Day started with a strong bull bar, and bar 2 was a good follow-through bar, but it was closing right at the EMA on the 1H chart. We also had a big overnight gap to the downside. I did not trust the bull here, and the...
The day started with a bullish doji, and we had a big overnight gap. When bar 2 printed a big bull breakout bar, I took a chance on a long to fill the gap. The trade did not take off and we had some news coming out, so...
We started off with a few bars stacked. When bar 6 printed it formed a big bear breakout bar and I entered short. The market was fast and I took the first contract off at +10 pts. We did get a deep pullback and two bull...
The day started with a few sideways bars. On bar 5 the bears printed a breakout bar and this led to a massive selloff. I did not trust entering on bar 5, and the follow-through bars were massive, so I waited for a...
After market opened we got a big strong bull bar on bar 1. It closed the overnight gap right away. Bar 2 was a pretty decent follow-through bar, closing above the 20 EMA, so I entered long. I took the first contract off...
Day started with lots of sideways bars forming a trading range. On bar 8 we got a huge bull bar, bar 9 was a doji and that closed the overnight gap. Then we got two bear bars going back into the range, so I entered...
The day started with a strong selloff. I did not find an entry before we got a bear flag on bar 12. I took it only on 1 contract since we were far from the EMA and the risk for a pullback was real. It hit 1R of the flag...
Day started with 6 bars stacked side by side. We did have an overnight gap down, so when the bears managed to print a decent breakout bar, I entered short. A bit risky since I was selling right into the EMA, so I was...
The first 3 bars were stacked side by side, indicating we could get a trading range structure. We did have an overnight gap to the low side, but overall bias on the HTF was bullish. When bar 4 showed strong momentum and...
The day started with a pretty strong bull leg up. When we got a High 1 Buy bull flag with a great bull bar, I took a chance on a long. I was aiming for 1R and 2R, but price lost momentum, so I took 1 contract off at...
That day started with two stacked bars. When bar 3 showed up, I entered long expecting we could fill the overnight gap and potentially continue in the range from the overnight session. But as I entered, the market...
Session started with a decent size gap up. Bar 1–3 formed a triangle, and when we got bar 4, a big bear breakout bar, I took a chance on a short betting on the overnight gap being closed. I took both contracts off at...
The day started with three overlapping bars. When the bulls managed to print a big bull breakout bar I entered long. My target was +5 pts. on the first contract and +35 pts. on the second one, just at the previous day...
The day started with a lot of overlapping bars and forming a trading range. We had a big gap down and we were far from both the 20 EMA and the 20 EMA on the 60M chart. On bar 11 we got a bull surprise with great...
Day started with a pretty strong selloff with two bear legs down, and it formed a wedge bottom. Price rushed up above the 20 EMA and it formed a High 1 Buy. It was an inside bar, so not great, but the bull leg was very...
The day started with very choppy price action. It moved sideways in a 15 pts. trading range for the first hour or so, with small dojis and completely untradeable. The small range kept going on even for a second hour. A...
The day started with a bear leg down, then bulls got a strong correction, and bears got a second leg down. Big up, big down, big trading range. When we got a HL MTR after the measured move got hit, I entered long. I...
At the open there was a huge bear move down. There were a lot of bear bars, but there were also a lot of wicks and overlapping bars, which indicated the trend was not super strong. Still, it kept moving and I did not...
Market opened with a big strong bull bar with a 17 pts. overnight gap. I entered long on the bull breakout bar expecting to fill the gap. I had a small concern it could be a bull trap, and when we stalled around 8–10...
The market started with a lot of sideways bars. We also had a small overnight gap to the upside. When we got a HL with a great bull bar, I entered long, looking for price to try and fill the gap and betting on the bears...
The market opened with two sideways bars on bar 1 and 2. After that, we got a nice bull follow-through bar, so I took the bull breakout. The trade struggled to go higher pretty quickly, and with the PMI news coming up,...
The market opened with a tiny ON gap. Bar 1 and 2 looked very sideways, but when bar 3 formed we got a great bull bar. It was a High 1 Buy and also a clear bear trap right after the attempt to fill the gap. I entered...
First real day as a full-time trader, and I’m pretty excited about this new lifestyle 🙂 I woke up, went to the coffee shop close to my home, had a few coffees, and looked through last week’s trading days. After that, I...
The day started with an overnight gap to the downside, but the bulls looked strong right from the open. That strength made it less likely that the gap would get filled. Prices bounced off the Globex high a couple of...
The day started with a decent bear breakout bar. It had some tail, but we were right at the top of the Globex overnight range, so I took a chance that we could rotate back down toward the Globex low. That would have...
The day started with a choppy bear leg down. After that, we got a big bull surprise bar that filled the OB gap. Prices then stalled with two dojis right around the 60M 20 EMA, the ON gap, and the Globex high — a lot of...
The day started with a strong bull leg up that reversed at the 60M 20-bar EMA. After that, we got a bear leg down, which pointed toward a trading range structure. There was also an overnight gap to the upside. When...
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 – 18 December 2025 I finally got back into a trading session today. There’s 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 didn’t trade. I’ve 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 wasn’t 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 we’d 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 we’ve been in a range structure for many days now, and we were sitting very close to that range. I didn’t feel comfortable buying into that....
When I opened the chart, the market once again had that messy early structure — 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 — 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 didn’t 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 — I wasn’t ready...
When I got to the chart, we had a small and weak bull leg up after a massive overnight gap — 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 – 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 — 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 — a big up, big down move — confirming the range structure....
Daily Log – 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 — 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 — 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 wasn’t 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 — one in the NinjaTrader Arena Challenge and one in the Tradeify Challenge — 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 — 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 couldn’t reach down to the session open. I expected a possible breakout to the upside — and it did. Still, the bulls looked weak,...
When I got to the chart, the market was already in a strong selloff — 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 — 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...
