I started the session at market open today, and already by bar 2 there was a possible short. We had a big overnight gap, and after two consecutive bear bars I took a chance and entered to see if we could close the gap....
Daily Log โ 18 December 2025 I finally got back into a trading session today. Thereโs been a lot to deal with lately, so both my time and mental capacity have been limited. Hopefully that starts to change now. When I...
I started at the market open for the first time in a long while. We had an overnight gap, and the first bar after the open was a big bear bar. After that, we got a strong bear leg down, and the gap was filled pretty...
Yesterday was FOMC, so I didnโt trade. Iโve traded FOMC days many times before, and very often they turn into really crappy trading days with no real edge. So I decided to skip it. When I opened the chart today, we had...
When I got to the chart, there was a bull leg up closing the ON gap. We then pulled back to the EMA, so I was looking to buy. The bear leg down into the EMA was very choppy with a lot of dojis, so it wasnโt a...
When I got to the chart, we had a nice bear trend developing, and I was ready to go short. But as the bars started forming with tails below, I got concerned that the trend was losing steam. We got a BOPB, but the signal...
When I got to the chart, there was potential for a bull trend. After two strong bull breakout bars, I entered long, betting that we could get a trend going. But prices stalled for a long time. My first target at +5 pts...
When I got to the chart, we had a bear move down and a small trading range forming a double bottom. Then we suddenly got a huge bullish reversal bar. I was betting that weโd at least get a second leg up. I hesitated a...
When I got to the chart, it looked like we might get an uptrend forming, but weโve been in a range structure for many days now, and we were sitting very close to that range. I didnโt feel comfortable buying into that....
When I opened the chart, the market once again had that messy early structure โ big up, big down, big confusion. The bulls pushed up strongly to the top of the range with good follow-through, and we even got a HL BOPB...
When I got to the chart, we had a bull leg up and a bear leg down โ classic signs of a potential trading range. When prices reached the previous lows, we got a great bull reversal bar, but it was a big bar with high...
When I started, we had a trading range and I was waiting for either a breakout or a fade back into the range. The bulls managed to close a bar just outside the range high, and I wanted to see one more bull bar to trust...
When I got to the chart, there was a weird triangle shape and I didnโt really know how to read it at the start. Then we got a bull breakout and a second entry buy right at the EMA. The signal bar was big, but I took a...
When I got to the chart, there was a weak bull trend forming. The trend then moved into sideways action and a trading range, which eventually turned into a bull flag. The price action was so slow and weak that it was...
We did get a breakout pullback, and I entered short. The market was fast-moving, so as soon as prices dropped I moved my stop to BE + 12 ticks to lock it in. I got taken out quickly, but that was fine โ I wasnโt ready...
When I got to the chart, we had a small and weak bull leg up after a massive overnight gap โ about 61 points. A strong bear leg followed, and then the bulls made a second leg up, shaping into a trading range. When we...
When I started my day, the market had just made a strong bullish spike up. Prices stalled and then reversed in a V-shape, dropping sharply. There was no clean entry for me on the way down. Looking back, since this could...
Daily Log โ November 18, 2025 When I got to the chart, there was a strong bearish leg working its way down. Prices then formed a two-legged bull correction, and we got a Second Entry Sell setup โ I took it. My initial...
When I got to the chart, the market looked like it was forming a trading range after a big spike up that closed the overnight gap. Prices then dropped sharply โ a big up, big down move โ confirming the range structure....
Daily Log โ November 14, 2025 I started late today, and when I got to the chart, there was already a strong uptrend underway. There had been a great bull breakout from a small range earlier โ and I think I would have...
When I got to the chart, there was a strong bear trend underway. It eventually slowed down and moved sideways in a small trading range. We finally got a breakout to the downside, and a nice breakout pullback formed. I...
When I got to the chart, we had two strong bearish legs down. I drew a range, and we soon got a nice bearish bar rejecting both the EMA and the previous support, which had turned into resistance. I took the short. In...
When I got to the chart, price action was messy and choppy. After some time, it became clear we were in a trading range. From near the top of the range, a huge bearish bar formed and dropped all the way to the bottom....
When I got to the chart, the market was in a very small trading range after a small bullish spike at the open and a huge overnight gap. When a strong bearish candle broke below the range low and was followed by a solid...
When I opened my chart, the market had already made a bearish leg down and had just completed a second leg to a new low. A strong bullish bar then formed, creating a second entry buy setup with a great signal bar โ also...
When I got to the charts, there was a strong spike down with a small gap from the overnight close. We then got a strong higher low (HL) Major Trend Reversal (MTR), so I entered long. In hindsight, this wasnโt the best...
When I got to the chart, there had already been a strong move up with two solid bullish bars. A pullback to the EMA followed, showing a strong rejection and forming a great bullish signal bar. I entered the trade as an...
The session started with a strong bullish spike after a huge gap down from the overnight session. When prices reached the 20 EMA, the market reversed sharply. It formed two bearish legs down and found some support at...
Today was an interesting day. There were two challenges โ one in the NinjaTrader Arena Challenge and one in the Tradeify Challenge โ and my plan was to trade both. When I got to the chart, the market had already made a...
Price action today was not easy to understand at first. The session started with one leg down and one leg up, looking like it might turn into another range day. But the second leg down broke below the previous swing low...
It seems like every day lately starts with some form of a small range, and today was no exception. When prices stalled at the bottom of the range and we got a nice bullish signal bar forming a double bottom and a Major...
FOMC day. When I started, the market was in a trading range showing signs of slight bearish imbalance, so I was watching for a possible breakout to the downside and maybe the start of a bearish trend. Nothing formed,...
I got to the chart about an hour later than usual due to daylight saving time in Norway. By then, the market had already formed two bear legs down with a small consolidation between them. A strong bullish bar appeared,...
Once again, the day started in a trading range. The bulls managed to break out to the upside, creating what looked like a solid breakout. I took a chance on an H1 BOPB setup โ it stalled for quite a while, gained a bit...
The day started off as a trading range. When I got to the chart, the market had just completed a strong second leg down to the range low. A 2EL was forming at the bottom, but the signal bar had almost no body, and with...
The day started out as a trading range, showing signs of bullish imbalance since prices couldnโt reach down to the session open. I expected a possible breakout to the upside โ and it did. Still, the bulls looked weak,...
When I got to the chart, the market was already in a strong selloff โ a huge rally down. These kinds of days are tricky. When price pulled back to the EMA, I entered short, looking for another leg down. It worked nicely...
Good day, I think. I pulled the trigger on four setups โ they were somewhat impulsive trades based on how I read the structure. The market stayed in a trading range most of the session, and for now, that feels easier...
First day trading the Brooks strategy, and I was planning to trade my PA accounts. When I opened the chart, the market was already in a steady bull trend with a few small pullbacks. I read the context as Always in Long...
