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Articles on the CRT concept, risk management and the psychology of discipline. The journal grows at a few trades a month — the thinking around it doesn't. This is the space for the latter.
3 min readRisk
The instinct is to move the stop to entry as soon as possible. A backtest on EURUSD (2022–2026, 344 trades) shows a later break-even — at 1.25R — raised return and cut drawdown at the same time. The cost — a lower win rate and trades that reverse to zero right before the target.
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3 min readRisk
In Model 1 the stop-loss doesn't sit right behind the candle that took liquidity — it sits behind the extreme of the entire grab. Why one candle isn't enough, what that looks like in real data (6.6 to 19 pips), and why it doesn't cost an extra R.
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1 min readConcept
Take one real trade from the public journal (EURUSD short, +3R) and walk it step by step — sweep, Model-1, entry, stop and target. The chart draws itself as you scroll.
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3 min readConcept
The dollar index on the MODEL-1 dashboard mirrors the trade's direction. When I let it hold veto power, it started blocking valid signals. What happened, how I fixed it, and why context in the system is allowed to describe, never decide.
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3 min readRisk
The Model 1 backtest runs on 0.5% risk per trade. On the live FTMO challenge I risk 0.3%. The gap isn't doubt about the strategy — it's the math of a hard prop-account ceiling.
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2 min readPsychology
The "max 1 trade per strategy per day" limit isn't asceticism — it's a design element. What it actually restricts, and why it's the most valuable rule in the model.
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2 min readJournalPsychology
A public journal isn't bravery marketing. It's a commitment that changes behaviour at the moment of the trade. What transparency gives me, what it costs, and where its limits are.
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2 min readConcept
CRT reads every candle as a bounded range of liquidity. The core concept behind Model 1 — explained without jargon and without promises.
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2 min readRisk
I record results in R, not in dollars. What an R-multiple means, why it's the only honest unit for a public track record, and how to read edge from it.
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2 min readJournal
A new site built around one mechanical trading strategy. CRT Model 1, a public live journal, case studies including the losses, and statistics with no retouching. What you'll find here, what you never will, and where it's heading.
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