F4VS | Retail Trader's Repository

New here? I go by F4VS. I am a long-biased retail swing trader focused on trend-following and momentum-based strategies. My trading style is heavily influenced by Kristjan Kullamägi and Pradeep Bonde. I created this platform with a clear vision in mind—to document and review my trading experiences while promoting transparency, share valuable educational resources, analyze trading themes and ideas, encourage competition in myself, and dissolve the myth surrounding retail traders. Join my Substack - A Retail Trader's Repository. 🔗retailtradersrepository.substack.com

0R Paper | Slow • Nothing stuck out today. There was $GAME that was actually really nice on the daily, near its highs, had PR and popped. Wasn't on WL but something to note. $XNDU bounce was solid in hindsight but it was very tricky/ choppy. Wasnt the best clear cut action. • Most tickers faded. Struggling to find tickers that match what I am looking for. Need to figure out best steps!

-0.28R Paper | Stop doing dumb shit • STOP DOING DUMB SHIT. I got lucky today with BIRD and getting out early after recognizing I was doing some dumb shit. • If price not near clear levels, dont need to play them! • $ONFO - Although had light volume, the intial push was on a key support, and had pullbacks to keys daily highs that I could have taken. It wasnt an opitmal ticker by any means but it was something. • $FRMM - Was still in its D2 range but had a nice pullback to a daily level before hitting its D2 HoD then fading. $BIRD - Fucked up the entry! Just silly to play this. No need. I got lucky and only took small red. No need for this!

-0.27R Paper | Dodging a bullet • I am risking tiny, although I am on a pretty long losing streak my DD hasnt been the worst because of my sizing correctly. Which is good. Still need to work on execution! • $IMMP - low volume bounce. Pretty illiquid name and wasnt confident int he move. Not much to risk off of to where I felt confident. • $CUE - super surprised that this was one of the only plays that worked out. I didnt have this on my list as it had multiple legs already but price held up and conitnued to grind higher after the below VWAP hold and rip. $BIRD - Was using daily sup level to risk off of. Dodged a bullet on the getting out before the fade. Would have been down a full 1R if I ate that full fade. Tough considering the volume in PM was there. It looked decent.

-0.316R Paper | Strugglin • I am trading things, sometimes optimally, then other times, INCREDIBLY random! - Need to create strict rules based on my DB of past setups. Listing out possible variations of entries and only executing at those times, and doing the same with exits and SL. Therefore have a clear structure, instead of trying to do random shit all the time or getting sucked into trades that I shouldn't be in. - Struggling to get anything going! - $BIRD , had the volume, but died pretty hard - $ROLR , popped PM but faded with no volume $AGAE - Starter - Didnt work out. Had a key level at 0.59, good entry. SL didnt trigger took bigger loss than expected. Still small though.

-0.43R Paper | Stop being a fucking dumby! • Again stock selection is THERE! I am seeing the right thinks. At least for the most part. $RMSG was the play of the day! BIG FUMBLES! • $BTM - move was decent but illiquid, didn't trust it. • Stop being dumb and study! BOUNCES! $RMSG - Nasty fumble. What this means though is I need to be be reviewing charts for bounces! Its like I have this fear where if a setup doenst occur within the week , I think what is the point of studying, this type of move wont happen again. Dumb thought! $PBM - Tiny size wanted key level 6.54 to hold. Need to just focus on daily plays for now instead of Middays.

-1.74R Paper | Old habits / Getting $RECT • Today I did feel like I wanted to “play” and trade even if setup wasn't fully there because I have been sitting on hands for a while and a few Midday runners yesterday that although I don't really play but track. • Some days it feels like I am just drawn into trades when I should not be trading. Or I make a bad trade or just take a normal loss and then that puts me in an emotional state. And I keep having this issue. I cant seem to shake. It feels almost hopeless. This also affects my edge and what I am trading which alters my data tracking. Trading is hard…. • $CUE - I didn't trust the move as it started to climb above D2 HoD. However, after the fade and bounce on the D2 HoD which I was not watching, as I assumed move was over. Price ripped with volume. And hit the D1 Highs. Very hard to predict! • $BIRD - first green day runner. Some of the craziest $volume I have seen in a while. Still iffy on first green days to touch but seeing alot more action at open for these. $RECT - Immediate rejection! Instant loss. Honestly super unfortunate to get basically an instant loss after I enter. - Stock selection here felt fine, PM volume wasnt there but daily looked good. Slight volume coming in on the bounce of D2 Highs. --- $MNTS - Probably shouldnt have traded this. Daily did not look good. Yes it was on Yesterday highs but my entries were sloppy. - Tricky action as it faded below daily highs then ripped with no pullbacks through YHoD on its first leg back up. --- $HUBC - Midday runner that I wanted to play with tiny size, which was fine but again entries were not good.

0R Paper | Should I be sitting out this much? • Was looking at $CREG and $ZNTL at open as well as other tickers. Nothing was really holding up in PM, most things faded slightly. • $MIGI - very illiquid multiday break. Did not want to play this because of illiquid and spread. • $XNDU - Not really what Im looking at but interesting break through highs with good volume. • $ARAI - I was not watching this at all (wasn't on WL). It came up on my scanner way to late. And it was the only ticker that had decent volume at open. The daily looked a bit wide, but it was holding up at open which was positive. • $AHMA & $MIMI - midday runners • It’s tough just sitting out for large periods of time. Havent gotten a clear quality setup in a while now. And when I havent traded normal size in about a week, it’s tough just doing nothing.

-0.13R Paper | Learning thy self • Today was an okay day, still just trying to focus on daily breaks or multiday squeezes. WL I was looking at mostly didn't move. There were a few tickers that had movement but not confident in. • $BBGI - WIDE spread, scared to jump in. Pushed higher then massive fade. Spreads were 30-50c. Not worth it unless I can get in on the bid, which technically was possible but this was already its second leg so wasnt excited to jump. • $IPST - also had movement, super illiquid and no volume. Didnt take but interesting daily structure that had me looking at it. $DKI - Knew myself here where I jumped in after entry past. Knew it and closed immediately!

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+0.3R Paper | Live to fight another day • I wasnt expecting $UCARs full run after it reclaimed but I think I did a good job entering where I wanted to enter (other than the 1 miss) and left when I didnt need to be there. Played it smart. $AIXI & $MGN - Tiny cuts in both name 0.1R. Using super tiny size. Wasnt optimal trades either but knew I shouldn't risk anything on them. $UCAR - Well executed! Planned out. Executed plan. When price action wasnt showing me anything useful I cut. Again the reclaim hold and bounce off the 1.9 key level was a nice re-entry but was not expecting THAT big of a move. Either way I did okay. - Key is using size when it is approriate (in this case, I knew this was a long shot with wide range and not even near Daily highs so small size) and cutting quickly, and not hoping for action.

0R Paper | 1Move . 1Miss • I want to focus on the one ticker that was in play for me today but I didn't take. Want to really go through thought process and logic to understand the move so this stops happening. $SKYQ • Fl: 3M. Oil name. • Was watching $SKYQ in PM. Noticed huge volume come in which was a great sign that this thing will be hot in open. However the daily structure wasnt optimal. It had a lot of range yesterday and already had a 1st failed leg that reclaim. • However, the spread was wide, which made me skidish! I think realistically a wider spread shouldn't deter me from entering but at least risking way smaller to factor that possible slippage would be the best way to go about this. Spread was roughly 10c. • During market open I was trying to watch a few tickers with SKYQ not being top priority, I should have realized the significant volume coming in on the 1st min (+$450K). The 2nd min, break of highs was nice, with rising volume and price continues to hit D2. I was a bit iffy on this move as I thought this level was acting as a res level. After a small consolidation at that level this is where I was considering an entry. However, I felt with wider spread and quickness of the move, it blasted past my 7.5 level and at that point with VWAP still above and the spread being wide I didn't want to chase. • Next opp that I did not take (wasn't at desk) was the 8.3 level (T-2 HoD) that had a long consolidation and bounce. Missed completely. Overall there were 3 possible entries that could have been taken advantage of. • Again, my stock selection is good! The execution is what is lacking. Even with a wider spread and variation setup, this was a play to take! - TAKE ACTION (with small size) ON VARATION PLAYS!

-0.1R Paper | The illiquid scaries • WL movers didnt have much action. Played $AIB but was scared due to illiquidity and volatility in the move. Played out decently though. • I know traders on X stating SC tickers picking up but I am not finding that to be the case, probably because I am not trading the obvious plays or those obvious plays aren't in playbook. $AIB - Honestly my initial entry was firs min candle at open, but I hesitated AGAIN due to lack of volume coming in. I wanted at least $100K dol vol to come in to break that PM wedge but when I didnt see it I pulled away. - That said, price held D2 support cleanly (even with tiny volume) and continued to pass D1 HoD. Sporadic volume but was my main play that I could have easily done 1-3R in.

0R Paper | Using smaller size when non optimal trades • Hectic morning personally, kind of threw me off a bit, then again, no excuse for missing trades. - $SKYQ had PM action. Daily didnt look the cleanest (super wide range - which I normally dont enjoy to trade) so I didnt play, but it made clean PM moves with volume. - At open, I was looking for a trade with smaller sized but missed it. I think there was clear opp on the D2 HoD bounce when price dumps and reclaims that level. Again I was a bit iffy on the daily and how it looked to begin with so I am not too bummed but even taking it with small size I think is worth doing and was a mistake not to at least try, considering the amount of volume it was holding. • $AIXI - D2 continuation, crazy move. Not in my wheelhouse. But wow I need to start looking into these continuation plays because we have seen MANY times where where the D2 is even bigger of a move than D1. • $AGPU - Was looking at this as it broke D2 Highs. This is one where although ticker was a bit more illiquid than i liked, I am bummed about this . I should have either been entering on the break of highs or waited for the bounce and break of those D2 Highs.

0R Paper | . • On open, nothing was opening up/moveing. Midday runners kinda faded after there first legs. Tough/ slow market. I am being pretty selective and critical with what I trade and that's been great actually, but sitting on hands for days at a time is tough. I dont want to jump back into 1st day gappers because those were kind of a headache! Need be doing more back testing and screentime to try to expand into simple setups/plays intraday

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0R Paper | Wed No Trading + Slow Day Today • Main focus today was $KIDZ as it had good daily structure and PM volume but no follow through on open. • All other tickers I was looking out fell through (no volume or continuation)

-0.6R Paper | Hotkey Mishap • Today was a big fumble on hotkeys. For whatever reason, my SL hotkey just insta sold my position. Fixed now. But gotta always be careful! Errors impact PnL. • $SST - PM action - only ticker on watch that had volume come in. Spike and instant 1m candle dump! Could be interesting at open. Although could be done. - At open had wide spreads and faded hard. • $MASK - interesting action. Just watched. • $BFRG - 2nd day continuation. Normally dont touch these but good to track! • $GV - midday runner- Need to come back to midday runners had a good streak that horrible streak and I think part of that horrible streak was just bad execution. Been looking through past months executions and they were dogshit. There is edge here, just a matter of not hesitating and capitalizing on key levels and risk. Need clear parameters and system in place! $GVH • DUMB fck up on hotkeys that made me isnta lose 0.6R. Silly mistake. Hotkeys reworked and adjusted! Just take the loss. Move on, don't make dumb mistakes because of it! • And then considered jumping back in but didnt. Crazy pop! I was iffy because the volume was so low on D1.

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+2.77R Paper | Slowly Climbing out of My Drawdown • $EEIQ - Seeing a pattern of these inside days pop early in PM at least last few of them all did that! May be a thought (risky one) to buy in AHs and hold over night. • $UGRO - had a nice bounce day with volume. Sparked in PM with some volume. Dont play that daily action but interesting to note. • Keep focusing on what is working, cut early when price not moving. Where you are scared to enter is probably a decent spot to enter. $EEIQ • Its tough because it ripped early in PM. If I saw the start of this move it would have been a great catch. - Small size as a starter on the possible support. (no daily level to risk off other than the lows of PM. However there was some consolidation in PM on the uptrend that gave me a bit of confidence to at least place a feeler. • On the VWAP bounce , it started to perk up and volume started to come in. From there I added another portion however, I didn't like the action as it pushed higher with volume but didn't really move in the end. Entry on VWAP support would have been the most optimal thing to do here with SL right below price structure/VWAP. • VWAP bounce - Flattened position: price should have ripped as it had good volume, but didnt as it was breaking its highs. Closed out.