Topstep Combine Day 2: $2296.54, PF 1.45, WR 34.78%

Overview

Here’s a quick look at today’s results:

Profit: $2296.54
Profit Factor: 1.45
Win Rate: 34.78%

Session Notes:

Today was tricky, a bunch of grind on both sides of the range without a clear, committed move immediately. The new approach had me staying a little more patient and I didn’t get chopped up in the sideways action.

…but, I also traded too long. I was up ~$2,500 on the big move down and shoulda-woulda-coulda quit there. Instead, I kept pushing and then got caught up in the chop below the opening range.

I (overtraded) all the way down to ~$500, then back up to $2300. This session will look ok on the surface, but it’s the type of big swings I want to avoid moving forward.

So, one thing I’ll be tracking moving forward is the # of trades I’m taking, even if it’s a bit manual. I used to use accounting ledgers to track trades by hand - might go back to something similar.

Goal Streak

Yesterday’s Goal: Mark up the charts with entries

Goal Met? No, it’s still too much on a chart to be readable. Need a workaround, as discussed above. Fewer trades, manual markups.

ONE Strength

Good flexibility to move from a patient long to another patient short.

ONE Weakness

Didn’t stop when I should have. Reminds of PLT’s old rule about never giving back 50% of a day’s profit. This’ll go in the new plan.

Tomorrow’s ONE Goal

Journal the individual trades!

See you tomorrow!