September 25th, 2026
Another day of doubt — and in hindsight, it really shouldn’t have been.
I did lose money this day, but one positive is that I was smart enough to recognize that things weren’t going well and stop trading before the loss became much worse. The frustrating part is that I don’t think this needed to be a losing day at all. Once again, the bigger problem wasn’t necessarily the strategy — it was my execution.
I kept entering at the wrong places because I was overthinking the trades that were actually there. That really started to make me question whether I can do this consistently, but when I look back at the chart, the answer seems pretty obvious: I’m making this harder than it needs to be. I’m getting nervous, hesitating on the better entries, and then trying to chase the move afterward. I need to trust the setup more. When the trade is there and my conditions are met, I need to enter instead of trying to find a reason not to.
Day 76 Travel Poster
The morning is a good example. Price initially moved higher, but then it rejected and slammed back down. There was an opportunity around the 0.618 resistance level that made me hesitate. At the time, I was worried about entering directly into resistance, but the following bar gave another clue that the move lower was taking control. That was probably the entry I should have taken. From there, I could have ridden the move down toward the first band.
Instead, I got nervous, waited until price was already lower, and then started entering and re-entering in worse locations. That turned what could have been a straightforward winning trade into a loss. I was essentially hesitating at the good entry and becoming aggressive only after the move had already happened — exactly the opposite of what I should be doing.
Later in the day, price reversed around midday and there wasn’t a huge amount of clean trading afterward. Even so, there were additional opportunities that could have worked if I had simply stayed with the trades instead of constantly second-guessing them.
Looking back, this actually could have been a profitable day. The setups were there. The chart generally behaved the way I needed it to. What hurt me was hesitation, poor entry location, and repeatedly interfering with trades because I was nervous.
The lesson from this day is becoming very clear: stop chasing after hesitation. Take the correct entry when the setup appears, accept the risk, and let the trade work. I don’t need to predict every movement perfectly. I need to execute the system consistently. The more I overthink each individual trade, the more likely I am to turn a good setup into a bad result.
Total Profit: $-400
MNQ Chart
