December 10, 2025 (1 Trade) (+$51.25)
Overall Grade: B+
Day Summary: Surprise, surprise, the one and done day comes in again for the dubb. With today being FOMC day, I wasn't expecting much for the morning but I saw my set up and decided to give it a go. The entry was great, and I was only in drawdown for 2 mins before being in the green for 30min lol. The difficulty today was with holding, but I did it and I am happy with that. Price action was showing me that I was on the right side of the trade so I just kept trying to remind myself that there was no reason to exit other than emotion. Maybe it didn't work out today, but I know that over the longterm that is a good habit that I want to continue to impliment. However, with it being FOMC day, I should have Known The Day better and realized that it probably wasn't the best day to be holding for continuation, despite the fact that I was seeing large orders higher on the DOM. I did end up getting uncomfortable enough to take off one contract and tried to give the second one a chance but in the end, the emotional pain became too much and I closed. Still a good trade, and I closed at a good time because it rolled over right after I closed the final contract, but I want to at least recognize and be proud of the fact that I fought my emotions and held a winning trade.
DAILY - ES
5 MIN - ES
TRADES
Trade 1 - Long 2 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + Order Flow + Key Level(s)
Grade: B+
- playbooked set up - good
- trading with current trend - good
- I was patient with the entry here and waited for Yesterday's LOD (red dashed line) not immediately jumping in above the 21 ema - good
- was watching the tape at the time of entry and saw lots of red but failure to move lower - good
- not gonna lie, the drawdown that I was in was a bit concerning but I stuck to my planned stop and when I saw the immediate recovery on the next candle I felt a lot better about this trade
- good job holding the winner (preset TP was 6853.75) because price action was confirming that I was on the right side of this trade
- again important to Know The Day because holding for continuation on a FOMC morning is not the best idea
- took off the first contract after an emotional pullback but I wanted to lock in something on this trade
- finally, the emotional pain became too much after holding through multiple pullbacks and I closed out just in time because this did roll over and not only would have taken me out BE but would have hit my full stop loss
- overall, very happy that I made my decisions based on the chart and not emotions - that is a great takeaway