Stratinator Microblog

Stratinator Microblog

The complete chronological ledger: Technical signals, trading insights, and project logs.

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Building ClawDo β€” an iOS Task Manager for OpenClaw

OpenClaw crossed 295k GitHub stars in six months. I’ve been running a self-hosted instance for a while now, and at this point it’s the one tool I actually talk to every day – about …

Update from Dec 22, 2025

Did some design tweaking and played with the latest CSS toys β€” the new theme is live! Had a mini panic when Hugo 0.140 made all posts vanish πŸ˜… but thanks to @help (Sven?) I rolled back to 0.117 and …

Update from Dec 21, 2025

Been diving back into some side projects lately, and it feels so good! The holidays are the perfect excuse to dust off ideas I’ve been sitting on for way too long. Can’t wait to show a few things I’ve …

Update from Mar 29, 2023

My most used β€žtoolsβ€œ while reading price action, helps me to stay patient. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Update from Feb 24, 2023

Not the cleanest #MMxM from NY AM session today $ES But I took some things into account we learned the last couple of weeks from @I_Am_The_ICT Mentorship 2023 so far. Still lots of things to learn but …

Mellow Market - @TradingView Chart color scheme

Introducing the Mellow Market @TradingView color scheme - a soothing and eye-strain free palette perfect for charts. With the help of AI, I created a beautiful combination of colors that enhance …

Update from Feb 21, 2023

From todays @I_Am_The_ICT live stream “Implied FVG” - 1min $NQ Large Bodies, measure the wicks between a large body candle to get C.E. of both wicks/tails that “engulf” that …

Update from Feb 14, 2023

You can clearly see, the rare occurence when the unicorn appears where price is supported! That’s it’s called the πŸ¦„ model (BRK + FVG) $ES 5min Example ;-)

Update from Feb 08, 2023

Finished reading: The New Trading for a Living by Alexander Elder πŸ“š Recommended reading, I liked the first few chapters about psychology and risk management. I skipped the technical indicator section …

Update from Feb 06, 2023

Had fun with MindMaps this weekend and the @I_Am_The_ICT Bridge Builder video. I love MindMaps and used them years ago very successful, so trying to implement them more in my learning process.

Update from Jan 29, 2023

If you search for a Futures Prop-Firm (no CFD) have a look at APEX. This promo is interesting because 50% is also valid for recurring months (eval). No time limit. Trade Copiers allowed. APEX …

Update from Jan 20, 2023

$ES Entry Model Long 1min… Can’t be unseen, once it’s burned in. 5 min & 1min chart on #TradingView

Update from Jan 18, 2023

There seems no VolumeImbalance indicator available for #Ninjatrader πŸ‘€ Still in early beta, but this is fun :-) πŸ€“ (First NT code ever for me!) Thanks for the inspiration @28_trader and @IamMas7er

Update from Jan 10, 2023

Perfect $ES Retirement Setup in in ODR session today 6R Am I’m doing this correct for my Rente @IamMas7er? :-) Not traded, because outside of Killzone (my rules)… 5min ES 1min FVG ICT …

Update from Dec 11, 2022

3rd candle πŸ•―οΈ and slowly but steadily winter is arriving here. Study πŸ“š time after a 2hour winter wonderland walk with the family. Have a nice Sunday!

Update from Dec 04, 2022

Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: It snatches away each day as it comes and denies us the present by promising the future. β€” Seneca

Update from Nov 17, 2022

$GBPUSD Bearish Bias (Bullish DXY) 60min HTF Raid BSL + PDH taken 5min Shift in Structure #MMSM forming Entry LRS after Smart Money Reversal Entry Re-Distribution FVG/OB πŸ’Ž Target FVG below London Open …

Update from Nov 13, 2022

Enjoying a perfect autumn day and started reading this great book again. Can you guess it?πŸ˜€ Have a great Sunday!

Update from Nov 13, 2022

Listened to @I_Am_The_ICT Twitter Space today and afterward had a quick look at #BTCUSD. Since I haven’t looked at it for a while and not trade it… Monthly chart. you see it? #MMSM could …

Update from Nov 07, 2022

Whatever happens to Twitter, I prepared my Trade journaling Blog to be also available on #Mastodon now. If you’re interested you can follow/interact via @rene@stratinator.com & …