August 17, 2026 (2 Trades) (+$63.25)
Overall Grade: A-
** No Stats or Trades - TJ **
Day Summary: I took good trades today but there was room for improvement on both. First trade was an A set up but was right after the open and I closed early. Second trade was a lesser quality set up but I did a better job of trusting the trend and sticking to my planned stop and target. Almost stopped out of Trade 2 but the trend is your friend and came to save the day!
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TRADES
Trade 1 - Short 1 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + Fakeout + Closed Early
Grade: A-
- Playbook set up - yes
- fakeout entry right at 21 EMA and key level - banger entry
- trading without overall trend - yes
- closed early, this was an A quality set up - target should have been at least 7798.25
- to be fair, this was 3 minutes after the open so that is a good reason to close a quick win
Trade 2 - Short 1 MES @ 21 EMA Trap + Fakeout + Good Hold
Grade: B+
- playbook set up - yes but subpar
- trading with trend yes
- good hold (trusting trend) but lucky we weren't moving more points because I would have stopped out at the 11:15am pullback
- The Tape was heldpful for seeing buyers try on the pops and get absorbed
- closed slightly early but after a 1 hour and 40 min trade I was done with it