This intraday trading journal is my end-of-day note for Monday 08 June 2026. One trade today. A short PE option. It stayed open for about 54 minutes and closed as a loss.
Thursday’s stop loss day lasted about 21 minutes. Today’s trade lasted more than twice as long, but the result was still a loss. That is the point I want to keep: time alone was not enough.
The Short Version
- Trades taken: 1
- Trade: short PE option
- Time in trade: about 54 minutes
- Day result: loss day
- Main note: a longer trade is not automatically a better trade
Market Read
The session gave enough movement for a trade to appear, but not enough clean follow-through after entry.
That is an important difference. A setup can qualify, and the trade can still fail once price starts moving around the level.
I do not need to turn that into a big market story. For this review, the trade behaviour matters more than a broad opinion about the day.
What I Did Today
The trade came around the mid-session part of the day. The setup was on the put side, so I shorted a PE option.
I am not sharing exact levels, strikes, prices, or private rules here. The public note only needs the clean version: one setup appeared, I took it, and then I watched whether the trade could hold.
After entry, there was nothing useful to predict candle by candle. The trade had to prove itself.
The 54-Minute Wait
This was not like Thursday’s quick stop loss. That trade failed faster. Today’s trade took longer to show the same basic answer.
That can be tricky mentally. When a trade sits for a while, it is easy to give it more respect just because time has passed.
But sitting longer did not change the answer. A trade can move a little, pause, and still never really get going.
That is what happened today. It was not a dramatic trade. It was a slow trade that did not give enough reason to stay hopeful.
The Trade Log
The trade stayed open for about 54 minutes. During that time, I wanted to see whether the short PE idea had real strength behind it.
It did not show enough. Price pushed back, and the trade closed as a loss.
The useful note is not only the result. It is the behaviour while the trade was open. The trade lasted longer, but it did not become stronger.
That is the difference I want this journal to remember.
Stop Loss And Risk Notes
The loss stayed inside the planned risk. No private numbers are needed for the public journal.
The stop loss and exit rules are there because some trades need time and still fail. When that happens, the job is not to argue with the screen.
- The trade was short PE.
- The trade lasted about 54 minutes.
- The trade closed as a loss.
- The loss stayed controlled.
- No signal or prediction comes from this review.
A clean loss is still a loss. But it is easier to review than a messy one.
What I Learned
The lesson is simple: time in a trade is not proof.
Today’s trade lasted more than twice as long as Thursday’s loss, but the result did not improve just because the trade stayed open longer.
The short PE trade had 54 minutes to work. It did not give clean follow-through. That is enough for the trading journal.
This is the sentence I want to remember: the trade was older, not stronger.
Related Reading
- Trading Journal – more public MyTradingDesk trade reviews.
- Risk Management Handbook – structured risk control and post-session review.
- Free Risk Management Starter Checklist – simple checks before and after a trading session.
Useful Resource
For this kind of loss day, the most useful next step is review, not more opinion. The free Risk Management Starter Checklist is the closest resource for that.
Final Journal Note
One trade. Short PE. About 54 minutes. Loss day.
Thursday was quick. Today took longer. The result was still a loss because the move never backed the idea.
That is the note I want to carry forward.
Simple Questions
What happened in today’s intraday trading journal?
There was one short PE option trade. It stayed open for about 54 minutes and closed as a loss.
Why did the trade fail?
The trade had enough time to work, but it never really got going after entry. Price pushed back and the exit plan handled the loss.
What is the main lesson from the trade?
The trade was older, not stronger. It lasted longer than Thursday’s loss, but still failed cleanly.
Is this a trading signal?
No. This is a public trading journal entry. It does not give buy or sell advice, exact levels, strikes, prices, or private setup rules.
Why keep a trading journal after a loss?
A journal helps separate the result from the review. It records how the trade behaved and what should be remembered after the market closes.