It’s January. Fresh year. Fresh mindset. A trader sits down, coffee on the desk, charts open, confidence high. He tells himself, “This is my year” He cleaned up his setup. He watched the sessions. He took notes. He got rules now. He’s finally serious. Day 1? Two wins. Day 2?

Day 1 of 2025: +$1,200. Target was the Asia Lows. I closed early to secure the first green week of the year. The Setup ($NQ Short): Swept London Highs 🧹 Bearish SMT with $ES 📉 Forever Model Entry 🎯 Precision isn't luck. It's a system.

Had a green week 💲 Have a great weekend 😊

Today's first Loss on ES did not stop me from catching a banger Win on NQ! My only conviction for the second winner trade was some sort of Retracement and 10:30am RDR level reversal and that was it. But I hate the fact that I took a second trade for the day. I should have stopped

Took an L today on NQ! Could not recognize that the Bearish SMT was on ES and not NQ. Red days are part of the game. Learn and dont revenge trade. Closing the charts with 1 and only trade for today. See you guys tomorrow :)

Today I took one Loss on NQ! with small postion and then one Win on ES after 10 a.m. we had a bullish SMT on ES. Risking small sizes for this week. A lot of manipulation... no Clean setups...Price Action isn't the best. Influencers will never show you their losses in reality #ICT

Took an L on Friday :(

Clean London sweeps long on ES & NQ both on a Monday ! Will it retrace to the CISD (Change In State of Delivery) or just run up towards the NWOG (New Weekly Open Gap) ?

Once you recognize the order flow and the next draw on liquidity, it becomes very easy to predict this type of trades when you blend DR Standard Deviation levels with ICT Market Structure Shift (CISD). You dont need FVG/iFVG/OrderBlock/BreakerBlock/etc. Manipulation-CISD-DOL !!!!

Trust the setup and process ! Wait for price to retrace that CISD and see if its being respected. No reason for price to go below that point other than filling those inefficiencies from 9:30 open NY AM session. Just wait for your setup. Patience is key. Limit order is everything

Price is back to morning NY open ! Lets see if we still respect that CISD or atleast give a reaction. No trades for me just tape reading as I am locked out with my Risk Management :)

Wow !!! I really should start trading the PM sessions when Price retraces the levels of New York Open respecting the CISD levels. Could've been a good one but following the rules of Risk Management and staying locked out of my TopstepX.

One small loss on ES and one Breakeven short on NQ! Two trades and locked out as per my risk management. Red Week overall. Risk intact tho. Have a good weekend !

Shorted NQ at 10:30 price level and then got stopped at Breakeven. Re-entered immediately seeing those small rejections on 1 minute. Got stopped out for $200 risk management again and locked out of accounts. Btw I woke 30 minutes late to the chart. Paid the price :(

Woke up early but went to church for morning mass and came back to the charts and took an L. Had a bullish bias from the Higher Time Frame but came to the charts at a wrong time. Need more discipline and rules.

I took one breakeven trade on ES yesterday during the ADR session. Was expecting a higher Risk:Reward so had my stops trailed to breakeven. Did not take any trades in NY open RDR. Considering the volatility in the aftermarket sessions I am trading ADR breakouts with low Risk.

ADR trades helped me get out of the weekly draw down and I am sticking to it with low risk as of now. Plan to size up in the next week !

Good start to February with ADR shorts I booked around $300 on a 50k evaluation account on my Topstep account. Thanks to M7DR for your knowledge and grateful to The Inner Circle Trader . Lets see how to week goes. Looking to execute only ADR trades on this account.

Just followed my risk management and was disciplined with only one model of ADR trades over the first week of February. Results don't lie. Btw it's a 50k challenge. Really strugling spot DR breakouts as Topstep doesn't support M7DR indicator so have to draw custom lines :)