Three First-Time Milestones. Eleven Traders. Forty-Five Wins. One Recovery Story.

11 traders on the board. 45+ wins logged. 3 brand new faces. 4 milestone moments.

Ahoy there, Trader! ‍‍⚓️

It’s Phil…

This week the market printed a new all-time high at 7,041.28 on Thursday while the Strait of Hormuz was actively blockaded by the US Navy and a ceasefire expiry clock ticked down to Tuesday.

And our traders just kept crushing.

Eleven names on the board this week. Three of them brand new to the Wall. Four milestone moments. CK banked their first real-money PPB win after months of paper. Mary posted her best week on record with five winners from five trades. James Davis stacked five SPX Lazy Poppers in five consecutive days, a personal first. Chris Taylor flipped a -$282 previous week into a clean-sweep +$116.76 recovery.

Zach said it out loud on a bullish setup that contradicted his personal bias: “I did not want to go bullish today but follow the system! Popper delivers again!” My response: “same – screw those opinions – I like making more more than being right.”

That mindset paid across the board this week. The system-over-opinion theme owned it.

Keep scrolling. Three first-time winners. A proper comeback story. A new all-time high in the background.

Eleven Traders. Forty-Five Wins. Three Firsts. One Recovery. New ATH In The Background.

Mr SPX with signature red arrow chart book and Theta Baby PopPop yellow sticky pointing at a gleaming gold trophy lit by desk lamp engraved with THREE FIRSTS CK MARY JAMES D 13-17 APR 2026 45 WINS 11 TRADERS. Chalkboard header reads 11 traders 45 wins 3 firsts 1 recovery new ATH in the background the wall didn't care. Corkboard behind shows pinned screenshots of all 11 traders with yellow sticky tags including CK first real money PPB, Mary 5 from 5 75% best week on record, James D 5 SPX LPs in 5 days first ever, Chris T +$116.76 zero losses proper recovery, Andy D first SPX BWB 91%, Richard H stop discipline, Don E 4 wins, Duncan G new face, Michael S transparency, Zach system over opinion. Yellow sticky notes with trader quotes. Newspaper on desk foreground showing Hormuz blockaded ceasefire Tuesday SPX new ATH 7,041.28 Nasdaq 12-day streak headline set to one side. Black cat on desk corner having formed no view on milestone weeks. Envelope with paper-trading notebook and PAPER crossed out in green for CK's first live win. Tuesday calendar with red question mark for ceasefire binary.


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Wall of Wins Table

Trader Results Highlights
Andy D. 54% to 91% ROC / 6 wins / 2 big days “Yesterday another kick ass day for me” / SPX #1 1st BO 55%, SPX #2 3rd BO Lazy BWB 74%, RUT #1 1st BO 73%, RUT #2 3rd BO 54% / Lazy BO 91% with first-ever SPX BWB: “Admittedly scary as F** with the huge numbers I’m not used to, but it all was just fine”* / SPX #1 1st BO 89% ROC credit spread
Chris T. 4W 0L / +$116.76 / Clean sweep 🏆 XSP 0DTE ORB30 $2-wide put spreads all expired worthless across four sessions. Credits modest ($0.25-$0.32) but no losses. “After last week’s carnage this week’s 4 clean wins was a welcome relief… A proper recovery after the -$282 bloodbath.” Running totals: 87 trades / 78% WR / +$268 cumulative
CKNew trader 1st real-money win 🏆 First official real-money PPB win. Entered 20ORB, doubled position at 60ORB signal. In at avg 1.2, out at 0.5. “Loving it. Thanks Phil!”
Don E. 50% to 80% ROC / 4 wins SPX Bear BO 80% at 3pm ET: “Phew! Awesome read of what could be another TACO day” / Ignored RUT BO downside, focused SPX Bull BO, closed 50% ROC / RUT Bear BO exited early 50% ROC: “Don’t have time to watch my trade today” / SPX Bull BO quick win at Phil’s software line
Duncan G. 4 wins / SPX + RUT 2x BO and 2x VWAP/pullbacks on SPX and RUT. “After a bad couple of weeks it is good to see greater firm direction intraday”
Eddy IR 2 wins / 50% ROC Textbook RUT ORB third BO win / SPX 50%: “Took a 50% on SPX today 💥”
James D. 5 SPX LPs in 5 days 🏆 “SPX LP win for me that makes 5 days in a row this week – first time ever!” / RUT LP win + SPX LP XSP loss: “overall a winning day” / RUT LP win on TV-broken day: “nice win after a shaky week last week” / LP RUT + SPX both bull on second breakout: “I did it on my mobile while sitting in the car!!!!”
Mary 75% SPX / 5 from 5 🏆 Best week on record. 75% on SPX. Five days of trades all winners. “Best week on record for me. Happy Friday. I’m out!💥”
Michael S. 5 wins / 1 loss Mon SPX BO + RUT BO both wins: “Monday started off way better than last week” / Tue 2 of 3 after RUT BO1 loss: “Net Positive for the day, albeit a small net win due to the 1st RUT loss. I’ll take it” / Additional day: SPX BO + RUT BO both wins, skipped BO3: “tied up this afternoon, can’t babysit the positions”
Richard H. 8+ wins / 1 half-loss / Best week Two RUT wins: bearish ORB20 + follow-up VWAP: “made up for the loss on Tuesday” / Apr 14 both ORB20s wins / Tue 2 for 2 + $3 stop from Monday’s video: “RUT was a squeaky bum moment… kept me the right side of the reversals” / Thu SPX ORB20 whipped but closed at 50% loss not 100%, covered by reload + RUT ORB20 / “Nice to have a 2r on SPX and 0.5r on RUT PP wins after yesterday”
Zach 3 wins / System over opinion SPX PP 50% / RUT PP 63% / “Popped the poppers! Yee!” / Bullish against personal bias: “I did not want to go bullish today but follow the system! Popper delivers again!”

 


Strategy Breakdown

Strategy Wins This Week Typical ROC
Premium Popper (1st BO / 3rd BO) 20+ 50% to 89%
Lazy Popper / LP / BWB 8+ 50% to 100%
ORB (20 / 30 / 60) 10+ Clean sweeps + first-win milestones
VWAP / Pullback 4+ Directional days suited
0DTE Credit Spreads (XSP) 4 $0.25-$0.32 credits, all expired worthless

 


Week Stats

Metric Result
Unique Traders 11
New Traders This Week 3
Total Wins Logged 45+
Milestone Moments 4 🏆
Date Range 13-17 April 2026
Instruments SPX, RUT, XSP, /ES futures
Macro Backdrop Hormuz blockade, ceasefire Tuesday, new ATH 7,041.28

 


Stories Behind The Numbers

The First-Real-Money Breakthrough

CK had been paper trading for months. Reading the material. Watching the setups. Not executing live. This week that changed.

CK pulled the trigger on a real-money PPB. Entered on the 20ORB signal, recognised the 60ORB confirmation, doubled the position exactly as the playbook calls for, and closed the whole thing out for a clean win. In at average 1.2. Out at 0.5.

“Loving it. Thanks Phil!”

The gap between knowing and doing is the biggest one in this business. CK crossed it this week.

The Best Week On Record

Mary posted a week that anyone in this community would take home and frame. 75% ROC on SPX. Five days of trades. Every single one a winner. Five from five.

“Best week on record for me. Happy Friday. I’m out!💥”

Mary is also new to the Wall this week. Walking in and posting a 5-from-5 week on first appearance is the kind of start that changes how a trader thinks about what’s possible going forward.

The Five-In-A-Row First

James D has been posting Lazy Popper wins for a while. This week he did something he’s never done before.

Five SPX Lazy Poppers in five consecutive days.

“SPX LP win for me that makes 5 days in a row this week – first time ever!”

On the Thursday when the TradingView feed was broken, James switched to RUT LP and took the win anyway: “nice win after a shaky week last week.” On Friday he executed a second breakout LP on both SPX and RUT “on my mobile while sitting in the car.”

The bar for “I need my full setup” keeps getting lower for this community.

The Proper Recovery

Chris T walked in with a -$282 bloodbath from the previous week. He did not change strategy. He did not increase position size to chase. He did not stop posting.

He traded the same XSP 0DTE ORB30 $2-wide put spreads. Four times. Monday 678/680. Tuesday 689/691. Wednesday 695/697. Friday 707/709. All four expired worthless. +$116.76 banked. Zero losses.

“After last week’s carnage this week’s 4 clean wins was a welcome relief. Credits on the smaller side ($0.25-$0.32) but no losses the main thing. A proper recovery after the -$282 bloodbath.”

Running totals after the recovery: 87 trades, 78% win rate, +$268 cumulative. He’s moving to the lazy stacker variant next week.

The First SPX BWB

Andy D took his first-ever SPX Broken Wing Butterfly this week. The scale of the contracts on SPX is an order of magnitude up from what he’s been trading.

91% ROC on the Lazy BO. He described the experience honestly: “Admittedly scary as F** with the huge numbers I’m not used to, but it all was just fine.”*

On the Thursday when TradingView lost data across the community, Andy pivoted to using /ES futures as a proxy and executed alongside Phil live. 89% ROC credit spread: “Only reason these were winners because it was live with Phil. We all lost data on Trading View so were using Futures as a proxy. Solid workaround to learn.”

Scaling into bigger contracts and adapting under live technical failure in the same week.

System Over Opinion

Zach went bullish this week on a setup that contradicted his personal market view. The Popper said long. Zach took the trade. The Popper delivered.

“I did not want to go bullish today but follow the system! Popper delivers again!”

Phil’s response in the community chat: “same – screw those opinions – I like making more more than being right.”

That is the philosophy in one exchange. Opinion is the thing that loses money. Execution is the thing that makes it.

The Richard H Stop Discipline

Richard H took his best week on the Wall with 8+ wins and one half-loss. The half-loss is the story.

Thursday his SPX ORB20 whipped into the stop. Instead of taking the full -100%, Richard’s trade management closed it at -50%. He reloaded the SPX. He also ran a RUT ORB20. Both cleaned up. Thursday closed profitable in a week where a sloppy stop could have broken the streak.

On Tuesday the $3 stop from Monday’s community video kept him on the right side of the reversals: “RUT was a squeaky bum moment… kept me the right side of the reversals.”

Risk management wins are quiet. Richard’s were decisive.

 


What They’re Saying

“Loving it. Thanks Phil!”
— CK, on first real-money PPB win

 

“Best week on record for me. Happy Friday. I’m out!💥”
— Mary, 5 from 5

 

“First time ever!”
— James D, on 5 SPX LPs in 5 days

 

“A proper recovery after the -$282 bloodbath.”
— Chris T, +$116.76 clean sweep

 

“Admittedly scary as F** with the huge numbers I’m not used to, but it all was just fine.”*
— Andy D, first SPX BWB

 

“I did not want to go bullish today but follow the system! Popper delivers again!”
— Zach

 

“After a bad couple of weeks it is good to see greater firm direction intraday.”
— Duncan G

 


Transparency Corner

Michael S took a loss on Tuesday’s RUT BO1 and posted it alongside the two wins that followed on SPX and RUT. “Net Positive for the day, albeit a small net win due to the 1st RUT loss. I’ll take it.”

Richard H shared the Thursday SPX ORB20 that whipped into the stop before the reload and recovery. 50% loss filed, not hidden, covered by what came after.

James D reported the RUT LP win plus the SPX LP XSP loss on the same session. “overall a winning day.”

The community posts the reds as well as the greens. The scoreboard is honest.

 


The Takeaway

Three first-time winners on the Wall in a single week. A recovery sweep after the previous week’s loss. A 5-from-5 debut. A 5-in-a-row personal best. A first SPX BWB at 91%. And a system-over-opinion moment that got crystallised in one exchange.

The macro backdrop this week was a naval blockade, a ceasefire binary four days out, and a new all-time high on the SPX. The community did not trade the macro. The community traded the setups.

The Popper paid. The Lazy Popper paid. The ORB paid. The BWB paid. The VWAP paid. Eleven traders. Forty-five wins. Four milestones. One recovery story.

This is what a week looks like when the market is straight-lining up, a blockade is active, and the discipline holds.

 


Happy trading,
Phil
Less Brain, More Gain
…and may your trades be smoother than a cashmere codpiece

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