December 29, 2025
December 29, 2025 - ES 5m
Session Result:
⚪ Just Evals.
Total Net PnL ($):
+$0.00
Trading Start Time:
15:30
Trading End Time:
15:30
Discipline:
Focus Level:
Total PnL (Points):
0.00
Session Duration:
4h 0m
Sleep Quality:
Todays Mistakes:
Market Conditions:
🦥 Weak Bear Trend Day, 🌪️ Large Range Day
Overall Daily Experience:
🔴 Poor – Off day mentally or technically
Special Event Day:
None
Notes:
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 prices stalled at the previous low, I took a chance on an FBO at the bottom of the range. The signal bar wasn’t great at all, and the range wasn’t really confirmed yet, but I still took the trade on the 5 evals. I was aiming for +7 pts on the first contract, which was right around the middle of the opening range. The plan for the second contract was to hold for the top of the range.
Prices bounced off the 20 EMA, but then we got a suspicious bearish doji. Because of that, I decided to take the second contract off early at +4 pts. That turned out to be a good decision, since prices took a real nose dive after a second test of the EMA. After that move, prices mostly hovered around the range low.
When we then got a BOP of the low of the range and the smaller range, I took the short. It was very risky since I was selling right into support, but it lined up with a measured move of the second leg, which I thought could be the target. Prices had been struggling to get back up, and there was still a bearish bias in the overall structure.
Prices struggled to get lower at first and pulled back, so I took the trade off at +2 pts. Shortly after, prices did in fact hit my original target of +9 pts at the measured move of the second leg. So the read on the context was spot on, even if I did exit too early.
After we hit the measured move of the second leg down, prices pushed back above the 20 EMA and we got a nice bull breakout bar. I entered long, but it wasn’t a great spot since we were very close to the original range breakout area. Prices stalled there almost immediately and printed three dojis in a row, so I closed the trade at breakeven. This trade would also have worked out after it stalled.
The market was extremely slow with very little momentum overall, so after that trade I decided to close shop for the day.
Biggest Lesson:
Trading at Christmas holidays comes with very low expectations. Volume is thin, momentum is weak, and price action is often slow and choppy. Today was a good reminder that adjusting expectations and being quick to protect capital — or just calling it early — is the right approach in holiday conditions.
Trades Taken on PA-accounts:
Tags:
Weak Trend • Trading Range