1 Day Moving Average Long, 1 Minute Entry, 2D Bearish Orderblock Reversal, 2D Close above 2D Bearish O, Daily Bearish Orderblock Target, moving average cross, Premarket Low to P, Trade Of The Day , Turtle Soup, VWAP Lowerband To Upperband,

I had a chance to briefly review yesterdays trading session before today trading session (Day After) and I noticed that the 1 Day Moving Average was the perfect entry for yesterdays session, and I likely could have avoided the first stopout had I waited for that entry. I will remember this going into todays trading session. Because I had the moving average turned off yesterday, which is pretty ironic because its the first time I have turned it off in a while, due to the fact that it was minimizing my chart and I couldnt see price very well. Guess I should have kept it. 

 

Key Takeaways from Today's Trading Notes:

1. Trade of the Day Setup: Successfully hit the "Trade of the Day" setup, similar to the previous day’s trade.

2. Premarket Analysis on Multi-day Charts:

   • Noted that the 2-day chart closed above a 2-day bearish order block, suggesting potential bullishness.
   • Contradiction with the 4-day chart, which was still in a downtrend unless yesterday’s high was broken.

3. Supply Area Breach as a Bullish Signal: Drew a 1-minute supply zone from the prior day's high, and when price breached that area in the morning, it indicated potential for higher prices.

4. Choppy Market Open: The 9:30 AM session was choppy, with price fighting in an accumulation zone for longs. The VWAP lower band aligned with the 2-day bearish order block, marking a critical "line in the sand."

5. Morning Losses from FOMO and Oversizing: Experienced FOMO, took oversized positions, and suffered larger-than-necessary losses in the morning session. Despite a 33% win rate, ended the day green.

6. Turtle Soup Setup: The final long trade was based on a Turtle Soup setup after the first stop run for longs. Opted for a 1-minute entry due to large candles on the higher timeframes (5 and 2-minute charts).

7. Held for Larger Move: Decided not to take profit at the VWAP upper band, choosing to hold for a larger move since stops were set at breakeven and no risk was left in the trade. The trade eventually hit the higher target at 19,449, the daily bearish order block.

8. Benefit of Multi-day Chart Intervals: Breaking down the daily chart into 1, 2, 3, and 4-day intervals improved the ability to read price action and trends, especially identifying trend shifts on the 4-day chart.

9. Confluence of 2-day Order Block and VWAP: Recognized the importance of the 2-day close above the bearish order block and the VWAP lower band sitting at the order block, focusing on high-probability, low-risk entries.

10. Evaluation Progress and Prop Firm Strategy: Almost halfway to the profit target for the evaluation account. Enjoying the flexibility of trading without a trailing drawdown, which favors the strategy of holding for larger moves. Believes that trailing drawdowns would have limited the ability to hold through significant pullbacks.

 

 

Today was an interesting trading day. I wound up hitting yet again the trade of the day setup, which looked very similar to yesterdays setup.

Going into todays trading day, when I was doing premarket analysis, I noticed that on the 2 day chart, yesterdays 2 days bar, closed above the 2 day bearish orderblock. With that being said, there was still a contradiction because on the 4 day chart, a brand new bar opened today. And price was technically still in a 4 day chart downtrend, unless price was able to take out yesterdays high.

So what I did, was draw a 1 minute supply area from yesterdays high of day, and when I woke up in the morning, I noticed that the high, and the supply area was breached. So this gave me an indiciation that we would likely see higher prices on the day. 

The 9:30 open was pretty sloppy and choppy, and it was a fight for price, as we were in an accumulation zone for longs. And one of the main things I had noticed, was that the lowerband of the VWAP was sitting directly on the 2 day bearish orderblock. So I knew that that area was going to be the line in the sand essentially. 

And the actual line in the sand on the session, was far far below where price was trading, because the 12 hour chart was actually in the process of creating a 3 bar variation for a 12 hour fair value gap. 

I got stop ran in the morning on the first long, and I had fomo and was also getting greedy for a long entry, so I decided to market at prices I shouldnt have been, and I also oversized by 1 contract on the second try, which resulted in a bigger loss than I should have taken in the morning. 

I ended this session with virtually a 33% win rate, yet I am still green on the day. 

When I entered the final long trade, It was a turtle soup setup, after the first stoploss was ran for longs. And it seemed like the first loss was basically inevitable, because I was taking the trade from a 1 minute chart, due to the fact that the candles were massive on the 5 minute, And even the 2 minute as well. So the 1 minute entry was the best for todays session. 

When I was in the long trade, I decided not to take profit at the VWAP upperband, and hold through a rotation for the bigger move, because I was down on the day, I had no risk left on the trade because I had stops set at breakeven, and I didnt see any reason to take profit yet as I had a higher upside target 

I have also noticed that breaking the daily chart up into 1,2,3,4 day intervals really helps me read price action and trend better.

Just simple noticing the trend shift on the 4 day chart, dramatically helped with my daily bias for the day, and also, taking note of the 2d bearish orderblock, the 2 day close above the orderblock, and the lowerband and 2 day orderblock confluence, to really focus on the highest probability, lowest risk entry on the day. And with that being said, we are almost at half the desired profit target to be hit on this evaluation account, and I am really loving the fact that I dont have to trade this prop firm with a trailing drawdown. I believe it favors my strategy more. As i am a daytrader. And I highly believe that if I was trading an apex evaluation with a trailing drawdown, I wouldnt have been able to to hold for the larger move on the day because of how massive the pullback was from the first rotation. 

It hit my profit target as planned at 19449 which was the daily bearish orderblock. And I figured it was a very high chance we would get there, because the 2 day hold, holds more weight than a 1 day supply area.