SwissTrader2K

Trader // Skier // Entrepreneur - Trading journey & personal path to cpt

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

@jtraderco Happy bday mate🍷🎉

[JTrader @jtraderco]

Slow market day.

Reminder for newbies: don't let ego and FOMO dictate your trades. Use a solid process, over and over.

Today is a no-trade day. No A+ setups, no volatility in stocks = stay out.

[Tom Dante @Trader_Dante]

Annual reminder of what my average trading day actually looks like

[THE SHORT BEAR @TheShortBear]

Growing into the winning relationship

Holding period and pyramiding/doubling down into a winner or loser have the biggest impact for the aspired master trader.

These are not small variables. For the trader who aspires to the top, they are the only true variables.

People like to begin with entries. Fine. Entries matter. But the first real work is finding the pockets of edge: small caps, mid caps, large caps, each one becoming over time a liquidity-driven sliding scale forcing the growing trader to shift into a new version of himself. What worked at one size stops working at another. What looked like skill at one level becomes noise at the next.

Then comes compounding. Usually through an R system, whether you fully systematize it or compound naturally. Directly or indirectly, you are always measuring risk. You are always deciding how much of yourself to put behind the idea.

Then comes noise reduction.

Seeing less. Focusing more. Finding structure inside chaos. Learning what not to look at. Learning what not to care about. Putting structural elements (like scanners, prep, automated systems) in place. This is harder than people think, because most traders are not defeated by what they miss. They are defeated by what they cannot stop seeing.

Only after that do you earn the right to size exponentially.

Adding to winners. Averaging in. Pressing when the trade improves. Holding when the easy exit appears. Accepting that win rate and risk/reward live on a sliding scale, and that every serious trader must eventually decide where he belongs on it.

At the end, the game becomes judgment.

Can you grade the setup as it moves from bucket to bucket? Can you recognize when a B has become an A, when an A has become an A++, or when the thing you thought was elite was only dressed that way for a few candles?

This is most true in deep value. It is also true in parabolic shorts. The opportunity does not arrive fully formed. It reveals itself. Then your sizing and your holding period must adjust to the reality in front of you.

So here is the question.

Should you wait for the A++ entry when the A is already available?

Or would you rather miss the first entry so you can pyramid with greater certainty once the trade begins to prove itself?

There is no free answer. There is only the trade-off you can actually live with.

Win rates are easy to manipulate. You can raise them by taking profits too early, sizing too small, avoiding discomfort, and calling cowardice discipline.

But risk/reward and dynamic sizing are where the real alpha hides.

That is where the market wizardry is.

Not in being right often. In being enormous when it matters and pushing beyond, by appreciating the power of the true outliers and the range they offer as they reverse (or continue for some breakout strategies).

And that privilege is not given cheaply. The ability to push, to pyramid, to become your biggest in the best opportunities, comes only after mastering every earlier step.

You do not get to size like a monster because you are excited.

You get to size because you have earned precision. You have earned conviction. You have lived through dozens of account pullbacks, recoveries, new highs, false dawns, and near-breaks in belief.

Only then can you tolerate a smaller win rate in exchange for a huge winning tail.

Only then can you hold the trade long enough for the rare thing to pay you.

That part is not technique.

That part is earned, respect, held on to like a religion.

At the end all that remains is the tail, the tail of the alpha that blows off into account growth.

Are you truly able to get to that last stage only depends on building the strong foundation needed to support the monument that might live on in history.

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

@timothysykes @Mari_trades @Jackaroo_Trades @traderkylec @MikeHuddie @JohnCARL_510 Great people and great food - enjoy🍷🍝🇮🇹

[Lance Breitstein 🇺🇸🌎 @TheOneLanceB]

You can’t call yourself a trader and NOT watch this interview w @ptj_official!!

What a gift! 🙏

[Mike Bellafiore @MikeBellafiore]

You can’t miss the best trades. Period. Full stop.

And as a trader, you don’t have time to be an analyst.

Traders need to trade.

And wouldn’t it be awesome to cut your AM prep time?

Do you want to learn how a pro SMB trader, @SperoTrades, uses AI to ensure he doesn’t miss the best trades?

In this video, you will learn how to automate an AM prep system using AI. The core lesson is how to build an "AI Trading Assistant" using Claude to build an actionable dashboard before the opening bell.

Here is what you will learn:

1. The Strategy: Stock Selection
Traders often spend over an hour every morning manually scanning emails and newsletters, creating a "bottleneck" where daily stock selection occurs too late for the market open [00:00]. You will learn how to solve this by creating an automated workflow that extracts:

Macro Tone & Snapshots: Summarizing the Fed stance, geopolitical developments, and overnight sentiment [01:02].

Structured Economic Calendars: Prioritizing data releases by their potential to create volatility [01:45].

Earnings & Top Movers: Identifying Stocks In Play with clear catalysts like upgrades, downgrades, or guidance shifts [02:45].

Sector Themes: Recognizing broader narratives (e.g., AI infrastructure spending) that connect multiple tickers [03:30].

2. Building your stock list with zero coding
Even with zero coding background, you can learn the step-by-step process to build this system yourself [00:43]:

Connecting Data Sources: Linking Claude to your Gmail to automatically scan professional research emails [08:34].

Framework Prompting: Defining a clear structure so the AI prioritizes the specific information traders care about most [09:12].

Dashboard Creation: Transforming raw text into a clean, "dark theme" HTML dashboard that is easy to scan in minutes [13:39].

Unattended Automation: Scheduling the workflow to run every weekday morning at 8:00 a.m. so your research is ready by 8:30 a.m. [15:30].

3. The Professional Shift
The most important takeaway is the shift in mindset from being a "researcher" to being a "trader." By automating AM prep, you gain the same infrastructure advantage used by billion-dollar hedge funds [17:10]. This allows you to spend your mental capital on decision-making and execution rather than data entry. It lets traders be traders. It let’s you trade at your best.

The Bottom Line: Strive to be the very best trader you can be; and that begins with building a process that scales. By leveraging these tools, you can ensure you never miss a big trade again and enter every trading day with professional-level preparation.
#proptrading #proptrader #trader #AI

I Automated My Pre-Market Research With AI (Here's How) https://t.co/SxgO8uD3Wt via @YouTube

[Mike Bellafiore @MikeBellafiore]

Start thinking of yourself as an elite trader.

In everything you do, do what an elite trader would.

Sleep like an elite trader.
Prepare like an elite trader.
Review like an elite trader.
Collaborate like an elite trader.
Build technology like an elite trader.
Eat like an elite trader.
Execute like an elite trader.
Risk Manage like an elite trader.
Exercise like an elite trader.
Research like an elite trader.
Build a PlayBook like an elite trader.
Be open-minded like an elite trader.

Think of yourself as an elite trader.

[Zimtra @ZimtraTrading]

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We’re giving someone a fresh start to the new year with a $20K buying power Zimtra account.

Follow, RT & tag a friend to enter.

#TradeTheAdvantage

[Displacement Trades @iamdisplacement]

Tom Dante's trading series changed how i think about the markets .

Only 184k views. But it's the most complete trading education I've found—for free.

I rewatched it, took detailed notes, and extracted the key lessons.

If you're serious about trading, read this:

All credits: @Trader_Dante

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

Yes- J you said it this morning: “Chase the process, not the profits - Master the system, and the rewards will follow”👌

[JTrader @jtraderco]

Early morning strategy at https://t.co/ooLvigTt4P

Each day we start before 6am to trade small caps, long and short using a precise trading strategy

$BDRX high forecast fader, our team is starting shorts in
#smallcaps

[Mike Bellafiore @MikeBellafiore]

As traders we have been spoiled to trade the markets of the past 5 years.

This is not how markets have always traded. This is not how markets will always trade.

If you trade over the next 20 years you will not see the opportunity of the past 5 years from US markets.

That means you must be a better trader. That means you need to learn how to make more with less.

There have been years, YEARS, where a one point trade like @InvestorsLive highlights below was considered an excellent opportunity. NOT the need for a 10 percent move in a trade for it to be called an A+ trade.

Trading has been opportunistic. Swinging the bat hard on A+ trades has paid. Being selective for the best opportunities has been smart strategy.

But there will be a market again where you will have to survive on the A+ one point trades.

*And you will have to be able to short NOT just buy breakouts.

You may have glanced at Nate's tweet and moved on quickly. But it represents the skills needed to be a sustaining, elite active trader. It defines the game. It is the prequel to being able to make real money.

Start researching and developing these trades now. Add them to your PlayBook. You will have to dust them off one day to make your year. And when you get good at them they will still offer the ability to post solid years.

And getting good at them, and surviving/thriving in years with less opportunity, will keep you in the game for the next life-changing opportunity markets.

[Lance Breitstein 🇺🇸🌎 @TheOneLanceB]

LESSONS FROM MENTORING AT A TOP TRADING FIRM

I spent the last two weeks in Dubai working with the proprietary trading firm, @sfors_trading. I got to spend time in-person and virtually with over 250 traders. Lectures, live trading, and dozens of 1-on-1 mentorship sessions. These are my top takeaways:

1. There are so many ways to make money in the market. These traders trade the U.S. markets, yet our styles overlap only on the biggest opportunities. After 15 years, it reminded me how unique each of our perspectives are. That was the beauty of the Market Wizards books and what made me fall in love with trading. Everyone brings their own experiences and skills to find their edge.

It was a reminder to me to always be open-minded. One can easily get stuck in their ways when as traders we should always ask: “How could one capture that move? Might this move be more predictable than I otherwise assumed?”

2. Trading principles are universal. These traders are halfway across the world, yet everything they do aligns with what I’ve learned and observed. Concepts like trading with the trend, “the right side of the V,” importance of bet-sizing, and focusing on in-play stocks all remain true.

Many have a less systematic approach than I do, often trading ideas backed by data and feel. One of my key lessons to help them refine their trading was this:

An idea alone isn’t enough. 

IDEA + PRICE ACTION ALIGNING = $$$

We struggle most when bias leads us to ignore what the chart says.

3. Most intermediate and advanced traders already know what they need to work on. 

Advanced traders largely tend to fall into two groups:
-Traders with edge who bet big but lack precision, drawing down before the “see-it” moment.
-Consistent traders with edge but hesitation to size up.

The key to mentorship is confirming what they know, but then helping them build the systems to achieve their goals while also giving them the confidence to take daily action on them.

Much of the 1-on-1 work was spent helping traders turn their goals into specific exercises and actionable routines.

4. I was nervous going into the engagement. How will I be received? SFORS has 7- and 8-figure PnL per year traders, some with nearly 20 years of experience. Fortunately, they were all eager to learn, to share, and to receive feedback.

In turn, I got to learn a ton from them as well. With so many traders, there will always be different styles, ideas, and areas of expertise.

In what areas could you be more open-minded in regards to your trading? Who in your trading network could you learn more from?

5. The struggles of trader psychology are universal. Traders at every level feel uniquely affected by insecurity, comparison, or FOMO. The loudest applause I received was after my lecture explaining to them that they’re not alone - that I still face the same struggles and so do their top traders.
The fix: focus on process, not outcome. Re-program your mind to care less about how you compare and more about getting 1% better each day. Judge yourself by progress, not daily PnL.

6. Culture and camaraderie matter. Nothing beats having passionate people chasing the same goals. I’d forgotten how energizing a trading floor can be. We worked long hours, but the best moments came sharing meals and bonding together (Din Tai Fung transcends all cultures!).

The more we relate as humans, the more we are receptive to each other’s ideas and feedback. That’s why forming a trading pod matters. It’s not just about performance, it’s about resilience and sustainability.

What can you do to recreate the benefits of a trading floor? Could you start one locally?

7. One of the most impactful parts of the experience for me was bigger than just trading. SFORS is a proprietary trading firm founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Mykola Sushko, with a team from Ukraine and offices in Dubai, London and Cyprus. As an American, I’ve been removed from the realities of the war in Ukraine. It was emotionally powerful for me to hear about how everyone’s lives have been affected and how trading has given many of them opportunities they once couldn’t imagine. One trader explained to me that so much of their work ethic comes from their culture and their upbringing in Ukraine which emphasizes the importance of working hard. Getting to connect with all these incredible people was a reminder of what a blessing this job can be for so many of us around the world.

Thank you to all of @sfors_trading for the hospitality, the lessons, and the chance to grow together. Can’t wait to see you all continue to thrive.

[Brian Lee @BrianLeeTrades]

PSA: DAS Users on Windows

There's a major risk that your hotkeys will be completely lost or rolled back randomly.

This has happened to me before and several other traders over the last few years. It happened to one of my friends yesterday so I decided to make a post.

I have the fix here:

1. Go to Hotkey menu and look for "browse" on the bottom right-hand corner

2. Open that and it will bring up your hotkey file folder

3. Find your current Hotkey file, by default it will be "hotkey.htk"

4. Rename the file to something else like "HotkeyBackup2025.htk" or whatever

5. Copy that same hotkey and paste it back in, rename it to "hotkey.htk"

6. Go back to Hotkey menu and select browse, make sure to select hotkey.htk so it loads as your default

-- Details --

The issue is that at some point the file stops being modified properly, it will change so you won't notice it day to day but if your file says something like "date modified 9/3/2022 11:33 PM" (see screenshot) then there is a major risk that your keys will be reset years at RANDOM.

That OLD file will continue to "update" when you change it but will continue to say "date modified" as the OLD date, meaning there is always a risk you rollback entirely for no apparent reason.

Even if you're new to DAS and only have a few weeks or months, it has still impacted traders by rolling back all of that progress.

I would suggest to check this file and see that it is modified after each change, you should see the last modified date and time change.

Periodically make backups to your file if you make any major hotkeys that will be a bitch to recover. Basically whenever the modifications stop recording on the file explorer, you need to update your default hotkey to a new version and backup the one you're using.

Good luck! I hope that this saves many of you before you get your stuff deleted.

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

This

[Mike Bellafiore @MikeBellafiore]

Your trading improvement comes from...
"the micro actions you are taking every single day. The tiny things that perhaps no one else notices." 👇👊

For traders, efforts like:
The PlayBook
Daily Report Card
Tape Playback
Tradervue
Build technology
Colloboration

How I Changed My Life | Rich Roll https://t.co/OCCKPD7cFG via @YouTube

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

@xavier_comas So nice, would love to visit once up and running. Would you consider having flexible trading stations for traveling traders?

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

@jtraderco @SmallCapRoom showing up every single day, training, guidance and mentoring.
Learn real edge and execute - review, train, improve.

[JTrader @jtraderco]

Small caps $RELI $NBY $NAOV are definitely for hit and run right now.
Stocks that open short, then long, then short.
You need to know price action, read the tape good and also have a strict risk management.
Don't be greedy, don't look for big trades but hit and run!

#smallcaps

[SwissTrader2K @trader2_k]

@jtraderco Im looking forward to Pete’s cookie post every single day! 🍪
Absolutely inspiring and amazing development.

[THE SHORT BEAR @TheShortBear]

How do you fail at trading?

By ignoring the best opportunities laid out by @TheOneLanceB, and more importantly, by not reviewing the best setups in the market, period.

Lance breaks down each play in detail through Magnum Opus, his charity initiative.

If you want to both support a good cause and learn directly from him, you can donate here: https://t.co/LiPKbA2S1k

To be clear, Lance did not ask me to do this, we were simply talking about how to make the biggest impact for charity today in Norway, and as Lance continues his great efforts to do good, I wanted to proactively reach out to provide value while helping the cause.

More exciting things will develop into the end of the year and into 2026!

Lance broke down every single best play for active traders since November 2022 on Twitter-X and proceeded to make a video for each month breaking these down in detail for his charity.

I will provide the list below of tickers which lance has tweeted out, feel free to study these on your own but he also broke down each one through videos which I would recommend to learn from.

TOP OPPORTUNTIES SINCE 2022

2022

November 2022

-BTC (11/8–9)
-AAPL (11/10)
-TSLA (11/10)
-USO (11/18–20)
-MRTX (11/22)
2023

January 2023

-BBBY (1/10–13, 1/26)
-GNS (1/19–20)
-NFLX (1/20)
-LCID (1/27)
-AMC/APE (1/27)
-MSGM (1/31)

February 2023

-MSGM (2/1)
-MGAM (2/1)
-CVNA (2/1–2)
-META/TSLA (Fed 2/1–2)
-BBBY (2/6)
-Oil headline (2/10)
-LUNR (2/22–23)
-OCEA (2/22–23)

March 2023

-WAL
-FRC
-SIVB
-Regional banks
-AI (best)

April 2023

-CXAI
-FRC
-TOP

May 2023

-ATLX (5/3–4)
AMD/NVDA (5/4)
-GLD/USO (5/4)
-TOP (5/4)
-IEP
-FSLR (5/12)
-MBOT (5/22)
-NVDA (5/24 AH)
-Semis/AVGO
-SDA (5/31)

June 2023

-UCAR (6/1)
-BA (6/6)/2)
BA (6/6)
-AHI (6/9)
-AI
-CVNA
-SONN (6/17)
-BTC (6/30)

July 2023

-MULN
-CRBU (7/6)
-NVS (7/7)
-PWM (7/6–7)
-ATVI/Gamers (7/11)
-BTC/COIN (7/13)
-NKLA (7/13–14)
-MSFT (7/18)
-AAPL (7/19)
-CVNA (7/19)
-AMC/APE (7/21)
-SIRI
-EOSE (7/27)
-LYV (7/28)

August 2023

-NKLA (8/1, 8/4)
-VTGN (8/7)
-AMC/APE (swing)
-SPGC (8/15)
-BTC (8/29)
-ICCT
-RAD
MSOS

September 2023

-VERB (9/5)
-HKIT/HOLO
-DIS (9/11)
-ARM IPO
-CART IPO
-RNAZ (9/25)
-SLNO (9/26)
-Oil (9/28)

October 2023

-TSLA (10/2)
-RIVN (10/4–5)
-NFP (10/6)
-TPST (10/11)
-MTC (10/20)
-TLT (10/23)
-F (10/27)

November 2023

-NCL (11/7)
-AMC (11/9)
-FIVN (11/16)
-AI (11/20)
-SHOT (11/22)
-IRBT (11/27–28)
-VVOS (11/29)
-SNGX (11/30)

December 2023

-FIVN (12/4)
-NKLA (12/6)
-BLUE/CRSP (12/8)
-/NG (12/11)
-GPN/FOUR (12/14)
-DOCU (12/15)
-COIN/MARA (late Dec)

2024

January 2024

-COIN/MARA
-CYTK (1/8)
-NVDA (1/8)
-DOCU (1/11)
-SAVE (1/16)
-PHUN (1/16)
-SMCI (1/19)
-MARK (1/30)

February 2024

-USO (2/1)
-SMCI (2/5)
-BMR (2/12)
-SMCI
-LUNR (2/22)
-PDD (2/23)

March 2024

-SMCI (3/1)
-BTC (3/5)
-NVDA (3/8)
-FSR (3/13)
-SOUN (3/14)
-NOVA (3/14)
-RDDT
-MSTR (3/28)
-CLSK (3/28)

April 2024

-DJT (4/1)
-TSLA
-GL (4/11)
-BTC (4/12)
-GLD (4/12)
-ARM (4/17)
-PRI (4/18)
-ANVS (4/29)
-Weeds (4/30)

May 2024

-GME/AMC
-ORCL (5/14)
-PARA (5/14)
-FFIE
-SMMT (5/30)
-CZR (5/31)
-SAM (5/31)

June 2024

-GME/AMC
-VKTX (6/4)
-NVAX
-AAPL (6/11)
-NVDA/Semis
-RIVN (6/25)
-CHWY (6/27)

July 2024

-GME/AMC
-VKTX (6/4)
-NVAX
-AAPL (6/11)
-NVDA/Semis
-RIVN (6/25)
-CHWY (6/27)

August 2024

-Panic (/NKD, /NQ, AAPL, BAC, CRWD, Semis, VXX)
-SMCI
-LUMN
-SAVA
-PCRX
-GNLN (8/12)
-ASTS (8/16)

September 2024

-X (9/4)
-LASE (9/11)
-RYDE (9/12)
-TUP (9/16)
-INTC (9/16, 9/20)
-TNON
-SMCI (9/26)
-“China gap” (9/30)

October 2024

-China tech (TIGR, FUTU, JD, BABA)
-Oil
-MSTR (10/11)
-ASML (10/15)
-BIVI (10/21)
-DJT
-PHUN
-SMCI (10/30)

November 2024

-SMCI (11/4, 11/19)
-BTC
-DJT
-TSLA
-DXYZ
-HON (11/12)
-SAVE (11/12)
-MSTR short (11/21, best intraday)
-BTC breakout (best swing)

December 2024

-SMCI (12/2)
-TSLA swing (12/5)
-TSLA/DXYZ/PLTR (12/9)
-QUBT (swing)
-Quantum names
-Euphoria reversal (12/27, 12/30)
-FNMA (12/30)

2025

January 2025

-QNCCF (1/2)
-FNMA breakout (1/15)
-NARI (1/6)
-FUBO (1/6)
-Quantum names (from 1/7)
-FTAI (1/15)
-ORCL (1/21)
-Deepseek (1/24, 1/27)
-Tariff tickers (1/31)

February 2025

-/MBT (2/2)
-/ETH (2/2)
-SERV (2/14)
-SOUN (2/14)
-WRD (2/14)
-DELL (2/14)
-PLTR (2/19)
-SMCI (2/19)
-HIMS (2/21)
-WRD swing

March 2025

-USO (3/3)
-Tariff headline (3/5)
-TSLA
-LMT/BA (3/21)
-VVPR (3/24)
-APP (3/27)

April 2025

-Tariff decision (4/2)
-China raising tariffs (4/4)
-RH et al (4/4)
-Market reversal (4/7)
-Fake tariff pause / denial (4/7)
-China headline (4/9)
-Tariff pause (4/9)
-NQ overextension (4/10)
-NVDA AH headline (4/15)
-HTZ (4/16)
-GLD (4/22)
-Trump headline (4/22)

May 2025

-KTTA (5/6)
-GOOG (5/7)
-Tariff announcement (5/12)
-PLTR (5/13)
-UNH (5/15)
-Debt downgrade (5/16)
-AEVA (5/19)
-NVTS (5/21)
-Nuclear Trump tweet (5/22)
-Trump tariff threat (5/23)
-SNPS, CDNS (5/28)

June 2025

-CRWV
-CRCL (best)
-TSLA (6/5)
-Oil (6/12, 6/23)
-RGC
-GME (6/11)
-HIMS (6/23)
-CYN

July 2025

-AEVA (7/1)
-BMNR (7/1)
-Copper (7/8, 7/30)
-BTC
-NVDA (7/14)
-Crypto bill (7/15)
-CRCL
-QS (7/21)
-OPEN
-KSS et al. (7/22)
-NVO (7/28)
-FIG (7/31)

[Kinfo @Kinfo]

The undisputed Quote King of Fintwit is none other than @Trader_Dante.

With over a quarter century of skin in the game he certainly knows a thing or two.

Check out these top 10 quotes from the “ledge” himself  🧵👇