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Whatever it takes !

@Lyubo_Damyanov I mean i knew it beforehand but yeah definitely traded my pnl that day.

@GRCTrader You literally caught yourself mid-trade thinking 'I need $200 for the payout' - that's not lack of awareness, the pattern is just strong enough to run right through it. Journaling it once isn't enough, you need to see how many sessions that same thing has ruined.

Day 22. Result: Win Grade: B Today was messy. I ended green, and yes, I secured another payout on Alpha Futures, but I do not want to hide behind the result and pretend this was a great trading day. It wasn’t. There were good things today, but there were also several mistakes that I need to stop making. Coming into today, I already had issues before the session even started. My Lucid Rithmic account, which I use for order flow, had problems, so I ended up buying a new account. Since it was an eval, I also decided I would trade that account. I had 30046 marked as an important level. I took the trade and got stopped. Waited a few seconds, entered again, and got stopped again. I was still very confident in longs. I looked at order flow, got confirmation, entered again, and this time I sized up more than I should have. That was a mistake. Even though it worked and I ended up making around $482 on that eval account, the result doesn’t justify the process. Bad sizing is bad sizing, even when it works. Then I moved to Topstep. I took my planned trade there, moved to break even, and ultimately got stopped for the day at my daily loss limit of $150. That’s fine. What’s not fine is what happened afterward on Alpha Futures. I entered after seeing the reaction from Topstep, just like planned. Got stopped. Looked at order flow again. Saw buyers stepping in. Entered again. Got stopped again. Still not a big issue. The losses were small. The problem started after that. I began micromanaging everything. One micro. Two micros. Break even too early. Late re-entry. Another adjustment. Another entry. Instead of committing to a trade idea and managing it properly, I started reacting emotionally to every little move. That is not good trading. That is me trying to force control over something I cannot control. And then came the biggest issue. I started thinking about the payout. I caught myself thinking: “I have around $60.” “I need $200 for the payout.” The moment that thought entered my mind, I stopped trading price. I started trading P&L. That is not okay. I need to stop doing that. This is a recurring issue for me. Whenever I get close to a payout or close to passing an account, urgency kicks in. I force things. I chase. I stop being patient. That is exactly what happened today. Yes, I eventually hit the target. Yes, I finished around +$210 on Alpha. Yes, I secured another payout. But I refuse to let the payout hide the truth. The process was not clean. I broke rules. I traded emotionally. I managed trades based on money instead of structure. That needs to stop. Because I know something very clearly by now. My issue is not market reading. Almost every day, I read price surprisingly well. I’m often right about direction. My issue is execution. Entries. Stops. Trade management. Break-even management. Re-entries. Payout pressure. That’s where I keep hurting myself. And I need to stop pretending these mistakes are acceptable just because I end green. They’re not. A bad process with a green result is still a bad process. That’s something I need to remember. I’m taking a long weekend now and will use that time to reflect. There’s a lot to think about. I need to become much better at handling the psychological pressure that comes when money gets close. Because that pressure keeps exposing the same weaknesses. Anyway, that’s it for today. Ciao.

Day 23. July 3. Result: Breakeven (win) Grade: B Today was a bank holiday, and I had already said yesterday that I would not be trading. And I stuck to that, at least on the accounts that actually matter. I did not trade any of my funded accounts. However, I bought an eval yesterday, and I decided that if I saw a valid setup, I would take it there. The way I look at evals is a bit different. I naturally take more risk on evals because the goal there is to pass them. Once I get to funded stage, the game changes completely, and execution becomes much more about strict discipline and following rules to the letter. Of course, I still break rules at times, and that’s something I’m continuously working on. But anyway, let’s talk about today. Coming into the market, I looked at the overnight profile and saw that we had basically just been distributing higher. Originally, I wanted a short from 30049.50. That was my ideal short level. We never got that entry. The reason I was short-biased was mainly because price had been very one-sided, and I wanted to see lower pricing. To me, the first part of the move already looked like manipulation. I also saw SMT with ES, which added to the bearish case. Because of that, I decided to wait until we moved below a key level before committing. Once that happened, I took the short. I had my stop above 30056. Price came very close to target twice. Looking at order flow, it looked like absorption was happening around those areas. At least that was my read. Buyers repeatedly failed to push price higher, and eventually sellers started taking control again and pushed price lower. The session was extremely choppy, though. Very thin liquidity. Which makes sense. It’s a bank holiday. This is not really a day that should be actively traded. Still, I decided to take the trade since it was only on the eval account. I ended up being in the trade for around one hour. I also recorded the entire trade and will speed up the footage later so it doesn’t turn into a one-hour video. During the trade, I actually re-entered after seeing further confirmation and added to a winner. Once we started making new lows around the 10:20 area, I moved my stop to break even. Almost immediately after that, price started rotating higher again. Maybe just one final push higher in RTH, I’m not sure yet. My original target was 29883. That was the main level I wanted hit. Below that, I would love to see 29833 as well, but realistically, with today’s low participation and thin liquidity, I don’t think that happens. A few final notes. I’m officially taking the weekend off from this point. I’ll be back next week. And next week, I want to be much better than I was this week. I’m going into next week with a blank slate. No emotional attachment to last week’s price action. No baggage. Just fresh eyes. Since I started this journaling on X, I’ve now secured two payouts. I attached the payout emails as well. I don’t really care about showing profits publicly, because that’s not what matters to me. Process matters more. That said, I’ve now made close to a monthly salary from trading. In total, around $3,000. That’s not life-changing money. But if I can do this consistently, that becomes very meaningful. My long-term goal has been the same for a long time: $10,000 per month. And honestly, I believe that goal is realistic. Not overnight. But over time. If I keep doing what I’m doing, cut losses quickly, and eliminate the silly mistakes, this will work. That’s really the key. Because I know my biggest issue isn’t reading the market. It’s still execution. Today I’d rate as a B. Mainly because it was a bank holiday, liquidity was thin, and I had already said I would take the day off. Still, for an eval trade, I think it was solid. Nice setup. Acceptable risk. Decent execution. I also charted on TradingView while executing entries on MotiveWave, which worked well. And as I’m writing this, price actually looks like it might still come down toward target. Let’s see. Anyway, that’s it for today.

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@Tboy00144821 I will follow my rules and you are 100% right, today will be awesome!

@GRCTrader Tomorrow will be much better

Day 21: Loss What a day. Honestly, today was rough. I started the day with a predetermined level that I wanted to take, and I took it exactly as planned. The trade itself was valid. My mistake was in the management. I had too ambitious of a take-profit target in mind because I wanted to see higher prices. I was actually in decent profit and could have ended the day there with a solid result. Instead, I got greedy. On top of that, I somehow dragged my stop loss to the wrong level and ended up getting stopped with a wider stop than usual. That was entirely on me. After that, I took a second trade. This one was also valid. And of course, I got stopped at literally the low before price started moving higher. That’s trading. Then I switched over to Alpha Futures. I got into a really nice trade, moved my stop to break-even, and once again price came down to tag my break-even level almost perfectly before moving higher. That one hurt. And that’s where the real problem started. I began chasing. Instead of accepting what the market gave me, I started forcing entries trying to get back into the move. Ultimately, I could probably have ended the day around +$200. Instead, I finished with only a small gain on Alpha, somewhere around $70 to $150, and I honestly don’t even remember the exact number right now. That says enough. My overall bias today was bullish. The interesting part is that my bot was actually leaning bearish and suggesting that we would likely go lower. So in many ways, I was trading against the broader context. Looking back, I probably could have shorted the open. The reason I didn’t is because I felt the manipulation had already happened during the 8:30 news. Normally I might expect price to push higher first to manipulate before moving lower, but because that 8:30 move had already swept and displaced, I felt that manipulation phase had likely already played out. That influenced my decision-making. Looking back at the day, I’m down around $470 on Topstep, which puts that account basically back near breakeven again. Alpha is still slightly up. But the bigger issue is that I took too many trades because I started chasing. That’s the real problem. At some point I had to stop and go back to my notes. I needed to remind myself why I’m doing this and what I’m actually trying to build. That helped me finally call it for the day. And honestly, that was hard. Mentally, I actually came into today feeling good. But I think urgency got me again. I just took a payout recently, and I caught myself wanting another payout before the weekend break. That subtle pressure changed how I traded. There’s also another important factor. My bot stopped working around 15 minutes before the session. That created chaos. I had to check logs, reconfigure things, fix issues, and because of that my brief came way too late. I had to readjust levels manually and rush my prep. Looking back, I probably should have just sat the day out. Instead, I traded anyway. That’s the same core issue showing up again. Urgency. Fear of missing out. Not wanting to miss opportunity. Forcing action when conditions aren’t ideal. A couple of rule breaks today as well. I feel like this is a recurring pattern, and I’m trying hard to eliminate it. Not a great day. But the journal matters because it makes the patterns obvious. Tomorrow is a new day. Fresh eyes. Fresh mindset. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

@Faizytofficial awesome trade.

beautiful win once again, broke below the current day developing volume profile val, retested and buyers absorbed, ifvg, aggressive sellers, simple.

@Faizytofficial u use the fixed range pull with developing on from 18:00 right?

Day 20. Tuesday, June 30. result: Really good day today. I had a good feeling coming into today, and we ended up winning on both accounts. I had a clear plan and waited for price to come into my levels. Price actually came into those levels before market open, and I had to make a decision. Do I wait for market open because that’s usually my rule, or do I accept the risk and take the setup pre-market if I truly believe it’s valid? Today, I allowed myself to take the trade pre-market, just before the open, because I was very confident in the long setup. What’s interesting is that I actually started the morning bearish. My initial pre-market plan was that price would push into around 163 and reject from there. But the market gave me a different story. Instead of pushing higher first, price came down into value area low and started rotating. The moment I saw buyers stepping in aggressively, I immediately recognized the shift. That gave me the confidence to go long. I market ordered in and reduced size. Instead of using 10 micros, I used 5. That was intentional because I knew I couldn’t realistically hold a 10-point stop on an NQ mini contract, but I could with micros. So I took the long pre-market. Price pumped into the open almost immediately. At market open, I was floating around +$200. My first take profit was set at a fair value gap because I thought that area could potentially reject price and send us lower. The plan after that was simple. Take partials at the first target. Move stop to break even. Let the rest run toward my second target, which was value area high and the higher resistance levels I had mapped. I entered this trade on Topstep first. Then just before market open, I had a thought: Why wouldn’t I take the exact same setup on Alpha Futures? So I entered there as well a couple of minutes later. Both trades worked beautifully. Price pushed into my targets, and I got paid on both accounts. Topstep hit target and automatically locked me out for the day since I don’t allow more than two trades there. That account finished around +$570, which feels great. And yes, being in profit obviously feels good. But today genuinely wasn’t about the P&L. It was about execution. I had my levels. I had my targets. I executed the plan. That’s what matters. Because of that discipline, I actually decided to test something on Alpha Futures afterward. I was up around +$338 and wanted to see whether my original higher targets would respect. So I used only 1 micro and placed two limit sells at levels I had marked out using high volume nodes and other confluence. The first trade gave a bit of profit initially, but ultimately stopped out. The second limit at the higher target also got stopped. This is where I had a small rule break. One of my rules is that after I get a win, I should be done for the day. I did not follow that on Alpha. That’s something I need to acknowledge. Still, overall, this was a really good day. I had a gym session. I felt good mentally. I stayed patient. I didn’t even look at charts before around 8:30–8:45. Everything was set up properly. My bot worked correctly. All my levels were plotted. Everything functioned the way it should. That gave me confidence. Topstep is finally back in profit for the month again. I’ve been going back and forth on that account literally all month. Now it’s back around +$500. Alpha Futures is also close to another payout. I only need one more profitable day. I’m still waiting for my previous payout from them though. It has been around five or six days without payment, which is honestly a bit annoying. I’m about to request another payout, so I really hope they process it soon. Otherwise, I honestly start questioning the value of trading with them. Something else I’ve been doing lately is listening to a lot of motivational content and digging deeper into why I keep making the same mistakes. I think I’m finally understanding something important. You just have to commit. Commit to your plan. Commit to your rules. Commit to your actions. Sometimes that’s hard because I want to be part of every move. Sometimes it’s hard to just sit there and watch. But today the market actually gave me the setup. I saw it form. I got confirmation. I took it. Usually I prefer taking setups after 9:30, but when something is truly valid, I think I’m okay accepting the risk even if it means taking a loss. And that’s the key. Accept the risk. Trust the process. Let the probabilities play out. I’m in a really good mental state right now. My mindset is improving. My discipline is getting better. To anyone out there struggling: Keep going. Commit to your actions and your dreams. Eventually, things start clicking.

@SegoviaTrading Thank you so much :D It actually cleared one of the questions i had to how you mark out levels pre-market. Awesome. Ill test this out today

New video recapping the June 29 NY AM session on $NQ with logic for 500 point trade youtu.be/iD67RPVDHzQ?si…

@fx4_living I felt like i was at the absolute bottom of the bottom before i started going up, so yeah thats def real.

When you eventually feel it's time to give up, go put your face in cold water and wake the f-up. (boom) Take a deep breath, Turn on your computer that you just closed and go back to work. (boom) It's never over... no it's NEVER. (yep) You will eventually LAUGH about that drawdown you've been through... I know for a fact. (true) You got some challenge to be DONE, you got some payout to be withdrawal.✅ (hello!) IT'S LOADING friend!😘

@AH_Sarge alot of consolidation haha holy

NQ Monday June 29th Asia - Q1 Zone break & Expansion to SD 2. - Q2 Zone break + Displacement & Expansion to SD 4.5. - Q3 Consolidation. - Q4 Consolidation. London - Q1 Consolidation. - Q2 Expansion to Asia High. - Q3 Continuation. - Q4 Consolidation. NY am - Q1 Consolidation. - Q2 Consolidation. - Q3 Manipulation. - Q4 Expansion. NY pm - Q1 Expansion to SD 4.5 + PDH. - Q2 Continuation. - Q3 Consolidation. - Q4 Consolidation.

@RIPS wow, what a beautiful beast

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This one is pretty good too! One of the first books i read about trading or traders i should say :) --- So the biggest lesson trading has taught me: You should never give up on your dreams, your goals, your amazement for what this market can give you. It has learned me that its obvious that we all will fail and often it takes us deep into the gutter to see if we really wanna be here. Its also taught me that there is no easy road to success here unless your are some kind of prodigy which most are not, and even for them it might be hard. Its mentally exhausting at times, its burning money away like its nothing, it teaches you patience if you stay, it creates discipline, oh i could go on about what the market has taught me. It has humbled me, amazed me, blown me into bits and taken me to the deepest hellhole in my mind but i know, one day this will all be like a distant dream you barely can remember and my kid will grow up in abundance and light as my real goal now is to make money not only for myself but for my family. One of the biggest lessons the market has taught me is that you should be happy with what you get. Its okay having a bad day, and its a okay having a good day. Just be happy with what you get. There is people out there with no access to even getting out of the misery life they live and we actually have a chance to change that. anyway, that became a long post. I love your way of trading, Im not always watching, and when i do i tend to just watch in inspiration on how i wanna be trading. Id love that week with you, anyway... have a absolutely amazing day!

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Day 19. Monday, June 29. Last week of June. Result: 250+ / -158$ Coming into this week, I told myself I would keep all my rules intact no matter what. Today, I did exactly that. I took trades on both Topstep and Alpha Futures, all based on levels I had mapped out beforehand. The main level I was most interested in was around the 970s. That was the premium area I ideally wanted to short from, but price never reached it. Instead, we traded into a lower target that I also had plotted on my map. Even though that lower level was valid, I still preferred the higher premium area for shorts overall. On Alpha Futures, I took the short from the lower level and ended up sitting in drawdown for quite a while. Because of that, I closed the trade a bit too early. I did follow my rules, but if I’m being honest, I was also thinking about the account objective. My mindset on that account today was mainly to secure the $200+ I needed, since I need two more profitable trading days before I’m eligible for another payout. Today counted as one of those days, so now I’m down to needing just two more. Because of that, I was happy as long as I secured more than $200 on the trade. On the Topstep account, price never reached my preferred short level. However, I had another level mapped out for longs that I was interested in taking. I liked that level during pre-market and decided to take the trade. This was technically two trades on Topstep, but it was really one trade idea. I scaled in using half position size on two very close levels to get a better average entry. That trade stopped me out almost immediately. I intentionally used lower risk here because this was not an A+ setup. I would have much preferred the higher premium short. Also, since this long was essentially trying to catch a knife into strong downside pressure, I probably should have required confirmation before entering. That’s definitely something I want to improve. Not every valid level deserves a blind entry, especially when trading against momentum. Overall, I’d rate today a solid B. Not a B+, but a B. Good preparation. Good discipline. Mostly good execution. There are still small things to improve, especially around patience and confirmation on lower-quality setups. I’m also continuing to build and improve more things for my bot, which feels exciting. Overall, great day, and I’m feeling good. More importantly, I’m proud that I started this week by doing exactly what I said I would do. I followed my rules. That matters more than anything. Let’s see how tomorrow goes. I have a good feeling about it.

Next level of interest 325.

If NQ is testing 970´s i might give it a try on a short position. Too many levels there not to give it a shot :)