Sam
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Sam
@SamTrades04
On the journey to become a full-time trader ~ Follow along for the ride
انضم Haziran 2022
161 يتبع132 المتابعون
NQ London sesh 15th / 6 / 26
Little cheeky trade - HTF candles were aligned for expansion.
SMT on 5m
SL below SMT
TP just before the the 1x IB range.
+$192
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@SamTrades04 @TradingLucid Thanks bro! To a profitable new week for us!
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Weekly Recap📅
- Total 15 Trades: 11 W, 1BE, 2L (Eval & Funded)
- got my second funded on Thursday
- keep my win streak alive on the funded
- tilted on Thursday
Biggest takeaway this week:
Rushing the goal near the finish line is extremely dangerous. I got lucky that I didn’t blow the account. My decision making was off because of low energy from night shifts.
First week combining night shifts + trading showed me how important a healthy mind is. You can have the best system in the world, but if your body and mind are exhausted, it won’t matter.
I’m already adjusting:
- Optimizing my sleep schedule
- Got blue blocker glasses
- Dropped training volume to 4 days/week so I can regenerate better and do more backtesting/journaling
Progress over perfection. Lesson learned.
Back stronger next week 💪
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London executions on $NQ (15-06-2026)
-350$ on the fundeds.
Two L’s. Tried shorting twice towards the equal lows for a 1:1RR. Guess NQ isnt going anywhere. Too much strenght i guess 🤔
Could have opted to stay out as my original plan was wait for a pullback / sweep of sellside to then take a cisd higher. We never got the pullback / sweep so i tried shorts towards the level i was originally planning longing from.
Its hindsight that the best move was staying out, a losing session to start the week isn’t ideal but we will bounce back from it.
One of the executions 👇🏾👇🏾
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Review of the week
Part 2 👇👇
Thursday
London:
Took off a position early that in hindsight did not hit my stop loss but a 15 min bearish swing and bearish CISD let me to cut the trade early. In all honesty looking at price i don’t think cutting it was a mistake. Price wasnt looking strong and getting out for like a third of the stop loss is totally fine.
The big part is me getting back in after price showed me i was indeed onside. Figuring out a way to get back in to the trade without chasing.
My external target got hit and i would not have been stopped out BE if i held my original long. BUT: “Not being greedy and accepting that the best entry is gone, or the move is likely over, has been one of the most critical factors generating me great results over the last couple of months.”
NY:
Minor mistake, got stopped BE on a simple retracement. No point for me to place my stop loss BE there.
→ This did not happen a lot this week which is a great improvement.
Stopped out on a setup which i thought i was surely on side. Price simply took out early longs, no mistake there, should always take that setup. Glad i didn’t switch up my bias too soon and get scared to take longs.
Thoughts during the session:
“If you switch your bias too soon you will get chopped up and you will end up chasing the move towards your original DOL”
Friday
London:
Minor mistake, wanted longs during 2AM eventhough i didn’t get the sweep of 1AM low which was my original plan. Good thing is i didn’t trade my funded accounts during that time. Only when 3AM swept 2AM to get in to the best long setup of london session. I just didn’t want to miss the move if it happened during 2AM thats why i traded evals to reduce risk.
→ Not ideal, but at least i didn’t trade any funded accounts.
Could have held the longs for longer as well as the speed and lack of retracements were telling me that bullish orderflow was present. I just took the safer option and TP’d earlier.
NY:
Was in longs before 9:30, should at least take profit if possible or highly consider Taking position off if in decent profit. I did ask myself if i would be annoyed giving back 320$, which was also with a 100$ risk a 1:3RR position already. But i decided to wait for a potential instant move higher towards the EQ highs left during pre-market. It was a set decision so happy about that. The potential payoff was more than a 1000$ profit target and which a DOL so clear i decided to take the gamble (did go BE so risk free).
Participated in longs after the sellside sweep towards my original DOL, did feel i was a bit anxious about giving back profit so did not bother putting on a decent size of risk or holding for longer, took profits early to conserve capital.
→ This is okay imo as in the past i would have revenge traded if i would lose profits made throughout the week just to not end red on a friday.
Overall great week, only some minor mistakes on which i keep improving. Best of all my patience is almost getting on a level where i can skip a whole session not even participating in it. Excited to see what next week will bring, lets get it babyyy
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Review of the week (08-06-2026 / 12-06-2026)
Below my review of last week (Part 1, Monday - Wednesday) 👇👇
Some improvements and minor mistakes made, nothing dramatic, which is the goal.
Monday
London: Very Patient, but eventhough 2AM didn’t sweep any lows, i could have entered on the continuation sequence between 2:15 and 2:30 if we have all the other confluences; Below MO, Asia low SMT, IFVG’s. Would not say i made any mistakes this london session.
NY: An aggressive trade before NY open, which played out perfectly but i took the long in premium which is not ideal. The internal SMT made it a good setup as it shows strength. It was more likely to go higher than lower but risky setup.
Took a 1:1 trade as it was more risk than usual (400, instead of 200/250), so not complaining that it took it off at internal highs and take the profit, however, we had three relative equal highs left to be taken as a great DOL, which would have given 1.3RR MORE than my original TP. With such a clear DOL, you might want to reconsider taking the 1RR.
Took a great setup with 1 micro eventhough i had made enough on the day. Normally that would be greedy, but the risk was so small it was more of a “lets see if i’m correct on the next DOL” kind of trade. It was perfect and i’m happy i took it. Risking 35$ for a 270$ TP.
→ Monday was clean, No real mistakes made other than taking profits early. Did have some mistakes on evals, taking setups i wouldn’t normally take. Consequences were clear, blew 2 of them in one session, which is not how i’d like to treat 150$.
Tuesday
London: Couple of mistakes here;
Taking profits too late; my TP was a great DOL, but 3AM swept 2AM highs and we are above MO, doesn’t matter how good your DOL is you need to take profits.
Taking my third attempt halfway off because we closed back below the breaker. See if we continue first before taking it off so hastily. It could just be a sharp retracement.
Pre-Market:
Taking profits too late, my TP was PDH, great DOL, but during Pre-market we have sharp retraces so be content with internal liquidity and 1:1 if necessary.
NY: Was great, no mistakes, patience paid of big time, early close and content with profits.
→ Tuesday was not perfect but mistakes were minor, which is what i like to see. Keeping losses small and wins big. Getting very good at taking small losses, which i know i can easily recover from.
Wednesday
London: Taking quite a few losses which was not ideal, but as i’m looking at price action i get why i was long biased and i totally get why i would not want to short it. Sometimes you are just offside and you end a session red. Good thing here is i did take great setups and i just took the losses like a champ not revenge trading and oversizing.
For evals it was a different game, i tried timing longs with more size → ended up losing a few of them. Again it is “just evals” but it’s just wasted money that i would have rather not lost so easily.
+ the fact that it was the session before CPI, this always brings a hard session to trade. Maybe next time just don’t even look at the charts. OR accept a BE and move on.
NY: Minor mistakes:
Take profits or go BE around NY open, don’t hold it throught the open.
During the opening range volatility your stop has to account for a deep retracement. If you “ideally” don’t want price to retrace that much, but it does and you take it off manually, you are not doing yourself a favor. If your trade does work out you would only want to re-enter. Place the stop where it belongs.
During the PM session, take profits earlier. You took three BE trades because PM session can retrace more than you like, like pre-market for example. If you see something you don’t like, take your profits and close those charts.
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@SamTrades04 Waiting for the confirmation close instead of front-running it is exactly the patience that separates funded from blown. Clean read on the breaker. Solid session.
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London executions on $NQ (12-06-2026)
+ 622$ across the fundeds
+ Passed a tradeify eval flex 50k
To be honest I wasn't sure about us going higher until we closed above the breaker at 3:35 AM. But when that displacement happened I did I knew I was on the right side. Wanted longs from 2AM open but never got that sweep during 2AM candle. Long wait this morning but making 5x my salary in 2 hours work is a okay with me.
Confluences:
-3AM sweep of 2AM
-IFVG + 1 min CISD + Breaker
-Clear SD targets with -2 / -2.5 lining up with NDOG and current London highs
Executions 👇
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NY executions on $NQ (12-06-2026)
+ 132$ on the Funded
-1 eval oops
Could have been a banger NY session but NY open decided to sweep me out first. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Anticipated in longs after 10 so all good. Small size as I am happy to go into the weekend not blowing any profits and sitting on another +3K$ week. Excited what next week is going to bring.
Confluences :
-Sweep of a lot of sellside
-EQ highs as a DOL ( got hit during NY )
-4H + 15 min FVG
-Below MO
-1 min CISD + IFVG
Executions before NY open 👇
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Day 188
No trades.
Came into today's session not expecting much in terms of high-probability setups for my strategy given the NQ futures roll hitting on Monday.
Nothing met all my criteria (as anticipated), but a full day of focused tape reading is always valuable practice. Discipline compounds.
Have a great weekend everyone. Back at it Monday. 🫡
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@SamTrades04 Seriously each attempt I made the adjustments that I needed to and finally did it! So proud that I proved to myself I can do it.
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First milestone achieved 🎉
Passed my first futures prop challenge.
It's taken me 6 months and 6 attempts, but I've finally done it.
The whole journey has been an incredible learning experience. With each attempt I got a little better, refined my process, and learned more about myself as a trader.
One thing I'm particularly proud of is that I didn't try to full-port my way through it. I wanted to prove to myself that I could pass by taking it steady, following my rules, and trusting the process.
Next step: working towards that first payout.
And to everyone who's been following along on the journey, thank you ❤️
LFG 🚀
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@Praeenz @GnT_Trades You will look back on these times and smile. The times you kept going even though you wanted to give up
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@GnT_Trades Bro it‘s insane. I‘m currently at night shift and trade after work + working out 5 times a week. I‘m feeling exhausted most of the time but on weekends I rest a little more and fill up my energy.
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