-1.5R on the day, within my risk plan. I probably shouldn't have traded on the day since I wasn't feeling that sharp, and I probably could have been more patient. Still, the setups I tried were worth the risk, so I don't feel too bad with taking them, they confirmed with my thesis for the higher timeframes and could have very easily could have been homerun trades, but today they just weren't.

Finished the day up +6R (1W/1L/3BE). I am proud of myself today. Besides some execution issues and moving to BE twice prematurely (though one with a good reason), I stayed focused on capital preservation and trade location above all else, and was better at handling the psychological discomfort I get from trading. Not only that, but for the first time, I was looking forward to trade rather than dreading it. My confidence is up and I know that it's built on the right foundations of rigor, best practice and constant improvement vs what I did with my PnL. This is a big milestone for me, finishing the week green, after a long time away from the markets. I want to thank Britton for all the help and support. It motivates me a ton to show up and grow each day. The good: - Strong technical analysis and level picking - Was even more patient than yesterday - Psychology was good. I made peace with each decision and with the possibility of being wrong and losing each trade I took. I was ok with missing profitable moves, and prioritized better trade opportunities that I was comfortable with rather than pure PnL gains. - Better composure and stamina today. Almost traded the entire hour. - Good profit taking based on my own personal MFE. The bad: - Moving to breakeven too early. A previous mentor would do this a lot, and it made sense for his trading style but not mine. I try to take positions around the edges, and so a loss would be an invalidation of my idea almost completely. Also, since my r/r is high, if the trade works out, I get in at a great price to hold longer term. - I was a bit slow on execution today, and got lucky with my winner. I wasn't as confident to pick a level before seeing it hold. Overall: I am internalizing more and more measuring success based on the quality of my decisions over PnL. I feel good knowing no matter if I am right on the trade, I could still be successful by managing my risk both in the day and in trade location. Also, I feel great knowing that I actually DO have an edge and I can trust my analysis and intuition.

Finished the day up 7R, with 1 win and 3 break-evens. There were a lot of lessons to be learned from today, but I am really proud of myself for sticking to good risk management and reading the market really well. Writing these reviews make me hyper-aware of bad trading behaviors and I rein myself in a lot more. There was a point that I could have easily tilted after giving back 5R in a trade, and misplaying the rebuy opportunity, but I reminded myself that there was no opportunity anymore and I simply took a break and walked away from the screens. When I came back there was a great opportunity and I was able to be really aggressive because I managed my risk well at the start of the day. The good: - Proud for that I didn't chase any moves for the most part. - Really strong technical analysis and level picking today. - Better capacity to be with the charts and maintain composure compared to yesterday. - Didn't tilt and just accepted that I misplayed the earlier opportunities. The bad: - Moving to breakeven too early. - Not moving my stops to reasonable places due to fear. - Still get frazzled after trades, win or lose, and I miss being ready to take advantage of good opportunities. Overall: Really happy with another day of great technical analysis and risk management. One of my fears was that I stopped analyzing charts as well as I used to and these past two days, I am rebuilding my confidence to be able to be in tune with the market again. Again, knowing when not to trade and being ok with missing opportunities and there not being any at all is a new skill for me and one that I need to keep at the fore-front, until it gets internalized.

Hit my goal for studying the VWAP book for now and pretty much got the gist of it. Signed up to an advanced Sierra Chart configuration course zoom call this Saturday, that I am excited about. Going to go back to Briton's lessons and continue studying the concepts from there. Tomorrow morning I will post my daily goal.

Started a Topstep combine just to start live trading again. I decided to not let perfect be the enemy of good and just trade by what I already know. I finished the day up 5R with one winning 6R trade and another loser. Decisions were all based on basic technical analysis. I posted some screenshots of the trades with some commentary. The good: - Winning trade was a combination of multiple timeframes. Using what would play out on the 4hr chart and executing on the 1 hour. - Limit orders instead of chasing price for winner. - Exit within my own personal MFE for over 100 points NQ. - Cut the day short when I felt frazzled and practiced good risk management. The bad: - Didn't wait for any confirmation or good setup on the short, and essentially FOMO'd into a poor entry for my strategy. - Burnt out fast psychologically and got frazzled after my loss, despite the idea being correct. - I noticed it was hard for me to sit through watching the market move. I want to build my tolerance and capacity for the mental friction that trading causes me. Being too relaxed would cause me to do stupid things and being too zoned in would make me tired quickly. Overall: Happy to finish green on my first day. I would like to build more patience in my trading. I was really motivated by Briton's comment about it being most important knowing where to trade and where not and capital preservation. I don't want to lose more than 2R on the day. Other than that, didn't do any trading work today besides this review.