15 Traders. 29 Screenshots. One of the Most Chaotic Market Weeks in Recent Memory. Nobody Stopped Trading.

Date range: Week ending Friday 13 Mar 2026. 15 unique traders. 29 screenshots. Strategies across the board: Premium Poppers, Lazy Poppers, ORB30, Tag ‘n Turn swings, and one Gold BWB for good measure.

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Wins Table

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Strategy Breakdown

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Week Stats

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Stories Behind the Numbers

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The Comeback

Andy D’s Thursday was not the week’s highlight. His own words: he kept his hand in the cookie jar past the 2-day VWAP and paid for it on the RUT. “Educational day on this one.” A positive day overall – the SPX bear 2nd BO came in at 89% ROC – but not the day it could have been.

Friday came around and the market served up four clean setups.

RUT 1st BO: 97% ROC. RUT 3rd BO: 95% ROC. SPX 1st BO: 96% ROC. SPX 3rd BO: 80% ROC.

The reasoning was simple: “Just let em mostly ride since trades weren’t in danger.” Four trades. Four near-perfect exits. On Friday the 13th. After the Dow had closed at 2026 lows the day before.

The Thursday lesson stayed where it belonged – in the educational column. Friday went in the results column. That is exactly how the process is supposed to work.

“Just let em mostly ride since trades weren’t in danger.”
– Andy D

 

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The Genius (Well, Almost)

Duncan G. went 4 from 4 mid-week with PP BO and VWAP trades on both SPX and RUT. Then came back on Friday and went 6 from 6 – two breakouts and four VWAP trades across the two instruments.

His summary of the week’s macro backdrop: “Phil’s way is even more sound when lunacy reigns in the rest of the world.”

His summary of Friday’s session: “This is an ‘I’m a genius’ day – well Phil is actually. Have a good weekend all.”

Ten from ten across the two sessions in one of the most volatile weeks of the year. The humility is appreciated. The results speak for themselves.

“Phil’s way is even more sound when lunacy reigns in the rest of the world.”
– Duncan G

 

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The Ledger

Chris T doesn’t just trade. He runs a proper trading operation, logged and tracked with the discipline of someone who takes the business seriously.

This week’s XSP ORB30 round-up: 5 trades, 4 winners, 1 max loss. Net +$14.60 for the week. Monday was the rough one – the max loss. Tuesday rebuilt. Wednesday survived by $0.92. Thursday and Friday both closed green.

Running total: 65 trades, 80% win rate, +$358 cumulative. He noted “wider spreads week 1” – the kind of detail that only appears in a journal kept by someone who is genuinely analysing the data, not just collecting screenshots.

The +$14.60 weekly net will not be the headline number on the Wall. The 65-trade log at 80% tells you everything you need to know about where this is heading.

“Running total: 65 trades · 80% WR · +$358 cumulative.”
– Chris T

 

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The Auto-Close

Don E had five separate entries this week and every one came with a clear decision rationale attached.

The standout: RUT Lazy Popper opened at 10:42am ET, auto-close set at VWAP 2555. The VWAP level hit. The trade closed at 35% ROC before a reversal came through.

His commentary was three words: “Boom. That’s how you do it.”

That is the correct response. The auto-close did its job. The plan was set before the trade was live. The result was executed without a decision under pressure. 35% ROC is not the maximum that trade could have made. It is the maximum that was locked in with a plan.

“Boom. That’s how you do it.”
– Don E

 

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Best Week Ever

Rodger L joins the Wall again. His entry: best week ever. Strategy used: Lazy Popper only. No overcomplication. No multi-instrument acrobatics. Just the Lazy Popper, all week, doing what the Lazy Popper does.

That is the philosophy distilled into one Wall of Wins debut.

Welcome to the Wall, Rodger.

 

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Set It and Forget It – The Errands Edition

Mary set up her SPX Lazy, went and ran errands, and came back to a winner. Her take: “Glad I was out running around and didn’t look at the market. It would’ve made me crazy with the drop at the end of the day!”

She also picked up an SPX PP at 70% ROC and started the weekend early – because it was Friday and that is a perfectly legitimate reason to close a winning trade.

Two wins. Zero screen-watching required for one of them. The system worked exactly as designed.

“Glad I was out and didn’t look at the market. It would’ve made me crazy with the drop!”
– Mary

 

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The Swing That Closed Itself

Richard Hook was driving all week and not actively trading. His RUT swing from the previous week was sitting open, doing its thing quietly.

On Friday it closed.

“Been driving all week, nice to have a swing do its thing.”

Set it. Drive. Come back to a result. That is not laziness. That is the system operating as intended.

Welcome to the Wall again, Richard.

 

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The Transparency Corner

SLP logged a wash day openly: stopped on the RUT bear PP, didn’t take the SPX trade, “bit of a wash today – I’ll take it!” Three wins and a wash across the week. The wash is on the record. That is what an honest trading journal looks like.

Chris T logged Monday’s max loss in full: -$148 against the week’s other four trades. Net still positive. The loss is not hidden in a drawer somewhere. It is line one of the weekly summary.

The Wall celebrates wins. It also has room for the days that don’t go the way they should – because those days are part of every honest trading record.

 

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What They’re Saying

“Just let em mostly ride since trades weren’t in danger.”
– Andy D, Friday home run

 

“This is an ‘I’m a genius’ day – well Phil is actually.”
– Duncan G, 6 from 6

 

“Phil’s way is even more sound when lunacy reigns in the rest of the world.”
– Duncan G, mid-week

 

“Boom. That’s how you do it.”
– Don E, auto-close at VWAP target

 

“Glad I was out running around and didn’t look at the market. It would’ve made me crazy with the drop at the end of the day!”
– Mary, errands win

 

“Nice to have a swing do its thing.”
– Richard H, driving all week

 

“Busy day on work calls, but hard to mess today up lol.”
– John M, two Lazy wins

 

“Best week ever.”
– Rodger L, Lazy Popper only

 

“Love the auto close at target feature LMT orders.”
– Mark S, 6 wins

 

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The Takeaway

This was not a quiet market week. Hormuz was sealed. A jobs report lost 92,000 people. Brent hit $100 for the first time since 2022. The Dow closed at 2026 lows on Thursday. Friday the 13th arrived on schedule.

Fifteen traders put wins on the Wall anyway.

Andy came back from a tough Thursday and posted a near-perfect home run Friday. Duncan went 6 from 6 on the unluckiest date of the year. Rodger had his best week ever doing nothing except running the Lazy Popper. Mary ran errands and came back to a winner. Richard drove around all week and his swing closed without him.

The market was in full chaos mode. The process was not.

That is the point of systematic trading. It does not need the market to cooperate. It does not need calm conditions or a quiet news cycle. It needs a setup, a plan, and the discipline to let the plan run.

The Wall this week is the proof.