I’ve been deep in the trenches lately.

Refining setups, rewriting plans, backtesting like a maniac (manually with Tradingview’s market replay— no fancy automation), setting up accounts, even negotiating commissions.

It’s been intense. A bit draining, to be honest.

But stepping back gave me space to revisit old trading journals, flip through a few good books, and do some real thinking. Not the motivational fluff — just the raw stuff. The “why am I doing this” kind of thinking.

So if you see me sharing more quick posts like this — random wisdom, trading notes, whatever — it means I’m still grinding. Still learning.

Anyway, here’s something that hit me again during backtesting:

Location. Location. Location.

We say this about property all the time.

But it’s just as true for trading.

In real estate, you don’t just build anywhere. You study the surroundings. The flow. The demand. You consider the big picture. Why? Because you want consistency. Long-term value. Not a lucky flip.

Same thing on the chart.

That pattern you swear by? The one that used to print pips for you? It might still work — if it shows up in the right place. If it’s in context.

Context is location.

• Where is price in the session?
• Where are we relative to the range?
• Are we inside value or chasing extremes?

You get the idea.

A quick gut check

When my trading gets messy, I go back to one line I scribbled on the first page of my journal:

Location → Path → Management

Simple. Clean. Enough to reset my focus.

If you’re unsure why something’s not working lately, start there. Pull the charts. Check your entries. Study the location.

Sometimes the problem isn’t the setup.

It’s where you’re trying to run it.

Until next time — trade well, stay sharp.