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 H1 buy setup.

I was planning to go for 2R on the trade, but it took forever — about 1 hour and 20 minutes just to reach 1R — so I took both contracts off there. I was hoping to ride it back to yesterday’s high, which also lined up with the measured move of the first leg, but honestly, I just didn’t have the mental strength to hold it that long 😂. Plus, price would’ve had to cut through the 1-hour 20 EMA to get there.

Prices eventually reached yesterday’s high, but it took a long time, and I doubt I could have held the trade that long. After that, the market slowed down a lot and formed a small trading range. The small range just got smaller and smaller toward the end of the session, so there was nothing to do about that.