My first “real” strategy was a simple moving average crossover. 9 EMA crosses 21 EMA, I buy. Sounded smart. I even backtested it. It looked amazing — until it didn’t. In real time, I kept getting chopped in sideways markets. I realized a major lesson: a strategy that works in one condition fails in another. That’s when I started paying attention to market context — is it trending? Ranging? Volatile? I added structure filters, volume confirmations, and eventually built a hybrid model. Simple systems are a great start — but evolution means adaptation. #MyStrategyEvolution