RTH session · Monday, September 8, 2026
Net +$603.40 on 13 trades, 10 wins and 3 losses. A green day that was almost a very good one: without the opening trade it’s +$2,229.60.
+$603.40
Net, after $111.60 in commissions
10–3
13 trades, 76.9% winners
1.25
Profit factor
63 min
In the market; average hold 4 min 50 s
The numbers
| Net / gross P&L | +$603.40 / +$715.00 (commissions −$111.60) |
| Trades / contracts | 13 / 32 |
| Win rate | 76.9% (10W – 3L) |
| Avg win / avg loss | +$301.82 / −$804.93 (0.37 : 1) |
| Profit factor | 1.25 |
| Largest win / loss | +$923.80 (#3) / −$1,626.20 (#1) |
| Time in market | 63 min; avg hold 4 min 50 s |
Two Apex accounts, copied, on every trade. All 13 trades were in the RTH session, 10:22 AM to 2:52 PM Eastern.
Where it came from
| Split | Trades | Record | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longs | 7 | 7W – 0L | +$1,923.00 |
| Shorts | 6 | 3W – 3L | −$1,319.60 |
| ES | 5 | 5W – 0L | +$931.60 |
| NQ | 8 | 5W – 3L | −$328.20 |
| Hour (ET) | Trades | Record | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 AM | 1 | 0W – 1L | −$1,626.20 |
| 11 AM | 2 | 2W – 0L | +$1,387.60 |
| 12 PM | 4 | 3W – 1L | −$261.00 |
| 1 PM | 2 | 2W – 0L | +$725.20 |
| 2 PM | 4 | 3W – 1L | +$377.80 |
What the execution data shows
- Trade #1 was the day’s whole problem. A 2-lot NQ short from 29,505.75 at 10:22 AM, held 29 minutes, six times my average hold. It was 21.75 points green at its best and I never took it. It then ran 44.5 points against me before I covered at −40.5. That single trade cost more than half of what all ten winners made.
- The next two trades were the best of the day. #2 short (+11.75 points, 92% capture) and #3 long (+23.25 points) at 11:20 and 11:23 AM banked +$1,387.60 in under five minutes of market time. #3 kept running to +46.75 points; I took half. That’s fine. The point is that my best entries came right after the big loss, not before it.
- Longs were perfect, shorts were the leak. Seven for seven on the long side. The three losers were all NQ shorts, and two of them (#1 and #6) took 44.5 and 17.5 points of heat and were never meaningfully green. #11 was the one that got away: up roughly 9 points before closing at −1.88.
- ES was a clean five for five. Small size, small heat (nothing over 3.25 points), 42 to 83% capture. Nothing dramatic, all positive.
- Heat on winners was well controlled outside of #8 (17.6 points of heat on a 4-lot for a +5.6 win) and #5 (9.75 points of heat for +1.00). Those two were right on direction but early on timing.
Takeaway
Ten of thirteen right, every long a winner, and ES flawless. The only thing standing between +$600 and +$2,200 was one short in the first hour that was allowed to run 44 points against a 2-lot. Same story as September 2: the losses aren’t coming from bad reads, they’re coming from the one trade per day that doesn’t get a stop.
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