The Strangest Trading Day I’ve Ever Had: +$7,500, Then -$6,000 🤯
What a strange day… 😂
Initially, I closed my account on mobile and went out for a walk. And honestly, I had absolutely no idea about the massive rally in Gold.
Came back to my desk to do some journaling, checked the account… and somehow I was +$4,500. 😳
Closed that position and then started reading about the consistency rule. That’s when I realized I needed to bring my consistency under 50%, so I figured I had to take some losses to balance things out.
Took a short position…
+ another $3,000. 🤦♂️
So now I’m sitting at around +$7,500 for the day.
At that point, I literally had to stop, hold my thoughts, and start again mentally. 😂
I eventually did some scalps with 2 lots and managed to give back around $6,000, which finally brought me back within the required consistency levels.
So, in the end:
+$7,500 profit → -$6,000 given back → consistency back under control.
I know this probably sounds completely backwards, but today was honestly one of the strangest trading days I've had.
The crazy part is that I wasn't even sitting at the charts when the big Gold move happened. I came back later and found myself up thousands.
Definitely a day that taught me something about both the market AND the psychology of trading under prop firm rules.
I've attached both screenshots for context.
Has anyone else ever had a day where everything went completely opposite to what you expected? Would love to hear your stories. 😅
