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FOMC trade journal — last meeting's experience. I had studied the statement carefully and expected a hawkish hold with Powell emphasizing "patience" on rate cuts. My setup: Short EUR/USD pre-meeting at 1.0845 with a wide 60-pip stop. 2:00 PM EST: Statement d…

NFP trade journal — last Friday. My setup: EUR/USD was at 1.0820 pre-release. My plan was to short if NFP beat expectations (short entry below 1.0800) or long if it missed (long entry above 1.0845). 8:30 AM EST: NFP 275,000 (huge beat vs 185,000 expected). E…

S&P 500 weekly recap — a frustrating but instructive week. Monday: Long ES at 5,220, targeting 5,280. Hit TP perfectly — +60 points, solid result. Great start. Wednesday: Got overconfident, sized up to 2 lots on a Nasdaq long at 18,050. CPI data came in hot…

Crypto trade journal — my ETH trade this week. Watched ETH consolidate between $3,100–$3,250 for 8 days. Set an alert at $3,260 for the breakout. Alert triggered Tuesday morning. Entered at $3,270 with a stop at $3,100. Target $3,600. Two days later, ETH hi…

Gold trade recap from today — a tough one mentally. Entered long at $2,362 this morning at the London open after seeing a clean bullish engulfing on the 1H chart at the demand zone. At 10:30 AM, a Fed official made comments that spooked markets. Gold dropped…