Sloppy. And, should I quit?

This is just an update on my futures trading progress for the past two days. Got a bit sloppy, but I'm feeling confident. Specifically, I feel confident that I can succeed this time around if I don't over trade nor get sloppy like I did for a bit over the past two days.

Since I'm writing this on a Saturday, let's start with Thursday's progress first.

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I made money, but it wasn't "great." This isn't speaking from a P&L sense but rather my performance. I ended the day with a P&L of $606.20 after trading fees and commissions. The good thing is that I made money. The bad is that I got sloppy near the second half of the day.

If you take a look at the "charts," my cumulative P&L (net of fees) was $1,062.55. Being able to secure $1K well before the session ended is a huge fucking deal. This is especially considering that I've traded only one contract at a time.

The problem here is that I got a bit overconfident. This led to taking lesser quality trades, which caused my cumulative P&L to just slowly trickle lower. Essentially, I gave back $400~ in profits out of poor decision quality. I think discipline and timing plays an even more important role in futures. The slightest mistakes can compound and become quite deadly. I traded sloppy, which caused me my $1K day. However, it was satisfying to end another day green.

Friday's trading session was brutal. My sloppiness continued.

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When the market opened, I absolutely killed it in the first hour and a half. I was up $623 net of fees in less than an hour and a half. What was also amazing is that my equity crossed $52K, meaning that I only had $1K to go in order to complete the first stage of the Trading Combine.

Thursday's mentality creeped in. I got overconfident and sloppy. I thought I could easily push for more and this led me to just taking on losses after losses. What happened was that volatility died down in the second half of the day since most people are probably eyeing an early weekend.

Being patient and taking great entries are what I really need to focus on. Since my ALT is generally slightly higher than my AWT, I do need to sustain a high win rate. The only way to do that is by consistently taking great entries. It's more painful to return your profits than to straight up lose money. I am going to have to settle with ending the day with a profit of thirty bucks. At least, I didn't lose money.

While I don't want to get ahead of myself, my performance over the past five trading days has really made me evaluate my choice of markets. For some reason, I can get a good read in the futures market. This hasn't translated well for FX. It's entirely possible that my set and forget approach in FX just doesn't work nearly as well. There's also a mismatch of timeframes because I primarily look at hourly charts in FX, but I do this periodically since I can't monitor key pairs all the time. As a result, I'm trying to hold longer for shorter price fluctuations. This is making me consider whether or not I should quit FX and focus exclusively on futures. This decision will likely come after I've proven my worth and pass the Topstep $50 K Combine.