📊 Professional Trading Plan

August 28, 2025

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Post-market, Nasdaq dumped on NVIDIA’s earnings - the the European session scooped the drawdown and New York flipped it green.

Nasdaq’s Reversal

That whipsaw is exactly why I don’t swing margin overnight: too much uncertainty while you’re asleep, zero control, and the narrative can invert before your alarm rings.

I keep my focus where my edge is clearest - the New York session, distraction-free.

  • Overnight = headline risk + thin liquidity. One surprise and your stop means less.

  • NY session = structure + participation. Cleaner reads, tighter execution, faster feedback.

Nvda CEO

Before we dive deeper, here were today’s key headlines:

  • NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang is discussing selling advanced Blackwell chips to China under a potential arrangement with the U.S. government, aiming for U.S. tech to be a global standard.

    • $2-5 billion of H20 could be shipped to China.

  • Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg reportedly met with President Trump at the White House last week and lobbied on digital taxes ahead of tariff headlines.

  • The EU floated tariff-reduction steps tied to an EU-U.S. deal.

Lessons From The Trenches: “The Uncertainty Filter”

A clean framework to rebuild discipline and skip the chop.

What Makes a Session “Uncertain”

  • Overlap > 60%: last 15–30 minutes trade inside the same value area (no range extension).

  • TR compression: 5-bar True Range < 50% of the session median + long wicks both sides.

  • Delta/price disagreement: price rises while cumulative delta is flat/down (or vice-versa).

  • Thin liquidity: spreads widen or book depth vanishes after a burst.

  • High Impact Calendar risk < 20 min away.

Safety Rules (Non-Negotiable)

  • No trades in Red unless your plan names the setup, trigger, and max risk for that event.

  • 1st loss locks you out in Yellow; 2 losses lock the day.

  • Daily drawdown guardrail (e.g., −1R or fixed $): hit it → platforms closed.

  • Max 2 attempts per idea. If Structure A fails twice, today’s not the day.

Pre-Commitment Script (paste into journal)

Ex:

I don’t trade 9:30–9:35, 11:30–13:30, or 14:00–14:30 ET on event days.
If two uncertainty signals print, I switch to observation.
Max 2 attempts per idea.
If I hit my daily guardrail, I stop.
Observation > impulse.

10 Minute Anti-FOMO Routine

  • 08:45 ET (06:45 MT): mark levels; note potential Red windows

  • 09:30–09:35: observe only

  • 09:35–10:15: hunt A-setups; no clean structure → stand down

  • 10:30: quick review - keep or close platform

  • Lunch: no trades; annotate the morning

  • Power Hour: only if morning was clean and you’re green; otherwise pass

Use this as a repeatable filter: skip time-risk first, then execute where structure is clean.

E8 Futures Update

E8 Funded Account

I’m beginning an E8 Funded consistency sprint focused on a 10-session streak of disciplined execution using strictly 1:1 risk-to-reward setups.

🗽 I won’t trade the first 30 minutes of the New York cash open; entries start only once post-open structure is clear, reducing whipsaw and headline noise.

🎯 The plan limits me to predefined A-setups with fixed risk, a maximum of two attempts per idea, and a hard daily drawdown.

🛑 I’ll remain alert for unexpected volatility from Fed speakers, geopolitics, or U.S. presidential headlines.

The priority is consistency of process over results.

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Until next time,
Steve B
Founder, The Daily Impulse

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