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In the New York session he reviewed NASDAQ, SP500, XAUUSD, GBPUSD, EURUSD, DXY and US2000 and chose US2000, where the lower and higher timeframe ranges were both bullish. At the open price swept liquidity below the range and reversed higher, giving a Turtle Soup confirmation and activating the bullish 1H and 4H ranges. The long reached its 1:1 target. The same setup was executed across several accounts, including Topstep, The Trading Pit and Apex. Next he resets for the Asian open.

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At the Asian open the bullish alignment on Nikkei 225 Cash was clear, with Turtle Soup confirmation on the 1H and the 4H and a short-term bullish range close to price. The long reached target on several Topstep and Apex accounts and on one The Trading Pit account. On another The Trading Pit challenge account he used too much size and lost it, a reminder that a good analysis does not compensate for poor risk management. Next he is watching XAUUSD, where the 2H and monthly ranges stay bearish while price pushes higher into liquidity.

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After working through XAUUSD, US2000, Nasdaq, S&P 500, GBPUSD, EURUSD and DXY he settled on gold. The bearish 12H range was clear despite the earlier expansion, and the monthly range kept supporting the downside, so he waited for confirmation at the order block before entering short. The trade was planned at 1:1 and reached target at the 12H range. Because the entry came slightly later on that confirmation, he adjusted the take profit rather than forcing the original target.

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Two sessions and two planned executions. During Asia he monitored XAUUSD, USDJPY and the Nikkei 225. The Nikkei showed bullish alignment but XAUUSD offered the clearer bearish opportunity with the daily range as the main objective, and the short reached take profit around the H4 close. During New York he traded the Russell 2000 on the The Trading Pit account, where the 2 hour and monthly ranges supported a bearish bias. After liquidity was taken above the open, price moved to the 2 hour objective and that short also reached target. Position sizing came in below his intended risk, so the day returned about 0.5 percent instead of 1 percent, which he notes as a point to improve in execution. Plan followed, risk controlled.

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A clear bearish bias from the London Lunch session into the New York open, with Russell 2000, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all expanding to the downside and Russell and Nasdaq reaching 8 hour range levels. The alignment was enough to look for shorts, and the move offered room for a larger reward to risk, but he kept his predefined 1:1 target, saying the objective is to execute the same plan consistently rather than extract the maximum from every move. Take profit was reached at 1:1, closing a profitable day across two sessions: London Lunch on the The Trading Pit account shared here, then New York on a separate account.

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Took no position. Significant expansion had already developed during the London Lunch session before the New York open, so he saw no reason to expect another clean expansion in his preferred session. Rather than force a setup or chase the market he stayed on the sidelines, closing the day flat and keeping discipline, patience and capital preservation in front.

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Day 4, and this time the setup was there. Before the New York open his 1H, 2H, 3H and 4H ranges were all bearish, giving him a clear scenario to watch. He waited for the market to confirm rather than anticipating, got the confirmation at the open and took the short following his CRT strategy. The trade developed as expected and reached target. His note on it: trading is not about being in the market every day, the previous sessions needed the patience to stay out, today the setup aligned and it was time to execute. Analysis, confirmation, execution.

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Another New York session read with CRT, and another day flat. He was monitoring NASDAQ, Russell 2000, S&P 500 and XAUUSD. NASDAQ, S&P 500 and gold gave no clear enough directional bias, but the Russell was a much cleaner picture, with every range he uses bullish across the 1H, 3H, 4H, 6H, 12H, Daily and 2-Day timeframes. At the New York open price moved straight to the highs of the 1H, 3H, 4H and 6H ranges, all sitting around the same level. For a long he wanted his full setup: a Turtle Soup, mitigation below the 3H range, then an entry around the 0.5 Gann level for confirmation. That sequence never developed. The bias was there, the confirmation was not, and bias alone is never a reason for him to enter. No confirmation, no trade.

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Analysed the New York session with his CRT strategy and decided not to trade. The CPI release at 14:30 had already produced a significant expansion across the markets he was watching, NASDAQ, Russell 2000, S&P 500 and XAUUSD, so expecting another clean expansion into New York would have meant forcing a setup rather than waiting for the market to offer one. The higher timeframes stayed predominantly bullish, particularly on the Russell, while the 1H and 3H structure showed bearish pressure, and at the New York open he saw a Turtle Soup after the sweep of the previous range. With those conflicting signals and the expansion already behind the market, he stayed patient and simply observed.

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After two years trading with prop firms, I am taking on a new Real Prop Challenge with JoinProp and The Trading Pit. Over the last couple of years trading has taught me that passing a challenge is not simply about finding the right entry. It is about discipline, patience, risk management and consistency, especially when things do not go according to plan. My trading right now is focused on CRT, Candle Range Theory, and through this challenge I will share the real process: the setups I take, the trades I leave alone, the wins, the losses and the lessons along the way. The goal is clear, pass the challenge and get funded, but whatever the outcome I want to document the process honestly and keep improving as a trader.

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