts for Friday, February 6, 2026. Here's your full trade review and graded breakdown based on your transcript and…
Thanks for the full transcript and image set. Here’s your trade review summary for Thursday, February 5, 2026, even though no trades were taken due to tech…
🧾 Trade Summary Wednesday, February 4, 2026 You executed a short on ES from 6949.25, based on: A bearish inverted FVG around 6960.50–6955.00 A confirmed VIX…
📆 Trade Review – Tuesday, February 3, 2026 "No news. No problem. VIX said it all." 🧭 Market Overview & Setup We came into the day with no 8:30am economic…
No trade today Price gapped down in the over night sessions We filled the gap and traded above the gap in the overnight and pre-market sessions and we were one…
📆 Trade Review – January 30, 2026 “Solid setup. Sloppy execution. Still walked away with the bag.” 🗞️ News & Market Context The morning started with a hot…
📆 Trade Review – January 29, 2026 “Sharp execution in a messy market day.” 🗞️ Key News & Economic Drivers Today’s price action wasn’t just about…
📆 Trade Review — January 28, 2026 Today was a mixed bag—started with promise, but platform issues, shifting volatility, and some bad timing threw the rhythm…
Monday 1-26-26 1️⃣ Overnight Structure (Bias Is Justified) MES Overnight gap DOWN created a −PG (6934.25 → 6909.25) That gap was: - Fully filled - Held above…
8:30 news created a short term high ahead of the 9:30 opening. We made a short term low that was taken out as we gapped slightly through the low.
✅ Final, Correct Read — Thursday 1-22-26 Cash Open We’ll anchor everything off the correct 9:30 candle on both MES and VIX, and we’ll ignore earlier misreads…
Wednesday 1-21-26 — Clean Read 1️⃣ Higher-Timeframe Location (Context First) At the start of the session: MES was trading BELOW: Weekly Open (orange) Monthly…
Tuesday 1-20-26 — Clean Read 1️⃣ Volatility Regime Shift (The Most Important Part) Because Monday was a holiday, volatility demand did not get expressed…
Friday 1-16-26 No metaphors, no shorthand. Just sequence, intent, and inversion. 1️⃣ Higher-Timeframe Context (Before 9:30) MES Overnight push up Creates a…
5/5/25 $MES Today I took the set up based off of the weekly outlook set up where I was looking for the price to push down and there were two set ups. One I was…
4/21/25 $MES Great setup today. We opened with a NWOG to the downside and traded back into the gap over night. We rejected the NWOG(M) and never came back…
4/7/25 $MES Took an immediate loss after entering the trade on the wrong pair. I was trying to sell Gold and took it on MES in error and price didn't give me a…
4/7/25 $MGC Took this using the FootPrints setup, MOC, and a -IFVG MM Setup. This was the trade I actually planned out and I went in with light risk and took…
4/5/25 $NQ This monthly chart is driving the price action at the moment for all of the indices. We closed down and near the low from Friday. There was no…
4/5/25 $DXY Dollar looks to be holding within this M+FVG and we are seeing signs that there may be a temporary low in for now if we trade out of the FVG. The…
4/5/25 $GOLD We closed to the downside pretty strong on Friday and the week. We have 2 PDL in proximity that will likely be the initial draw on liquidity.…
4/5/25 $YM This monthly chart is driving the price action at the moment for all of the indices. We closed down and near the low from Friday. There was no…
4/5/25 $MES This monthly chart is driving the price action at the moment for all of the indices. We closed down and near the low from Friday. There was no…
3/30/25 $GOLD Price is continuing to push higher as we trade sideways on DXY. We gapped up on Friday and the gap we left behind is overlapping another gap from…
3/30/25 $MES Going into NFP week and looking at the calendar, we are back loaded on the news this week. The calendar will start to drive the charts Wednesday…
3/30/25 $MNQ Going into NFP week and looking at the calendar, we are back loaded on the news this week. The calendar will start to drive the charts Wednesday…
3/30/25 DXY At the moment we are reacting to the D-FVG(L) 104.392 and we have a few lows that are sitting above a 4H+FVG that I would like to see get inverted…
3/30/25 $MYM Going into NFP week and looking at the calendar, we are back loaded on the news this week. The calendar will start to drive the charts Wednesday…
3/28/25 $MES Each of the indices has a 1H setup, MOC, 1H-FVG, STH, MTL, NWOG. The daily is trading in the middle of the NWOG on MES and below on MNQ. We’re…
3/26/25 $MES Not a great day of trading so far. I didn’t really have a bias today and saw that we could go either direction. The news didn’t really have a…
3/20/25 $ES Took my trades against the daily bias. I should have been in trading in the planned direction and I would have had a huge trade and instead I took…
3/17/25 $MES Today I missed two trades, one on the news release and then the one I setup on the follow through setup off of the 5m+FVG. The initial move I…
3/14/25 $MES Based on my daily chart markup, I was looking for the price to push into Wednesday's candle which became a D-OB and then potentially reject. I was…
3/13/25 $MES We have a D-Wick on ES and NQ that I'm looking for price to trade into. We also rejected the D-FVGs on both of the pairs as well which is where we…
3/6/25 $MES (Reset, focus, and return to executing disciplined setups.) Took this trade again in the wrong state of mind. I was looking for a buy to sell setup…
3/4/25 $MES Honestly this took me a minute to actually document this trading day because of the way that I traded so poorly. Went on full tilt mode without any…
2/28/25 $MES Started today out with mostly a flat trading day. I missed the 1m chart selloff setup that I was trying to get after the PCE news release was…
2/27/25 $MES This was in line with my -IFVG MM setup. This was spot on and the entry was great. I waited for the news release but I still took the setup based…
After hours news release that has caused a bounce in the market for now. They took an intial -8% hit after the earnings release.
2/24/25 $MES The setup today was really triggered based on the Midnight Opening Candle range. There is an IFVG in the middle of the candle and then there is a…
2/21/25 $MES and $MNQ When there is a FVG on the chart once there is a Liquidity sweep, drop to a lower time frame and there should be a IFVG setup above or…
2/20/25 $ES Missed the initial move because of my 9am call at work. This trade was a setup based on trading what the market offered us at the given time. After…
2/13/25 $MES took two setups based on price trading through the 4H-FVG on the CPI news release. The drop took price near the wop but didn't actually tap it.…
Please review my next trade 2/7/25 $MES so Friday was a bit difficult trading where there was a lot of volatility, and there were liquidity sweeps on both…
2/6/25 $MES: Today was an interesting day because the trade that I initially set up was based off of a +IFVG MM setup and that ran, but it didn’t pull me in…
2/3/25 $ES! Tariff news was a fakeout play. The news initially dropped and then they came back at 10:22am to revert the talks by putting them on hold after…
2/2/25 $MES We are not too far off from the All Time Highs (ATH). From the Weekly chart we have an +OB we traded into and met the W+OB(M) for the most part. On…
1/30/25 $MES This was an afternoon setup that was taken with a pending order below a STL and into a 1H+FVG. I think I even forgot that the trade was on the…
1/29/25 $MES This setup didn't play out for the -IFVG Manipulation Model setup. The PDH setup the STH and that was swept during the London session while price…
1/28/25 $MES Tuesday was a heavy news day and a late start after staying up very late the previous night before studying my trades and watching more ICT…
1/27/25 $BTC This was a HTF IFVG Manipulation setup. The LTH and the MTL set the stage for the range to consider for the overall setup. Our MTH and the sweep…
1/27/25 $MES We gapped down on the opening and took out several areas of SSL during the over night sessions. We finally saw price somewhat settling going into…
1/26/25 $MES Sunday's open gapped down and began to trade to the down side. For some reason after seeing this I attempted to force a trade on the LTF with the…
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1/26/25 $MCG! The expectation going into the week starting Sunday was that we could drop and sweep the SSL under 2775.7 and possibly bounce to the up side from…
1/26/25 $FSLY This one over the past two days did exactly what we wanted to see. Should have placed a pending order for this because this would already be up…
1/26/25 $SOFI closed near the PWH with the potential to fail the high and return to last week’s WOP or into a daily +PG (17.00-16.50). The high failed on…
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1/24/25 MES Great Example of a failed setup. In this case the IFVG creates the manipulation below the HTF SSL (X) then sets the low at 6123.25. We do get a…
1/24/25 MES This is the retry on the trade from before. In this case the parameters of the trade are the same. We have manipulation in the form of an IFVG…
1/23/25 ES This was my favorite setup playing out. Yesterday gave us a BSL sweep above a PWH and into a D-OB rejection. The overnight session gave us a sell…
1/22/25 ES price pretty much moved yesterday in a low liquidity state and just moved higher without grabbing SSL. No setup taken
1/6/24 $ES $MES Wanted to take this trade from the 1H+OB but this moved while I was on the meeing and there was not a alot to confirm the entry. I used the…
1/6/24 $SNAP I’m currently just maintaining the single call I have on SNAP and we are in a slight profit. We are just watching for the moment and not…
1/5/25 $ES $MES No set up so far. We are looking at a few areas where we can see that there could possibly be a move, but, the set up that I would like to see…
We are trading inside of yesterday’s candle which was mostly bearish as it took the PDL and PWL. We didn’t get a rejection from a HTF D+Wk that kept us above…
See notes from chart I took a bad read on this one now that I'm looking back on this. We were inside of a 4H/1H-FVG and I didn't exam the HTF good enough to…
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No details on this trade. I will have to do the research on this one
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I need to look at the price action as unbiased as I can once I'm in the setup so I can look for reasoning to stay in or exit.
This setup was one that I took and moved my SL too soon but it did do everything that I wanted to and I moved it when I would have normally moved it but it…
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5/11/24 $MNQ1! After the move up during the overnight sessions, we rejected the highs and sold off back down to the DOP. Who pretty much held right around the…
5/9/24 $NQ1! This was another impulse trade. I had this drawn up off of the 15m chart, the 1H chart, and the 5m chart. Once price came to my 15m+FVG for the…
5/8/24 $NQ1! On this day it started off with me being a bit impulsive however I was able to get myself under control. In this case on my first set up which I…
5/6/24 $NQ1! Overall the trades on Monday weren't horrible setups but I took them without following the rules and without sticking to confirmations. The first…
5/5/24 $CVS Will be looking for price to trade through that YL and take out the PWL/EQLs and into the W+FVG. This will be a follow through on the bad earnings…
5/5/24 $M Looking at the monthly and weekly we are overall in a range near the highs and at the mid point of the yearly range. Going into the ER on the 5/15th…
5/5/24 $NQ1! We took out last week's high and left the PWLs. We have traded to the D/4H-FVGs and because we are bullish on the LTF, I'll be looking for price…
5/5/24 $ES1! We took out last week's high and left the PWLs. We have traded to the D/4H-FVGs and because we are bullish on the LTF, I'll be looking for price…
4/29/24 $MNQ1! Sold 2x near the 15-FVG(H) after seeing it reject with a candle closure that closed below an up candle and rejected. I used a stop loss that was…
4/26/24 MNQ1! The overall setup was good. saw price react to the 1H+FVG(MT) and create a 15s/1m+FVG/BRK setup near the area. Both sides of liquidity had been…
4/25/24 MES1! This trade was entered in error as I was attempting to trade MNQ! and opened the wrong symbol. I was okay with it though because the setups were…
4/23/24 $JMIA 5/10 [amount redacted]calls 5 contracts at [amount redacted]JMIA Breakeven price [amount redacted], estimated contract price [amount redacted]
4/18/24 $ES1! Setup was based on the 1H chart and considered four PDAs for the confirmation: DOP D+FVG(M) 1H-OB 1H-FVG Going into the trade the 1H candle had…
4/18/24 $ES1! Based this trade off of the LTF PDAs and the HTF bias of the market failing to the downside. I was willing to accept the loss in this case as I…
4/18/24 #ICT Tape Reading https://www.youtube.com/live/BxR3tVRS_FI?si=Bv_7nIqn-wDu6cuz Review the tape reading session today. There were a lot of gems dropped…
4/17/24 $ES1! Impulsive trade entry. I jumped into a buy out of impulsivity and only took this trade chasing the the loss to make it up thinking I'd get a buy…
4/17/24 $ES1! Moved the SL too early and set it too tight. I was in the right move but that was not handled properly on the setup. My initial setup was a sell…
4/17/24 $ES1! At this point this was a last reach for the trade to bounce at the initial area that I marked up. At this point the price action is bearish and…
4/17/25 $ES1! Going into tomorrow we are stalling near 4/15 Monday's lows. We traded near the 4H/1H-FVG but haven't traded into it completely yet. How do we…
4/16/24 ICT trade review What I like about this example is he's trade the order flow of a +FVG and price exiting the +FVG with the creation of two additional…
4/16/24 $MES1! $SPX $ES1! Today was an example of me not looking at the bigger picture. I lost all track of what the overall goal for me to do with my trading…
4/15/24 $MES1! $SPX Had two setups on the sell side. One, I moved the SL too early and took a scratch on the first setup which was the initial drop. The second…
41/15/24 $MES1! $SPX Took this buy off of the 1H+FVG but it didn't hold and the trade was an L for the start of the day. Entry: 5202.00 SL: 5186 Target: 5233…
3/25/24 $ES1! $SPX Took this sell setup based on the London low being taken out and the price trading to the downside. There was really no clear or clean…
3/5/24 $ES1! $SPX Took a buy initially based on the setups from Sunday and price ate that up. I used a pending order for the entry and did so without a…
3/4/24 $US30 $MYM1! $YM1! Price took the low and sold off over night. I saw the price push down and back to that same level and I knew that I could try this…
3/3/24 #GJ BR BUY: Break above BBL($),(190.085) target the 1H-FVG (MP)(190.198), PDH (190.398), 1H-FVG(H) (190.567) SELL: Break below SSL($)(189.600) or…
3/1/24 #MES1! #SPX Set up was based on a 15m-FVG that was trading through the daily. I was aware that it would be going against the trend and that there was a…
Bullish break/ +FVG setup
2/25/24 #DXY #Dollar BR BUY: Break above PDH, target the PDHs into the 4H-FVG(104.166-104.321) SELL: Break below, SSL($), target the PDL, into the 1H+OB…
2/26/24 #MES1! #SPX Price was stalling near the DH and created a 1m-FVG. Took the sell setup there. I did reach 1:1 but decided to give it some room and price…
2/25/24 #US30 #MYM1! BR : BUY : Break above the PWH, target every100 points until 39500 SELL: Break below SSL($), target 1H+OB,4H+FVG (38929.2-38841.4), 4H+BRK…
2/25/24 #NAS #MNQ1! BR : BUY : Break above the PWH, target every100 points until 18300 SELL: Break below SSL($), target 15m+FVG (17818.6-17791.2), 1H+FVG…
2/25/24 #SPX #MES1! BR : BUY : Break above the PWH, target every10 points until 5150 SELL: Break below SSL($), target 1H+OB, 15m+FVG (5055.83-5051.47), 15m+FVG…
2/25/24 #MGC1! #GOLD BR BUY: Buys above the PWH, target MOP, PWH SELL: Sell below 2045.3, target 2042.1,2038.9, 1H+OB SMC BUY: Let price fall into the 1H+FVG…
2/23/24 #MGC1! #GOLD Took this on impulse and I didn't have any rhythm or reason for this trade. Only logic I used was the fact that I was rejecting a high and…
BR: BUY PWH, target 5030,5040, 5050 SELL SSL($), target the1H+OB into the 4H+VIB SMC: BUY: Wait for SSL($) look for a LTF+FVG/+BRK setup near the 5K leave near…
BR: BUY PWH, target 18100,18200, 18250 SELL SSL($), target the 4H+FVG/1H+FVG(L) at 17863.8, if we keep pushing through target the SSL($), PDL SMC: BUY: Wait…
2/6/24 #SPX BUY Setup
BR: PWH BUY and SELL PDL This PWH definitely for the buy setup but I would be careful with the sell
2/5/24 #SPX SELL Setup This one was one that I did follow my rules and still loss on this setup. Market dropped in the morning and I went against my overall…
BR: BUY PWH SELL PDL, possibly look on the LTF 5m and mark the 12pm candle from Friday. SMC: BUY: Look for price inside the 4H+FVG, possibly sweep the PDL and…
BR: BUY PWH SELL SSL($)target the 103.65, 103.440 SMC: BUY: Look for price inside the 4H+FVG, possibly sweep the PDL and look for a buy from this range. SELL:…
BR: BUY PDH, target the PDH D-FVG(H) SELL SSL($), target the SSL($) the 1H+FVG SMC: BUY: Look for price to Sweep the SSL($), then LTF +BRK/+FVG SELL: Look for…
BR: BUY PWH SELL SSL($)target the LTF lows and the PDL SMC: BUY: Look for price inside the 4H+FVG, possibly sweep the PDL and look for a buy from this range.…
1/29/24 #SPX Weekly Outlook Going into the last week of January, we chopped higher to continue to make fresh all time highs but the price action struggled to…
1/29/24 #SPX Buy Setup Today was a reminder of patience on my setup. Overall my setup was correct but, today I didn’t take the opportunity to wait for my entry…
1/25/24 #SPX SELL Setup This trade was based off of time of day, and in the afternoon the market pretty much came to a halt and slowed down for all the rest of…
1/25/24 #SPX BUY Setup I was looking for an overall buy, and once Price got to the area I was looking at which was the 1H+FVG, I didn’t really take into…
1/22/24 #NAS BUY Setup This was honestly a mistake that was made and played out on this account. In the process of moving over to the Futures market, I needed…
1/19/24 #SPX BUY Setup Unplanned, not thought out, against my bias and trade setup, too much size for the attempt, nothing was done right. This is a step back…
Took a L on this one. I was looking for price to push down more to sweep the low and push down into the 5m+FVG to bounce from. The low were made at the…
This is the setup I wanted all day and the setup I should have simply wanted for. Had my SL too tight 2 twice and the 3rd time I entered on a market. This was…
1/15/24 AUDNZD Buy Setup Took this trade based on price reaching a HTF low and being swept. This was supposed to be a swing but throughout last night’s session…
Buying the Breaker For a Buy Breaker setup: 1. Look high and a low 2. Once the Low is made, you are looking for a new high to be made. 3. The last up candle or…
1/11/24 #SPX SELL Setup Looked for price to hold the M/Y and hold above the 1m+VIB. The trade was not in line with the actual move of the day and the better…
As Bitcoin gets approved for its etfs we will see sporadic movement over the course of the next few weeks. In yesterday’s case while talking to Wale a setup…
This setup was one that I has been watching and it didn't meet my time of day requirements but it would have been a good setup for a 2:1 reward. This also…
1/5/24 #SPX SELL Setup Price pushed into a 5/15m-FVG and rejected near the PDH. Once I saw that we took out the SSL on the LTF, I was okay to look for the SELL…
This was an entry taken without confirmation on the setup and this was an L. My final attempt to buy into this setup near the +BRK(L)/+FVG(L). There wasn't a…
Noticed that we had a potential +BRK/+FVG/+OB setup on the 1H and 15m charts. Once on the 15m chart the setup was validated and then I also tested the…
12/10/23 #SPX BUY Setup Anticipated +BRK setup after the -LP was swept with correlation between NAS & US30 moving bullish. The entry was confirmed within a…
12/10/23 #SPX BUY Setup Anticipated +BRK setup after the -LP was swept with correlation between NAS & US30 moving bullish. Entry: 4600.50 SL: 45495.46…
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SSL run into HTF POI (NWOG), 5m+FVG, 15m+BK, return to FVG high only because the +BK is over lapping set entry based on this, SL based on low of +BK, aim for…
Right now we are trading back near the NWOG and we've also taken out the PWH
11/30/23 #SPX #BUYSetup Took this trade based on a +BK and +FVG combo from the LTF that pushed during the premarket and didn't pull me into the trade. The…
11/28/23 #SPX #BUYSetup Took this trade based on the the 1H+FVG and 1H+BK after we took out the PDHs from yesterday and Friday. We also traded through the NWOG…
11/26/23 DXY Weekly Outlook #DXY #WeeklyOutlook Last week did as expected by continuing to take out highs. We were busy Sunday to Wednesday and stalled out on…
#NAS #WeeklyOutlook Last week did as expected by continuing to take out highs. We were busy Sunday to Wednesday and stalled out on early market closure because…
11/26/23 SPX Weekly Outlook #SPX #WeeklyOutlook: Last week did as expected by continuing to take out highs. We were busy Sunday to Wednesday and stalled out on…
11/26/23 US30 Weekly Outlook #US30 #WeeklyOutlook Last week did as expected by continuing to take out highs. We were busy Sunday to Wednesday and stalled out…
No direction really today but these were the best situations available to trade from. This just an after action chart review.…
Took the move again based on the rejection and then we have an additional response to the area that again proves that if it doesn't immediately go its not…
Recovered all losses, with a small win and left a partial in. Early on the setup but this is the same thing I've been looking for today All US red folder news…
The remaining left within the trade closed out as price is not ready tot move slightly in profits about 50 pips All US red folder news was negative on the 8:30…
Traded the early 4H-FVG low as we we traded into the daily opening. I went almost 100 pips into profit but I didn't take the profit from that move and got…
Took one last attempt to sell from a 78.6 fib level that is sitting near the high of a 4H-OB but still looking too bullish at this point so this is my last…
Currently taking a trade that is outside of the current plan overall. Only risking 2.5% on this trade and I am glad that I reduce the risk on the initial lot…
Look to take a sell off as price looked as though it was going to sell off a on the open and we reached an over bought level and we're ranging at this point.…
As it stands we've moved over night from the lows and its moved without a lot of room to get in. We have traded in a small rang and looks like its pushing up…
Projection on this setup were all the wayside on point but the setup and continuation happened outside of my trading window. The initial entry setup around 3…
Confirmed the weekly range and the ranges expanded to the downside. HTF confirmed and LTF gave the entry, however, I missed it. We do have bullish PDs…
Neutral to bearish on the overall move for all of the indices but I'm going to sit tight and be patient on any entries. Would have no problem if I didn't enter…
"Neutral to bearish on the overall move for all of the Dollar but I'm going to sit tight and be patient on any entries. Would have no problem if I didn't enter…
Neutral to bearish on the overall move for all of the indices but I'm going to sit tight and be patient on any entries. Would have no problem if I didn't enter…
Neutral to bearish on the overall move for all of the Dollar but I'm going to sit tight and be patient on any entries. Would have no problem if I didn't enter…
Neutral to bearish on the overall move for all of the indices but I'm going to sit tight and be patient on any entries. Would have no problem if I didn't enter…