Every post in this series so far has been about a specific trading decision — a revenge trade, an oversized position, a signal fought instead of adapted. This one is different. It’s about a mistake that happened after the trading was already over: two rule breaks from Day 9 of the $50K-to-$100K Challenge that never … Continue reading The Mistake of Not Logging the Mistake
$50K to $100K Challenge — Day 18: Blown by $1.92
Account 1 is dead. Five correlated index shorts, -$674.10, and a balance that closed $1.92 below the Maximum Loss Limit. What 24 days and $85 actually bought.
The Green Day That Hid a Leaking Process
Day 6 of the $50K-to-$100K Challenge closed at net +$1.11 official — essentially breakeven, and on the surface, a perfectly fine, unremarkable day. Look inside it and there were three separate problems: a logged rule break trading against the daily bias, an order-entry error, and an impulse add marked rule-not-followed on the trade log. Read … Continue reading The Green Day That Hid a Leaking Process
$50K to $100K Challenge — Day 17: A Green Day I Didn’t Earn
Day 17 finished +$288.10 with a 6/6 discipline score. One crude oil trade covered a 3.46R sizing error I never flagged — the same mistake that cost me Monday, hidden by a green result.
The Good Trade That Was Still a Mistake: Why Process Beats Outcome
Day 4 of the $50K-to-$100K Challenge closed net -$211.77 across eleven trades. Buried inside that losing day was one trade that made money: a frontrun M2K breakout entry ahead of the key level, +$98.58. It was also the day’s one logged rule break. Read the full Day 4 post for every trade; this one is … Continue reading The Good Trade That Was Still a Mistake: Why Process Beats Outcome
$50K to $100K Challenge — Day 16: Three Trades Gave Back the Best Day of the Month
Day 16: three trades, no revenge trading, calm the whole way — and -$379.66, giving back all of Friday's record day. The problem wasn't discipline, it was that 6C was never tradeable inside a $50 risk budget. Plus August's full close: 86% of the month's loss came from three incidents.
The Mistakes Files: Every Trading Error Is Data If You Actually Look At It
Every trader has a mistake they’d rather not think about. The revenge trade. The size that was too big. The setup they chased instead of the one they planned. Most traders do one of two things with that mistake: they bury it, or they beat themselves up over it. Neither one makes them better. There’s … Continue reading The Mistakes Files: Every Trading Error Is Data If You Actually Look At It
$50K to $100K Challenge — Day 15: Six for Six, Best Day of the Challenge
Part of the $50K to $100K Payout Challenge — a real, daily-tracked run at turning a Topstep 50K account into $100K of cumulative payouts. Yesterday: Day 14, Chopped Up Chasing a Trend That Wasn’t There. Today in one line Six trades, six winners, and the best single day of the challenge so far — net … Continue reading $50K to $100K Challenge — Day 15: Six for Six, Best Day of the Challenge
$50K to $100K Challenge — Day 14: Chopped Up Chasing a Trend That Wasn’t There
Part of the $50K to $100K Payout Challenge — a real, daily-tracked run at turning a Topstep 50K account into $100K of cumulative payouts. Yesterday: Day 13, The Day I Tried to Make the Market Pay Me Back. Today in one line An up-and-down day in a choppy tape, and I spent too much of … Continue reading $50K to $100K Challenge — Day 14: Chopped Up Chasing a Trend That Wasn’t There
$50K to $100K Challenge — Day 13: The Day I Tried to Make the Market Pay Me Back
Part of the $50K to $100K Payout Challenge — a real, daily-tracked run at turning a Topstep 50K account into $100K of cumulative payouts. Yesterday: Day 11 & 12, A Wedding Day Trade and a Choppy Time-Stop. Today in one line Nine trades, one setup, and a full session spent trying to will a losing … Continue reading $50K to $100K Challenge — Day 13: The Day I Tried to Make the Market Pay Me Back