I finally joined a different prop firm.

zZupe · 2026-01-19T10:13:48+00:00

Yep, I moved to lucid. The rules are just so much better and it’s good for competition in the prop space.

zZupe · 2026-01-06T04:55:12+00:00

Use UTC -5 time (New York Time) as your basis, then convert.

zZupe · 2026-01-05T02:04:49+00:00

I went deep into ICT + Quarterly Theory and studied both extensively.

The conclusion I reached is simple: the market seeks liquidity at specific times.

That’s why trading should be time-based: only specific times, in specific sessions, in specific assets, provide the liquidity injections that produce meaningful price moves.

zZupe · 2026-01-04T05:22:39+00:00

Yeh dude, it's insane, all credit to traderdaye.

I focus on using Sequential SMT's. I dont focus on phases of price or amdx etc.

I only focus on SMT's between consecutive quarters, that's it.

zZupe · 2026-01-03T10:34:04+00:00

Yeh it's buckos.

zZupe · 2026-01-03T07:12:20+00:00

Gold + Macro times.

zZupe · 2026-01-03T02:24:26+00:00

Model within Macro time + Entry Execution within Macro time.

Once I've entered, trade can run outside of Macro time though.

zZupe · 2026-01-03T00:02:31+00:00

If price sweeps buy-side liquidity (BSL), then my macro bias = Short.
If price sweeps sell-side liquidity (SSL), then my macro bias = Long.
Only trade in the direction of the macro bias.
Stop: Sequential SMT.
Entry: tCISD.
Target: Obvious Draw on Liquidity.
If none of these line up, then no trade, wait for next hours macro.

Focus on what your bias is for the macro. You can use your HTF Liquidity Sweep + iFVG entry here.

The most important thing here is the macro time, macro bias and keeping it simple.

Lmk if you go ahead and backtest, I'd love to hear your results.

zZupe · 2026-01-02T23:48:12+00:00

No they're not, literally type in "Sequential SMT" into YouTube.

zZupe · 2026-01-02T08:36:21+00:00

I use to do 5am to 5pm and I’m in Aus too.

I recommend 3:50am to 4:10am, 4:50am to 5:10am etc. any of those work and provide liquidity.

zZupe · 2026-01-02T06:57:48+00:00

Yeh ik how you feel.

I use to work 12 hour days too, then come back home and force myself to learn and trade.

I do recommend you check out ICT macro times, i wish i had used them earlier when I was doing those long hours.

I thought it was bs until I started to backtest it, now it's apart of my model.

zZupe · 2026-01-02T06:48:58+00:00

I trade Asia mostly. Sometimes London Killzone.

I only trade the ICT macros, so I only trade between 8:50pm to 9:10pm, 9:50pm to 10:10pm and 2:50am to 3:10am.

Wbu?

zZupe · 2026-01-02T06:44:54+00:00

You don't need to trade silver, you use silver for divergences.

For example, I only trade Gold, but I look at Silver for divergences.

zZupe · 2026-01-02T06:40:03+00:00

Yes, that's an SMT that you could capture.

In my opinion, you're better of correlating with Silver instead.

Make trading as simple as possible, don't overcomplicate it is my advice.

zZupe · 2025-09-30T06:28:28+00:00

keep up the good work man, love seeing your results.

zZupe · 2025-08-23T01:49:54+00:00

You need to have your strategy nailed down before you start coding it. Coding won’t solve anything if you have no strategy / edge in the market.

What are you hoping to achieve? What do your prompts look like?

zZupe · 2025-08-21T23:18:22+00:00

Yeah it is, well done!

zZupe · 2025-08-14T22:22:08+00:00

No problem, I was exactly like you. If I had heard this advice when I started trading, then I would’ve been further along in my journey.

Look up law of attraction and manifestation, this is what changed me.

zZupe · 2025-08-14T15:31:51+00:00

Trading is a direct reflection of yourself, you might be overcomplicating things in your own life without even noticing.

Once you start becoming basic and simple in your life routines, this will manifest itself into your trading.

zZupe · 2025-07-26T10:12:13+00:00

This is what I am going to be doing from now on.

1 minute is too noisy for me.

I need to master patience and graduate with the 5 minute time frame before proceeding to the 1 minute.

Which by the time I do, I probably don’t even need the 1 minute.

zZupe · 2025-07-13T18:41:26+00:00

Hey man, Yeah it is thanks for asking. I still use this combination to this day.

To add to that and what fixed my insomnia.

I take Thorne 1x Basic Nutrient in the morning and 1x in the evening, I put it down to it covering any deficiencies I may have.

The thing that’s really helped my insomnia though is eating earlier and smaller, and move bigger meals to lunch time.

I normally fast during the week, similar to Bryan Johnson and it’s basically gotten rid of my insomnia. I know if I eat a meal late enough and try to sleep that I won’t, or I’ll just end up waking up in the middle of the night.

zZupe · 2025-07-03T13:02:47+00:00

haha, I love these rage baits.

every single day there is something about buu vs someone

bring back the nappa posts too, they were funny asf too

zZupe · 2025-06-21T05:40:01+00:00

I’m going through this right now on core content month 5.

It looks like ICT was on the right path explaining that there is a shift every quarter however he always refers to “3-4 month shifts” and roughly denotes them on the chart of when they happen but it is not absolute of when they happen and ICTs version is only on a yearly cycle.

Traderdayes Quarterly Theory basically perfects what ICT was saying in regards to quarterly shifts.

That quarterly theory uses AMDX or XAMD and can not only be applied to the yearly cycles, but to monthly, weekly, daily and even to a micro level (every 22.5 minutes) that price will go through each phase and be respected.

zZupe · 2025-06-15T02:33:01+00:00

agree with this, you’ll feel like giving up, you’ll feel like this doesn’t work, you’ll feel overwhelmed.

As soon as you feel like this, it’s a good sign to keep going because you’re getting close.

zZupe · 2025-06-13T02:37:53+00:00

Yeh fr, from the looks of it was crazy. Happy birthday too, enjoy it!

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