The Micros Were Doing Something Else Entirely
Friday closed at 30 points per account, across five prop accounts, with one Mini contract on each.
That’s the headline.
But the week wasn’t about the number.
Pre-market prep was locked in every day before 8:30am EST. Levels were identified, the model had room to form, and in some cases I waited so long for confirmation that I missed the initial entry.
Thursday was the outlier.
Choppy the whole session. Nothing clean to work with.
The personal account grew roughly 40% on the week, trading no more than 2 MES contracts at a time. That freed up $450, which went straight into funding five prop accounts.
By Friday, those accounts were live. Each running 1 ES contract through a copier, all tied to the same model.
Thirty points per account. Halfway to passing.
The decision was also made to park the personal account until the five prop accounts are cleared. Once they are, MES goes back to being the lead, the personal account becomes the copier source, and the structure scales from there.
Earlier in the week, I chased an entry.
Price moved, I followed it, and I spent the next stretch of the trade in drawdown. I moved the stop wider to survive it. The trade eventually hit target, but it was a bad process that happened to produce a good result.
I documented it at the time.
Friday presented the same setup. Anticipated a reversal based on the model, saw the first entry late, and didn't chase. I waited.
The re-entry came, the risk was manageable for a Mini contract, and I took it.
Thirty points.
The MES dollar amounts are small enough that the trade result doesn't distract from the trade quality. I could see the mistake clearly, I documented it, and by Friday it had already translated into better behavior.
When the same moment showed up on Friday with significantly more money attached to it, the behavior was already in place.
What’s underneath the impatience is pretty clear to me now. There’s a pull to move faster toward specific personal goals outside of trading. That pressure doesn’t disappear just because I’m aware of it, but MES has been forcing me to slow down in a way that larger contracts hadn’t.
The model is the model at any size. Friday was proof that the discipline carries.
Next week is about the behavioral KPIs. The target is 80% or better. Each of the five scores 1 point:
Trading Session — Did I stick to my session?
Contract Size — Did I hold to the pre-defined size?
Stop Loss — Did I leave it where I placed it?
Trading Model — Did I trade my model?
Trade Limit — Did I stay at 3 trades or fewer?
Five points available. Four is the floor.
The Micros have made it easier to check each box. The Minis are a different weight class.
We’ll see.
Next edition, I’ll report the score.