FVG formed on the VAL at 10:05. Dropped to 1m, waited for the candle that tagged the FVG+VAL and closed bullish — got it at 10:22. Entered next candle, took the full 40t, out at 10:45. Above the gamma flip, positive-gamma regime — fades live. 1 contract, 20/40 plan. The edge repeats: FVG sitting on a value-area boundary, wait for the tag, don't chase. — Tony #trading $ES $500 $goals #meanreversion #gamma

Locked out. Walked away. One trade today. Waited for my level — the FVG fill at 7,595.25, below the GEX flip. Bought the dip. Price reclaimed 7,600, trade went on-plan. +40 ticks. goal. #trading $ES $goals #meanreversion #gamma

Beer is all bottled. It smelled and tasted wonderful. Now turning left over honey and grape/cherry juice into wine. Using yeast i washed from the beer in this.

**Trade Journal — Mon Jul 13 (Paper)** **Bias:** Straddling VAL (7596) at 9:30 open. Default lean = long near VAL, short near VAH/POC. **T1 — Long (FVG+VAL confluence), LOSS −$250** - 9:42: price tags VAL, fills the FVG, closes the gap → long, 20t stop / 40t target. - Stopped before target. Clean rule exit, no cap breach. **T2 — Long (reclaim VAL), WIN +$500** - Re-close above VAL → long again, 40t target hit → +$250 net for day. Would lock out live. **Hindsight — the A+ setup I missed (10:16)** - 10:16 bearish FVG formed; its high acted as a ceiling all session (rejected twice), 50% retrace lined up with VAL. - A 3-bar reversal at either rejection = clean 40/20 entry, both sides. - I was too anchored long at VAL and missed the sell-side narrative the market was showing. **Lesson:** Adapt to location. Near VAL → watch for longs, but if a bear FVG holds as resistance, the sell side is the trade. FVG + 3BR confluence = my highest-quality trigger (backtest agrees: 79% win). **Note:** Econ event (PPI/CPI) — may sit out next session.

I think we got it working? I'll update as we build.

easing back into the game. paper trading first. going to back test a bit as well.

followed this video as best I could, and now I am streaming building my Echoplex nostr client possible or not possible

wait wait wait. you mean to tell me people lost money while the rich people made more money? that's crazy. anyway did you see the game last night?

just give it to me, ill take it and put it to good use. I got nothing but time.

note to self, starting second fermentation on ACV

"How do I know when I should buy Bitcoin?" People ask me this but they are not asking the right person. They want to know how to make a profit off BTC and I get that. They are not in it for the sovereignty part. And If I had the smarts I'd be a billionaire today. But I'm not so I always say, "If the week ends red, think about buying. Next week if it's red again and you have some extra money, think about buying some more. And hold on to it and don't think about it." And then they'll buy some and stare at it everyday and then sell it because they are in a negative and dont want lose any more money. You're not loosing money, its still there! BTC is money. All I'm saying is I wish a had a brain and held on to my BTC when I was younger. But I was emotional. Emotions prevented me from becoming a millionaire peeps. Think about that, point and laugh too while you're at it. Now working on trying to visit my younger self to tell him to STFU and HODL.

Been out of the loop for a bit. How's the NOSTR fam?

Four kittens have landed. Momma cat is exhusted.

Some one save me "Carry On My Wayward Son" has been in my head for weeks now. I'm losing my damn mind.

Posting so I remember when I this brew. Its 'October Fest' recipe.

Gm.Sad to say my old server is dying on me. The drives are failing and I've lost my money stack. Was cool having my own nodes and all that. Even had orchard running on top of everything. Restarting some of my projects from scratch on some old hdds. Its a good refresh with things I've learned. I might even upload to github. Who knows. Anyway time to get the day rollling

7 days of fasting done.

oh I forgot, we are actually trying Hades today.

feeling terrible this morning. Downing coffee to get my head in the game so I can build shtuff and play some games. Will be streaming Dark and Darker until the boss comes home.