Journal

Took the momentum zscore signal at open. Conviction 82 felt right — broad market in trend regime, low vol. Stop respected ATR.

Sized down vs NDX given 0.92 correlation — half position. Same trigger family, want diversified exposure.

Hit T1 cleanly. Trailed the rest with 20D Donchian — got stopped flat. Could've held.

Donchian 20 breakout. Held to T1. Best trade of the week.

Stopped. Mean-revert in a quiet range — should've waited for VIX spike trigger. Lesson: don't fade in compression.

Vol breakout signal. Gold catching bid on risk-off flows. Clean execution.

EUR weakness on ECB dovish surprise. Momentum z confirmed direction. Exited before NFP.

Exhaustion signal — faded the rally. Stopped almost flat. Market too strong, regime shifted to trend.

Donchian 55 breakout — highest conviction signal of the month. Held through pullback. Patience rewarded.

Full stop hit. USD ripped on unexpected CPI. No fault in the setup — macro override.

Mean-revert at support. RSI 14d at 28 — textbook oversold bounce. Exited at T1.