February 17, 2026 (+$57.50) | Better Late Than Never

February 17, 2026 (1 Trade) (+$57.50)

Overall Grade: A-

Day Summary: I was a little late to the short party today, passing up on yet another A quality set up (referring to last week - Wednesday I think), however, even though it was a good set up, I was a little long biased and not fully confident in the trade, so therefore I cannot be upset with not taking it. I did, however, do a much better job today as opposed to last week at not getting FOMO after missing the set up. I stayed calm and reminded myself that there are a million more opportunities to come in the market. That allowed me to put on a pretty good trade later on in the session. That's growth and I was happy with my performance today.

DAILY - ES

5 MIN - ES

TRADES

Trade 1 - Short 1 MES @ Price Action + 21 EMA Trap + Key Level + Fakeout

Grade: A-

1. trading with trend/price action - yes
2. playbook set up - yes
3. coupled with a fakeout entry - good
4. entry at 21 EMA + key level - good
5. a little late to the down move but price was still giving reasons to short
6. that being said, shorting low in the range (15min) is more risky
7. good job holding winner to preset TP - got out at just the right time too as it bounced eve more from here haha
8. stop went BE after the breakdown which was smart considering where we were trading
9. all and all, great trade - 11.5pts in 2 mins, I'll take that any day of the week