SIA's Trading Journal - 2025

Trade TP-ed. First successful 2x trade. More to come. Let's do this.

Trade TP-ed. 1:1 R:R due to trying out of retested zones. Let's keep going.

Trade SL-ed. Zone wasn't respected, straightforward conclusion: Don't trade in-betweens and go for solid pivots.

Trade SL-ed. Midday secondary zone marking not working as well as initial primary intraday zone marking. Will stick to morning zones moving forward.

Trade SL-ed. Once again, once zones are marked out in the morning, no more secondary interpretations till second zoning. Trade loss based on impatience.

Trade SL-ed. Trade didn't work out as according to zone, irregularity or limit orders exhausted? High chance due to orders exhaustion due to previous retracement on a second tier entry point.

Trade TP-ed. 1:2 R:R | Lesson: Don't let the 1st failed and 2nd failed trades get you down, follow the system, follow the plan, execute mechanically, 3rd trade TP and breakeven. Well done, let's do this.

Trade SLed. With this trade there is sufficient data to show that if price action goes near to my EP and has a significant retracement (more than 100 pips), that zone is considered exhausted and the previous trade order should be revised to the other extreme of the zone for secondary confirmation.

Trade TP-ed. This one is an interesting one, I initially placed it at 1:2 R:R, but noticed a strong layered resistance forming. after price retraced strongly towards my SL, I adjusted my TP to 1:1 instead of early exiting, price almost touched my SL before heading downwards my revised TP. Let’s do this.

Trade SLed. This was my mistake, I forgot to set an expiry timing for my limit order, got busy with life matters and it went past my trading hours boundaries. Lesson learnt: Always set expiry on limit orders.

Trade SL-ed. I entered a market execution order for the 1st time in weeks, and I regretted it. Setting up limit orders with expiry times and TradingView alerts does so much better for my mental state. Wanted to rush into another trade immediately, stopped, journaled down this thought, going to grab a drink and reset my mental state. No more market executions for this system.

Trade Partial TP-ed. After noticing a strong resistance and a significant downswing, I made the call to partial TP before price action goes toward my SL. This doesn’t happen all the time, but it happened, I’m glad to be watching the trade when it happens.

Trade SL-ed. Same reason as previous ones, when price action goes near to EP and reacted significantly, it’s time to move the limit order to another zone after that. Liquidity exhaustion is real and I must learn my lesson moving forward.

Trade SL-ed. Even though initial statistics in April 2025 showed that 1:2 R:R of my previous winning trades are almost close to 90%, actual trades in May 2025 shows otherwise, with definite TPs at 1:1 R:R. I will be switching back to 1:1 R:R model for the rest of this month.

Trade SL-ed. Straightforward reason, liquidity exhausted, price range longer considered fresh. No more retested prices unless it’s the other extreme of the zone.

Trade SL-ed. I noticed most trades do not work out nowadays due to prior liquidity exhaustion. I need to refine my zones, will review the trades this weekend to see how I can improve those zones.

Trade TP-ed. Setup zones, mark down possible retracement trades, trade entered, retraced, TPed, I’m out. Time to take a break before the next trade.

Trade SL-ed. Controlled the urge to early TP and partial SL. Is it truly a win for the trading system if an early TP was called? Or is it an erosion of the belief in my trading system with a partial monetary reward? But at the very least, I wouldn’t have placed a buy order at this price level anyway. I consider this a mental win.

Trade TP-ed. A bearish trend on both HTF and LTF confirmed. Entered trade, stuck to 1:1 R:R, got out, mental reset, move on to the next.