Open profit is not money banked.
I explain how trailing drawdown changes the risk while a trade is still open.
Know the rule before the reversal.
Save this before your next funded-account trade.
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Price is falling. Volume tells another story.
I compare the move with volume before reading the bounce.
One signal is not the whole setup.
Save this chart check.
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A good exit can still feel too early.
Position closed. Account P&L: +$255.92.
Watching the next move does not change the exit.
Judge the decision, not the hindsight.
Would you protect the gain or give it room?
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A stop loss is not a negotiation.
After the oil stop, I look for a new setup instead of widening the risk.
Protect the next decision.
What invalidates your trade?
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The best exit looks obvious afterwards.
On gold, I explain taking profit where the plan called for it.
Keep reaching for more and a winner can round-trip.
Judge the plan before judging the next candle.
Do you use fixed targets or trail your stop?
EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HOW WELL BITCOIN IS HOLDING UP.
That’s exactly why I’m paying attention.
BTC has absorbed:
→ Fed tightening
→ BOJ tightening
→ Inflation above target
→ Yields near 5%
→ Oil above $100
→ Geopolitical risk
→ CLARITY Act setback
And yet BTC is still around $80K.
So naturally:
“Bull market is back.”
Maybe.
But we heard the same argument last year.
Resilience became the bullish thesis.
Then came the dump.
Now BTC is approaching major resistance around $85K–$90K while USDT.D approaches major support.
At the same time, BTC is showing increasing buying effort with less proportional upside progress.
That’s effort vs result.
If USDT.D completes Wave A into support and begins a Wave B expansion while BTC fails to accept above resistance, the setup becomes very different:
BTC → rejection
USDT.D → expansion
Redistribution → markdown
The macro backdrop only adds weight.
None of this guarantees BTC falls.
But resilience ≠ confirmation.
I still believe Bitcoin has one major leg lower left.
And if we get one final push higher first?
I’ll be watching whether it’s genuine demand…
or the demand needed for supply to distribute into.
#crypto#bitcoin
A winner still needs an exit.
One position closed.
That account showed +$135.96.
Other accounts were still open or recovering.
Watch the stop management before the fill.
One green row isn't the whole book.
What makes you tighten a stop?
🚨 NEXT WEEK COULD GET VIOLENT.
The market just came through the FOMC.
Now another wave of catalysts is lining up.
🇺🇸 TUESDAY → Fed Vice Chair Bowman speaks
🇺🇸 WEDNESDAY → Barr + Jefferson speak
🇺🇸🇨🇳 THURSDAY → Trump–Xi meeting in Washington
🏠 THURSDAY → U.S. New Home Sales
📊 FRIDAY → U.S. Durable Goods
And $BTC is already sitting at a point where liquidity is stacked on both sides.
Everyone will be watching the headlines.
I’ll be watching how price reacts to the liquidity.
Because the catalyst starts the move.
The reaction tells you where the money is going.
BTC IS SITTING BETWEEN TWO MASSIVE LIQUIDITY MAGNETS.
📈 $83K — enormous liquidation cluster above.
📉 $72K — enormous liquidation cluster below.
Both levels are already mapped.
That’s why I’m not interested in guessing direction while price sits in the middle.
Watch which side gets raided first.
$83K or $72K? 👀
Markets don’t care how iconic your logo is.
Nike is about to be removed from the S&P 100 after 18 years.
Its shares are down roughly 78% from their 2021 peak.
More than $220 BILLION in market value has been wiped out.
The stock recently traded around levels not seen in 12 years.
But here’s the part traders should actually pay attention to…
The S&P 100 removal isn’t the signal.
It’s the confirmation.
The market had been repricing Nike for years as growth slowed, competition intensified and the company struggled with its product and distribution strategy.
Now everyone sees the headline.
The chart saw the deterioration long before the headline existed.
Nike still remains in the S&P 500. This isn’t a delisting, but after nearly two decades in the S&P 100, the shift is significant.
The news usually tells you what already happened.
The market tells you while it’s happening.
#nike#stockmarket#trader#viral
Price doesn't owe you the exact level.
I place the target just before support or resistance.
This clip shows why.
Wait for the perfect touch and the trade can turn.
Plan the exit, not the victory lap.
Save this for your next trade plan.
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The bounce paid.
The exit made it real.
Entry to close: +$446.46.
The trade plays out on screen.
Open profit can disappear.
Closed profit is the receipt.
Follow for live trade decisions.
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A range is not proof of accumulation.
I check volume before, during and after the move.
The shape can fit the schematic.
The evidence still has to fit the thesis.
Save this for your next range review.
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One mini. One stop-out.
YM short: entry, plan and loss on video.
The waiting is sped up.
The stop-out stays in.
A plan is not a promise of a win.
Follow for both sides of trading.
I wonder if like someone if uses VPN to watch adult content and forgets to turn it off and logs into their Topstep X to take profit screenshots before going back to watching the said adult content, will it trigger an IP issue?
Asking for a friend.
@Topstep@MichaelPatak
The setup was there.
The risk was wrong.
Roughly $1,000 at risk.
Stop too wide. No micros available here.
I passed before entering.
A setup can qualify.
The risk can still disqualify it.
What makes you pass?
🚨 BREAKING: The CLARITY Act has failed to clear its Senate procedural vote, falling short of the 60 votes required to advance.
The result delays progress on the crypto market structure bill, though another vote remains possible.
NQ take profit hit. Mid-pizza.
Short: 29,170.75.
Exit: 29,129.25.
Entry, stop placement and fill on video.
Waiting sped up.
I was eating. The order was working.
Live trading: link in bio.
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I’m dropping 10 free LucidFlex 25K eval codes directly on X.
But there’s a catch.
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Once I Hit both.
I’ll drop all 10 codes right here.
No draw.
No entry form.
No bullshit.
10 accounts. First come, first served.
10 FREE LUCID ACCOUNTS.
I’m dropping 10 free LucidFlex 25K eval codes directly on X.
But there’s a catch.
100 likes + 1,000 followers.
Once I Hit both.
I’ll drop all 10 codes right here.
No draw.
No entry form.
No bullshit.
10 accounts. First come, first served.