RTH session · Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Net −$810.30 on 10 trades, 7 wins and 3 losses (70%), profit factor 0.56. The first 90 minutes were excellent. One ES long held for an hour gave all of it back and more. Without #8 the day is +$658.40.
−$810.30
Net, after $40.30 in commissions
7–3
10 trades, 13 contracts, profit factor 0.56
0.24 : 1
Avg win +$149.59 against avg loss −$619.13
60 min
Of 112 in the market, spent on #8
The numbers
| Net / gross P&L | −$810.30 / −$770.00 (commissions −$40.30) |
| Trades / contracts | 10 / 13, across ES and NQ, 9 longs and 1 short |
| Win rate | 70% (7W – 3L), profit factor 0.56 |
| Avg win / avg loss | +$149.59 / −$619.13 (0.24 : 1) |
| Largest win / largest loss | +$334.40 (#1 ES) / −$1,468.70 (#8 ES) |
| Time in market | 112 min, 60 of it on #8 |
Three Apex accounts, one after the other through the morning. Cash session; times are Eastern.
Where it came from
| Block | Trades | Net |
|---|---|---|
| 9:37–11:05 AM, Apex account 1 | 5 ES (4W–1L) | +$765.80 |
| 11:35–11:55 AM, Apex account 2 | 2 NQ (1W–1L) | −$186.20 |
| 12:02–1:02 PM, Apex account 3 | 3 (2W–1L) | −$1,389.90 |
| ES | 6 | −$702.90 |
| NQ | 4 | −$107.40 |
What the execution data shows
- The open was sharp. #1 ES took 6.75 of 7.25 points (93%) on 1 point of heat. #2 ES took 5.75 points in 86 seconds with zero heat, a 100% capture.
- After #2, ES kept running to 7,897.5, another 19.5 points. I was right on that move but out of it.
- #8 ES went long at 7,893.25, about 4 points under the day’s high. A second contract was added 1.75 points lower, and the trade was never more than about 1 point green. It closed after exactly one hour at 7,877.75, for −14.6 points on 2 lots. That one trade cost 1.4 times all seven winners combined.
- #7 NQ took 21 points of heat for a −16 point loss and was never meaningfully green.
- #3 ES on 3 lots sat through 7.8 points of heat for a 1.2-point win.
Takeaway
The edge was in the first hour: small size, quick exits, clean entries off the lows. After 11:30 the entries moved up near the highs, and #8 added to a loser instead of cutting it. A hard 5-point stop on #8 would have made this roughly a +$270 day. Stopping after the first account’s run would have made it +$765.
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