20y/o, April results: $7.798 profit on the aggressive account. Here's what I track and why:
Quick context I posted an AMA on various communities last week — some of you
might have seen it.
This month I wanted to break down something specific because
I keep seeing the same question: "what strategy should I use?"
The honest answer? Your strategy probably isn't the problem.
Your TIMING is.
Thats my April on one express I traded more aggressively but the edge is the same one I use on every account.
Here's what my journal data shows after tracking 400+ trades:
AM session (9:30 - 11:00 ET):
- Win rate: 82%
- Average R:R: 1.34
- Biggest drawdown in a single session: $400
PM session (12:00 - 16:00 ET):
- Win rate: 64%
- Average R:R: 1.47
- Biggest drawdown in a single session: $330
Same setups. Same risk management. Same me. The only variable
is time of day.
When I stopped trading PM, three things happened:
- My win rate jumped because I was only taking the highest
probability window
- My funded accounts stayed alive longer because I wasnt
giving back AM profits in the afternoon
- My mental health improved massively because I wasnt
staring at charts for 8 hours
I trade 3 setups on NQ — all OHLC-based, no indicators. But
honestly the setups are maybe 30% of why this works. The other
70% is:
- Session filter (AM only for this regime)
- Entry grading (I rate every setup A+ to C before I click.
Below B = I sit out)
- Hard daily target (hit it = close charts, no exceptions)
- Journal everything (if you can't measure it, you can't
improve it)
The reason most traders keep blowing challenges isnt that
they dont know enough. It's that they take every mediocre
setup they see, trade all day, and have no system for knowing
when to STOP.
And the best advice I can always give you is: look at the data I guarantee you will see a pattern.
Happy to answer any questions about the journal system, risk
management or how I approach the market.
