How I Made $10,400 Swing Trading in May 2026 (3 Exact Setups Inside)
The exact trades behind my $10,400 May | Edition 67
I made $10,400 in realized profit in May.
AND
I am still holding positions with unrealized profits (like HPE, RKLB, ALAB, and others).
Transparency is important to me, so here is my broker activity statement.
*it’s actually more if you count the unrealized profits
I am not showing you all this to brag about how good I am.
ACTUALLY,
I want to show you exactly how I made this money.
In May, I took a total of 51 trades, averaging about 2 trades per day.
Look at the net daily P&L and notice how the losses are small and the gains are large, measured in R units of risk.
This means that one of the secrets is that I cut my losses fast and I hold on to my winners.
I’ll be more specific and show you the EXACT setups and trades I took to make this kind of money.
Here are 3 examples to learn from.
Base breakout - HPE
So this stock keeps paying me because it simply does not want to drop below the 10 MA.
For context, HPE had formed a 10‑month base that I was watching very closely.
As soon as I see this kind of price contraction forming, I immediately add it to my focus list.
On April 16 I initiated a position with a stop loss at 24.68, an extremely tight risk.
The stock moved in my favor from day one with a 5% return, then on the second day it already hit 3R, so I sold one third and it basically became a free‑risk trade for me.
After that the stock formed another small base; that was the opportunity to add to the position, but I did not take it.
Then I started selling into strength, as you can see on the chart above.
Right now, the stock has given me a huge realized multiple of 23.8R, and the position is still not fully closed, so most likely it will end up over 30R.
So this single trade paid for roughly 30 losing trades.
Just imagine for a moment the power of this kind of risk management.
20 MA Undercut and Rally Trade - CIEN
The stock touched the 20 simple moving average perfectly, undercut it, and then rallied on volume.
This allowed me to use a very tight stop at 486.22, with an entry at 493.61.
I sold one third of the position on the second day, because the trade had already reached 3 units of risk.
Then I sold into strength six days later.
After that I sold when it closed below the 10 MA, and finally the last portion when it closed below the 20 MA.
This allowed me to lock in a 7.29 R multiple.
As you can see, after I sold, the stock offered yet another similar setup.
And before this, on March 27, there was one more valid setup.
Base Breakout Setup - PWR
PWR was a classic base breakout setup.
The stock undercut the base and the 50 MA, and then it started to move.
My entry ($585.29) was only after the stock price got back above the 10 and 20 MA and broke out of the base it had been forming since February 19.
SL was at $576.48.
I sold the first one third of the position on April 22, after the stock reached 3 units of risk.
Then I got a gap up into earnings, and seeing that the stock was about 9 times extended from the 50 MA, I sold into strength.
After another two days I literally sold at the top.
Finally, I sold the last remaining shares on the day it closed below the 10 MA.
This trade generated an 8.10 R multiple for me.
You can achieve this too.
After walking you through these trades,
you can clearly see that this is not about lucky bets.
it is about repeatable setups, strict risk management, and the discipline to execute.
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