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Jan 27, 2023 11 tweets 10 min read Read on X
BULL TRAP THESIS 🧐

Read this comprehensive thread so you understand why this is the BIGGEST BULL TRAP that we have ever seen

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Let's start with JPOW & Interest Rates

Currently, Fed has been raising interest rates to battle inflation which puts downward pressure on the #StockMarket

So if Fed keeps raising rates, it's #bearish for #stocks & #crypto.

Raising Camign → Pause → Decreasing Campaign

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We are in a #BearMarket and this recent rally has sparked a lot of enthusiasm from #investors and #traders.

Bear Market Rallies are a common phenomenon during the Bear Market and usually have multiple selling climaxes and declining volume on the rallies.

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Now, I am going to dive into different charts to show you the confluence of what I am saying.

First up, $VIX 👑

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💡 Look for divergence when #VIX makes a lower low, #stocks should make a higher high and when it does not happen, we can anticipate a turn in the markets.

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💡 Indicies Divergence

Monitor Three Major Indices: #DOW #NASDAQ #SPY and look for divergence, all three indices should follow each other and make higher highs and lower lows in tandem. When it does not happen, we can anticipate a turn in the markets.

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💡 International #Bonds Divergence

Monitor International 10Y Bond Yields: #USA, #British, #German bonds and look for divergence.

Yield 📈 → Currency 📈 → Equities 📉

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💡 #DXY Dollar Index at MAJOR support!

If the #Dollar bounces from its MID RANGE support, we could see a 6% rally which would be very #bearish for #stocks and #crypto.

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#SP500 $ES_F $ES Technical Analysis

1. Liquidity Grab ✓
2. Displacement ✓
3. Structure Break ✓
4. Retracement ✓
5. Short inside Optimal Trade Entry ✓

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This new bullish sentiment across #stocks and #crypto is getting out of control, intelligent 🧐 investors call it "Irrational Exuberance"

F&ck around...

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Jul 27
Most traders obsess over entries, exits, and indicators…

But your mental habits determine your long-term success.

Here are 5 habits that secretly raise your trading IQ and give you the edge 👇🧵 Image
Habit 1 → Actually Listen to the Market

Don’t just “watch charts.”
Learn to listen to price.

Silence the noise (and your Discord).

Quiet charts = clear signals.
Habit 2 → Create a Peaceful Workspace

Cluttered desk = cluttered mind.
Noisy space = noisy trade.

Your setup should feel like a temple, not a casino.
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Jul 26
🧵 7 Trading Concepts That Saved Me From the Influencer BS.

Most beginners drown in indicators, signals, and secret “algos.”

Here’s what actually matters, distilled from years of real trading:

Let’s clear the fog 👇
1. Logic Over Patterns

Forget trying to memorize 100 candle shapes.

Market structure is cause and effect:

Consolidation → Expansion → Consolidation

Once you understand this rhythm, your trades become logical, not lucky.
2. Support & Resistance

Every important move begins and ends at a key level.

S&R are your Points of Interest (POIs):
The zones where the battle between buyers and sellers takes place.

Ignore these, and you’re trading blind.
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Jul 19
The Setup That Actually Makes You Profitable

It’s not on your chart.
It’s in your mind.

You keep asking for new secrets.
But you don’t need more information.

Here’s the only setup that scales 🧵👇
1/ You lose money for one reason:

You break your own rules.

Fear. Greed. Hesitation.

Every blown account is a failure of the mind, not the strategy.
2/ The market doesn’t beat you.

Your emotions do.

Until you master yourself, you will always sabotage your edge.
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Jun 17
99% of traders chase candles in the middle of the range

Then wonder why they're stuck in drawdown.

Here's how to trade ranges with just two candles 🧵👇 Image
1/ Most traders chase candles.

Stoic Traders map structure.

In any ranging market, two candles rule:

The Highest Candle
The Lowest Candle

Here's how to leverage them.
2/ Highest Candle (Range Top)

Mark the bottom of this candle clearly.

This line isn't random, it's a proven area where sellers defend territory.

Trade from here:
Shorts with tight risk

Targets back towards midpoint or Lowest Candle of the Range
Read 11 tweets
May 27
Everyone talks about manipulation.

Almost no one can actually spot it in real-time.

But there’s a sequence.

A pattern that shows up again and again.

I call it the Swing Breakout Sequence (SBS)

And it’s as close to the holy grail as trading gets.

Here’s how it works 👇 Image
Swing Breakout Sequence (SBS)

1. Breakout
2. First Pullback
3. New High
4. Return to Liquidate First Pullback
5. Double Bottom Reversal
6. Target New Swing High Image
There are two primary SBS Models: Image
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May 15
I blew up multiple accounts before I realized this:

Complex strategies weren’t the solution.

They were the distraction.

Here’s the brutally simple system I use now (and why it works): 🧵👇 Image
1/ Start with bias.

Most traders guess direction, you won’t.

Plot your 20 & 200 MAs.
- Price above both = bullish bias
- Price below both = bearish bias
- 20 crossing the 200 = transition

This is your compass. Don’t fight it.
2/ Spot the impulse move.

Every real move starts with force.

Find the first strong push in the direction of your MA bias.

That’s your reference leg.
The move that started the shift.
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