September 29, 2025 (5 Trades) (-$38.75)
Overall Grade: C-
Day Summary: I really have been trying too hard recently. Not waiting for the market to present good set ups to me. I have taken some according to set up, but they are typically subpar and not with the mindset of what kind of day we are having. We have been chopping a lot recently in the mornings, and I had been taking trend continuation set ups at the lows. I need to do a better job of recognizing what kind of day it is, and adjusting to that. I should be looking for range fakeout trades when it gets choppy. I also missed a good trade on the funded account just before the open because my order didn't get filled, so that did send me into the open with some FOMO.
DAILY - ES
5 MIN - ES
TRADES
Trade 1 - Short 2 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + Key Level + FOMO (from PM missed trade (see Day Summary above))
Grade: B
- FOMO from premarket missed trade
- I'm ok with this trade - this is a playbooked set up
- good job limiting the loss
- aggressive entry but there was momentum
Trade 2 - Long 2 MES @ "21 EMA Trap" + Price Action + Revenge trading
Grade: C-
- no set up - bad
- sketchy buy - catching the falling knife
- price action before the drop and VWAP there gave me the idea
- drawdown was tough to hold on this, especially after taking a loss on Trade 1
- felt a lot better once this went green for me but decided to go BE since this wasn't my set up
- considering taking the quick profits but didn't and BE hit just like that (more FOMO)
Trade 3 - Long 1 MES @ Fakeout + No Set Up + Revenge Trading
Grade: D+
- no set up at all - bad - purely revenge trading
- limited my size to 1 contract - good
- BE stop right away because I knew this was a forced trade
- unnecessary - avoid
Trade 4 - Short 2 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + Key level + Subpar Set up + Bias + Know the Day
Grade: C-
- technically a playbooked set up - good
- however, I need to Know The Day - today was a choppy range so far and I'm trading for trend continuation at the lows off of bullish range fakeout play!
- forced trade - right after 10am - revenge trading - bad
- I knew right away that I didn't feel good about this trade
Trade 5 - Short 1 MES @ Range Fakeout + Aggressive Entry + Know The Day
Grade: A-
- other than Trade 1 - this is how I should have been trading the day
- Trade 1 I can justify taking for trend continuation because of the premarket momentum, but after that, once realizing it was a choppy morning, I should have been looking for range fakeouts
- half size because of the uncertainty I now had from forcing Trades 2, 3 and 4
- this was a set up I should have went full size on, considering my overall short bias (15 MIN)
- the three trades in the middle of the chop were just added stress and trying to force money out of the markets - remember don't trade too hard