September 24th, 2026
You know how I kept saying I needed to go all in and fully commit to the strategy? Well, this was one of those days that made that commitment hurt.
The frustrating part is that, as you’ll see in the trades, the entries were valid according to my system. I wasn’t necessarily breaking my rules. What I’m starting to realize, though, is that not every valid setup is equally good. Trading in the middle of the VWAP area or too close to the 0.50 Fibonacci level can create a lot of problems. Those areas tend to be much more indecisive, and price can easily chop back and forth before choosing a direction.
That is something I’m beginning to understand more clearly. A trade can technically meet all of my conditions and still be taking place in a poor location.
This ended up being another very disappointing day because, in the moment, it made me question whether the strategy worked at all. It felt like every time I finally convinced myself to stop hesitating and just take the trades, I immediately got punished for it. That was difficult mentally, especially after spending so much time telling myself that I needed to trust the system.
I ended the day down roughly $500, making this easily the worst trading day of the week. It definitely stung. But looking back, the bigger lesson may not be that the strategy failed. It may be that I need to become much more selective about where I use it—especially around VWAP and the 0.50 Fibonacci region.
Day 75 Travel Poster
Looking back at the trades, it really wasn’t a great day. I got stopped out on almost every move that developed, which made the whole session feel extremely frustrating.
The first trade came in the morning and, technically, it was a valid entry according to my system. That one stopped me out for about 30 points on both contracts. The next trade was another loss of roughly 33 points on both contracts, followed by another stop of about 39 points on both.
I believe there may have been one small winner somewhere in the middle, although I also remember getting stopped out for around 22 points on another trade. Either way, the losses kept stacking up, and I eventually took another stop of roughly 39 points.
The biggest takeaway from the day is that trading in the middle of the range is probably something I need to be much more careful with. Even if the technical conditions are valid, that area can be too indecisive and choppy, especially when price is sitting near the middle of the broader structure. I kept getting caught in moves that looked ready to go but never developed cleanly enough before reversing.
I finished the day down around $500, which was obviously a bad result and the worst day of the week. The lesson, though, is becoming clearer: a setup can be technically valid and still be in a poor location. I need to do a better job separating those two things.
Total Profit: $-500
MNQ Chart
