Friday Trading Recap – NASDAQ 100 Nice End to the Week

Today I focused purely on the NASDAQ 100 futures. I actually set up my first trade late Thursday night during the pre-market. By the time the market opened at 11PM, my stop-buy order had triggered, and I was instantly up over £3. I locked in a £2 profit with a stop-loss and went to sleep knowing I was making money in my sleep.

By the time I checked in the morning, I was £6 up, so I moved my stop-loss to secure it, and the trade eventually closed out there.

I attempted two quick scalps right after, but closed both manually

which turned out to be the right call. After lunch, the market spiked above 22,000 and then reversed hard. If I had stayed in, I would’ve lost a big chunk of my funds.

Later in the afternoon, I watched the NASDAQ drop over 150 points in front of my eyes. Around the 21,760 level, I jumped in with a buy and set a take profit for 21,850. A few minutes later, it hit and closed, bringing in £9.36 profit for the day. That’s roughly 10% return on my trading capital.

Tempting to keep going, but it’s Friday. I’m ahead. Time to switch off and enjoy the weekend.