Daily Log - August 8, 2025

Started late again. The market had already been trending strongly upward during the overnight and morning sessions. When I got to the chart, price was breaking the uptrend channel, then pulled back in a two-legged correction to roughly the 50% retracement before pushing for a retest of the prior highs. Unfortunately, there were no clean ways to get aboard — not even the aggressive entries felt acceptable. Frustrating day: I keep telling myself to be more aggressive, but it often feels like the more aggressive I try to be, the more aggressive the setups become.

The price action was clean and easy to read. I identified early what was likely after the break and the two-legged correction. My read of price action and context is improving — what’s missing is pulling the trigger when a decent setup appears under super-clear context.

I also had to cut the day short for an appointment — important to leave room for other activities than trading, too 🙂