AMZN: +7.23% in 19 Days. In. Out. Profit Taken.
Here’s the part most traders never internalize:
the money is not made in the entry.
It’s kept in the exit.
If you’ve ever watched a green position slowly turn into regret, you already understand why this matters. I didn’t learn this from a book. I learned it from giving back gains I had no business giving back.
This AMZN trade is a clean example of how we do things differently inside ILAM.
The Trade, Exactly as It Happened
No hype. No revisionist history.
Buy:
• Date: 12/23/2025
• Price: $231.00
• Shares: 1,200
This was not a guess.
It was a rules based entry, triggered by our framework.
We got in when the market gave us confirmation, not when social media gave us conviction.
Sell:
• Date: 01/12/2026
• Price: $247.71
• Shares: 1,200
That is a +7.23% gain in 19 days.
In. Out. Done.
No hero behavior.
No “let’s see what happens.”
No emotional attachment.
Why the Exit Matters More Than the Gain
Here’s the part that never shows up in marketing screenshots.
One day after we exited, AMZN slid from $247.71 to roughly $239.35.
That is over $8 per share gone.
On 1,200 shares, that is $10,000+ evaporated for anyone who decided to “hang on a little longer.”
Most traders don’t lose money because they pick bad stocks.
They lose money because they refuse to sell good ones.
They turn trades into relationships.
They confuse optimism with discipline.
They wait for “just a little more” and end up with a lot less.
Behind the System
When we exited AMZN, nothing dramatic happened.
No bad news.
No crash.
No panic.
The trade simply reached the point where the system said: risk now outweighs reward.
That is the moment most people ignore.
That is the moment professionals act.
This is the difference between trading with rules and trading with hope.
What ILAM Is Becoming
ILAM is no longer just about education.
It is becoming a place where you can trade with us and see how these decisions are made in real time.
You see:
• how entries are chosen
• how exits are defined before the trade starts
• how gains are protected before the market takes them back
Not flashy.
Not emotional.
Just repeatable.
The Real Lesson
You don’t need to catch the top.
You don’t need to squeeze every last dollar out of a move.
You need to walk away with profits intact.
That is how accounts grow.
That is how confidence builds.
That is how trading stops feeling stressful.
If you want to trade this way — with structure instead of second guessing — you know where to start.
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