July 13, 2026 (2 Trades) (-$61.25)
Overall Grade: B-
Day Summary: Although it was a frustrating day for me based on the outcome, I did have the right idea overall and that is just trading. Sometimes the market is just not ready to play out in the way that you think it will and you will get stopped out before it goes. All you can do in that situation is manage risk and not allow it to throw you off. What is most important from today though is that I stuck to my Two Loss And Done rule, even though eveything inside me wanted to try again, and that saved me from potentially having a blow up day and was a step towards building good habits.
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TRADES
Trade 1 - Short 1 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + 4 Targets + Fakeout Entry
Grade: B+
- playbook set up - yes
- fakeout entry - good but FOMO'd a bit once I saw it rejecting
- good job holding winner - good habit
- trading against the overnight trend - not ideal, but (see next bullet point)
- 4 targets trade - swept FVG (15min) and morning consolidation highs (5 min) - because of this, going against the overnight trend was not as bad of a decision and it was thoughout, not just forced (did ultimately playout too and drop straight to target (7584.50) 20mins later (see below)
*So right idea, wrong timing and that's just trading*
Trade 2 - Short 1 MES @ FOMO + No Set Up + No Emotional Control
Grade: C-
- paybook setup - no
- FOMO from Trade 1 - bad
- emotional trade - bad
- I shouldn't be taking this trade even though I was still pretty convinced of my thesis from Trade 1
- only good thing about this trade is that I stopped out quick