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Joined April 2022
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2022 Mentorship Model Flowcharts
Reposting my visualizations for all my new followers
I created these visualizations last year to help me identify ICTs 2022 Model in real-time
*these are ideal price action conditions. Technically the MSS can be before or after the lowest low / highest high
This may not look like much at first glance, but 2 NQ contracts at almost 50 points each adds up fast!
Mighty fine P&L 📈 and a great way to end the week before a mini vacation with the family 🏔️
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ES Longs After NY Open
After the NY Open, ES ran overnight sellside liquidity. That aligned with one of my models, so I took the long — 2 contracts.
My DOL was the new RTH highs.
Based on the overnight price action, I didn’t have a strong higher DOL mapped out above that level — and that played out. Price slowly pushed higher, but it was clearly waiting on NQ to run RTH buyside liquidity.
At 10:17am, NQ tagged its buyside. That was the signal.
All markets have been selling off since.
Closed out the 2 ES longs for a solid profit.
Done for the day. 🤑
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Codex/ChatGPT is better than Claude
👀🦾
SENIOR ENGINEERS ARE QUIETLY SWITCHING FROM CLAUDE CODE TO CODEX AND HERE'S THE BRUTAL BREAKDOWN
a 14-year principal engineer spent ~120 hours co-developing (not vibe coding) across both tools on an 80k LOC python/typescript project.
here's what he found:
Claude feels like an engineer on a time crunch:
> speeds toward getting things working
> ignores CLAUDE.md at least once per session
> leaves tasks half-done mid-migration
> changes tests to match what IT thinks the goal is
> almost never creates new files — just bloats existing ones
Codex feels like a 5-6 year senior:
> stops mid-task to rethink and refactor unprompted
> never once ignored AGENTS.md
> doesn't extend god classes — it factors them out
> does things you hadn't thought of that are actually additive
> you can fire it off and come back when it's done
the raw numbers:
> Claude: more done per session, more cleanup every few days
> Codex: 3-4x slower, but the work is just better
> Codex Pro x5 ≈ Claude Max x20 in usage caps
the real difference:
> Claude needs a skilled, focused driver or it goes off the rails
> Codex demonstrates competence and earns autonomy
his verdict:
> vibe coding a weekend project? Claude wins
> building enterprise software? Codex wins
"Claude requires a skilled, focused driver more than Codex does"
both give crap output if you don't know SWE. the tool isn't the skill.
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First Great Trade Opportunity (for me) in Weeks!
The best part of this horrible price action over the past couple of weeks is that it requires you to exercise more patience. Either you do and survive, or you blow account after account.
Today, after the NY Open, one of my models formed on ES. I Limit Ordered two contracts short. And then waited.
The BIGGEST part of me winning today was TAKING PROFIT AT the low-hanging fruit objective. I got 10 ES pts times 2 contracts and exited the trade. In this crazy price action right now, holding for big gains will get you wicked into losses.
Look at the chart. If I had not taken profit, I would have been stopped out for break-even. And then I would have watched price dump afterward. Then I would have revenge traded and maybe blown my account.
Base hits win!!
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Infinity Trading retweeted
The next 12 weeks will define the next 12 months of your trading.
Do this:
- Trade one session. NY AM (9:30 to 11:30 EST).
- Trade one model. Yours.
- Take 2 trades max per day.
- Journal every single one. Collect data.
- Trade with a DOL not patterns.
Discipline compounds. Just like losses do.
Through discipline comes freedom.
This is the way. Methodical approach to their trading. No staring at the screens being tempted to press a button. Emulate this
I traded for 3 years while working for Delta
Nobody at my job knew I was building my way out
Here's the exact system I used to trade without staring at charts all day
🧵
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I sized down to micros because I was concerned about the potential volatility after NY Open.
This trade was a good practice of trusting my models. I focused on keeping my Stop Loss in its original location and trusting my models. I was focused on holding my trade as long as possible.
The main takeaway for myself is that I secured 35 MES points and I could have held on much longer. If this had been minis, that would have been a very large amount of money. More things to add to my journal!
A good trade day to continue my momentum
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Longs After NY Open on NQ
I Longed NQ around 9:40 am EST when one of my models formed. I was targeting the previous days RTH high. But price retraced on me and I exited for a smallish loss.
But I stayed patient and then noticed candle bodies were respecting CE of the FVG highlighted below. This told me the Bullish move was still on, and I had needlessly exited my first trade (this lesson goes in my journal).
I entered Long again with multiple contracts and profited 4x my initial loss. Done for the day!
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Today's Price Action has been tough! (I called the wrong direction for YM on @TTrades_edu post. He educated me!) And honestly, the last couple weeks Price Action has been tough, too!
But I stayed patient, Tradovate fixed their issues and I was able to trade just in time! Praise the LORD!
On NQ, one of my models presented and I entered Long and got a quick 75 points!
The takeaway is to stay patient and not get frustrated by bad price action!
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Is Tradovate or Apex down?
When attempting to log in on Tradovate to my Apex account, I get the error:
Internal Server Error, server id: ....
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Looks like it's @Tradovate
I get the same error when trying to log into my personal account on Tradovate
😿
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This is WAY too complicated! Have fun trying to implement this ⚰️
I'm keeping it simple. I didn't trade today because none of my model setups occurred. On to the next day! ➡️
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Ended this tough price action week (for me) on a positive green trade!
After NY Open, ES and NQ were a mess. I always watch RTY and YM for this reason. If NQ & ES don't offer my trade setups, most of the time RTY or YM will.
I saw one of my models form on RTY and traded with multiple contracts. With it being Friday and break even for the week, I kept my Stop Loss very tight. I was not going to let a trade back to breakeven. Ending the week positive P&L was more important to me than trying to hold on to more money. Turned into a nice little Retracement trade
On to next week!
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Anyone else experiencing @Tradovate issues after NY Open?
Tradovate UI loads but the candles are not loading. I have logged in and out multiple times, to no avail. And I have confirmed that it is not my internet because TradingView is running with no issues
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The blue box is the 1/7/2025 Asia Session FVG that ICT called out as the NQ Sellside target (NQ perfectly taps the top of this 15 min FVG)
🤯🤯🤯
This is why I am sticking with easy-to-identify Liquidity! 😂
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Shorted YM, but only got small green
After I entered short YM oscillated sideways due to Time Distortion. I move my SL to profit (I was not going to take a loss on this trade). The interesting thing is that price eventually went to my target ... but not in a macro time ... 🤔
These observations go into my journal and I'll look for setups tomorrow! 🪽
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YM has been really good lately!
Longed YM just after NY Open and exited at the first low-hanging-fruit objective.
After the trade was over, I realized I could have held the trade longer until Asian Session Buyside was taken. But that's okay! That fact will go in my journal for next time
And my entry was a Limit Order by the way! 😉
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YM hit All Time Highs after 9:30 am EST!
I Shorted YM. I was aiming for Equilibrium of previous days RTH Dealing Range (because there was no Sellside Liquidity in sight). I got most of the way there
I exited after a big down-closed candle close to Equilibrium
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