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Real trades, prop firm challenges, wins and losses — and how economic news shape every decision.
How to Trade News: What Moved Gold on Sept. 29 (Ep. 5)
How to trade news, from a real prop firm day: the RBA hike faded, while a weak JOLTS report and US confidence lifted gold $12.90 in an hour. My account: −$364.
Revenge Trading Saved My Day, and That Is the Problem (Ep. 4)
Revenge trading on my prop firm account: +$838 on September 28, but only 2 of my 5 rules held and the winning trade risked 73% of all my remaining room.
LLM Trading on Gold: Jev vs Claude vs Plain Python in MT5
LLM trading test on gold: I plugged Jev, Claude and a plain Python script into my MT5 indicator. Same data, same scoring rules, and the first zones compared.
Claude Trading: An MT5 Indicator to Save My Account (Ep. 3)
Claude trading on gold: $1,831 away from losing my prop firm account, I built an MT5 indicator where Claude draws zones, stop loss, targets and lot size.
Prop Firm Max Drawdown: 7 Rules on My $300K Account (Ep. 2)
The static max drawdown on my $300,000 XFunded challenge sits at $282,000. I was $1,831 away from it. The 7 prop firm rules and the risk math behind them.
Prop Firm Challenge Journal: Saving My $300K XFunded Account
Real numbers from a $300,000 XFunded prop firm challenge: −$14,834 in 13 trading days, the account rules, my mistakes and the plan to save it. Episode 1.