SirPickle

Im leaving to Japan again next week for a month.
Something magical about that place, I needed to go back.
Trading at 11:30pm is also major vibes I loved it.
Enjoy the whole day, late night 7/11 run, retreat to room, hit a quick 2R, then off the bed and repeat.
Peak.

ICT once said he has over 80 PD arrays he uses
What I realized early on was that you only really need 3.
FVGs, Fair value areas, and swing points.
Everything else is overkill.

Best decision I made last year was leaving Forex for Futures

Reminder that even the:
most beautiful
most textbook
most A+
most no brainer
setup you take today can still fail and give you a loss.
Should this happen, consider it a job well done.
Outcome is irrelevant.
Only thing that matters is your consistent adherence to your system

I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’ll all work out.
It always does.
Believe me, you’ll be just fine.
Just keep at it.

Look back at all the progress you made in the last year alone.
Imagine where you will be a year from now.

Someone asked me yesterday,
"are IFVGs better than CISDs?"
The answer is no.
They are equal.
I see lots of people wasting time debating what entry model is best, when its legit the thing you least need to worry about.
You can enter off of anything,
it just comes down to personal preference.
The important thing is the ability to analyze a chart from the top down to determine a high probability area to get involved in.
You need to be able to identify the boundary in price where we wait for that entry function.
Thats the part you need to focus on.
Not what the best entry function is.

One of the refinements I’m adding to my trading going into 2026 is using more market orders.
See entry function printed? Market order
Less limit orders.
Less getting left behind.
We leaving NasBAG in 2025 🖕

What if in 2026 you only
took A+ setups (the super obvious ones)
stopped trading after 2 losses on the day
managed risk
journaled each trade
Reviewed journal every weekend
Identified flaws, then removed flaws
to become profitable.
What would happen?

Tradings like surfing.
The waves will do what the waves will do.
It’s all about how you control the board.

Instead of trying to have “no red days” with your PnL, do it with your trading rules.
Thats the real trick.

When traders say it took them 3-5 years to become profitable, they’re not talking about technical analysis.

You don’t have to always wait for a full candle closure outside a FVG to know a FVG has failed.
There is a way to spot it earlier.
Video on this soon?