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Feb 13, 2024 : Regular EVAL Accounts Status of APEX, and few other i am trying.
Until 8.30 AM EST i was so quiet and not even interested to look at market, as i always plan to trade from 9.45 AM EST.
But today cpi report, and drop of NQ from 17800+ to all the way 17650 , i love the drop.
At 8.45 AM EST: I traded some TPT-01 account, which is 150K size, i was doing great, in +$2000 profit reached. i decided i SHOULD NOT trade this TPT-01 anymore.
Lesson learnt, and mistakes revealed: : When things are in control, meaning, you are winning continuously, Your mind always tells you to trade again , and again, and again.
So i traded at 11:00 AM EST, i was going long, suddenly nasty drop at 12:00 PM EST, killed my TPT-01 account, which i am okay, as my all focus is on APEX evals to safely secure it.
I want to share , how i lost the TPT-01, so it helps me to analyze, and others : see below.
Now lets talk the POSTIVIE Sides of today:
I am super happy that i followed HIGHEST possible discipline in my APEX Evals (50K) , 10 accounts i traded today.
I followed the plan, 9 ema cross 200 ema, and every pullback, i traded 1 NQ.
At 9.30 AM EST, i saw the open huge drop, and planned to attack on the great bounce back to 17650, from 16989.
See below. remember i traded only MNQ . I waited until the drop settle down.
Stopped trading in PA, once reached goal (for today).
PA Account Stats:
** Remember, my consistency % should NOT exceed 30%.
** it is day 2. reached goal.
**
Daily Profit/Loss Chart on PA :
Day: 2
Daily Records, with status, how much acct balance
Today status: Goal Met
Notes to Remind myself
1) This is my PA Account (Funded), i should NOT treat this as EVAL.
2) I should NOT think to get rich Overnight. so any pop, or drop, i should not encourage myself to trade.
3) Aim for the Profit or loss, as PER the trading plan (excel above).
4)Strictly stop for the trade for today. dont get yourself overexcited, that will eventually get u into Overtrading.
5) Survival is the key, we have new market tomm, new opportunities tomorrow. We dont have to marry every ticks of the market.
6) As long as i am in the game, i can play with fun. I remember this always. so i have to limit myself to trading futures, as smallest in executions as possible.
I would like to bring what i learnt today , the 10 APEX Evals are now in great state.
It is pure technical play, i am super happy that it worked great.
focus on 9 ema cross 20 ema, on downtrend, just short, and add on pullback to 9 ema, and enjoy the direction.
Always go with direction of the market. Never think it is oversold, or over bought, Let the Market gives the HINT to us. It is okay to miss 10 points .
below chart:
Self explanatory how both long, short - gets me huge profit today afternoon.
Over all account status:
Account Stats:
All 10 evals, now closer to pass.
Daily Profit/Loss: Afternoon session is what the real trending session, after lot of points NQ was given up in mrng, trying to get back to the top.
Account Progress over days:
Strongly not recommending anyone to achive profit more than the planned + buffer . it is ok to lock profit $200 to $500 more than planned. But today is kind of the day, only EVAL i play this. Strictly PA wont play like this.
Today Profit: +$2000
I know this is surprisingly a great progress for this 10 APEX Evals. I again admit, this is not normally i usually play and win big. My focus is still only minimum gain every day, so i can keep my muscle memory not to expect this kind of day every day.
Hope it helps. see you tomorrow.
Note:
For morning session progress, please read previous 2 posts
Feb 14, 2024: HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY.... I have got all 20 APEX EVALS passed today,
What a day after market sell off yesterday 200+ points and came back end of the day half of the way.
Today market gained almost SPY back to 497 at open.
I waited for ORB breakout, and then 10 AM only the 200 EMA is crossed. So thats when my real game started.
Everything else, my usual plan : Follow the 9 EMA , pullback, and ride the trend.
Anytime trend changes, accept the LOSS, and wait for pullback, and confirm as volume increase, or push down more, then go for opposite action, with the market.
The goal is you HAVE TO TRAVEL with the market.
See below, all self explanatory in the chart i could make it.
PA Account: I traded MNQ
Apex Evals : I traded NQ via copier
PA Account Target Daily: +$200 reached
PA Account Performance:
Consistency % above 30%. I am sure when i reach my goal $5000 after 2 months, it will be less than 30%.
PA Account: Daily Profit/loss:
PA Account Daily Status from Day 1:
Goal Met today
Apex Evals: it is again unexpected, but passed all, the same chart with all buy/sell is longs. and short/cover is shortselling.
Two times i accepted the loss when trend changes. it is marked in red colored text.
please follow the chart below:
Net P/L Today :
Account Performance:
100% all passed, so no more trading for Apex eval from today , waiting for PA funded status. I am planning to wait until Feb 24.
Daily Profit/Loss: Apex Eval
Account Stats from Day1 until Passed
Hope this journal helps, and from the beginning, you can now see through all my trades, how i passed 20 APEX EVALS, last 9 days.
History:
* Signed up 20 APEX EVALS, traded thru Apex Copier, Only NQ.
* when i was closer to $52,900 , the copier, the sizing i messed up, and lost 10 APEX evals, out of 20.
* First worked on 10 remaining next day, passed all 10.
* Signed up new 10 APEX Evals, and focused on passing small, but last 3 days were amazing results, so passed all remaining 10 evals in 3 days.
Next step:
I continue posting my Bulenox PA Funded account, but i will NOT be aggressive enough to play more.... the daily goal is $100 to $200 only for PA.
I will take only one or two PA from APEX every day , i defer to wait until March 05, for all PA from APEX. this is for me to get some time to relax, so fresh mind helps to play PA...
PA is most complicated ones...
Hope this helps everyone.... and thanks for supporting the trading journals , thanks to BigMike for wonderful platform.
New 2 Evals starting today , to engage myself, with Bulenox evals 90% promo.
I would like to share , today i am taking advantage of 90% off bulenox eval 50K account, and i will continue trading this Bulenox evals, along with 2 PA accounts.
Tomorrow i will aim for 2 Apex PA conversion out of 20 passed evals. Not going to rush.
Trading Plan:
Aim for 5 points in NQ, every day, and reach $200 a day profit goal.
By 03/08/2024 , i will reach my target goal $53,100
My Account Size
Starting today: Day 1 : BEFORE TRADING
How i traded today with new 2 Bulenox Eval:
Today at time 2 PM, the SHAKEUP happened .
See below chart:
1) look for 9 ema pullback, after trending starts in whichever direction. here long. above 200 ema, amazing ....
2) entry/exit, on nq, everything is on chart.
3) Y value shows number ticks i locked profit.
My Profit/Loss today:
BX1 => is my new EVAL 50K with bulenox
BX => is my PA account.
Today Profit: +$606
Today Goal: achieved 20% of total target
See you all tomorrow. My plan is to trade
1) 2 PA accounts, most conservative play, less trades, only MNQ
2) 2 new Evals (bulenox) -> NQ, only A+ setup
3) Apply or convert 2 APEX passed into PA funded by end of this week.
All the best everyone, stay safe... Stay humble to the market.
As i stated title of this journal, yes , from today, the real game starts, thats i am starting PA funded accounts , start with 2 from BX and 2 from Apex.
That means, no more overtrading, no oversizing, no risky trades....
and no NQ. so only MNQ.
Here is today status:
Achieved goal: + $150 to $200.
Everything else i put it in one screenshot, i am sure you all will love it.
EXPERIMENT
I want to try , trade once one PA, then copy trading to all PAs in BULENOX, and APEX. Ninja does not support two rithmic to connect at same time.
So today i started experimenting QUANTOWER, and paid $25 for advanced features addon.
Here you go, now i can trade happily once, and just focus on A+ Setup once a day. That trade is now copied to all PA i configure in TRADE COPIER BOT in Quantower.
I took PA-02 Apex as leader account. and followers are BX-01, BX-02, and PA-03
My BX PA Net P/L:
My Apex PA Net P/L:
All PA Status Total Balance as of today:
Daily Profit/Loss on PA:
Every day performance with goal status
Note: so far , i traded only PA, and stopped for the day. See you all tomm.
Note: No trades in any bx evals . i will not trade anymore today. slow and steady, and also no more overtrades today.
I want to share and be transparent, i did violate a rule, thats not to trade OVERNIGHT.
Just now last 2 hours, after evening 6 PM EST futures opened, i was more excited, and to be honest, over confidence, and i traded MNQ, and i bought MNQ at the high 17953
Violations i did
1) Evening/night, strictly i avoid, but today just now i violated.
2) I added 2 MNQ only, but when the dip comes, i added more, in bunches of 5 mnq, then 10 mnq => for god sake, no idea why it happened. it is one of the OLD bad habits ,=> thats 2nd violation.
3) i did not cut the loss after $250 , not sure why, but it all happened like it happened in the dream. so this is 3rd violation.
4) finally i blew the 2 Bulenox PA, and 2 Apex PA.
5) i was also assuming or be blind, that things will come back, but actually market does not have any emotions, if it punishes , it will, if you dont obey the rule.
I wanted to come here in my trading journal, and i wanted to be open about my this month PA account status.
IT IS A BIG LESSON for me....
Too much negativity, will spoil our motivation.
Good news: For god's grace, i have 20 apex evals, only 2 i released to PA. that i spoiled. i want to thank god, that i took this approach playing one after one.
So now remaining 18, i am planning to release 2 only again.
but this time, i am planning to trade only one PA, until i get payout.
To be honest, i want to respect this time my pain, want to write in wall paper, "OVERTRADE KILLS"
I WONT FORGET this evening.
Tomorrow onwards, it will be only one account , I want to build this discipline going forward, Less trade, longer survival, and achieve great success....
To this point, this is 99% of prop futures traders make the same mistake, sadly i am one of them today. This is why Prop firm makes lot of money...
We will change it, from now.
See you later, hey, it is not end of the world. we can win. importantly with all ur reading support, i will win.
Today is OPEX day, before i realized, i already got hurt playing my PA in the morning, so lost 2 PA with Apex. So i am not going to touch PA for a week.
I signed up 3 Bulenox EVAL 50K, knowing today is going to be CHOPFUL day, i was ready to blow them, but aiming to pass all today.
I lost 2 bulenox eval, lot of CHOP in the morning, i was closer to $2500, but lost in NQ..
Definitely , lot of bad habits, will not help. but i set my mindset today , three evals in bulenox that i got 90% off, so ready to test my scalping strategy 9 ema.
Feb 19, 2024 : Low Volume day, President day holiday trading
As we know, today market will be super slow, as the market closes at 1 PM EST.
I started taking only MNQ in my new evals.
Today, I have planned to try something new , but along with my 9 ema / 20 ema, strategy.
Please see below chart:
I put dpQGP indicator, on my left side of the chart (MNQ), with 2 min time frame.
Right side, usual 9/20/200 ema , with 2 Min time frame.
I like these days, to work with 2 min times frame, as most effective for my scalping.
I always like to follow below sizing for MNQ
1 qty -> entry at $X
1 qty -> avg, at $X-10
1 qty -> avg at $X-20
sell 2 qty at $X-10 => thats lock of profit of 5 points.
repeat this ,as long as you are above 200 ema, and 9 ema above 20 ema.
With my dpQGP indicators on left side, there are two trends in it.
Trend 1 Upper level): is 9 ema, and 8 ema => FASTER ones.
Trend 2 Lower level is 20 ema, and 34 ema => SLOWER ones.
WHenever the upper level, has the trading range, as you see (left side chart), as long as it is green, i m going long.
the moment, there is a cross down, happened at 10.16 AM EST, as you see in the picture, red zone started, that gave me confidence of shorting .
at the same time, right side chart, beautifully the 9 ema cross down 20 ema => more confidence on my play. and i decided any PULLBACK abvoe, i will SHORT more.
eventually it worked great, i locked my profit : +$180 today
I will continue playing new strategies, and would love to bring to you all attention here, i am happy to share as long as atleast one reader it helps to achieve the discipline.
Thank you again.
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