February Daytrading Monthly Review

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February Daytrading Monthly ReviewE-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index FuturesCBOT_MINI:YM1!Dow_Jones_MaestroI took 10 trades throughout February with 6 winners and 4 losers. I ended up with a 60%-win rate and I achieved an 11R gain. It was a good month, but I made some mistakes and will improve going into next month. I used 150 tick stop loss on every trade I took and a 375 tick target on every trade for a fixed 2.5 risk to reward. If my target wasn't hit, I held overnight until stopped out or target hit. I will be going over my ten trades. Maybe this might help someone to see how my strategy plays out. FEBRUARY WEEK ONE: WEEK TWO: WEEK THREE: WEEK FOUR: Overall, I took some excellent trades, some good trades and some dumb trades. I was completely wrong on all 4 with the direction and these were the ones where I got stopped out. My goal going into March is twofold. One, to continue to use 2.5 fixed risk reward and hold all profitable trades overnight if needed. And Two, to slow down a little bit more, to step back and see how the weekly templates are unfolding and how the month is unfolding. If I can continue to take 10-14 trades and get at least a 40-50% win rate, then I will be happy. I am going into March with a 3-trade losing streak and so will continue to protect my account and cut these losers when needed. My max consecutive losing trades I have ever experienced in my career has been a whopping 16 in a row. This was back in July-August of 2025. In December, I have had 11 winning trades in a row with 2.5R for a total of 27.5R, completely decimating that losing streak. I know that it is all reversion to the mean with my average 40%-win rate. I will keep plugging along taking the good with the bad.