Weekly Bag Secured – Futures Wins with Structure & Strategy

Carlos Garcia | Apr 18, 2025 |

Weekly Bag Secured – Futures Wins with Structure & Strategy

Summary

This week’s futures trading locked in $8,700 across S&P 500 and Gold plays with just one mini contract and an 80% win rate.

Market Recap

  • Apple INC ( AAPL ) : +1.39%
  • Palantir ( PLTR ) : +1.15%
  • Nvidia ( NVDA ): -2.87%
  • Microsoft ( MSFT ): -1.03%

Market Movers

  • 📈 TESLA EARNINGS: Apr 22, 2025
  • 📈 BOEING EARNINGS: Apr 23, 2025
  • 📈 AMERICAN AIRLINES EARNINGS: Apr 24, 2025
  • 📈 GOOGL EARNINGS: Apr 25, 2025

📚 Deep Dive 📚

Weekly Futures Recap – $4,350 Locked In (using 5 micro contracts)

While the stock market was all over the place this week, our futures team stayed locked in and racked up over $4,350 in profit. We followed a plan, played smart setups on the S&P 500 and Gold, and kept risk tight the whole way. With patience, great execution and clear signals, we showed how disciplined trading can win big even when the market’s a mess. Let’s break it down!

🔻 S&P 500 Futures (MES) Our MES trades were all about precision and patience:

Short @ 5440 → TP2 hit ✅ +20 pts → $500

Long @ 5425 → Stopped ❌ –15 pts → –$375

Long @ 5445 → TP2 hit ✅ +20 pts → $500

Short @ 5360 → TP1 hit ✅ +10 pts → $250

Short @ 5355 → TP4 hit ✅ +55 pts → $1,375

Long @ 5340 → TP3 hit ✅ +30 pts → $750

🧮 Total: +120 pts = $3,000 (with 5 micro contracts) futures_es_trades.png 🟡 Gold Futures (MGC) Mixed moves, SOLID results:

Short @ 3220 → TP1 hit ✅ +10 pts → $500

Long @ 3280 → Closed early ✅ +2 pts → $100

Short @ 3355 → Stopped ❌ –10 pts → –$500

Short @ 3325 → TP2 hit ✅ +25 pts → $1,250

🧮 Total: +27 pts = $1,350 (5 micro contracts) gold_futures_trades.png_Weekly Totals:* ✅ 8 Wins

❌ 2 Small Losses

🏆 80% Win Rate

💰 $4,350 Total Profit (Locked)

⚖️ Risk-Managed, No Oversized Losses

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Best Regards,

Carlos Garcia