Wanted to experiment with a more aggressive trading style so I started this journey with a side account back in September.
-Start: $5000
-End: $25940
-Trades: 30
-Win: 60%
-Risk: 2-5%
Let me share some details about my trading style & why you should keep a journal.
1/11.
Learning to trade requires lots of hard work and dedication, but it is SO rewarding. It provides you with freedom and the ability to make money, wherever you are, whenever you want.
Keep learning and stay positive!💪
@EmperorBTC
I had the honor to be one of Emp's first students.
Learning from someone with that much experience in the market accelerated my trading journey immensely. Something I will carry with me forever.
Along with that, made some lifetime friends around the world.
Forever grateful.🤝
Started mentoring a friend of mine, for the first time in my life. He is completely new to trading, but dedicated to learn. This is the picture he just sent me.
First assignment: study
@EmperorBTC
's trading manual. Start with the basics, and expand from there.
Working on launching a Youtube channel full of educational
#trading
content. It will take some time but i'm making sure it will be all you need to become a consistently profitable trader.
Step 1: buy a decent mic. 💯
Why PA is king?
Look at these two lovely $SUSHI setups. You only need two lines and understanding of basic PA.
Trade 1:
1) Squeezed between resistance and trendline.
2) Rejected at retest.
Trade 2:
1) Again squeezed.
2) Fake brake out, long overhead wicks.
Keep it simple.🤝
It’s not whether you’re right or wrong, it’s about how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
Protect your capital.
Shorted $BTC yesterday before it dumped. Why?👇
1) Price hovering just above resistance. In case of a successful S/R I would like to see move price away from the zone quickly.
2) OBV broke down. OBV can predict future price movement, in this case it worked perfectly.
I love most of you, but as soon as you post a picture of yourself flexing with your watch, I will unfollow/mute you.👋
It makes me sick to see what money does to (some) people.
What is journaling?
A trading journal is a log of your trading activity. Write down every trade you take and include the following variables as a minimum:
-Trade entry
-Trade exit
-Reason for taking the trade
-Screenshot of the setup (before and after)
-Lessons learned
5/11.
Start journaling today and discover the strength of it.
If you still have any questions about journaling after this thread, feel free to reply or send me a DM.
Hope this thread is useful. Cheers!
11/11.
How to trade a range?
Markets are ranging most of the time, so you should know how to trade a range successfully.
1) Trade the range until it breaks.
2) Wait for confirmation before entering (see red circles).
3) Watch volume at range high/low to confirm breakouts.
$BTC $ETH
@EmperorBTC
Great post!👌
Personal addition to
#4
:
Before entering a trade I will ask myself things like:
-Did I check and stick to my own rules?
-How is my mindset? Is this an impulsive trade?
Always think twice before clicking that buy or sell button.
Quick lesson on PA. How you could have traded this move down on $BTC:
1) Price getting squeezed inside the range.
2) Breaks down from range (do not enter position here).
3) Retests range, got rejected (enter short here with SL above the range).
4) Take profit at support area.
Why journal?
IMO, a trading journal is a must-have for every serious trader. It'll help you discover your strengths & weaknesses, and will train your brain to recognize your successful setups.
Great quote:
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
6/11.
It will also help you discover your winrate. As you can see, I only had a winrate of 60% during this challenge. It all comes down to risk management. You can still be profitable even if your winrate is <50%.
@EmperorBTC
has some nice R:R threads:
7/11.
The sooner you realize trading is all about probabilities, the better.
Took me a while to realize that.
If you have a (backtested) system of which you know it's profitable over x amount of trades, all that's left is you following your system.
Sounds easier than it is.
The goal of trading is to make it as simple as possible:
You:
-See a pattern forming.
-Already pre determined how you want to trade this.
-Execute your strategy without emotions.
-Witness the outcome.
-Write down the result.
-Reflect on your performance.
Repeat this process.
"Don’t force yourself into trades if you don't see any high quality setups."
One of my most important rules. I became much more profitable after applying this.
-Mostly day trades. Tried only taking quality setups in which I could use a large position size due tight invalidation.
-Combination of price action, breakout trades and horizontal + diagonal support/resistance. Fibo levels for confluence. Nothing fancy.
3/11.
Notes about the challenge:
-Some of the setups were shared publicly on either my Twitter or in discord.
-I focused on only trading a few pairs: $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $LINK.
-Small losses, big winners.
2/11.
At the start of your trading journey it can be difficult to take a loss. However, taking losses quickly and without doubt is the secret to being profitable. Even the best traders have a winning percentage of only 50-60%.
Risk management makes all the difference.
Journaling isn't fun. I remember avoiding it myself as long as possible when I started learning to trade. But it's a necessary evil. It will accelerate your learning process immensely.
10/11.
How to make the most out of journaling?
-Record you trades on a daily basis, and review them at the end of the day.
-Do a extensive weekly review in the weekends.
-Write down your mistakes from past week. Focus on these mistakes the upcoming week
Repeat this process.
8/11.
Merry Christmas everyone!✨
Hope you all are taking some time off the markets and spending some time with your loved ones.
Don't forget to treat yourself every now and then for all the hard work you put in to becoming a trader.🙏
Quick lesson on the OBV indicator. Notice how it perfectly predicted upward price movement for $BTC.
1) Price trending down.
2) OBV broke out of downtrend and retested successfully.
3) Price went up after the OBV breakout.
I will also be starting a series of
#EducationThursday
tweets! Let's start with my $CRO short. The market gives you many signals, learn how to read them:
1) Resistance level
2) Wicks + Indecision Doji
3) Broken trendline + failed retest
4) Declining volume in uptrend
Cheers!
It's tough. Life. It's tough when you work so hard, and get so little.
It's hard when your effort is high, but your reward is low.
It's hard when you do everything right but everything turns out wrong
But what are you going to do?
Are you going to give up?
- Must say it was stressful trading this account because of the higher risk appetite. Didn't like his style. It was a fun experiment though.
- I don't recommend using a risk of 5%. Most beginners are better off using 1-2% risk per trade.
Let's move on to journaling.
4/11.
9 out of 10 times when I feel frustrated and lose money I realize I've not followed my own rules. When this happens, always journal and reflect on your performance afterwards. With time, these moments occur less and less.
One of the most important things you should do to accelerate your learning process is spending 30 minutes / day in previous price action.
E.g. backtesting your patterns and strategy.
One thing that made all the difference to me was realizing that trading is a long term game, not short term. Rushing into trades, trying to get rich quick, was the quickest way to blow my portfolio. Patience really is key in trading.
Just finished Phase 1 with
@MyFundedFX
I really like the fact they don't have any time restrictions on challenges. Let's hope more prop firms will follow.
Time for Phase 2. ✅
@EmperorBTC
One thing i've found particularly useful during trading is applying deep breathing techniques. Immediately calms down the stress response.
Take care Emperor.
Watching $LINK. Would be nice if we get one more touch of the lower trendline to enter longs, otherwise retest of the breakout could be buying opportunity.
Be aware: breakouts in the middle of the triangle are mostly fakeouts. Real ones almost always happen closer to the apex.
How to journal?
I've started with journaling in OneNote, these days I use dedicated software. It doesn't matter what kind of tool you use, the most important thing is that you actually use it. There are plenty of solutions out there, find the one that appeals the most.
9/11.
If you're not constantly optimizing/backtesting your strategy, you're doing something wrong. The past week i've spend at least 1-2 hours a day optimizing my strategies. It will advance your learning process immensely, trust me.
When trying to learn to trade; stick to the basics. No need for fancy indicators.
Price action, S/R and volume is everything you need.
Master these basics first, you can always expand your knowledge afterwards.
So I can't even go to the gym anymore without getting a Covid test 4 times a week?
"About 78% of the hospitalized Covid patients in The Netherlands are overweight/obese (source: Hartstichting)."
Our government: "Let's shut down the gyms for the unvaccinated".
@Paskii_
@EmperorBTC
Put your Twitter timeline preference on Recent posts instead of Top. I missed 80% of the accounts I followed until I changed this setting.
@bloodgoodBTC
Laughed at the "working more hours than before when I wasn't retired". 😂
You're doing great things for the crypto community! Please know that this is greatly appreciated. 🤝
Noticed lots of people feeling down due to today's market behavior. If you lost money, try to learn from this event. Adopt a growth mindset; it will not only benefit your trading, but also every other aspect of life.
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Tip:
A while ago I noticed my Twitter timeline was showing only ~20% of the people I'm following. Missed a lot of great posts from other accounts.
Did you notice this as well? Change your Twitter timeline preference from "Top" to "Recent" posts.
@EmperorBTC
I always think of this:
Trading without a stop loss is like having sex without a condom.
Ask yourself if you really want to take the risk of becoming a dad for a few minutes of pleasure?
This $BTC chart is all you need right now. I expect more information about the direction before January 25th. If we lose this level, expect a heavy move to the downside.
Most of my friends who started trading have given up.
They made some gains during the bullrun, but then quickly realized it was mostly due to luck when the market turned around.
If you are still here building your trading skills, you will do well next run.
Don't give up.
The elements of good
#trading
are;
1) cutting losses
2) cutting losses
and
3) cutting losses.
If you can follow these three rules you may have a chance.
And remember:
"You have to minimize your losses and try to preserve capital for those very few instances where you can make a lot in a very short period of time. What you can't afford to do is throw away your capital on suboptimal trades."
@VikingXBT
Agreed! For me it's not about expensive cars, fancy watches and throwing money at strippers. It's about freedom. Creating memories, travel the world. Being materialistic won't bring you true happiness in the long run.
Keep it simple. Range established, trade the range until it breaks. Set alerts for price approaching the bottom and top of the range and in the meantime have patience. $BTC
Seeing all kind of patterns when looking at the charts?
You love
#trading
them?
Ever wondered what the success rate is of your favorite pattern?
Thread below. Use it to your advantage..📝
@johnnie_jacks
It really is. I went from all kinds of indicators and strategies to basic price action and some imaginary lines and i'm more profitable than ever.
I'm 100% convinced the edge is to be found in trade management/emotions rather than fancy tools.
Still recovering from a really bad cold but will try to record a new video this week on how to trade this.
And remember... You Are Awesome! Have a great day.💪