Trade Recap Trade 16: -1R A quick full loss following a short attempt on EUR/USD. Price tapped into an H4 supply zone (buy-to-sell), manipulated an H4 fractal pre-Frankfurt open, and then aggressively moved lower, breaking H1 structure to the ...

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February 2026 Recap I’ll start with the key insight from the second month of 2026: a clean sheet in terms of execution and discipline. There was not a single deviation from my plan, which makes the month satisfying from a process perspective—even ...

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Trade Recap Trade 15: +2R Finally—after more than 30 days without a winner (the previous one being on February 6th) and five consecutive losses—the strategy delivered a clean 2R win. One of those losses was a minor -0.1R, but it still counted as ...

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After doing more extensive backtesting, I’ve decided to stop trading this strategy. While the framework itself was logical and executable, the long-term numbers simply weren’t strong enough to justify continuing. The data showed an average net gain ...

EURUSD London Session Manipulation (AMD)

Trade Recap Trade 14: -0.1R A relatively quick reduced-risk loss (-0.1R) on this long attempt following a double H4 fractal manipulation and a confirmed H1 market structure shift to the upside. The trade was executed on thebreak and retest of the ...

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Trade Recap Trade 12: -1R Trade 13: -0.6R Unfortunately, the losing streak continued as March opened with two more consecutive losses following unsuccessful attempts to both long and short EUR/USD. Both trades were executed exactly according to my ...

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Trade Recap Trade 10: -1R Trade 11: -1R The final two trades of February were taken while I was still traveling in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, both resulted in full losses following two unsuccessful attempts to long EUR/USD. Trade 10 The February 18th ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 9: +2R A perfectly executed winning long based on a clear Accumulation → Manipulation → Distribution (AMD) pattern that developed throughout the entire previous week. From late Monday, price consolidated within a tight ~60-pip ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 8: -1R The first trade of February turned into a bit of a rollercoaster. After being triggered at an H1 FVG, price initially moved against me to around -0.8R, then reversed sharply and pushed up to approximately +1.4R as it tapped ...

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January 2026 Recap I consider the first month of 2026 a clear win. My strategy presented seven valid entries, and I participated in all of them. What I’m most proud of this month is my trade management—I did not close a single trade prematurely out ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 7: +2R The final trade of January was a short taken after several strongly bullish sessions. While upside momentum was clearly dominant, a sell signal printed at an excellent higher-timeframe location, with price tapping into both ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 6: -1R The week closed with a full loss following an unsuccessful attempt to short EUR/USD. I was skeptical about this setup from the start. A weak high was in place, with an H4 fractal sitting above the newly formed swing—an ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 5: -0.5R Tuesday evening presented a valid short setup following a sweep of three H4 fractals and an H1-confirmed market structure shift to the downside. An H1 doji with a 35-pip wick signaled a potential intermediate reversal, ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 4: +2R The new week kicked off with a textbook winning trade—clean, precise, and well managed from start to finish. Price reacted perfectly at my pre-marked H4 point of interest. The trade experienced only a brief and minimal ...

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Trade Recap: Trade 2: +2R (Short) Trade 3: -1R (Loss) This week, I executed two trades: Monday Short: Triggered by an H4 fractal sweep at a high-timeframe point of interest (Weekly iFVG), confirmed by an H1 market structure shift to the downside. ...

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Trade 1 – Loss A clean setup that followed the plan perfectly. After two H4 fractals were swept at a daily POI (FVG), I waited for the H1 market structure shift and placed a limit entry at the H4 FVG. Everything aligned according to rules. Price ...

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Strategy Update — August 21th - September 8th I’m fully back after a two-and-a-half week break following my wedding and a magical honeymoon on the beautiful island of Mauritius. 🌴☀️ It was a well-deserved pause from both my 9–5 ...

EURUSD London Session Manipulation (AMD)

Strategy Update — Wednesday, August 20th EURUSD -1R loss When you think a win is just around the corner, the market humbles you with yet another loss — my 9th consecutive one. With a system like mine, ...

EURUSD London Session Manipulation (AMD)

Strategy Update — Monday & Tuesday, August 18-19th EURUSD 2 x -1R loss The losing streak continues with two more losses this week. Both were valid trades following clean Asia Low manipulations — an unsuccessful short ...

EURUSD London Session Manipulation (AMD)