very hard truth ..

The other 82% get liquidated and lose life savings
I lost $2000 before learning how to actually trade it
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Only 18% of traders using leverage make money
82% lose everything - often in a single move
Why? Because they skip the basics and dive into leverage without control
Before you touch margin, you need to master structure, context and risk
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You don’t need 20 indicators - you need clarity
Trading is not about predicting - it’s about reacting with a system
Charts reflect fear, greed, and liquidity
Your job is to read behavior - not chase candles
3/
Every market move follows structure
Price cycles through 4 phases:
• Accumulation
• Markup
• Distribution
• Markdown
If you don’t know where you are - you don’t know what you’re trading.
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I start every chart with one thing: trend analysis
• Higher highs + higher lows = uptrend
• Lower highs + lower lows = downtrend
• Flat = range = trap
If you don’t understand the context - nothing else matters
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Momentum shift is your first sign of trend reversal
Price stops making lower lows, starts making higher highs
Volume builds at key levels - buyers step in, sellers get absorbed
I never enter early - I wait for confirmation near structure.
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My favorite setup: accumulation after capitulation
Price dumps, then goes flat - no bounce, no breakdown
But volume starts building, sellers fail to break support
Smart money is loading while retail cries
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My entry zone:
• Bottom of the range
• Clean reaction at 0.618 or 0.786 Fib
• Volume spike + candle strength
• Altcoin with zero CT noise but growing holders
If I see 3 out of 4 - I enter with size
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Fibonacci isn’t magic - it’s structure measurement
• 0.382 = shallow, strong trend
• 0.5 = clean pullback
• 0.618 = golden zone
• 0.786 = high-risk entry, often best R:R
Combine it with volume + market structure
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RSI isn’t for “buy 30 / sell 70” - that’s lazy
I use it to catch divergences and momentum shifts
• Price makes lower low, RSI makes higher low = bullish divergence
• Price makes higher high, RSI makes lower high = bearish divergence
This is where I snipe tops and bottoms.
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VWAP tells me where value is concentrated intraday
• Above VWAP = bullish
• Below = bearish
• Clean bounce or rejection confirms bias
Strongest on 15m / 1h during chop or reaccumulation
11/ Support and resistance are zones
I look for:
• 2+ clean rejections
• Volume clustering
• Long wicks / failed breakdowns
Strong S/R = magnet + trigger
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Candlestick behavior gives clues no indicator can
• Long wick down, full body close = demand
• Multiple top wicks = exhaustion
• Inside bars = pressure
I read candles like dialogue - not patterns
13/
Breakouts mean nothing without volume
If price breaks a level with no volume - I fade it
If it breaks with volume but fails to hold - I short the retest
Always wait for confirmation, not just candles
14/
I use EMAs to confirm trend momentum
• EMA 21 + 50 = short-term
• EMA 100 + 200 = macro bias
Price above 200 EMA = bullish frame
Below = caution or fade rallies
15/
Patterns don’t print money - behavior inside them does
• Cup & handle = accumulation
• Triangle = pressure
• Double bottom = rejection of lower prices
I don’t memorize patterns - I read what they mean
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Most traders lose not because they’re wrong
But because they’re too early, too aggressive, too emotional
Patience beats perfection
I don’t rush entries - I let the setup beg me to take it
17/ Risk management
I never risk more than 1-2% per trade
I don’t scale into losing trades, I don’t average down, I don’t move stops
I protect capital - even if it means missing the move
18/
If your average win is $300 and average loss is $600 - no setup will save you
Risk:Reward needs to be 2:1 or better
I’d rather take 3 small losses than one oversized hope-trade
19/
You don’t need 10 trades a day
You need 2 clean trades per week with proper risk and execution
Trading more = bleeding more
Best setups come to those who wait, not those who refresh charts
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Now let’s talk leverage
It’s the multiplier of skill - and stupidity
If you can’t make money with spot - leverage won’t fix that
It will only break you faster
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18% of traders make money with leverage - because they’re already profitable on spot
My rule: 3 months green without leverage before touching it
Then start with 1.5x or 2x
Keep same rules, same system, smaller position
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Leverage trades require:
• Fixed stop-loss
• Max 1% risk per trade
• Clean setup with volume
• No tilting, no hope
If I violate any of these - I don’t deserve to trade that setup
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The traders who survive long-term are not the smartest
They’re the most self-aware, most boring, most systematic
I don’t need to win today - I need to win this year
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I don’t follow dopamine - I follow data
I journal every trade
• Setup
• Entry
• Exit
• Mistake
• Emotion
• Execution
That’s how you become lethal
25/
82% of traders lose with leverage because they never respected the craft
They wanted shortcuts, not structure
They chased pumps, copy-traded noise, and ignored risk
Don’t be that trader.
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