Trade Review

MYM1! Long2026-05-29

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The objective is not to grade the P&L. It is to grade the decision.

A Setup·Flat Day · Capital Preservation·RAS 91%

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📊 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.

It's high because of what you didn't do.

You are starting to show something I've been looking for in your reviews for months:

You are letting the market prove itself before you participate.

That is a massive shift.


🧠 Weekly Theme

This week was not a week of poor trading.

This week was a week of:

Excellent Process

Low Trade Frequency

Missed Pullbacks

Those are very different things.

Most traders confuse:

"I didn't make money"

with

"I traded poorly."

Those are not the same.


📊 Narrative Alignment — 9.0

Your read on the environment was accurate.

What You Saw

VIX:

  • Breaking weekly lows
  • Breaking daily lows
  • Making new lows

Meanwhile:

MNQ:

  • Making ATHs

MES:

  • Making ATHs

MYM:

  • Lagging badly

That created mixed signals.


The Key Observation

The strongest setup actually wasn't NQ.

It wasn't ES.

It was:

YM

You identified that correctly.

YM was the cleanest instrument all morning.


🔥 Alert-Based Trading Improvement

This may be the most important development from the entire week.

You said:

"I'm setting alerts at established highs and lows and waiting for confirmation."

That is exactly what institutional traders do.

Instead of:

❌ Watching every candle

You are now:

✅ Watching important levels

Then waiting for:

  • sweep
  • reaction
  • confirmation
  • entry

That dramatically reduces impulsive trading.


📈 YM Trade Analysis

I actually really like this setup.

Thesis

Sweep:

  • PM Low
  • Into 1H OB

Then:

Hold low

Then:

Create structure

Then:

Retrace into FVG + OB

Then:

Continue higher

That is textbook.


Why The Trade Didn't Trigger

Entry: 50833

Low: 50849

Missed by: 16 points

That happens.

Nothing wrong with the setup.

Nothing wrong with the execution.

Nothing wrong with the analysis.

The market simply didn't give you the fill.


📊 Execution Discipline — 9.7

The biggest win:

You didn't chase.

Again.

This is becoming a pattern.

A very good pattern.


Old Version

Miss fill.

Market runs.

Chase.

Lose.

Review.

Frustrated.


Current Version

Miss fill.

Market runs.

Accept it.

Wait.

No chase.

No emotional entry.

No revenge trade.

Review.

Move on.


That's professional behavior.


🔥 VIX Read

This was probably your cleanest VIX observation all week.

You noticed:

Before Open

VIX: 15.61 weekly low

15.54 new low

Yet:

Indices weren't exploding higher.

That was information.

Very valuable information.


You correctly recognized:

If VIX is making new lows but indices aren't accelerating higher, something is off.

That observation alone probably kept you out of forcing trades.


📊 Market Structure Reading

NQ

  • ATH sweep
  • New ATH
  • No retracement

No trade.

Correct.


ES

  • ATH sweep
  • New ATH
  • No retracement

No trade.

Correct.


YM

  • Sweep low
  • Hold low
  • Establish structure
  • Create FVG + OB

Best setup of the day.

Correct identification.


🧠 Psychology Score — 10/10

This is where the growth really showed.

You said:

"I'm not mad."

That sentence matters.

Because a year ago:

Missing a trade that runs would have bothered you.

Now?

You are evaluating:

  • process
  • setup quality
  • execution quality

instead of:

  • outcome

That's exactly how consistency develops.


📈 Weekly Assessment

Looking at:

  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday

I think the biggest development this week is:

Patience

Not entries.

Not VIX.

Not FVGs.

Not OBs.

Patience.


You're no longer trying to manufacture trades.

You're allowing trades to emerge.

That sounds simple.

It isn't.

Most traders never reach that stage.


🔥 The Alert System Discovery

I think this deserves special attention.

You discovered:

Step 1

Mark important highs/lows.

Step 2

Set alerts.

Step 3

Wait for sweep.

Step 4

Wait for reaction.

Step 5

Build trade idea.

Step 6

Look for entry.

That process naturally slows you down.

And slowing you down appears to be improving your trading dramatically.


📊 Grading

Category           Score
Narrative Alignment      9.0
Market Structure Reading   9.2
VIX Analysis          9.1
Setup Identification      9.0
Entry Selection        9.3
Risk Management        10.0
Patience            10.0
Emotional Control       10.0
Overall RAS Score    9.1 / 10

🏆 Biggest Takeaway From This Week

The biggest takeaway isn't the winning trade.

The biggest takeaway isn't the missed fills.

The biggest takeaway is this:

You are beginning to trust your process more than your emotions.

That's what I see across all three reviews this week.

Less forcing.

Less anticipation.

More waiting.

More confirmation.

More acceptance.

And honestly, that's exactly the trader you've been trying to become.

#staydiscipline #staypatient

Setup Tags
VIX Inverse Correlation+BOS+OB+FVG
Execution Quality
CleanConfident
Emotions
CalmPatientFocusedLocked InDiscipline

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Written by Cory

Cory publishes the working thesis before the session, not after — this Playbook and Trade Review are part of that same documented process. No signals, no highlight reel.

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