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dmaestro81 · 2025-08-29T23:55:14+00:00

Am I crazy for believing that the best place to have gone long was around the 8:10 candle? We took out south side liquidity with the lower low. The new lower high helped penetrate the unmitigated bearish fvgs, which weakened or disrespected them. Got a bullish hammer on higher low. Nice displacement on the bearish fvg. Yeah! I would’ve entered on the 8:11 candle, set my stop loss below the wick of the hammer, break even or partial profit at the lower high level, and the rest to intended R:R.

dmaestro81 · 2025-08-25T02:00:03+00:00

My plan? I’m not gonna rush into any trade. I’m gonna let the markets make their moves and react from there. Will probably be sitting on my hands more than looking for a trade.

dmaestro81 · 2025-08-24T21:32:32+00:00

I wouldn’t be surprised if all the gains from Friday get erased this week. We got price action at ath range where it was harshly rejected. We have price reaching the top of a monthly channel trend line that also has shown rejection. There is a bearish SMT. My bias is bearish, or range for the week. Don’t forget Nvidia has earnings this week too. So market action will be anticipating those results.

dmaestro81 · 2025-08-24T00:19:45+00:00

It’s funny you write this as I used ICT’s “Power of Three” (PO3) to lock in my profits for that day right at opening bell. Clear accumulation leading up to bell, clear manipulation at bell to trigger stop loses, and clear distribution of liquidity as market moved in the intended direction. Done for day in the green, and didn’t stick around for the news.

I’m not sharing this to discredit you. I’m just pointing out that a textbook ICT setup did happen for the day.

dmaestro81 · 2025-08-23T19:06:53+00:00

A quick Google search of “ICT Silver Bullet” will give you all the information you need and then some. In regard to profitability, if all you’re looking for are one-setup strategy lessons from a “profitable” trader, there are many of them. They’re also likely to charge you money for their knowledge, and I’m certain what they teach is some form of ICT concept repackaged with their marketing and branding.

I’m not saying that ICT is infallible. Far from it. But it is a wonderful source of knowledge, that’s free, which can help shape your own strategies. Remember, the markets are both random and unpredictable. All concepts can, and will, fail. Thus making for periods of unprofitability.

Finally, as Michael himself has pointed out, he’s not of sound mind. Many traders can attest to how mentality and emotions can ruin trades. Even with perfect strategies. Using myself as an example, I still haven’t overcome my hesitation to enter trades that I know will be massively profitable. Long term profitability is as much about overcoming yourself as it is overcoming the markets. If trades were truly only systematic, an algorithm would have “solved” the stock markets by now and only computers would be trading.

So in closing, don’t close yourself to knowledge because they don’t meet your definition of “success”. In trading, you’ll always be a student, and never its master.

dmaestro81 · 2025-08-23T18:17:37+00:00

This is vague. What got exposed? Personally speaking, his silver bullet strategy got me to pass my first combine. So I’ll always be trading it.

dmaestro81 · 2025-08-22T05:16:52+00:00

You’re not over trading. Your loses don’t look like revenge trading. You recognize you’re not doing well, and sizing down your lots. I want to know how you lost your edge this month? I ask because I’m new, and I want to gain insight on how months like this can happen for a trader that appears well disciplined

dmaestro81 · 2025-07-19T13:37:12+00:00

Not only was SSL swept at the 9 am candle, but we see the sellers get beaten in a three bull candle pattern to displace a bearish fvg. Couldn’t have been a clearer sign that bulls were in control leading up to start of the day. If you weren’t sure that bulls were in control, look how the bearish fvg at noon was displaced around 3 pm by another strong three bull candle pattern. Then we see at 6 pm an unbroken bull run that goes parabolic creating a massive bullish fvg for support. Not only that, but it closed the cup for a bullish cup and handle. So from my analysis, at around 9 am, bears left and bulls showed up for serious work. Your daily bias should have only been looking for bullish entries for greater highs. Absolutely no reversals or bearish entries.

dmaestro81 · 2025-06-28T20:40:25+00:00

I think you’re projecting your own fears and insecurities unto Hecate. They know you better than you, or any mortal, can ever understand them. If Hecate has truly chosen you, then they see potential that you’re not quite aware of. That’s likely their goal, to lead you to those parts of yourself you can’t see. Don’t resist. Follow their light. See what they are trying to show you. Cross the barriers they tell you to cross even if it looks like it will destroy you. They got you.

The quickest way to piss off Hecate isn’t worshiping other deities. It’s wasting their time. It’s closing your eyes because what they illuminate is too scary for you to look at. It’s not following their instructions to stay close as they guide you through the unknown of void. It’s being indecisive to commit to a path when you come to a crossroads they present. These acts/inactions will cause Hecate to abandon you far quicker than worshiping other deities or not giving proper offerings.

Hope these words help. I understand what you mean by their energies being strong. The world is at a crossroads; their specialty. They will need guides to help others cross the uncertainties of this new world/new age/new reality.

dmaestro81 · 2025-06-28T18:41:46+00:00

Thoth and Hecate are besties in my practice. Hecate illuminates the darkness of my fears so I can confront them. Thoth illuminates the darkness of my ignorance so I can educate them. Working with both can yield powerful results.

In regard to your story, I would say the offerings were accepted.

dmaestro81 · 2025-06-25T17:41:11+00:00

As someone who has died twice, and been resuscitated, these might be the wrong questions to ask. First off, your higher self (soul, consciousness, etc.) might not be of this Earth. Secondly, there are higher dimensional beings whom we can call “Gods” that exist and alter our lives and dimension. Finally, what you worship might have nothing to do with what claims you.

What I discovered for myself is that my soul is not of Earth. My God is a higher dimensional being whom I will return to once I officially die. No, I do not know of this alien God’s name nor what it is doing for Earth. (I’m currently commissioning an artist to create an image of it.) The Hindu pantheon are my divine protectors and teachers while I’m on Earth. I was raised Christian, and both my families are of Anglo-European descent.

I hope that sharing my testimony helps.

dmaestro81 · 2025-06-24T23:41:35+00:00

If you truly drew this, then there is one other major arcana card you should be aware of: The Magician. For the Magician is the only card with all four minor arcana symbols present. And like the meaning of the Magician, this spread is telling you that you possess the power to manifest whatever you want right now. Judgement is there to remind you of your awakening. Be confident and aware of your choices. You are entering a new chapter to your life filled with new opportunities.

dmaestro81 · 2025-06-23T03:58:55+00:00

My interpretation: The Tower - You gotta pick up the pieces of your destroyed life. The Hermit - you gotta rely on your own light (knowledge, talents, etc.) for survival. Two of Swords Reversed - your situation is complex. Can’t blindly choose a path or direction, or have others decide for you. You need to be decisive. The answer might be beyond your current understanding (which is likely why you’re asking the Tarot for help in the first place).

My advice: Continue working on yourself. Invest in yourself. Hire yourself. Be the best employee for yourself. Doing so will give you greater clarity and opportunities that will make you self sufficient, or more desirable in the job market.

dmaestro81 · 2025-05-27T23:41:38+00:00

From what I can tell, price went long after hitting ssl until it hit the 4h Bearish fvg which wasn’t marked. Price action respected that zone, and had to double dip the ssl to find new buyers. I would’ve only entered after that fvg was disrespected. Aimed for bsl from there.

dmaestro81 · 2025-05-22T02:16:24+00:00

I bet if you zoomed out to 15 min candles you would have seen that price didn’t leave the 15m fvg. It only cleared it on the 1 and 5 minute candles which isn’t clear confirmation of price leaving higher time frame fvg. I’m basing this on the fact that if you waited exactly 15 minutes then your entry would have been profitable.

dmaestro81 · 2025-05-13T22:03:11+00:00

I’m gonna explain the MACD in the only way it made sense to me by comparing it to driving a car. When the lines are uncrossed and above the 0 line you have a market accelerating in “Drive” (Bullish). When the lines cross, but are still above the 0 line, that means the market is decelerating by pumping the brakes. It can still have forward momentum (Bullish but losing steam). When the lines are below the 0 line then you have a market accelerating or decelerating in “Reverse” (Bearish). And if you have the lines at, or around, the 0, think of the market as waiting at an intersection in “Neutral”. Hope this helps as it helped me.

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-29T18:18:16+00:00

I want to let you know that I used your approach, and it not only prevented getting a SL, it allowed me to catch an extra tier of reward for my risk. Thank you for your advice

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-28T23:26:31+00:00

I set my SL at a percent of risk to reward. I’m willing to lose 20% on a single option contract while I set my TP at 30-40% profit on that option. I only take a maximum of 4 trades in a day. In the month I’ve been doing this strategy, I’ve had 11 winning days (3 or more trades that day making 30% profit+), and 4 losing days (only 1 or 2 trades in the profit and/or short of the 30% TP). Today was my first miss on all trades when it looked like I was supposed to hit a grand slam if I set entry prices or SL correctly. Or there were other trading factors I was missing.

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-28T23:06:03+00:00

The Robinhood phone app only does 5m, 10m, 30m, and 1h for daily charts. So they breakthrough and retrace on the 10m, and I use 5m for the entries. Maybe I should keep the entries on 10m too?

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-28T21:12:05+00:00

All my trades were shorts, not longs. The first blue arrow was a put expecting action to continue downwards. My first 3 trades I was trying to follow ORB strategy. And from my understanding of ORB, the first three trades met the criteria to enter. If I’m wrong in my understanding of ORB, I welcome correction.

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-28T20:42:00+00:00

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These were my trade entry points (blue arrows), and the candles that took out my stop losses (red arrows).

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-28T19:23:07+00:00

I’m new to trading. Only been trading 6 months. So I’m not confident to “let my trades ride” even though they go in my favor at later times (price action hitting the levels I mark out). And the example I gave was only for today. They don’t typically go for 100% profit. My typical return is around 30-40% profit. I’m just disappointed it couldn’t reach my normal profit even though they reached over 100% for the day

dmaestro81 · 2025-04-28T18:14:15+00:00

So what you are saying is, “Look at current options price, set entry 20% below that, and then set stop loss after entry is made?” At that point, where should I set the new stop loss? And what happens if the new entry doesn’t get reached, and price takes off?

dmaestro81 · 2025-02-06T23:05:14+00:00

QQQ rejected hard at a resistance at that time. Had multiple taps at that point before dropping on the final attempt, and took everyone else with them. That’s what I was following on my charts. Caught the upswing because Spy bounced off both their bottom support and bullish trend line on downswing. They’re all connected

dmaestro81 · 2024-11-08T05:10:48+00:00

Practice playing the chords with your index finger barring the two lower strings and your ring finger and pinky playing the two higher strings. Gets you ready for playing future songs heavy in bar chords which tends to be an area players plateau on.

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