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May 2026 results: +18.3R in 8 published trades.

May 2026 banked +18.3R from 8 closed trades: 8 won, 0 lost.
+18.3RNet, May 2026
8Winners
0Losers
+4.34RBest (LUNR)
+1.50RWorst (MES)

How May 2026 compared

May 2026 ranks 2nd of 11 published months by net R, up from +3.7R in April 2026. 8 of 8 trades won (100%, against 50% of trades across the whole record), and the average trade returned +2.28R against +0.49R record-wide. After May 2026 the running total stood at +31.2R.

The trades that decided May 2026

Best: LUNR long, +4.34R. Opened 30 Apr at 25.39 with the stop at 21.11, closed 26 May at 43.97 after 26 days, target hit.

Worst: MES long, +1.50R. Opened 6 May at 7,341.25 with the stop at 7,324.08, closed 6 May at 7,367 after 0 days, closed early.

Where the R came from in May 2026

Short Squeeze carried the month at +11.09R from 4 trades.

MarketTradesWonNet R
Short Squeeze44+11.09R
Futures33+4.52R
Forex11+2.65R

Every trade closed in May 2026

AssetTypeDirectionClosedResult
LUNRShort SqueezeLong2026-05-26+4.34R
CAD/CHFForexShort2026-05-05+2.65R
ASTSShort SqueezeLong2026-05-26+2.52R
CLSKShort SqueezeLong2026-05-20+2.19R
SATSShort SqueezeLong2026-05-18+2.04R
ESMFuturesLong2026-05-13+1.52R
ESMFuturesLong2026-05-05+1.50R
MESFuturesLong2026-05-06+1.50R

No trade closed at a loss in May 2026.

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