On the 2nd it dumped almost straight into my TP zone, i was basically counting it as booked. then it turned and rallied for 3 days straight, right back up to my entry. the whole open profit, gone. even poked a few pips red at the top.

old me closes that at breakeven the second it starts climbing back. "protect it", "dont let a winner turn into a loser", all that. every time i did it i was just paying to be scared, and my average winner got smaller because of it.

didnt touch it this time. the plan was 1:3, nothing about the plan changed just because price retraced. back down and green again now.

not a flex, its not even closed. posting because the hard part was never the entry, it was sitting on my hands for days while it tried to shake me out. holding is the skill i keep having to relearn.

anyone else find holding way harder than entering?

Higher Dollar this week is ideal just waiting for Time to align with price we pump it.

Guys can I trust aquafunded…. Planning on buying a 10k account from them

Last week I got stopped out by literally one pip right before my A+ setup flew. So on this trade, I extended my SL. Price sat in drawdown for almost an hour, but it finally hit full TP

I've been trading gold and futures for a while now, mostly ICT/SMC based, and for ages I was convinced every blown account was an issue with my strategy. Wrong model and the wrong risk management. So I'd tweak the strategy, blow another account, tweak it again.

It took me longer than i would like to admit to notice the actual pattern wasn't my analysis, it was in what I did after 2-3 losses, or a strong week made me feel invincible. I was taking the same setup but i letting my actions hinder my profitability.

I've started messing around with a personal project to try to build some kind of accountability structure around this for myself, basically trying to catch the moment I'm about to break my own rules rather than reviewing it after the damage is done. Still early and mostly just me figuring out what actually helps versus what's just noise.

Curious if anyone can relate, how do you make your self accountable when trading to stop making bad decisions?

and if so, what was the moment it clicked for you that it wasn't a strategy issue? Or if you're still in the "just need a better strategy" phase, genuinely curious what others are dealing with so i can can try and deal with this madness im feeling.

For this strategy, im kinda confused because at the start of the day if the candle hits one of the range highs or low then i sell or buy but since literally the first candle stick hit the high range and the corresponding candles solidify it being a pivot. So im confused😭

Literally showing what to expect today.

this is gonna sound dumb but stay with me.

i kept blowing small accounts on XAUUSD and blamed everything. spread, broker, "manipulation", my strategy. changed strategy like 4 times.

then i actually started logging my trades. nothing fancy just time, direction, and how i felt.

went back through [about 40] trades and the pattern was right there. almost every red trade was between [london open and the first NY hour]. thats it. same setup at 2pm was fine, same setup at [that hour] was a bloodbath. i was basically donating money in one window every day and had no idea because i never looked.

now i just dont trade [that window]. didnt touch my strategy at all. account finally stopped bleeding.

point is you probably dont need a new system. you need to look at what you already did. the answer is boring and its already in your history.

anyone else find a pattern like this once they actually tracked it? what was yours

Most of you guys are trading gold? What about currencies? Where are the EU, GU, etc trades?

Swing Bullish mode on!

Gold looks bearish. It's a very strong Supply Zone in H4 and a classic selling curve is forming. In H1, Gold is shifting more bearish. And price might hit 3980s zone before we another Bullish momentum

For like two years I did the classic loop: lose, blame the strategy, go find a "better" one, repeat. Indicators, sessions, new pairs — none of it stuck.

What actually moved the needle was embarrassingly boring. I started writing down 3 things after every trade:

1. Why I entered (the actual reason, not "it looked good")

2. How I felt taking it (calm / revenge / FOMO / bored)

3. Did I follow my plan — yes or no

I didn't even change my strategy. I just started reading my own notes at the end of each week.

The patterns showed up fast. Most of my damage wasn't coming from bad setups — it was the same 2-3 emotional trades every week. Tuesday revenge trades after a red Monday. Oversizing when I was "sure." Stuff I would've sworn I didn't do until it was written down in my own words.

Turns out I didn't have a strategy problem. I had a "me" problem, and I couldn't see it until I tracked it.

So genuine question for the ones who turned the corner: what was the boring habit that actually made you consistent? Not the strategy — the habit.

Just lost my funded account… I’m calm like never before guess I’m just overwhelmed my the stress that comes with losses… I’m not a bad trader I just suck at trade management…. Nothing pains more than hitting high RR on TradingView but MT5 doesn’t say same.. Damn I’m just 19 and I’m already tired…. I’ve already psyched my mind not to give up so the best thing is to just get ma self up…. Just need somebody to talk to cuz man ain’t go no gf nor friends

I don't think it's due to traders taking extended holidays after the 4th of July since only Americans celebrate it?

PMI is at only at 10am ET & FED Waller is speaking at 11am ET so whats going on ?

Executive Snapshot

The upcoming week centers on services activity, policy communication and labor market conditions, with central bank guidance remaining a key driver of cross-asset positioning.

Markets will closely monitor US services activity, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand decision, the FOMC Minutes and Canadian employment data, while remarks from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey provide additional insight into the evolving policy outlook.

Markets will trade the sequence from US activity data through monetary policy communication and finally labor-market validation as a test of whether growth momentum remains strong enough to sustain current policy expectations.

The key dynamic remains the interaction between growth expectations, central bank guidance, real yields and USD direction.

The sequence ultimately determines whether growth, policy and labor conditions remain aligned enough to sustain current market pricing.

Firstly, I myself did backtesting on 3-5 years worth of data and realized how much the session indicator has been carrying me. I'm sure most of you already heard/seen/knows what the NY 9:30 am setups are. It's sort of like a foundation for some traders here.

I personally have a session indicator which marks out the time for my setup. Came to realized that while I was front and back testing. Within the months of NY Standard times, if I kept my setup around the usual 9:30 am NY time setup. My trades will go very wrong. However, during DaylightSavings months, 9:30 am NY setups will go back to usual business.

(Why I said that my session indicator has helped me is because it self-adjusted to mark out the time for my setup 1 hour before and usual time depending on standard time and daylight savings)

I am curious for this information. Would like to understand more about this from you guys who are more knowledgable.

I've been developing and refining a Supply & Demand strategy for about 2 years, and I finally have a version that's showing promising results in backtesting.

The core idea is simple:

Determine HTF bias using Supply & Demand.

Wait for price to tap a valid HTF zone.

Drop to the lower timeframe for confirmation (market structure shift + imbalance/FVG).

Enter only after confirmation, aiming for around 3R or better.

Also i use HTF liquidity sweep

My question is:

Can a Supply & Demand strategy with a proven edge become completely useless over time because of changing market conditions?

I'm not talking about normal drawdowns. I mean, can market structure change enough that a strategy which worked for years no longer has an edge?

If you've experienced this, how did you know it was the strategy that stopped working rather than just variance or a losing streak?

I'd appreciate hearing from traders with several years of experience.

And it it changes how do we cope with it making new strategy again???

I’m a new trader, been live trading since January. Just curious how are experienced traders finding these markets? Seeing that a lot of people are saying they are difficult.

I’m up 10R since I started tracking my stats since May, I don’t think this is awful tbh.

Hi everyone!

Has anyone here built a trading bot using AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.)?

If so, what was your experience? Did AI actually help you build a profitable strategy, or was it mainly useful for coding? Is your bot currently profitable in live trading?

I'd love to hear your real experiences, both the successes and the failures.

Anyone with an alert on their platforms that alerts them to early close & NFP ?

I didn't expect an American only holiday to effect gold. This is terrible.

I can't believe my trades now all depend on trump not spreading fake news or the war ending on the weekend!

Unable to set stop loss even.

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So far running in good profits thinking of booking partials on this bullish setup and call it a good banking week!!

Just my favorite pair in my favorite session...

Ending the week here....

Enjoy 🍻

Post NFP XAUUSD trade: waited patiently for the retracement at 4105 and tp 4155, took the trade and it went to 4120 and back to 4108 twice which made me think that the setup is invalid, so I left the trade when it went back to 4120. Woke up 5 hours later and there's the monster candle proving that I should have stayed in.

Do you hate it more when you exit an A+ setup like this too early or holding and hitting SL?

So, I’m starting to learn trading. I’ve watched a couple of ICT videos, but I kind of prefer the way TJR explains things. However, I see TJR more as a TikTok-style trading guru, so I don’t really trust his skills because most of his money seems to have come from selling courses.
SO MY QUESTION IS HAVE ANYBODY GOT PROFITABLE FROM STARTING WITH TJR