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

Update from Oct 29, 2022

Sharing my end-of-week journal for $ES this time also here in public. This is what I add to my journal book for the overvall week.

Update from Sep 11, 2022

All things come to and end, like our vacation in Croatia πŸ‡­πŸ‡· the last couple days/weeks, it was awesome. First visit and definitely not the last one.

Update from Sep 07, 2022

Can’t complain and trust me, there is something like this when you look not at your charts πŸ˜‰ πŸ‡­πŸ‡·

Update from Jul 30, 2022

β€žEvery action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.β€œ - …

Update from Jul 25, 2022

Instead of watching and trading $ES_F in the NY PM session today, I re-watched some #ICT episodes and fine-tuned my trading plan based on the backtests I did this weekend. 🀞 (Not all infos shown in …

Update from Jul 17, 2022

My version of identifying a Bullish Breaker. Not all Breakers work!. Price can trade through a breaker and fail. Keep that in mind! Stops where invented for that πŸ˜‰ Have a look at the images for a …

Update from Jul 12, 2022

Hindsight $NQ_F AM Session So many opportunities, I don’t need to take every trade. 1st Chart - OTE Long after EqO, targeting BSL 2nd Chart - Short Judas Swing Possible above Equilibrium & …

Update from Jul 06, 2022

Hindsight $NQ_F PM session trade from #ICT today, annotated for my own study notes. Market Maker Buy Model (MMBM) Accumulation to Distribution Bullish Breaker on 1min Targeting Buyside Liqudity (Asia …

Update from Jul 04, 2022

Tape reading practice $ETHUSDT, anticipated a move down, placed a short and went to bed. All on paper, I don’t trade crypts with real money. Woke up and that 1:6 R/R worked out nicely.

Update from Jul 01, 2022

$NQ higher lowes, while $ES_F made lower lows in London session. #SMT, so powerful for getting the stronger index. #ICT

Update from Jun 30, 2022

Possible #MMBM on $NQ 1min spotted, still training my eyes to see them before they “finish”. #ICT

Update from Jun 29, 2022

Got some questions about #SMT Related indexes ($ES, $NQ) trade in sympathy, spotting divergences in price can give advantage. Looking for long setups on the index showing strength and short setups on …

Update from Jun 26, 2022

Since I saw that my quick notes to the #mmbm Market Maker Buy Model are floating around. For your convinience here are both together for you in one post. #mmsm Market Maker Sell Model. Also, the video …

Update from Jun 23, 2022

That was a nice Market Maker Buy Model on $ES_F this afternoon session. #ICT Still learning to spot it early and not when it “happened” to get a possible target to trade into.

Update from Jun 23, 2022

Instead of trading and watching this price action… my view is way better on this evening here.

Update from Jun 17, 2022

Recap of 6/17 $SPX500 (futures $ES_F) with a little long trade. 5min annotated ala #ICT. Adjusted the STP to quick after taking profit and got stopped out of my runner before target hit. Wishing you …

Update from Jun 15, 2022

Instead of trading on a FOMC day (I don’t like the PA and Vol), I did some #ICT charting of the AM session on $ES_F. Traded the long at open on paper. In hindsight I should’ve aimed for …

Update from Jun 10, 2022

The afternoon session on $ES had such a clean price action today. Here is my take with the #ICT Mentorship Model. Including a small trade I took based on this setup. 1:7.5 R/R, happy with that!

Update from Jun 10, 2022

A very clean and nice price action currently in $ES in the afternoon session. I will definitely post my annotated #ICT chart here. I like it very much :-)