Take a step back, be more selective on which days you engage. You dont need to trade higher difficulty action like PPI/CPI news, maximizing normal days is more than enough.
Study Time Based Liquidty Pools (Time Cycles) and SMT Divergence (Intermarket Relationship). Long story short, your trade failed because NQ was always going to retrace higher for most of AM session due to S&P and Dow Jones trading lower into a much deeper Discount before NQ could reach the same corresponding liquidity.
1.9.2026 $YM Investigate the importance of new time cycle open behavior... SSL pool was so clean on Dow Jones I decided to switch things up today. Lunch Macro MMSM. @FrankOf369@I_Am_The_ICT@jamierochefort
28.8.2026 $NQ The real value lies in the skillset, not the money. Skip day for me. Advanced T.G.I.F retracement used as manipulation to setup Distribution into IBPR DOL. AM Session MMSM, paper. @FrankOf369@I_Am_The_ICT@jamierochefort
19.8.2026 $NQ Sudden premarket news driver type run with no scheduled red folder news driver? I love waking up to good old-fashioned Open Range reversals for breakfast. +IBPR gap inverted to a -Zeussy MSS? Gourmet quality. AM Session MMSM. @FrankOf369@I_Am_The_ICT@jamierochefort
5.8.2026 $NQ Tick-Tock. EOD Macro, paper. Time and Price tell you which days are best for profit, and which days are best for practice. @FrankOf369@I_Am_The_ICT@jamierochefort
@bivlol It's because the market is completely controlled and predictable. You just need to find the right information to learn how it's being controlled. This is a normal month for experienced traders in my circle
23.6.2026 $NQ Investigating BPRs and local DOL shifts. Practicing perfectly timed entries with massive size and minimal drawdown using algorithmic signatures on retracement/continuation fractals. PM Session MMSM, paper. @FrankOf369@I_Am_The_ICT@jamierochefort