13 Traders. 17 Screenshots. Mary Let the Rebel Show Up. The Wall Didn’t Care About the FOMC.

Wall of Wins Overview | Week Ending 20 Mar 2026

Date range: 16-20 Mar 2026. 13 unique traders. 17 screenshots. FOMC week with South Pars strikes and Triple Witching Friday. Strategies across the board: Premium Poppers, Lazy Poppers, and Tag ‘n Turn swings.

 

Wins Table

Strategy Breakdown

Week Stats

Stories Behind the Numbers

The Comeback

Andy D. started the week rough. Monday and Tuesday – mistakes made, clear signals missed. His own words. No sugar-coating.

Then Wednesday arrived. SPX 1st BO at 98% ROC. SPX VWAP rejection at 87% ROC. RUT 1st BO at 71% ROC.

Thursday: SPX 1st BO 89% ROC. SPX 2nd BO 97% ROC.

Friday: SPX BO/VWAP 97% ROC. RUT 1st BO 91% ROC. The only blemish was Tasty auto-closing an SPX trade early at 11% when his limit was set higher. Third time it has happened. “Still a small winner but annoying.” He is dealing with the platform, not the strategy.

Wednesday through Friday. All winners. The rough start went in the educational column. The back half of the week went in the results column. That is exactly how the process is supposed to work.

“Wednesday–Friday. All Winners! Overall a solidly profitable week.”
– Andy D.

The Rebel

Mary set up her Lazy Popper. Then did something she doesn’t normally do.

She doubled her position on a gut feeling. Against the rules. Her own admission.

100% ROC.

Her take: “I’m not usually one to stray from the rules but I’m glad I let a little rebel show up today. Have a great weekend!”

What happened next is the part worth reading. She was asked about it. Her response: “I was perfectly set to take 100% responsibility if I lost.”

That is the key line. It was not reckless. It was an experienced trader making a conscious decision, understanding the risk, and being prepared to own the outcome either way. The rules exist for a reason – they protect newer traders from costly impulsive decisions. But Phil’s response said it cleanly: “sometimes the voice of experience in your subconscious whispers to you – pay attention to that inner voice.”

The rules are the foundation. Experience builds on top of them. Mary has been here long enough to know the difference.

“I’m not usually one to stray from the rules but I’m glad I let a little rebel show up today.”
– Mary

Back to Flat. Then Profitable.

Richard H. drove to work on Tuesday. Two losses. Couldn’t re-enter. Watched the VWAPs dance, left it alone. Wednesday he stayed out. “Dancing between VWAPs, so I left it” – that is the correct decision, not a failure.

Friday: RUT PP straight out of the ORB20 gate. 50% ROC. “That’s a nice way to start.”

Then SPX. 50% ROC.

Two trades. Both winners. The week that had been losing was profitable by close.

“All done for the week and profitable from today’s trades. Have a good weekend all.”

There is no better sentence on the Wall. He was losing going into Friday. He closed profitable. The process waited for the right moment and then delivered.

“All done for the week and profitable from today’s trades. Have a good weekend all.”
– Richard H.

The Honest Seven

Duncan G. traded seven times on Monday to get a result that one disciplined trade would have produced at 30% ROC.

His own post-mortem: “Slightly up on the day. Took 7 trades to get to what would have been 30% on one trade!”

That kind of self-awareness is rare and valuable. The temptation to keep trading after early losses is one of the most common ways that defined-risk systems get turned into undefined-risk sessions. Duncan recognised it, named it, and came back on Wednesday with clean BO and VWAP entries on both instruments – one running to 90% ROC.

The lesson doesn’t always land at the time. It did this week.

“Took 7 trades to get to what would have been 30% on one trade!”
– Duncan G.

The Quiet One

James D. posted four wins across four sessions without a single dramatic entry.

Lazy Popper on RUT. Lazy Popper on XSP. Lazy Popper on RUT again Tuesday. Lazy Popper on SPX Wednesday. RUT and XSP again Friday. “Woot!” was his Friday summary.

No commentary on the FOMC. No opinion on South Pars. No view on Triple Witching. Just the Lazy setup on multiple instruments, session after session, adding up across the week.

The quietest entry on the Wall is sometimes the most instructive one.

 

The Ledger – Best Week Yet

Chris T. posted his weekly XSP ORB30 summary on Friday morning and called it what it was: best week yet.

5 trades. 5 winners. 0 losses. All ORB30. All $2-wide spreads. Clean sweep.

Monday: put spread got assigned on the short leg. That is the kind of thing that makes newer traders reach for the sick bag. Chris T. reported it matter-of-factly: the $41 credit collected absorbed the $6 settlement cost. Net +$35. The defined-risk structure did its job and the trade closed in profit despite assignment.

Tuesday through Friday: four straight expiries worthless. +$59, +$74, +$42, +$50. The biggest credit of the week – $0.74 on Wednesday’s 670/672 call spread – expired for the full take.

Net for the week: +$259.60. Nine-day win streak. Running ORB30 totals: 50 trades, 82% win rate, +$534 cumulative. Running totals across all strategies: 70 trades, 81% win rate, +$618 cumulative.

This is what a properly maintained trading journal looks like. Every trade logged. Every assignment documented. The running totals growing week by week. Not the flashiest number on the Wall. The most methodically earned one.

“Best week yet.”
– Chris T.

 

The Early Exit

Don E. covered his FOMC-day SPX PP at 30% ROC rather than hold through the announcement.

It was not the maximum this trade could have made. It was the maximum he was prepared to risk sitting through the Fed’s press conference. Phil’s take: “very wise.”

That distinction – between maximum possible profit and maximum sensible risk – is what separates experienced traders from everyone else. Don E. has been making that distinction consistently for weeks. Close the week with a 60% SPX LP on Friday: “a lovely way to end the week.”

“Getting out ahead of FOMC.”
– Don E.

 

The Transparency Corner

Mark S. posted a stop-out at 100% credit on a gap-up open. His framing was the right one: “At least I got stopped out for 100% credit, NOT full $400 loss. Best plan is to take them and not overthink it.” The stop did its job. The position was sized correctly. The loss was the cost of the trade, not a disaster.

Don E. logged his Monday loss openly alongside the week’s wins. The loss is line one of his Monday entry. The week’s other results follow.

Richard H. noted his Tuesday losses in full – driving, couldn’t re-enter, left it alone. The losses are on the record because they happened.

The Wall shows the whole picture. Not just the wins.

 

What They’re Saying

“Best week yet.”
– Chris T., 5 from 5, 9-day streak, +$259.60

 

“Wednesday–Friday. All Winners! Overall a solidly profitable week.”
– Andy D., comeback week

 

“I’m not usually one to stray from the rules but I’m glad I let a little rebel show up today.”
– Mary, 100% ROC

 

“All done for the week and profitable from today’s trades. Have a good weekend all.”
– Richard H., Friday redemption

 

“Took 7 trades to get to what would have been 30% on one trade!”
– Duncan G., honest post-mortem

 

“Follow the system, not your heart!”
– Bill H.

 

“Getting out ahead of FOMC.”
– Don E., disciplined exit

 

“That’s a nice way to start.”
– Richard H., RUT straight out of the gate

 

“At least I got stopped out for 100% credit, NOT full $400 loss.”
– Mark S., stop doing its job

 

“Poppers deliver again!”
– Zach

 

“Did not do anything else with FOMC in the background.”
– Shobha P., FOMC discipline

 

The Takeaway

Powell said “very difficult” six times this week. South Pars got struck. Brent hit $119. The FOMC produced the most hawkish dot plot in years. Triple Witching Friday arrived into all of it.

Thirteen traders put wins on the Wall anyway.

Andy D. lost Monday and Tuesday and won every trade from Wednesday through Friday. Mary let the rebel show up for one trade, doubled her position on instinct, and banked 100% ROC. Richard H. was losing going into Friday and closed the week profitable. James D. quietly collected Lazy wins on four sessions across three instruments. Don E. stepped out ahead of the Fed announcement and called it wisely.

The market spent the week in maximum uncertainty. The process was not uncertain. It found its setups, took its entries, and followed the exits.

The Wall this week is proof that the system doesn’t need the macro to cooperate. It needs a setup.