Video summary
The video features Rome documenting his journey in a small account trading challenge that began on February 5th, 2026, with an initial balance of $254.79. He candidly discusses the psychological struggles he faces as a trader, specifically noting a recurring pattern where winning trades are exited too early while losing positions are held for too long. This behavior has recently caused his account to decline significantly after some poor trade executions following recent news releases. Rome emphasizes that despite having experience with price action concepts like candle range theory and demand zones, he often rushes into the market without sufficient confirmation, which leads him to make mistakes such as entering trades prematurely or failing to let a setup play out fully.
To address these issues, Rome analyzes various timeframes including weekly, five-minute, three-minute, and two-minute charts to identify potential entry points while resisting the urge to act impulsively. He explains his strategy of looking for price sweeps of previous week lows followed by a return inside the established range before attempting an upward trade. Although he identifies specific supply zones and volume profile imbalances that could have offered excellent opportunities earlier in the session, he chooses patience over haste, acknowledging that rushing often results in getting stopped out quickly or missing optimal entries. He highlights how waiting for price to tell him where it wants to go helps filter out noise on lower timeframes like the five-minute chart, which has proven effective at keeping him from unnecessary losses despite being slower than one- or two-minute charts.
Eventually, Rome decides to enter a trade after observing strong candles pushing up and then pulling back inside the range, creating an imbalance that serves as his entry trigger. He places a limit order near this imbalance with a stop loss positioned under the recent low, accepting that going against the Exponential Moving Average (EMA) is part of his trading style if the price action justifies it. His target for profit includes taking partial gains at nearby imbalances rather than aiming excessively high, though he remains skeptical about whether the trade will survive given how closely the market is hovering near his stop level. He invites viewers to comment on their opinions regarding the setup and questions whether they would have taken the same position or waited for further confirmation before entering.
The video concludes with Rome admitting that while he feels some hesitation, he has committed to letting this specific trade run without tweaking it prematurely, hoping to break his cycle of cutting winners short. He acknowledges that there is still time for the current candle to close and potentially invalidate his entry if price continues downward, but he maintains discipline by sticking to his plan rather than second-guessing himself in real-time. Throughout the session, he reinforces his goal of improving at least 1% every single day through consistent practice and emotional control, encouraging fellow traders facing similar rough patches to stay focused on growth despite temporary setbacks or account drawdowns.
Read the full video transcript
It's Rome and I'm back with another
video. If you are not subscribed, do me
a favor, hit that subscribe button.
Also, don't forget to hit the like.
Let's see if we can get this video to
over 1,000 likes. I'm trying to get
right. As you guys can see on the screen
right now, I am starting a small account
challenge as of February 5th, 2026. We
have $254.79
in this account right now. It was a
little bit more, but I took some trades
that weren't the greatest. And I noticed
that I've always I keep doing this. I
keep on getting inside of the trade. The
winning trades are always cut too short
and then the losing trades I always hold
them too long. So, so you guys I'm sure
if you're a trader, you know exactly
what's going on. Right now, we're
melting down. I'm not getting in the
trade right now because we did have some
news just released about 8 minutes ago.
So, I'm going to see what happens with
that. And let's go out. Let's zoom out
right quick uh to the weekly chart. So,
as you guys can see, it says W1L right
there on my right hand side. That's week
one low. There's something I' I've been
noticing, guys. So, week one, week two,
week three. It's like the candle range
theory is is some stuff I've been
looking into. And week one establishes
the range. Week two usually sweep the
high of week one range. And then week
three, boom, as you guys can see, it go
all the way down and it might come down
to week one. So, it'll probably come
down to week one and then come back
inside the range. And then that's when I
want to try to take a trade back up.
That's what I'm looking for. Um, it
could or could not happen. I could be
absolutely wrong and keep on melting
down, but I'm not sure. As of right now,
I don't see a great place for me to
enter any trades. The best one would
probably would have been once we pushed
back up and then we came back down. I
could have took a trade from around this
area, which we had a demand zone right
here, but maybe a little bit better on
the 5minute chart. Let's check that out.
Yeah, we had a little demand zone right
here that I I mean supply zone we could
have took it from, but guess what? Power
would have been wicked out right there
with that little wick. So, I'm going to
take my time and I'm going to find us
some trades and you guys are going to
come with me along on the journey.
Again, I appreciate all the love and
support. I appreciate every last one of
you and shout out to all the traders out
there because I know y'all had to go
through this rough time like I'm going
through right now. We are going to
continue to go and grow and get at least
1% better every single day. So, as of
right now, I'm not taking any trade. Um,
we did not close above this under this
low, though. As you guys can see, it
just uh swept it and then kept it's
starting to push back up right now a
little bit. So, we'll see what happens.
Um, I'll keep you guys updated. Again,
we are starting a small account
challenge. The goal is to get at least
1% better every day. So, let's get it.
>> A few moments later.
>> So, as you guys can see, I drew off some
stuff. We had three pushes down. This is
the first push. This is the second push,
and this was the third push, which is
usually the climax. We did hit that uh
week one low right here. But I'm I'm not
rushing to get into the trade right now.
I'm not going to hurry up. I need to
hurry up and jump in. No, no, no, no,
no, no, no. This is I always get caught.
Let me slow down. These are some uh
important candles. We have an inside bar
as of right now. We don't know exactly
what the candle is going to do on this
5minute chart, but um this look like a
good candle, but I'm not jumping in yet.
I'm going to wait for price to tell me
that it's actually going to stay inside
of this range. One candle is not going
to justify it for me. As you guys can
see, it's going down right now. See, I
ain't got time to be playing this game
cuz I always end up jumping in too
early. Um, honestly guys, I'm good at
reading price and uh kind of like price
action stuff, but I seem to always jump
in too early or I I usually get in too
early and get out too late or it's just
so many different things I do. I usually
hurry up and try to run and jump in,
mess up that way, or always be in a
winning trade and I end up cutting it
short and end up having my losing trades
be bigger than my winners. So, this is
something I need to work on. It's
something I I need to continue to get
better at. But, as of right now, this is
what's going on. Let's go down to the
3minute chart. See what we got there.
Yeah, until it like start turning around
turning around. I'm not getting in. So,
we are still sitting in this area which
pretty much to me is called a coil.
Shout out to my guy Stacy Burks. We dump
down and we're coiling. We're steady
standing right here. We're just in this
range right here. We're not really
moving that much, which is a coil. Um, I
also put the volume profile and this
would have been a great trade for me. I
told you guys before if I would use that
demand zone I mean supply zone up here
down that would have been a great trade
down there. Boom. That was a good one.
So that would have been
if I would have got in that trade.
Sometimes I had a volume profile.
Sometimes I don't. See that wick? That's
the wick that would have got me out. I
had to stop being the first mouse. Take
it down. Look at that. That's 53 points.
Great trade. But we're going to keep on
watching price. I'm waiting to see if
it's going to keep on closing lower. I'm
not sure if it is or not. Right now, I'm
currently on the twominut chart. So, I'm
going to see what happens. If this PC
like like in the value low like start
scooting down, a lot of times what I do
is I see if the PC moves down here, that
means that the value is becoming lower.
We can buy down here to push it back up
to the value area high, but it's not
moving yet. So, I just have to keep on
watching price and um use the volume
profile as a afterthought, not my main
source of why I'm taking this trade
because that's one thing that I've
noticed is that a lot of times I just
try to use the volume profile or use one
thing instead of using all the things I
know in one. It's still going down. So,
it could keep on going down. I'm not
sure. I'm just going to follow price and
let price tell me if it wants to turn
around. If it doesn't turn around, then
I'm not sure. I'm just looking forward
to turn around and like take it to the
next like imbalance like maybe here up
here or somewhere like that. Even this
is the a close imbalance right here. So,
we'll see what happens
>> a few moments later.
>> So, as you guys can see, the PC has now
moved down here because we've been down
here for a while. Um, I'm still not
really going to get into a trade yet. I
want to see it close above like one of
these highs and then maybe I can take a
trade from this imbalance. Let me zoom
in so you guys can see. And I'm going to
take this volume profile off so you guys
can see even better. Okay, so this was
the last high right here. I need to see
it close above that high and then maybe
we can come when it comes back down to
here to this imbalance, take it here up,
but I'm still I'm still kind of
skeptical right now. You going to have
to show me a little bit more than this.
Maybe you got to close above this high
and then pull back maybe like right here
because I'm not trying to hurry up and
rush and get into nothing. I don't want
no problems. Okay, as you guys can see,
it's shooting up. Now, I'm looking for a
close and a pullback. And if it if it
pushes up more, we want to see a
pullback at least like 50% of the push.
So, let's So, a minimum of 50%. So,
we'll see what happens. I'm not sure how
it's going to close, if it's going to
close above this candle or not, but we
shall see. Definitely ain't trying to
get stopped out. You get stopped out
quick. I think the location is a good
location because we're starting to come
back inside the uh the week one low. So,
I just I'm just not in a rush. I've been
in a rush too many times and that's how
I blow my accounts. Trying to rush,
trying to move too fast. So, let's check
this two minute. See what's going on
over here. We pushed up above this high
right here on the 2 minute. I'm looking
for a pullback. If I get in anything,
I'm looking for a pullback because I'm
definitely not about to buy right there.
Absolutely nothing. If it don't pull
back, I when it do pull back, then we
get in. It just hit this imbalance right
here. That's where it's at. Just hitting
this imbalance right there. So, doesn't
mean it's going to blast off. We shall
see what's going to happen. Okay, y'all
about to see me take this trade. On the
5minute chart, we got some strong
candles that push back inside this
range. So, we have the imbalance here.
This is what I'm going to do. I'm going
to put a limit order right here.
Stop loss under the low
right there.
And then, let me check let me check this
so I can make sure.
See, this is what making me start get
skeptical, y'all. Y'all see what's going
on. It start making me get skeptical,
man.
Where? I got to go with my move.
I don't know if it put me in. Let's see.
I think I had this thing off.
I don't know if it got me in or not.
Okay, we're in now. It just put us in,
guys.
So, what is my TP?
I'm probably about Y'all probably about
to watch me get stopped out off the back
going against the EMAs. I got it under
the low. The location is not a bad
location. So, we have to let these
candles close to see what's going to
happen. Um, that was a strong candle.
So, I was uh like, okay, cool. That was
a strong candle that pushed up, blasted
back inside the range. There was an
imbalance right here. That's why I put
the limit order right there. I got my
stop loss under the low. The location is
not a bad location. And it's on a fivem
minute chart. It's not like on a one or
two minute chart, even though there's
nothing wrong with one or two minute
charts, but I noticed that with me, the
five minute, I usually like to use the
three minute, but the five minute just
works good, man. The five minute works
good for me. Before I was like, man, the
five minute too slow is too slow. It's
too slow. But it keep me out of a lot of
noise. So this I have to use what I know
and uh try to get better and better. So
we're going to keep on watching price.
We could TP all the way up here because
all this is an imbalance right there.
All this all this. We don't have to go
to the moon. We ain't got to go all the
way up there. But if we can get to at
least here, that'll be pretty decent. So
we're going to see what happens. Um
hopefully I don't get stopped out. Um so
it is what it is. I did go against the
EMA.
Some people is not they you never go
against the EMA, but this is how I
trade, man. I like I I see the price
action. I see the imbalance. Um I put my
stop under the low. We've been sitting
here for a while. We have the PC right
here. The volume area low right there.
Imbalance. I mean, y'all comment below
and let me know. Was this a terrible
trade or not? Did I tweak? Did I not
tweak? Would you have took this trade?
Would you have not took this trade? Um,
I don't know what's going to happen yet,
but we are in. We're in. So, maybe I
could have waited for a little bit more
confirmation on a lower time frame, but
I just went with my move on a fivem
minute chart. Uh, comment below and let
me know what you would have done in this
situation. It ain't looking too good for
me. We'll see. We still got a minute and
24 seconds for this candle to close.
Maybe I could have waited for the candle
to close. I don't know. But we shall
see.