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‎Date : 5th May 2026

‎TimeZ : EST

‎No ōf Trades: 1

‎Asset/Pair: GBPUSD

‎Economic calendar: image

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‎Entry : Time: 6:28am , Price: 1.35435

‎Exit : Time: 10am ,Price: 1.35691

‎Position: long

‎Risk(%capital): 1%

‎Trade Outcome: R:R( 1R )

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‎Reason for Trade:

‎LQ sweep, SMT previous day low​

‎Daily key level ,4h CSD, ,

‎TRADE IDEA/Breakdown:

‎I had anticipated this move but some how I hesitated and had to chase so I could get an entry (FOMO )

‎I didn’t want to use a tight stop to avoid getting wicked out cause I anticipated it would be a HRLR due to the price action on the left side

‎Price was choppy had to take partial trail stop

‎.Poor entry and poor partial hence the

‎Wide stop and less return on both trades- it ended more like BreakEven trade even though it wasn’t.

‎Using my regular risk on a bad/late entry wasn’t ideal ,it should have been less,

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‎WHAT WENT Well/Wrong : I Waited for confirmation but hesitated at the opportunity, risk was not so good

‎im please the analysis and bias played out as I anticipated, I feel confident knowing I’m making progress ,

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‎WHAT TO IMPROVE:

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‎NEXT TIME EXECUTE THE PLAN WHEN ALL PROTOCOL ALIGN , USE RISK I CAN BE COMFORTABLY TAKING WITH A SMILE AND STILL SLEEP FINE . accept the loss first

‎do all I can to avoid fear of loosing when trading, taking a lose as a trader is inevitable, at some point it will still come

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‎NOTES: the EURUSD trade is very similar to GBP same entry and exit time ,same breakdown just different price

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5th May NOTE

TIME FRAME ALIGNMENT, was the problem ,As in the case for the gold trade taken on 17th april yes the 1day TF was bearish but short term on 4hr 1hr intraday price had to go higher hence the structure ,so the setup was valid , even though the mid term was bearish ,

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‎Date : 7th May 2026

‎TimeZ : EST

‎No ōf Trades: 2

‎Asset/Pair: GBPUSD , EURUSD

‎Economic calendar: image

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‎Entry : Time:6:30am London 7thmay

‎Exit : Time: 23:30pm 8th may

‎Position: short

‎Risk(%capital): 1%

‎Trade Outcome: R:R( +3R )

‎Reason for Trade:

‎LQ sweep+ monthly,weekly SMT

‎Daily level array,1h OB ,

‎candle closin below the daily OB m.t

‎TRADE IDEA/Breakdown:

‎Monthly SMT and wkly SMT

‎+ LQ sweep at a HTF daily+wkly Ob

‎Because of that I was looking for lower prices

‎4hr‎ After the sweep price dropped leaving Sibi but found a bit of support into 4h +fvg began to grind slowly to the

‎Upside I saw that low as Engr.. of sellside (A), since I had a bearish bias I expected those inefficiency(4h wick) that were created on the left side when price first drop to act as resistance they were a few more overlapping levels that were acting as resistance like the wkly OB opening price but focused more on the daily OB as price kept closing below the c.e

LTF 1hr OB limit entry

‎Since the bias was bearish the move to the upside ‎I considered manipulation, on the LTF Ih to 15min I was looking for a POI and I got a 15min IFVG and 1hr OB

WHAT WENT Well/Wrong : the entry was an aggressive one, but I felt safe because my stop/risk wasn’t that wide also initially before trailing stop I believed it was at invalidation point. and because of the other factors that formed the bias mentioned earlier I was confident it would remain.

‎‎WHAT TO IMPROVE: risk & trade management

‎‎NOTES: Deliberate execution of trade and study of trades adds to experience. the more executions I make and study the more experience to get better,

‎ I mustn’t be afraid to risk it, when the opportunity is right else I’ll risk regrets,

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Wide move on pound and Euro today 100 pips and 52 pips , respectively, it barely retraced for an entry, . what would I be targeting when the day’s range is that wide and without a meaningful retracement, I stayed out

At first I felt emotional missing out oñ the big move , but after some time away from the chart I realised it meant nothing, as OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND in the market , secondly I couldn’t justify an entry For that move before it happened only after it moved hindsight study(others might have seen it before ) .

There is no point chasing a trade , there will always be a retracement,

There is no point forcing a trade ,if the setup /model is not there . . That edge that gives confidence

Not taking a trade is also a position .as it preserves capital ,

Meanwhile I think today’s close might pave way for better price action

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NO TRADES TAKEN Today

[SXM]

14th May 2026

I’m calling it a wrap for the week, mon-wed expansion I see signs of sloppy range , tomorrow being Friday adds up with no economic calendar event. ,

, no significant trades this week except for two scalps from yesterday EURUSD and Audusd ,

One resulted in a loss and the other a wiin , bringing the day’s close slightly above Breakeven .

Notes: I can become better by simplifying prioritising first " understanding what the market is trying or currently doing, think capital preservation, before thinking of taking any risk . Losses are inevitable but some loses can be averted .

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Been a while but it’s just Off-chart activities. Need to quickly put this down so it’s complete

2 trades :Ger30, EurUsd

$Ger30 loss .closed on 20th May

It’s was supposed to be a swing trade ,

poor timing and entry + wrong bias(analysis)

$Eurusd loss​ closed on 21st May

I wasn’t expecting the low to be reached, for me it was my invalidation level only if price displaced through it ,

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‎Date :

‎TimeZ : EST

‎No ōf Trades:1

‎Asset/Pair: audusd

‎Economic calendar:

‎Entry : Time: 21st may 4:26am London , Price: 0.71265

‎Exit : Time: 25th may 6:09am ,Price: 0.71652

‎Position:

‎Risk(%capital): 1%

‎Trade Outcome: R:R( +1.2R )

‎Reason for Trade: I took the trade cause I saw price finding support on the daily after sweeping a low ,seeing that I expected it would retrace high as the midterm picture was bearish , but soon the trade go cut-up in a range, it went very close to tp but wouldn’t tag , I was beginning to get emotional, trying to figure out what was wrong , maybe my bias wrong ,over the weekend I went back to dxy to ,when I zoomed out on dxy I noticed it was in a range ,but there was one obvious liquidity target despite the range ,if it should tag it then maybe audusd would hit tp , but after dxy did , audusd didn’t so I had to close with the profit in sight .

‎LQ sweep,

‎4h CSD,

Daily ‎fvg

‎not the best trade 60+hrs of holding in a range

, but execution checks

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Weekly smt with GBP and dxy

Liquidity sweep of the Monday high

Displacement below the BISI (w.fpfvg) equilibrium and finding resistance on lower timeframe (15min). below the previous week opening price i was looking at it as a dynamic level for s/r, when I saw price trading below and using it as resistance on the 15m, i went short (a continuation trade )

Woke up to a missed tp,had to exit at a poor RR.

Dxy is in a bit of a range ,next time when trading in this condition I’ll keep my tp at a bare minimum target within the range , and target extremes ranges only when price has leaves the range and trending.

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EURUSD +4R

GBPUSD -1R​

Risk 0.4% on each

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4 trades in total today , ideally it would have ben just two trades , , why I trade the two pairs is because I don’t want to enter a trade on just one and it ends up in a chop. But recently I began to understand relative strength for currency pairs , I’ll begin implementing this ,.

Early in NY i went short on EU and GU though it was counter to my bias(my bias was bullish) but I saw the trade opportunity it was clean . GU tagged my SL due to spread again,I decided I’ll factor that in when placing stop next time, EU delivered to TP but GU didn’t and got stopped at BE . SMT was PRESENT at the low which was also the poi for my initial bias ,

Structure didn’t confirm a reversal yet when I jumped on the trade and later got stopped out despite having to widen my SL ,ended up giving back the days profit and closing at BE .

I realised It’s not about being about being right or catching every move , but about being profitable, discipline enough to be content and walk away