Audit: Q1 → Q2 → August 2025
An unfiltered, executive audit of my trading performance so far in 2025. This is tactical: metrics, lessons, and non-negotiable action items.
🔑 Introduction
This isn’t a motivational piece. It’s a strategic audit — my execution, my mistakes, my mindset. Trading is my system. Q1 gave me pain, Q2 gave me discipline, and August gave me perspective. September is the reset — and my birthday month — the start of a personal new fiscal year.
📓 Q1 2025 Review — The Foundation
Q1 broke my illusions. I chased fast profits, ignored structure, and blew opportunities. The core lesson: ego has no place in markets. Q1 forced a business approach: process, discipline, repeatable systems.
📓 Q2 2025 Review — Discipline in the Dark
“Discipline in the Dark — The Quarter I Started Building My Legacy.”
🧠 Entering Q2
I entered April broke — I blew a $1,000 account I managed for M.R. Felix, and lost a fantasy. That loss stripped everything and delivered clarity. The commitment: If trading is my only option, I must become the version of me that deserves it.
🎯 Focus Areas
- Master the In-Day Trading Project
- Journal every trade
- Follow a structure-based system
- Optimize Notion dashboards
- Trade AUD/USD with logic, not emotion
📈 Challenges & Metrics
5 FTMO free trials (10K) + 1 (100K). Passed 2, failed 3. Consistency scores: 63%, 54%, 33%, 78%, 72%.
🔍 Improvements
- Execution timing improved
- Multi-timeframe structure clarity (4H → 15M → 5M → 1M)
- Started consistent journaling from May
- Traded according to system not emotion
Letter to My Future Self (June 30, 2026):“You better be funded by now. Not because you got lucky — because you committed. Remember when you were broke and alone, writing this with no one watching? That was the version of you that laid the bricks. Keep building. Be ruthless with your consistency. This is your legacy.”
📊 Visual Metrics
Snapshots of my Notion dashboards & FTMO tracking. These are live visuals I review every week.
📓 August 2025 Review — Reset Under Pressure
- Blown $5K instant funding account — daily drawdown violation
- Offline Aug 12–23 due to unpaid internet bill
- Severe financial pressure — side gigs in phone software repairs
- Support from my sister, Hannah Ngugi
- End-of-month rest and reset during Virgo season
📉 Lessons Learned
- Risk management is non-negotiable
- Always have an internet backup plan
- Financial stability is essential
- Side hustles ok, but refocus on trading
📌 September Action Plan
- Secure stable internet
- Enforce daily loss & proper position sizing
- Build emergency fund
- Resume FTMO tracking with discipline
💼 Recommended Tools & Resources
TradingView — Charting & Screeners
Professional charting, custom indicators, and watchlists I use for structure analysis.
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FTMO — Funded Trader Path
Use FTMO challenges to scale — treat them like discipline training, not a shortcut.
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Book — Trading in the Zone
Psychology and discipline — required reading for every trader building longevity.
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"If trading is my only option, I must become the version of me that deserves it." — a reminder that edge is engineered, not wished for.
🧠 September Reset
Q1 broke me, Q2 rebuilt me, August tested me. September is my personal new year. On September 19 I turn a year older; this is a deadline for commitment, not celebration. Lessons are carved. Now I execute forward.
✅ Closing Statement
I’m not chasing hype. I’m building systems. I’m not seeking luck. I’m engineering edge. Q1 gave pain, Q2 gave discipline, August gave perspective. This is where legacy begins.
— Young Trader KD | The Strategist Analyst
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