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SoberTrader
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I day trade MES/ES futures on the 5-minute chart during the New York session, recently passed the top step 150k evaluation so I have a "funded" account with 4500 dollars of drawdown. I will use this account to fund personal trading account.

All trades are from top step funded account.

Things I learned from my previous journals, that I will be applying to this journey:
1. I need 1 timeframe that I can make all my trade decisions off of.
2. I need a market that I can trade and not worry about other markets.
3. Journaling every single trade with images dramatically improves my trading.

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVd3Rg2CxRYp2yneo7Jp9ZQ[/yt]
I also will be screen recording my trading via youtube livestream daily moving forward 10 am est-noon. I think this will help me review my trades every weekend and let me watch "tape" on myself.


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SoberTrader
Las Vegas
 
Posts: 160 since Feb 2026
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Process (most important)
1.Did I follow my trading plan/rules today? Where did I deviate, and why?
2.What was my best trade today, and what made it good?
3.What was my worst trade, and what would I do differently?
Setups & execution
4. What setups did I take? Were they on my approved list?
5. Did I size positions according to my plan, or did emotion drive sizing?
6. How was my entry/exit timing — early, late, or on point?
Mindset & state
7. How was my mental/emotional state before, during, and after the session (calm, anxious, revenge-trading, overconfident)?
8. Did I trade because of a real setup, or out of boredom/FOMO/frustration?
9. Any moment I wanted to break a rule — did I, and what triggered it?
Numbers
10. What was my P&L, win rate, and R-multiple for the day?
11. How many trades did I take vs. my planned max?
Forward-looking
12. What's one thing I'll do the same tomorrow, and one thing I'll change?
13. Any market condition or pattern I noticed that I should watch for going forward?
I day trade MES/ES futures on the 5 minute chart during the New York Session, using RSI(2),10/200 SMA, TICK, and ATR/Range (5 Minute chart and Daily data) to trade mean-reversion setups within the trend.

End of session journal prompts that I will be using


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SoberTrader
Las Vegas
 
Posts: 160 since Feb 2026
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Trade 1 long


Long : 29682
Stop 29660

Looking for a bounce


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SoberTrader
Las Vegas
 
Posts: 160 since Feb 2026
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Trade 1 stopped 0ut -22 points


Stopped out -22 points


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