October 8, 2025 (5 Trades) (-$77.50)
Overall Grade: D+
Day Summary: Mannnnn I woke up and came into the day feeling great today. I had a good read on the fact that we were ranging in the premarket and I expected that to continue. The analysis was right, and I had figured people would be trying to short into the low. Well that is exactly what happened, and I got long at the low of the range, just to get stopped out on for a $25 loss (when my normal average looser is $60) on the last sweep of the low. It then proceeded to go straight to target on the next four green candles, which, even though I didn't feel like it did in the moment, caused me to get FOMO and start revenge trading because I was only thinking about the money after that. I forced 4 trades following that, all short on an uptrending day just because I missed that move. Thankfully, I got lucky on one of those trades and limited the damage for the day, but looking back, I would have been so much more content with my performance today had I just accepted the fact that I fucked up on a good trade on Trade 1 and left it at that. After that I was simply reinforcing bad habits. Something I have been doing a lot of lately and that needs to change because I know that when I impliment good habits and follow the rules I set for myself (mainly the two consecutive losses and done rule) I trade much better, and make money consistently by executing my system. So, back to that. The focus now is getting back to sticking to my rules, no matter what I feel like doing.
DAILY - ES
5 MIN - ES
TRADES
Trade 1 - Long 2 MES @ Range Fakeout
Grade: A-
- entered long right after a HL - good entry, happy with that
- good job analyzing that we had been ranging throughout the PM and expecting that to continue (remember markets will continue what they are doing longer than you think they will - range vs trend)
- honestly this is a great trade. Right idea, wrong timing. Nothing I can do about that
- the only thing I would have changed about this trade is to give myself a wider stop because I only lost $25 on this trade, but to be honest, I stuck to my plan based on the HL I entered from and stopped out below that previous wick
- But to watch it then go straight to target (6774.00) in the next 4 mins was tough and gave me FOMO
Trade 2 - Short 2 MES @ Order Flow Trap + Fighting Price Action + No Set Up + Revenge Trading
Grade: D
- yes, I did see liquidity below here on the candle I entered on, but that was not enough of a reason to take a trade
- for one, was fighting price action after a strong bullish move
- two, look at the 15 Min chart - after that move it makes sense that we would retest the demand above
- let this trade run all the way to max stop (6 pts) because I had no plan
- I SHOULD NEVER ENTER A TRADE IF I DON'T HAVE A PREDETERMINED PLAN - No Exceptions
- Was just revenge trading here to try to make my profits that I missed on Trade 1 - no sense
*After this trade, the rest of the day was just me on TILT, revenge trading, trying to get myself back to green. At this point, after 2 losses, I should have HAD to walk away for the day. That is my rule and I didn't follow it. That is not being disciplined. That is not respecting yourself. Be better and focus on implimenting good habits and rule following going forward*
TILT photo ( see below)
*Anorther thing to notice and point out; I was shorting and clearly bullish day. The only logical trade I took today was a planned out long. And even though it lost, it was the right idea and following what the chart was telling me*