BuildingTheEdge

Price action trader building an edge in public.
H&S and Quasimodo specialist. Backtest, demo, live, prop Firm. I don't provide Signals.

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My backtesting Journal: Save it to see a real backtesting https://t.co/XUI9RreXTl

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I caught the SUI at the bottom, and I am not closing this trade anytime soon.

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@RobMirlach My last losing spree at the end of August was mostly due to my overconfidence and overlooking my analysis.

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@RobMirlach Thanks, Rob. Yes, going to do that, plus adding some more columns to compare results witha nd without partial profit taking system.

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Been trading H&S patterns (Forex, Commodities, BTC) for a few months, locking in 2-3%/month. But my journal shows a lot of trades reversing before the target and tying up capital for days.

Now testing an automated scale-out: 50% at 1R, 25% at 2R, 25% runner (SL to BE after 1st target).

Better way?

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As part of shing to Live Trading i was taske dto get a broket with suits my criteria, and here are the results of my research. Use it if you like it.

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Personal milestone today.

I struggled with consistency for years. Every time I started something, I ended up quitting halfway.

A year back in September, I decided to take the bull by the horns and started my trading journey properly.

Now I'm moving into live trading in September 2026. Live with 10% of my capital.

After that, I'll scale up every 3 months. 10% to 20% to 50% to 100%.

Slow and boring. But that's real risk management.

If you like, here is my planner https://t.co/OwylrQtRhD

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@B_trader__ This was the expected direction, the difference is that it went up in one candle.

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@BedaKakuru48767 Prime example

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@tradewithola Like I said

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@tradewithola Forget it. It'll go up from here.

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I mostly don't agree with the statement. It all depends on the person, not the strategy. Scalping needs fast decision-making and execution, and hours glued to the screen, which suits people with heaps of free time. Swing trading needs patience and works better if you've got a job, as most of us do.

For someone working around a 9-to-5, swing trading wins because it doesn't demand your full attention all day. Scalping racks up more fees too since you're in and out constantly.

Not knocking scalpers, just saying the "better" strategy is whichever one fits your life and psychology. Mine happens to be swing.

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Update on yesterday's open trades https://t.co/QiGauVLI75. Both have closed in profit. I managed them and closed before bed and found one of them hit the original target.

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Sitting on two open trades right now.

EUR/AUD short off a head and shoulders, the right shoulder rejected almost perfectly. USD/JPY long off a double bottom, grinding higher ever since.

Both in profit. And my brain is already negotiating with me. Close them. Lock it in. Don't get greedy.

But neither has hit target. Neither has broken structure. There's no actual reason to touch either one, just the discomfort of being up and wanting it to feel safe.

London's about in the t few hours. The plan was already written before the nerves showed up.

Trusting the setup is the actual hard part. Not finding it.

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This channel predicts the future.

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Sitting on two open trades right now.

EUR/AUD short off a head and shoulders, the right shoulder rejected almost perfectly. USD/JPY long off a double bottom, grinding higher ever since.

Both in profit. And my brain is already negotiating with me. Close them. Lock it in. Don't get greedy.

But neither has hit target. Neither has broken structure. There's no actual reason to touch either one, just the discomfort of being up and wanting it to feel safe.

London's about in the t few hours. The plan was already written before the nerves showed up.

Trusting the setup is the actual hard part. Not finding it.

#BuildingTheEdge

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The Trade/s I am looking for now. Analysis is in the Chart. #BuildingTheEdge

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@evehqparkrx So true. I slipped with overconfidence, lost quite a few trades, but my risk per trade was fixed, and in July, 2-3 trades brought back all the losses in June. Risk Management is the key to the kingdom.

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I have been away, focusing on my craft and distancing myself from X, but here is what I was working on. Apologies for the long post, I really needed to vent.

Three months into demo trading now, and honestly this has taught me more about myself than about the markets. It's been dragging up a lot of the psychological stuff I carried over from nearly 7 to 8 years in crypto, before I joined the Academy. Turns out you can learn a new system, but the old wiring underneath doesn't just disappear because you switched instruments.
Quick recap of how the three months have gone:

Month 1: I hit my 3% target within the first week, then didn't touch the platform for the rest of the month. No FOMO, no urge to keep pushing for more. That discipline felt great, and looking back, it was probably beginner's luck mixed with actual patience.

Month 2: is where things fell apart. I came in overconfident off the back of month 1 and fired off all 5 of my trades in the first week. Lost the lot. That's when the old crypto habits crept back in, I revenge traded straight after, broke my own rules, and June ended up being a rough month overall. Some of that was market conditions working against me, but a lot of it was just me not managing myself.

Month 3: (July) was about getting back to basics. I didn't rush back in. I sat with the losses, reflected properly, and slowly found my ground again. As soon as I hit 2.6% this month, I stopped and locked in the gain instead of pushing my luck. Small win, but it felt like proof the discipline from month 1 wasn't a fluke.
Off the back of that, I've decided I want one more month of demo before I even think about going live. I want to prove to myself I can string together consistent, rule-following months rather than just having one good one surrounded by chaos. Worth mentioning too, work has gotten a lot more demanding lately, and it's been a real effort keeping trading and work in separate lanes since I work from home. So far I've managed to keep that boundary intact, and I'm noticing that the moment I let trading bleed outside its proper window, things start to slip.

1. Am I sticking to the rules?
Mixed bag if I'm honest. Month 1 and this month, yes, fully. Month 2, no, I broke my rules hard with the revenge trading after that string of losses. July was really about proving to myself I could get back to rule following after that slip.

2. Did I achieve at least 0.5% this month? Why or why not?
Yes, I ended up around 2.7 % for July and stopped there rather than trying to squeeze more out of it. Getting there came down to slowing everything down, not rushing back after June, and only taking trades that actually met my criteria instead of trading to make up for last month.

3. How was my emotional state during this month of trading? Did you have any difficulties keeping in control of your emotions?
Better than June, but not effortless. I'm still very aware of the psychological residue from my crypto years, that pull toward overtrading or chasing a feeling rather than a setup. This month I caught myself before it turned into anything destructive, but it's clearly something I need to keep watching rather than assume is fixed.

4. What are some realisations I have learned that I feel will help me in the future?
The biggest one is that one good month means nothing on its own, it's stringing together several good months that actually prove the system and prove me. I also learned how fast overconfidence can undo discipline; month 2 happened directly because I let month 1 go to my head. And on a practical level, I've realised how much protecting the boundary between work and trading matters. When I keep them compartmentalised, both work. When I don't, everything gets messy.
3 Months result attached, and here is my journal. https://t.co/x8qUNrBDHB

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Here is my Demo and Live trading Journal https://t.co/efQqCpsDvV

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My backtesting Journal: Save it to see a real backtesting https://t.co/XUI9RreXTl