A trader scalps $585 in six minutes on April 13, entering at 1997 and exiting at 2004 before having to take his grandson to school. He caught bullish momentum with precise entries, taking small profits at 1998, 2003, and 2004.
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All right, good morning. It is Wednesday morning, April 13th, and, uh, I am into a trade that is on a, uh, slight, uh, bullish run. I got into the trade at 1997. Uh, I am very short on time this morning, so I'm gonna go ahead and quickly scalp 1998 real quick because, uh, I gotta take my grandson to school this morning. So I'm only— so I'm only going to be able to take one trade today. And so whatever happens on this trade is exactly what it's going to be. Uh, so I already got 1 point. If 1 point is all that's available, that's all I'm gonna take this morning. As you can see, this run is getting a little bit more momentum. We get the next point in 19. Uh, let's go to 2004. Let's grab them quick because I don't have a lot of time this morning. So ideally, I'm gonna grab whatever I can in this run. This will be my only trade for the day because this is one of those mornings where I got to take my grandson to school, so I don't have a lot of time. But what I love about Being a day trader, if you catch the momentum and wait for the right entry points, you can definitely get your points. You can scalp and get your money early in the game. Okay, so it's at 2003, so I'm gonna go ahead and scalp my get one more point. You know, while it's doing its thing. All right, and so I'm just playing it close because listen, if it I want to go ahead and get my. All right, so. That was quick for me this morning. Let's see what happens. All right, $585. One got into the trade at 6:33, out by 6:39. So that gives me a total of, uh, 6 points. 6 points for $585. Got it on the— at the end of the first candle, a little bit of the second candle, and I'm done for the day. That's the life of an EI day trader.