May 21, 2026 (4 Trades) (-$93.75)
Overall Grade: C-
Day Summary: After following my rules since my tilt day on Monday, I felt like I was owed results today. And to go 0-2 again, just to watch my second trade play out not long after getting stopped out, yet again, was very very frustrating. To top it off, those two losses brought me below my minimum margin requirement to open even 1 MES contract. So that was the real hit on my emotions today. I actually was able to open up another trade, after getting rejected on a few orders so not sure how that happened, but they were just complete force trades. No plan, and just loss some more for no reason. I really don't know where to go from here after finishing 2025 so strong. Follow rules and keep trading my system is the only option. Added $200 to my account today. That right there just shows my lack of confidence at the moment, so it is really time to go full force on the process alone and let whatever happens speak for itself.
DAILY - ES
5 MIN - ES
TRADES
Trade 1 - Short 1 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + Short The Bottom + Trend Continuation
Grade: B
- trading with the trend - yes - good
- playbook set up - yes - but subpar - not ideal
- entry at 21 + key level + 1 min highs - good
- stopped out where I was supposed to
- this is not a bad trade here - good R, set up, trend, etc
Trade 2 - Short 1 MES @ "Range Faeout" + Bias + Fighting Momentum + FOMO Entry
Grade: C
- intuition trade based on 15 min FVG + 30 min equilibrium + FOMO
- technically right idea wrong timing, story of my life recently lol
- fighting momentum - bad
- FOMO entry - bad
- subpar set up - bad
- thinking about the money - bad
Trade 3-4 - Short 1 MES @ Test LOL
- both trades 3 and 4 were just forced because of margin dispute (see above)
- no reason to take these trades, although I did stop the high on Trade 4 right before a big drop to 4712.00 lmaooo