@TedPillows Hi Ted
I get that it's the bear market and you're hungry for that X stimmie
But please tell whoever is ghost writing your tweets to try having an original thought every once in a while instead of stealing content from others
Cheers
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@R1chardMaur1ce wow even someone like you still fooled by the market, I guess iam saying that the market is hard is quite true then, usually BTC dropping most alts dipping but some of them still pumping strong, well I hope easy months to short will come sooner
How I Decide What to Trade. My Top-Down Logic. Cheat Sheet
You voted for it. Here is the framework I run before clicking on any chart. Seven steps, in order, every time.
This educational thread is sponsored by @_WOO_X, where I trade crypto with zero fees on spot.
What it is.
Most traders open a chart, see candles, and form an opinion in three seconds.
Bullish price action, they want long. Bearish price action, they want short.
That is not analysis. That is reaction.
Top-Down Logic is the opposite.
You start at the highest level and zoom in, layer by layer, until the trade either survives every filter or gets thrown out.
If a chart cannot pass the full seven-step funnel, you do not touch it.
Why it matters.
Random charts produce random results.
A repeatable framework produces a repeatable edge. The framework also forces you to ignore charts you have no business trading.
Most losses do not come from bad execution. They come from trading the wrong chart at the wrong time.
The 7 steps.
1. Market phase.
First question, always.
Is this market in distribution, accumulation, or expansion?
Distribution and accumulation are ranges.
Expansion is trending.
The setups that work in one phase do not work in the others. Wrong phase, wrong tools, wrong outcome.
2. HTF trend.
Higher timeframe trend is your bias anchor. 1D, 4H, sometimes 1W. Is it up, down, or ranging?
Trades aligned with HTF have a structurally better edge.
Counter-trend trades have to clear a much higher bar to be worth taking.
3. LTF trend.
Lower timeframe trend. 1H, 15m. The HTF tells you the direction. The LTF tells you the timing.
The cleanest trades happen when LTF aligns with HTF, then breaks in the direction you already had a bias for.
4. Ranges.
What are the ranges on each timeframe telling me?
Where is price sitting inside the range?
Top, middle, bottom?
Ranges set the reference points for where you act and where you wait. No reference point, no trade.
5. Pick the level.
Now you select the most interesting tradable level on this chart.
Not just any level. The one that has the best confluence of HTF, LTF, range and structure.
If no level stands out, the trade does not exist on this chart today.
6. Indicator confluence.
Layer the indicators on last, not first.
RSI, volume profile, fibs, whatever you use.
Indicators are the final check, not the foundation. If the structure says no but the indicator says yes, you skip the trade.
Structure leads. Indicators confirm.
7. Strategy match.
Last filter. Do I have a strategy in my arsenal that fits this specific coin and this specific setup?
If yes, I trade. If no, I do not.
Every coin behaves differently. Range deviations work on some, breakouts work on others, mean reversion on a few.
Knowing what plays on what is half the game.
When NOT to follow this.
You never skip steps. You can stop at any step if the answer kills the trade.
But you do not jump ahead, you do not start from step 6 because the indicator looks tempting, and you do not click because the chart is moving and you feel left out.
If you cannot complete the funnel cleanly, the trade is not yours. Wait for one that fits.
The killer rule.
The funnel is the trade. The click is the consequence.
Most traders think trading is about the entry.
Trading is about the seven decisions you made before the entry. If those are right, the click is automatic. If those are wrong, no entry tactic saves you.
Build the funnel. Run it on every chart. Skip the ones that do not pass.
That is how you stop trading random charts and start trading edge.
Here below how it works on ranges and trends.
Interested in joining my Telegram group? Just shoot me a DM!
We go over daily setups, market structures, how to plan/create a profitable trade, trade breakdowns and such much more everyday.
Will never charge anyone anything for my content, completely free!