I want to tell you about the trades I took over the last two days. I have basically become a perfect example of how someone can correctly predict everything and still somehow get stopped out and lose money. I am going to explain how two trades on two different instruments went wrong even though my overall analysis was correct, and I would like to ask for your advice. First, let’s start with UKOIL. My first entry, which I marked on the chart I shared, was excellent. I planned it as a swing trade and targeted the lowest POC. I opened a short position on Thursday night from the area shown on the chart. When I woke up on Friday morning, which is today, the price had reacted from the area I circled in white, and half of my profit was gone. Honestly, I got scared and closed the trade. After that, I opened another short from the area marked as my second entry. At that point, I fell into the fear of missing out on the move. I risked more than I normally would, and the price reacted from the swing low on the left side of the chart and stopped me out. My second trade was on XAU. There was a four-hour swing high around the POC area. I patiently watched the market because I expected the price to move short after taking that swing high. Afterward, the price formed a bearish structure, and I entered a short position. I shared one screenshot showing the overall view and two closer screenshots. The same thing that happened on UKOIL happened again. When XAU reacted upward, I moved my stop loss to my entry price. Then the price formed another bearish structure, so I opened another short position. This time, I was stopped out and lost money. After that, the price reacted from a higher area and eventually moved down to the target I had originally expected. It is very frustrating to predict everything correctly and still lose money. I know I am capable of doing this, and I know that somehow I will succeed. When the price temporarily moves against my plan, I get scared, even though there is not actually anything to be afraid of. How can I overcome this fear?

Took 2 trades today, both on EU. Both hit SL. 🤦‍♂️ -2% Trade idea Starting with DXY: DXY took the buy-side liquidity marked on the chart and tapped into a daily supply zone, which gave a strong bearish reaction. After that, I waited for a pullback into the 1H/15M supply zone that was created during the move down, looking for a possible sell continuation depending on how EU and GU reacted at the time. On EU, price swept a major sell-side liquidity level (Monday's low) and tapped into a 15M extreme demand zone. It reacted strongly from there, created an MSS to the upside, and I waited for the pullback into the 15M demand zone that formed during that impulsive move. At the same time, DXY was approaching its respective 15M supply zone I mentioned above, so everything was lining up. I already had my limit order sitting there. Unfortunately, right after my limit got triggered, price made a sharp move , which I believe was caused by Trump's announcement about no ceasefire in Iran. The market reacted aggressively, and my first trade got stopped out. After that, I waited for more clarity. EU quickly pushed higher again, printed another MSS, and since DXY was still in position, I decided to give EU a second chance. I entered on the pullback... and that trade also hit SL. The painful part? Right after stopping me out, price went straight to my original TP. 😂 Lesson The biggest mistake I made today was being too focused on EU. I really should've been paying more attention to GU. Looking back, GU was clearly the stronger pair today. If I'd taken the same idea on GU instead of EU, it would've smashed TP. It is what it is. Onto the next one. 💪

Took the first trade of the day and the account on EU. Caught the EU sell early in the morning. Everything lined up for shorts. EU rejected from the 4H/1H supply zone, then made a 15M MSS. I targeted the 15M supply that created the MSS as my entry point. At the same time, GU had already swept the weekly high and traded into daily supply, while DXY rejected from its 4H zone, swept the previous day's low, and shifted bullish. With all that confluence, I felt the EU short was worth the risk. Unfortunately, the trade ended up BE... thanks to the horrible fills I got on the entry. 🤦‍♂️

Leaning bearish today and for the week in general, until proven otherwise. We are however, in a higher timeframe consolidation, and we may continue to do so. London high and London low are the most important key levels I'm looking at today. The ideal scenario is rejection at the high or acceptance below the low, targeting Thursday's low, PWL and ultimately 25th's low and beyond if market permits it (with the way we trail based on the 1m structure after final target has been hit). Stay safe out there.

Hey guys, so I initially started trading options (finished a course learned market structure blah blah...) but now I am moving markets because the goal is to get a funded account. I am struggling to know which markets to look at in preparation for prop firms and setting up a demo account. I am also struggling with the setting up demo trades when it comes to the LOT sizes etc... I dont understand how the maths side works... I have a pretty solid foundation when it comes to strategy (need reps of course) and understanding so I would like to put my learning to the test but I am struggling what to do next... any help... Hopefully this made sense.