What comes out of the hours on the charts — trade breakdowns, MotiveWave studies and findings, and the occasional prop-firm deep dive.
I backtested the IB breakout-retest scalp on ES and NQ against a 50K prop evaluation's real rules — on the data it passed 93% of the time. Why it fits, and every reason to stay careful.
Both flashed a LONG DAY verdict and both ran short — a side-by-side look at how the Initial Balance study flagged each one differently.
v2.2 of the session-levels study — IB levels now build in real time as the range forms, sweeps are caught all session long, and a new live Price vs pVA row.
How I let the Initial Balance study frame today's MES session — a small IB, a short verdict, and value migrating lower, with FOMC minutes on deck.
v1.1.2 of the session-levels study — the value-area verdict now knows when a balanced open has left value, and every derived level snaps to tick size.
My new free MotiveWave study — an MA/VWAP band with a live table that flags, at a glance, when price is stretched further from its averages than normal.
My new free MotiveWave study marks ICT Fair Value Gaps — but only the ones built on a real surge of volume. Here's how it works and how I use it.
A breakdown of my free MotiveWave study — every session level plus a live read-out — and how I use it to frame trade ideas. Free on Ko-Fi.
Position sizing, screen time, and keeping risk sane while building consistency.
// New posts land here as I document the journey.