Welcome to The Laundry Room — the only spot where traders rinse off their idiocy, reload their sanity, and try again without the shame hangover. This is where blown accounts, rogue entries, caffeine-fueled tilt sessions, and “why did I do that?” orders get tossed straight into the spin cycle.

Because let’s be honest,

In here, we don’t judge — we clean off the markets spaghetti, wash bad habits and reset your inner spin cycle.

So pull up a seat. Air out the damage. The machines are on cycle, the therapy is free, and your delusion… well, that’s on you.

Every chart you’ll ever trade boils down to these three states: trending (clean directional intent), ranging (the market storing energy between liquidity pools), and expansion (that stored energy exploding into a new move). Once a trader can correctly identify these conditions, they immediately stop forcing the wrong setups in the wrong environment — a shift that puts them ahead of most retail and becomes one of the fastest gateways to becoming consistently profitable.

When institutions push directional flow, the tape changes: clean moves, real displacement, and shallow pullbacks. This is when the market is being driven, not drifting.

HOW TO SPOT A TRENDING DAY (20 seconds max)

WHAT TO TRADE (THE REAL PLAYBOOK)

WHERE RETAIL BLOWS UP

EXECUTION CHECKLIST

When institutions step back and let passive liquidity take over, the tape goes choppy: long wicks, shallow bodies, failed breakouts, and price ping-ponging between liquidity pools. This is where the market isn’t moving — it’s accumulating fuel and setting traps.

Ranging Market

Your quick scan:

1️⃣ Fade the Extremes

Hit the edges of the range only after a liquidity sweep.

Don’t fade the middle — that’s where accounts leak slowly.

2️⃣ Target the Midline First

Not the opposite band.

Stay conservative until imbalance reappears.

3️⃣ Breakout Criteria (Non-Negotiable)

Only trade a breakout if you get:

Sweep → Displacement → Retest → Continuation.

Anything less is bait.

✅ Execution Checklist

Run this before pulling the trigger:

⚠️ High-impact news doesn’t just move markets, it freezes prop firms. Most firms enforce strict no-trade windows during major releases. Lock in the dates and double-check your firm’s rules before you click anything. ⛔

A short recap on the week that was along with insights into the week ahead.

U.S. stocks pushed higher again, with the S&P and Nasdaq logging solid weekly gains as markets priced a higher chance of Fed cuts. Volatility eased and the VIX drifted lower.

📉 Shift toward dovish Fed expectations → risk-on mood.

🔧 Rotation into cyclicals + metals as global PMIs stabilize and supply tightens.

💻 Tech lagged under valuation pressure despite strong index performance.

Precious and base metals caught a bid on supply tightness, inflation hedging, and continued AI-related infrastructure demand.

ES swept the 6,850–6,900 liquidity zone, printed a higher high, and immediately rejected. The drop is now heading straight into the .382 fib / 6,780–6,800 mid-range support. Until that band breaks, the trend is bullish pullback, not reversal.

Sharp liquidity grab above November highs → HH + rejection wick.

Supply hit at 6,850–6,900 = confirmed seller zone.

Price now unwinding into mid-range demand, which held several times last week.

Bigger demand sits lower at 6,630–6,660 but only comes into play if 6,700 fails.

🟩 Long 6,780–6,800 If mid-range holds → target 6,830–6,850.

🟥 If 6,780 breaks Shift to short-the-rips → 6,700 → 6,650

A raccoon in Virginia fell through a liquor-store ceiling, raided the whiskey, wrecked half the shop before passing out in the bathroom. Police described him as “unconscious and uncooperative.” before placing him in cuffs.

🔗 Link: https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/raccoon-mayhem-liquor-store-p8nj23bd7

“I thought I was unstoppable. SMCI printed for me every day for two straight weeks. When my account hit $50k, I legit felt like I cracked the code. So I ‘graduated’ myself to SPY options — zero experience, maximum confidence.The market moved once… and that was all it took. By the close, 95% of my account was gone. I went from champion to spectator in six hours.”

Lesson: The market caters to egos… and then repossesses whatever confidence you thought you owned.

Tip: Let Size Follow Consistency, Not Confidence. Five wins in a row means nothing. Fifty trades of disciplined execution means everything.

“The NQ slapped me for −$30k. It hurt, but instead of stopping, I did the classic idiot move — I tried to get it back immediately. I dumped another $30k into it after the crash because ‘it’s already down, how much lower can it go? Turns out plenty. I ended the week −$60k, mentally fried, and realizing revenge trading is just gambling in a suit.”

Lesson: Even pro traders go on tilt — they just don’t do it with their life savings.

Tip: Use a platform that locks you out after a big win or loss 🔒 — that forced timeout gives your emotions a chance to cool before they wreck the account.

“In 2020 everything I touched went green. I flipped $1,500 to $41,000 in months and thought I had the Midas touch, the night I hit $40k I popped champagne with my mates. I must have cut my finger on the bottle because since then i’ve bled it all away. The market changed yet I kept trading like the bull run was still alive: big size, big swings, no adaptation. Slow bleed. Month after month. Two years later, the account was zero, and I couldn’t even look at a chart without feeling sick.”

Lesson: Bull-market gains feel like an edge… right up until the market stops forgiving your mistakes.

Tip: Journaling sharpens awareness of your real trading form — and can stop you from handing back everything you worked for. 🧭