January 2026 ranks 3rd of 11 published months by net R, up from +3.4R in December 2025. 9 of 18 trades won (50%, against 50% of trades across the whole record), and the average trade returned +0.37R against +0.49R record-wide. After January 2026 the running total stood at +10.0R.
Best: USD/CAD long, +2.43R. Opened 26 Dec at 1.36797 with the stop at 1.36021, closed 9 Jan at 1.38684 after 14 days, closed early.
Worst: GBP/USD long, -1.00R. Opened 9 Jan at 1.34221 with the stop at 1.33804, closed 15 Jan at 1.33803 after 6 days, stopped.
Short Squeeze carried the month at +4.36R from 2 trades.
| Market | Trades | Won | Net R |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Squeeze | 2 | 2 | +4.36R |
| Forex | 16 | 7 | +2.27R |
| Asset | Type | Direction | Closed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/CAD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-09 | +2.43R |
| CGON | Short Squeeze | Long | 2026-01-09 | +2.30R |
| FLNC | Short Squeeze | Long | 2026-01-15 | +2.06R |
| GBP/CAD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-05 | +2.04R |
| USD/CAD | Forex | Short | 2026-01-26 | +1.81R |
| USD/CAD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-09 | +1.06R |
| GBP/AUD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-30 | +0.57R |
| EUR/AUD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-30 | +0.41R |
| EUR/USD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-19 | +0.26R |
| EUR/NZD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-30 | -0.06R |
| EUR/GBP | Forex | Long | 2026-01-30 | -0.08R |
| EUR/CAD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-15 | -0.17R |
| EUR/NZD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-29 | -1.00R |
| EUR/AUD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-28 | -1.00R |
| GBP/AUD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-22 | -1.00R |
| GBP/NZD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-22 | -1.00R |
| GBP/AUD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-29 | -1.00R |
| GBP/USD | Forex | Long | 2026-01-15 | -1.00R |
The 9 losing trades in January 2026 averaged -0.70R, the longest run of losses in a row was 3, and the worst single loss was -1.00R (GBP/USD).
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