by My Trading Desk | Jul 20, 2026 | Trade Reviews
First session after the weekend. The market opened in consolidation – range-bound, no clear direction, the kind of session that frustrates traders who need the market to move. It did not frustrate me. It did not frustrate my system. My trading journal entry...
by My Trading Desk | Jul 17, 2026 | Trade Reviews
I took two trades today. Both losses. I wrote the same four words I wrote yesterday: “All rules were followed.” That makes three loss days this week. Three identical notes. Three sessions where the system ran exactly the same way. Yesterday I wrote about...
by My Trading Desk | Jul 16, 2026 | Trade Reviews
I took two trades today. Both losses. The first ran 103 minutes before the level break failed. The second stopped out in 33 minutes. Both closed clean. I wrote four words in the rules journal: “All rules were followed.” That is the shortest note I have...
by My Trading Desk | Jul 15, 2026 | Trade Reviews
One trade today. Mid-session. Short CE. Held for 135 minutes. It won. All rules followed. Discipline 10.0. That is the session. But the rules journal note says something worth keeping: “Marked participants were fighting for particular levels.” That line...
by My Trading Desk | Jul 14, 2026 | Trade Reviews
Two trades today. One loss. One breakeven. The numbers are unremarkable. But the session was not. The market had high waves – price swinging in wide arcs that made every chart look slightly different. I had to check multiple data sources to verify that my bot...
by My Trading Desk | Jul 13, 2026 | Trade Reviews
One trade today. Short PE in the opening phase. It ran for 149 minutes and closed at target. The rules journal note said seven words: “No extra work was needed.” That is the session. That is exactly what a trading journal entry should look like on a day...
