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Trading gave me freedom to enjoy my weekends

@SplashTradez Wow

Assets cant expand forever.... +3.5R NQ

@SplashTradez and I just made video on gap selection go watch! youtu.be/o3Q-4vq-P3I

Gap selection video soooon

Didn't see a single setup I was willing to put risk on this morning.

Nothing humbles you faster than calling the move perfectly and sizing in with micros instead of minis

What caps it: the closest FVG from the original expansion leg. That gap repels price and trend resumes. If failure swings get left on the retrace, it's a pullback — not a reversal. The FVG is your re-entry. Price moves from relevant swing to relevant swing. Fractal. Every timeframe. Map your swings. Read the signature. Wait for manipulation. Then trade.

Two things can happen at a relevant swing. Two different reads. Continuation: Expansion → consolidation → manipulation of the consolidation → expansion through. The consolidation isn't failure. It's the launchpad. Reversal: V-shape + candle 2 wick + SMT divergence + displacement on close. All four. One alone isn't enough. Read the signature before you commit.

Most traders react to highs and lows that don't matter. A relevant swing stands alone: Nothing in close proximity beyond it Not inside the OTE of the range below The only level price has reason to reach If it clusters with nearby swings ... noise. If price already pulled into it , used. Map the relevant ones. Ignore the rest.

@eriktrades_ Probably the most important thing, controlling your human desires and when to click the button or not.

Some takeaways from today's psychology stream in Lathyrus: Psychology is the most important part in trading. Having an 80% winrate is irrelevant if you're blowing yourself up with the remaining 20% that loses. Learn to control your emotions. Don't look at your pnl Don't look at your account balance Don't look at your past winners/losers The only thing you should be looking at is; When not in a trade; Is this setup valid? When in a trade; Where is the probable target/s (Take profit/partials), and where is the true invalidation (Stop loss)? Anything else outside of that is noise. Only focus on the model. You have to give the model enough time to play the probabilities out. If I gave you a coin that has a statistical chance of hitting heads 80% of the time and you only roll it twice, you won't get that 80% probability because there's not enough data for it to prove its 80%.

SMT only works at relevant swings. Asset A sweeps the level. Asset B fails to reach it. That divergence = confirmation. Using it anywhere else is noise.

I missed a trade today, so what? Market will always be here, no need to cry over missed setups.

The market rewards alignment, not forced trades. Don’t force bad trades in the wrong phase of price. Master the phase, not the setup. Timing is everything…

The edge is not memorizing these patterns. The edge is recognizing how phases blend into each other. Thats where most traders get trapped: fading expansion, trading inside consolidation, or trying to call the reversal too early Read the transition -> execution is simple

Most traders chase entries. The best identify the phase first. Price rotates through repeatable conditions. When you really understand the phase, you stop guessing and start framing what price can and cannot do.