I got 53.45% account growth but missed 100% account growth and a $50,000 bonus

How I Nailed a 10x Trade—And Still Left So Much Money on the Table

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Some days, you crush it. I had 53.45% account growth.

Other days, you crush it… but realize you could have crushed it way harder. I love making $1000-2000 bets for wild like gains. 50k may not move the needle for some, its still great money! Especially when its from a small bet.

Yesterday was one of those days.

Trade Thesis 1: MSFT 417.50c Will Hit $3 to $5

MSFT played out perfectly. I entered at $0.30, and my main exit was at $3.30, with runners dipping to $2.70 before I let them go. Easy. Clean. No second-guessing. The saddest part. I didn’t get those 65 contracts at 0.25 (missed by .02)

Trade Thesis 2: APP 460p Will Hit $20+

This one was a rollercoaster. The plan: Load APP 460p at $2, target $20–22 if APP broke below 480 and flushed toward 440.

But on Wednesday, I got stopped out of 80% of my position at $1 on a faker pop into the close. My 450p entry at $0.80? Stopped at $0.40. Brutal. no big deal $400 loss right?

But I knew the setup was still valid. I reloaded 460p at $2 at the open and loaded up 10-15% of my account. When APP hit 450, I locked in 80% between $8 and $12. Then the contracts ran to $18, $22, and finally $33. But on the first big drop after it hit 18, it pulled and got stopped on most of my runners at 14. It dipped all the way to 8 before hitting my $22 sell target on last runners and I was mission accomplished.

And just when I thought I had it all figured out… a short report dropped at 440, slamming APP to 427. The 450 puts I stopped out of at $0.40? They hit $23. The 460p hit $33!

That one stung.

These trade opportunities are discussed and shared in the THT PRO community. While the market was moving I shared my thinking and targeting. So proud of all the members that banked yesterday and then didn’t overtrade!

The Emotional Highs & Lows

Biggest struggle? Selling too early. When the 460p hit $6–8, I debated selling. Fear crept in. I set my sell and panicked and set 50% at $6, then “sense” moved it to $8. That’s a 300% gain, and then 30% more at 8-12 for for 400-500% gains but I should have held for the 10x move to $20–22.

Why was I patient with MSFT but not APP? I mentally executed MSFT in premarket. I knew I was getting a 10x move, so I held confidently. With APP, I hadn’t rehearsed the trade, so I let fear take over.

Revenge Trading Temptation? Dodged It.

After locking in 53.6% account growth, I wanted more. I saw what I could have made if I’d held longer or sized differently. That’s when the revenge trading urge kicked in.

I stopped myself by asking: Where’s the next 5-10x setup? Nothing stood out with a 80%+ win probability, so I sat on my hands. No overtrading. No giving back gains.

I told THT PRO members the same. I even had a cancellation from a new member because I didn’t give any more trade ideas yesterday. Without patience and learning how I trade people give up and keep chasing whatever is shiniest. I wish you great growth on your trading journey. I’m hyper focused on wanting 300-1000% minimum payouts and I get them regularly!

Key Lessons & Adjustments

✅ Mental execution matters. Every morning, I need to rehearse my top trade ideas.
✅ Adapt the selling rule. Selling 20% at 5x worked for MSFT but being 80% at 5x on APP was just dumb. On high conviction trades 20% at 5x is the better process to mitigate risk.
✅ Reorganize my schedule. Writing the daily blogs and watchlist in the morning took time away from trade prep. Going forward, I’ll write most of these blogs after market close leaving edits as my task in morning and block off 30 minutes premarket for mental execution.

✅ Exit into any spike in put prices after a short report and look for a reversal long play

Final Thought

Even when you hit massive wins, there’s always another level. The traders who knew my plans in advance saw the opportunity before it played out.

If I had prepared for the faker pop on APP, I should have bought 25 more of 450p at 0.40 instead of stopping out for $400 loss on Wednesday. Lets do the math. 20 for $1000 at 0.40 and 10 for $800 at 0.80. 35 contracts and an $1800 bet. Holding for $10 would have turned that to $35000 leaving 15 runners another 15000 at $20 so…

That add instead of stopping out would have been a $50k bonus on a small $1800 bet.

While the 50k would have been fun and 10-20x trades are my passion, my focus is on better execution. Yesterday better execution would have yielded me 100-150% account growth instead of 53.45% on my big account.

Focus on better execution, every day not the actual profits and money.

If you’re tired of reacting instead of executing, living a life of should of, could of, would of. Join us as we focus on the art of executing better one day at a time.

PS. My 2025 goal is to place a $35k bet and make $500k - $1m. Then do it 6 more times!. Join me and lets experience those wins together.

Have a crazy trade story? Drop it in the comments. I love hearing war stories.