Matthew Jackson Trading Record

What happened

I began Week 1 with a £1,000 simulated balance. After the Japan 225 accelerated away from consolidation, I opened 150 units long at 68,767, with my protective level shown near 68,480. The position moved steadily in my favour as the one-minute structure continued higher.

My open profit reached £245.98, exceeding the challenge’s £200 session target. I then closed the trade with no position remaining, leaving a recorded balance of £1,252.95 and a weekly change of +£252.95. The size and planned downside made this an aggressive demo trade despite the profitable result.

What happened

I started Week 2 from the £1,252.95 balance recorded after the first session. I opened 150 Japan 225 units short around 71,841 with approximately £200 of planned risk and a similar profit objective. The short initially worked, reaching £65.38 in open profit before I reduced the position to 90 units.

Price then recovered against my remaining short and erased the early advantage. My recorded balance finished at £1,052.24, a weekly decline of £200.71. Equity was slightly lower at £1,050.33 because I still had a separate 0.55-lot USDJPY long open at a £1.91 unrealised loss when the stream ended.

What happened

I began Week 3 from the previous £1,052.24 recorded balance. By the documented Japan 225 setup, my visible balance had reached £1,149.48 before I opened 80 units long from 68,719. The trade initially showed £91.78 in open profit but then rotated sharply through the intraday range.

The same position later displayed a £74.18 open loss before recovering. I closed it before the stream ended, with no position remaining and a final balance of £1,241.24. That produced a £189.00 weekly increase, but the wide unrealised swing showed how much risk I carried while holding through volatile price action.

What happened

I opened Week 4 with a simulated balance of £1,241.24. I bought 120 Japan 225 units at 70,227, with my protective level visible near 69,868. The long briefly moved into profit, but the attempted breakout did not hold and price reversed quickly against my position.

My open loss reached £146.90 as the market approached the planned risk area. I closed the position with no trade remaining and a final balance of £1,037.01, producing a £204.23 weekly loss. My stop kept the outcome close to the predefined limit, although the entry itself failed to gain sustained follow-through.

What happened

I started Week 5 from £1,037.01 and made two separate Japan 225 long attempts. My first was 120 units from 68,901. When that trade failed to hold, I closed it and my visible balance fell to £930.69 rather than allowing the original position to continue unchecked.

I then re-entered with another 120-unit long from 68,881. The second attempt also moved against me and later showed an £84.15 open loss. I closed it before the end of the recording, leaving no position and a final balance of £829.93. My combined weekly decline was £207.08, with the re-entry compounding the first loss.

What happened

I began Week 6 from the record’s lowest week-end balance of £829.93. I first opened 150 Japan 225 units short from 65,225. That position developed strongly, reaching £190.87 in open profit and lifting my recorded balance to £1,195.89 after I closed it.

I then opened a second trade: 150 units long from 64,757. It first showed a £71.44 open loss before recovering to £115.38 in open profit. I had no position remaining at the end and my final balance was £1,218.56, a £388.63 weekly increase. The recovery was substantial, but I used aggressive size relative to the simulated account on both trades.

What happened

I began Week 7 with a simulated balance of £1,218.56. After a sharp Japan 225 selloff, I opened 100 units long at 64,752 with my stop set at 64,315.18. The position initially moved well and reached £108.96 in open profit, giving me a meaningful unrealised gain.

The market then reversed completely. The same trade later showed a £183.07 open loss before my stop sold all 100 units at 64,315. My final balance was £1,018.52, a weekly loss of £200.04 and a cumulative gain of £18.52 from the original £1,000 demo balance. My stop contained the loss, but I retained none of the earlier profit.

What happened

I began Week 8 from the £1,018.52 balance recorded after the previous session. After waiting through the early market movement, I opened 120 Japan 225 units long at 63,027. My initial take-profit level was 63,294.46 and my protective stop was 62,676.51, placing the planned downside close to the challenge’s £200 session risk limit.

The position did not move cleanly in my favour. It later showed a £171.16 open loss before recovering. As the market strengthened, I adjusted the profit target several times and eventually moved the stop above my entry price to protect a profitable outcome. The highest open profit captured in the recording was £488.38.

I did not close at that high. I later manually sold all 120 units at 63,560, leaving no position open and a final balance of £1,322.14. That produced a £303.62 weekly gain and lifted the cumulative record to +£322.14 from the original £1,000 simulated balance. The result was strong, although £184.76 of the highest visible open profit was not retained.

What happened

I began Week 9 from the £1,322.14 balance recorded after Week 8. I opened 120 Japan 225 units long at 66,245 after the market had sold off sharply and started to recover. The position moved in my favour quickly, and the recording showed £176.32 in open profit at 14:00.

I did not retain the full unrealised gain. Price pulled back and I later closed the first position with the account balance at £1,397.07, a realised increase of £74.93 from the start of the session. I then re-entered on the long side with 120 units at 66,480 and added a further 30 units at 66,465, taking the second sequence to 150 units in total.

The second sequence initially moved around breakeven and into a small combined loss before recovering. The recording later showed £109.85 in combined open profit. I closed all remaining positions before the end of the session, leaving a final balance of £1,490.44. That added £93.37 after the first trade and produced a total Week 9 gain of £168.30, taking the cumulative record to +£490.44 from the original £1,000 simulated balance.

What happened

I began Week 10 from the £1,490.44 balance recorded at the end of Week 9. My first trade was a 130-unit Japan 225 long at 68,993. The move failed to follow through and I sold the full position at 68,821. The account balance fell to £1,386.78, which made the first trade a £103.66 realised loss.

I then waited before taking a second position. I sold 130 Japan 225 units short at 68,773. The short developed strongly and the recording later showed £168.25 in open profit. I did not bank that high. Price recovered and much of the unrealised gain disappeared while I continued to hold the position.

Near the end of the session, the short was showing £25.33 in open profit and I closed it. That recovered £25.33 of the earlier loss and left no position open. My final recorded balance was £1,412.11, producing a Week 10 loss of £78.33 and leaving the ten-session challenge £412.11 above its original £1,000 simulated starting balance.

What happened

I began Week 11 from the £1,412.11 balance recorded at the end of Week 10. After waiting through the early price action, I opened 150 Japan 225 units long at 66,263. My protective stop was set at 65,975.11, placing the planned downside close to the challenge’s £200 session limit.

The trade did not develop in my favour. Price weakened after entry and the position moved progressively into drawdown. Later in the recording the open loss had reached £153.55, with the market continuing towards the level where I had already defined the maximum loss for the session.

The stop eventually executed all 150 units at 65,973. My final recorded balance was £1,211.51, producing an unfortunate Week 11 loss of £200.60. The result reduced the cumulative gain from the original £1,000 simulated balance to +£211.51. There was no attempt to recover the loss with another trade after the stop was hit.

What happened

I began Week 12 from the £1,211.51 balance recorded after Week 11. After the Japan 225 sold off sharply, I opened 80 units long at 64,815. The position recovered from the intraday low and later showed £76.79 in open profit. I closed that first trade with the account balance at £1,286.46, banking £74.95.

The session did not end there. I later returned to the long side with 100 units at 65,370 and added another 100 units at 65,412. The two positions moved higher together and the recording showed £117.23 in combined open profit before I closed them. That second sequence realised a further £95.09.

All positions were closed before the end of the livestream. My final recorded balance was £1,381.55, producing a Week 12 gain of £170.04. That lifted the twelve-session cumulative record to +£381.55 from the original £1,000 simulated balance, with six profitable weeks and six losing weeks.

What happened

I began Week 13 from the £1,381.55 balance recorded after Week 12. During the session I built two separate 100-unit Japan 225 long positions, one filled at 66,174 and the other at 66,164. The trade did not move cleanly in my favour at first: around 9:30 the combined position was showing a £53.99 unrealised loss.

The market then recovered and the two longs moved into profit. By 15:30 both fill prices were visible in the position table and the combined open profit had turned positive. Later in the stream, at 30:00, the two positions were showing £84.44 and £89.18 open profit respectively, a combined unrealised gain of £173.62.

I closed both positions before the livestream ended. The final recorded balance was £1,551.41 with no open position remaining, producing a Week 13 gain of £169.86. That lifted the thirteen-session cumulative record to +£551.41 from the original £1,000 simulated balance, with seven profitable weeks and six losing weeks.

What happened

I began Week 14 from the £1,551.41 balance recorded after Week 13 and traded much more actively than in the previous session. My first position was a 60-unit Japan 225 short from 63,061. The recording showed £63.60 in open profit before I eventually closed the trade with a realised gain of £37.56, raising the balance to £1,588.97.

I then opened 150 units long from 62,988. That trade moved heavily against me, showing £147.43 in open loss during the session before I closed it for a £143.71 realised loss. The balance fell to £1,445.26. A third trade, 130 units short from 62,771, then lost another £62.58 and reduced the balance to £1,382.68.

The fourth trade produced the main recovery. I bought 75 units at 62,196 and the position later showed £127.44 in open profit. I closed it with £107.60 realised profit, taking the balance back to £1,490.28. I then sold 75 units short from 63,169, but that fifth trade lost £41.16 and left the balance at £1,449.12.

My sixth and final trade was a 75-unit long from 63,276. It failed to recover enough and I closed it for a £96.39 loss. With no position remaining, the final Week 14 balance was £1,352.73. Across six trades I recorded two winners and four losers, producing a net weekly loss of £198.68. The fourteen-session cumulative record therefore stands at +£352.73 from the original £1,000 simulated balance, with seven profitable weeks and seven losing weeks.

What happened

I began Week 15 from the £1,352.73 balance recorded after Week 14. I opened one 180-unit Japan 225 short from 65,407. The order display showed a stop at 65,620 and a take-profit level at 64,885.03, giving the trade a defined structure from the start.

The position moved in my favour as Japan 225 sold off. At 9:00 in the recording the trade was showing £56.53 in open profit. By 13:00, the open profit had expanded to £236.45 while the short remained active.

I closed the position before the end of the livestream rather than waiting for the displayed take-profit level. With no open position remaining, the final recorded balance was £1,559.18. That produced a Week 15 gain of £206.45 and lifted the fifteen-session cumulative record to +£559.18 from the original £1,000 simulated balance, with eight profitable weeks and seven losing weeks.

What happened

I began Week 16 from the £1,559.18 balance recorded after Week 15. During the session I opened one 180-unit Japan 225 long at 66,993. The position initially moved slightly in my favour, with the recording showing £25.87 in open profit at 20:00.

The move then reversed. By 33:00 the same 180-unit long was showing approximately £120.76 in open loss as price moved down towards the protective stop. I kept the position open rather than closing it early.

The stop then executed all 180 units at 66,761. With no position remaining, the final recorded balance was £1,359.09. That produced a Week 16 loss of £200.09 and left the sixteen-session cumulative record at +£359.09 from the original £1,000 simulated balance, with eight profitable weeks and eight losing weeks.