Utkarsh Raj

Value investor turned Swing trader | Trend Follower | Husband & Dad |
Software Engineering @ 💻 in 🇸🇪

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@ShakePryzby1 Beautiful picture 🤗

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@CFlanders7 Any plans of visiting Stockholm 🇸🇪 ?

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@Speculator_io @grok Create a list by from the tickers mentioned in the above tweet by removing '$' prefix and seperate them by comma so that I can go through them in Trading view by adding them into a watchlist

[peoplewish @Peoplewish]

TL;DR: Edge is a repeatable advantage that produces positive expectancy after fees, slippage, drawdowns, bad fills, boredom, fear, greed, and the operator’s best attempt to screw it up.

But here’s the part people don’t want to hear:

Just because the system has edge doesn’t mean the trader does.

ED + GE = EDGE

ED = Effective Design
The setup. Entry. Exit. Sizing. Risk. Market filter. Rules.

GE = Good Execution
The operator’s ability to follow the damn thing without drifting, flinching, improvising, revenge trading, oversizing, panic selling, or moving the goalposts.

And GE > ED.

By a mile.

A system that works on paper but falls apart in your hands is not your edge.

It’s a theory.

Same as having the best nutritionist, trainer, and health protocol on earth while never actually following the plan.

No execution.

No result.

Why learn to putt if you can’t get to the green?

Why pay for a gym membership you never use?

Why keep trading a system you constantly override?

Hope?

Fine.

But hope is a helluva drug when it never gets replaced with execution.

At that point, it’s not conviction.

It’s a crutch.

This is why people attempt to automate.

Not because automation magically creates edge, but because it removes the weakest, sloppiest, most emotional part of the system:

The operator.

Edge is not just the procedure.

Edge is the procedure plus the operator’s ability to run it without deviation.

Most people are obsessed with finding a better system.

Most people need a better operator.

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@FranVezz I am in it when it touched the 50DSMA, no issues with what it is doing and allowing it to work in my favour without moving the stop. I liked how it performed when the market crashing in last few sessions.

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@BlogJulianKomar Brian Shannon's books are good for a trader to improve there execution skills.

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Took $NOK when it finally break through 5DMA on intraday. Waited for inside 30 min candle and entered price $14.27. Stop 2.06% just below the 30 min pivot at $13.97.

price tested 50D SMA yesterday and today reclaiming 10/21EMA on daily.

Learned Inside 30 entry tactic from @ShakePryzby1 among many other things.

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$TE working well for today. Price came to test 5/10 EMA and LSP. Entry was at reclaim of PHOD.

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I think it is finally a time for $FLNC to get going. Took half position at $22.66 when it tested the resistance turned support area with a falling wedge on daily.
In fact chart looks good on all time frames.

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@alphatrends @marketsurge I like it too and did try to position myself last month. But don't like it as it trades little thin.

[Martin Luk @martinlukkt]

On bounce days after a distribution day, I was often tempted to go long and found myself mostly on the wrong side of the trade and getting stopped out. Those losing trades guided me to learn and develop the pullback short setup.

Those days are tricky and deadly. They don't only dig you into a deeper hole; but more importantly, throw off your rhythm and alignment with the market, which could easily lead to chasing or revenge trading.

Take a break and come back with a refreshed mind later. I wish I can learn it earlier.

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some from my side 🙏

What is your framework for pyramiding into a winner?
At what point do you free-roll a position, and why?
At what R multiple do you typically remove original risk?
Do you trim based on R multiples or technical levels?
How do you size highly volatile stocks differently from lower ADR names?
Have you found an optimal ADR range where your edge performs best?
How do you avoid getting shaken out while still maintaining good R:R?
Do you ever intentionally take smaller size in names that have exceptional upside potential?

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@AnkurPatel59 21 EMA, @mwebster1971 made me study that, it is clear technical where price reacts

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@TaPlot Praying for you sir, keep fighting🫡

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@ConnorJBates_ waiting for $CBRS to make an IPO base

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I can second this completely. Watched his TL interview and then read his book immediately, and doing just that made me 2 times better trader. Later joined his community in December and learning new entry tactics everyday. He is one the big reasons I have better R/R in my trades today.

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@TaPlot Once again awesome work and super important contribution to the trading community. Thanks a lot.

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@ShakePryzby1 This was another beauty which I couldn't ride with you, hurt so much when you notified in the group and I just passed even after seeing your message

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@TaPlot When are you planning to release this, eagerly waiting for it?