🟢 P&L: +$160.41 | Grade: B- | February 13, 2026 Trades
Hot start · Midday drift · Discipline gap exposed
Today was a tale of two sessions.
The morning delivered exactly what I’ve been waiting for — clean timing, decisive execution, and proper sizing on a small-cap momentum setup. I built into MLEC pre-market with 4 entries (50-share adds) for 200 shares total, and sold the full position into strength at $10.76.
Entry Avg: $9.8355
Size: 200 shares
Execution: 5/5 clean fills
Result: +$230+ winner locked quickly
That trade was textbook. Right place. Right time. Right aggression.
And then…
I got pulled back in during the day.
The market tone shifted. The edge thinned out. Every internal signal was saying, “Walk.”
Instead, I stayed engaged. Gave some back. Rode a bit of a roller coaster before stabilizing.
Finished green — +$160.41 — but below the morning peak.
Behavioral Review
The key issue today was not execution — it was session management.
I had the green day locked.
I had confirmation of my read.
I had no reason to press.
Yet I drifted back into engagement.
That’s the guardrail gap.
When signs say “walk,” I need a hard rule — not a suggestion.
This weekend I’m:
• Building post-A+ trade shutdown rules
• Creating a profit-protection threshold (daily cap protocol)
• Refining intraday timing filters
• Continuing to structure my large-cap short strategy
Monday off is a gift. Extra processing time.
Metrics review. Emotional debrief. Strategy tightening.
Big Picture
The encouraging part:
I’m getting better at timing.
The caution:
I’m still vulnerable to giving back edge through engagement.
Discipline is not about the winning trade.
It’s about what happens after the winning trade.
Green day.
Work to do.
Guardrails incoming.
Trade Breakdown
MLEC (Small Cap – Pre-Market)
This was the highlight. Clean momentum window. Strong push. Quick liquidity.
Added in 50-share increments to build conviction without overexposing early.
Sold into extension instead of waiting for perfection.
This is what “edge” feels like.
The mistake wasn’t the morning.
The mistake was not respecting that the best opportunity had already occurred.
Market Context
Small Caps:
Very cold environment overall. No broad momentum. No sustained continuation.
There was one window — one wildcard burst of opportunity — and that’s where MLEC showed up. Outside of that, nothing was sticking.
Large Caps:
No meaningful decline in the S&P. No broad risk-off pressure. No clean trend day.
There wasn’t a structural short edge present.
The market wasn’t fighting me.
I was fighting myself.
Execution Notes
Self-Regulation Review
1. Pre-Market State: Strong
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Calm.
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Focused.
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Patient.
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No forcing.
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Waited for the one real opportunity in a cold tape.
Regulated - above
2. After the Win: State Shift
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Dopamine spike from clean $230+ winner.
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Energy elevated.
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Subtle urge to “stay active.”
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Internal signals saying walk… but engagement continued.
This is the key inflection point.
The issue wasn’t frustration.
It was overstimulation + lack of shutdown structure.
3. Market Alignment Awareness
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Small caps: cold outside of one wildcard push.
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Large caps: no S&P decline to lean on.
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No structural edge present.
That’s a regulation leak — not a strategy flaw.
Scorecard
Process adherence: ⚠️
Pre-market regulation: ✅
Selectivity: ⚠️
Patience / waiting: ⚠️
Execution quality: ✅ (on A+ setup)
Risk awareness: ⚠️ (gave back gains)
Exit discipline: ✅ (on primary trade)
Avoiding chop: ❌
Emotional control: Mixed
Overtrading avoidance: ❌
Grade: B-
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