Recap for Q1:
+$151k YTD
2026 has been less than ideal conditions but here's what's helped me be successful:
Cut out overtrading. If I start the day with a win I log off and only allow 2 trades MAX
Size down. The volatility in this market is insane. You don't have to size a lot to make a lot
No A+ setup no trade. I am averaging maybe 3 trades a week right now
Remember trading is not linear and month to month gains is going to differ. This is part of trading don't stress over hitting a certain number focus on your process
Never stop learning
Trade from this AM
+200pts before getting trailed out
HTF retrace into the 1h/4h stack
5m IFVG to get short and ride into our LOD draw/Tuesday lows
Scaled and trimmed the rest on the way down before getting trailed out
Slow month/week but all it takes is one
More trades does not equal more money
The longer I have been doing this the less setups I take
When I first started trading I thought I had to always be in a trade
Now I take 3-5 setups a week and sit around bored most of the days
Boredom brings profits
Doing the simple things brings profits
Executing your weekend plan brings profits
One day at a time no rush
This month was very mentally draining for me
Basically all my payouts and profits came from the first week
The rest of the month I was just chopping up and down
Going to hard reset this weekend and get ready for October
Blessed to be able to wake up and do this everyday
$NQ
Got stopped breakeven on this trade just points before running TP1
Can't make it up just awful price action
5m IFVG 1m FVG tap back in and closure out of gap
Ran NY highs for B/E but couldn't take London
$ES
It's 10:30am and I am free to do whatever I want the rest of the day
All it takes is 1 day to make your week or your month or your year
$ES left its overnight lows at 7687 while $NQ took them off the opening dump this morning
Retrace and rejected the 1mFVG
Did pre add the 1m IFVG this morning as I was confident in draw to take that low mentioned above
Took TP1 there and TP2 15m wick 7680 before getting trailed out on remainder