April 9, 2025 (2 Trades) (-$61.00)

Grade: C-

**No stats photo because I was trading on TOS**

Day Summary: The volatility continues, although I was able to trade the morning with options (no margin on tradestation), and it only got more volatile when Big T came out and paused the tariffs. I only traded in the morning and took two unideal trades so i made the right decisions and shut it down early. That's a win for the day. Self-conciousness is key.

 

DAILY - ES

5 MIN - ES

TRADES

Trade 1 - Long 1 Put @ No Set Up + Key Level + Intuition

Grade: C-

  • not a bad trade, but not really a playbook set up
  • Risk management for the win
  • cut lose quickly - good job especially with volatility
  • fighting the trend - bad

 

Trade 2 - Long 1 Call No Set Up + Intuition + "Price Action"

Grade: D+

  • No set up - bad
  • trading on intuition - bad
  • knew I wasn't seeing the chart well and took this trade anyways - bad
  • fighting momentum - bad
  • risk management - good thankfully
  • this trade wasn't worth it

 

TAKEAWAYS: Risk Management is so important and saved me big money today