The first 30 minutes can make or break your day. ⏰

Most traders lose more here than they make all week.

Here’s how to use it for better trades — not blowups 👇 1) Know the Flow
The open is a liquidity event — funds adjust, day traders chase, spreads widen.

Tip: Use smaller size early. oder wait 5-15 minutes. If the stock proves itself, you can always add.

I used to sell too early — every time. 😭🤬

+5%, +7%, sometimes +10%... and then I watched the stock explode another +50% without me.

Here’s how I fixed it — and how you can too (THREAD!) 👇 1. I stopped trading junk setups.
You can’t hold weak charts with conviction.
I now only trade clean patterns — flags, tight bases, VCPs — with strong volume and a real theme behind them. You need to select real winning stocks that can move 50-100%!

My biggest winners weren’t luck.
They followed the same patterns — over and over again.

Here are 10 lessons from my biggest trades 👇 1) Clear Pattern Before Breakout:
Every one formed a clean base — flat base, flag, or VCP. No sloppy ranges. Tight price action = power building.

How I Handle Drawdowns (Without Changing My System) 🛡️💪

Most traders panic during drawdowns — and ruin the one thing that actually works: their system.

Here’s how I handle losing streaks like a pro — without blowing up my edge 👇 1. Zoom Out Fast
A 3-week drawdown feels massive… until you look at a 12-month equity curve. Context kills panic. Review from a wide-angle view.

Most traders obsess over entries. I focus on what happens AFTER. 👇
Here’s my full post-entry playbook — how I manage winners without stress, drama, or roundtrips.

(Bookmark this. You’ll need it every week.) 1. Partial Profits: Lock in strength
If the stock is up +10%+ on volume in a momentum setup, I trim 10–20%.
Not always — but when it runs hard fast, I lock in some gains.
It protects my equity and locks in progress.

3 stock trading setups I trade 👇

(YOU can learn them too!) 1) Breakouts from flags, consolidations etc.

This is my bread and butter setup.

- Stock made a big move like 50-100% in a couple of weeks.
- Extreme tight consolidation
- Higher lows inside the consolidation
- 3-5 weeks consolidation
- Strong volume in the prior momentum move
- Big growth in sales / EPS, hot story

How I mastered selecting stocks that can move 50–100% in weeks 👇
(Start now learning!)

It wasn’t luck. It was a repeatable process. Here’s what changed everything for me: 1. I stopped chasing noise

No news trades, no hype stocks. I only focused on emerging themes with real momentum: AI, robotics, quantum computing, space, biotech, rare earth metals etc.

We traded $CRWV for a +125% gain in just 4 weeks.
Yes, the stock kept going — but this was still a textbook trade.

Let’s break it down step by step 👇 (thread) #1 Short term IPO patters

Good short term IPO pattern are rare. They usually work only in the right market.

After the IPO the stock moves sideways for a couple of weeks or days before it moves higher.

The demand is so high that the stock will not have a long consolidation.

Why and how I use a Market Trend Model to increase the probabilities to win 👇

(You should have one too!) #1 The simplest market trend model (not in the screenshot!)

The simplest market trend model is an EMA 21 or a combination of an EMA 8 and 21. It's free and you can use it any time. If the price is above both moving averages and both are rising, you go long. Otherwise you are in cash.

It is great, robust and free to use. You can apply it in every chart software.

The irony of trading:

The moment you stop trading for money and start trading well, the money follows.


Took me years to understand this. Here’s why 👇 #1 Everybody comes to the stock market to make money. It's the only goal, right?

Maybe. I see it differently today. I came for the money, but stayed for the game.

The process brings fun to me: Researching great companies, discovering awesome charts, staying patient until you get the right chance. That's what challenges me every day!

The world's best traders don't rely on spontaneous trades.

They rely on clear, almost boring daily trading routines.

Here is how and why 👇 #1 Routines help to keep focus and consistency

I have the same routines day in and out. They are part of my trader mindset. I optimized them over the years and fitted them to my personality.

In my routines I include technicals as well as mental parts. My goal is to keep the same level of quality every day.

Here are 4 simple selling tactics I use for stocks 👇

(already taught to >1k traders) #1 Initial stop loss

I use a 7% or less stop loss for almost all my positions. Simple & enough.

A stock should immediately go into my direction or something is wrong.

For story stocks I can use 10%. But in most cases I use less!

Focus on buying right and then you don't have a big problem with the stop loss.

6 chart patterns I trade 👇

(all others are variations of them) #1 Cup and handle

Important: Rounded bottom and handle with a shakeout or correction. Buy as soon as the price breaks out of the handle.

I studied economics, but one important principle I learned here is WRONG in trading.

The LESS you focus on money in trading the more money you make.

Here is why 👇 #1 Money is very emotional

The focus on money leads to a lot of emotional mistakes in your trading career: FONO, fear of losing, late execution, selling too soon etc. Everything has to do with money.

Money means security in our modern society. You can support your family, buy food, buy a house etc. That's a reason why our brain reacts so emotional to losing money or giving money back to the market.

If you want to become a better trader, you need to shift your focus away from money.

5 Lessons On How To Select Great Stocks 👇 #1 Learn to spot great chart patterns

Details count in chart patterns. Don't think that one double bottom is exactly the same as another double bottom.

A great chart pattern
- Is tight and contracts in volatility (15% depth or less)
- Shows signs of accumulation
- Looks picture perfect
- Has a small consolidation before the breakout line

Make it a habit to study past big winners to make your brain a pattern recognition machine.

Here are 4 free stock screeners 👇

Make it easy to find high-potential stocks. #1 Sales >30% YoY

Find growth stocks easily with a high sales growth. Price >$7, small cap, price > MA 50, >100k volume per day.

Tip: Look for triple digit sales growth!

Link: finviz.com/screener.ashx?…

Advice to my 21 year old trader self.

Here are 9 trading lessons I wish I knew in my 20s.

(Don't make these mistakes too!) #1 Avoid looking for the holy grail

Experimenting with trading systems and getting experience is okay. But looking for a holy grail is not. There is no holy grail in trading!

Find 1-2 strategies that fit your personality and focus on them. After you had some success with 1 strategy, fully commit to it.

My tip: Build on a time-proven successful trading system like CANSLIM and make it your own.

My Top 5 Most Inspiring Market Wizards 🧙‍♂️—These Legends Changed the Game 👇 #1 William O’Neil: The creator of CANSLIM

CANSLIM gave my trading the foundation. It influenced my thinking drastically. The concept made sense to me and build on my strengths as a trader. My 360 degree approach is based on that: Technicals, fundamentals and story. Even if I am not a 100% CANSLIM guy and adhere to the concept, it’s probably one of the most successful trading systems ever and a great starting point for most traders.

Market Wizard Alexander Elder once said: "The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary."

Sadly, most people will never understand that.

5 tips to become process driven trader 👇 #1 Define what a "best trade" is

Probably 95% of all traders enter trades spontaneously. Big mistake! Short-term it maybe works, but long-term not.

For me a good trade is a trade that fulfills my criteria. I defined the criteria before (technicals, fundamentals, setup, story, market conditions etc.). That's the strategy or the trading plan.

Bad trades can make money and good trades can lose money. 💰 If you want to become a process driven trader, the only thing that counts is if you stick to your process.

If you are serious about stock trading, you need a proven way to spot when a correction or bear market is actually over.

Feelings won’t cut it. Neither will the noise on social media.

Here’s how I spot bottoms — with logic, not hope 👇 A divergence between the price, net lows & % of stocks above the MA 200

If selling dries up, you will notice it in a divergence between the NASDAQ and my secondary market indicators (net lows & % of stocks above the MA 200).

Important: You want to see multiple down legs before, shakeouts & a huge number of net lows (-1,500-2,500!) & a very low number % of stocks above the MA 200 (<20%, better <10%!).

Example from 2022 👇

13 Quick Lessons on How to Select GreatGrowth & Momentum Stocks

Thread 👇 #1 Basics: Understand the 360 degree approach I use

The biggest question in stock trading: How to reduce the available 10,000+ US stocks down to a list of 50? That's 0.5%!!

It's not that I am a believer in fundamentals or technicals, I use both as a criteria to select high-potential stocks and to reduce the number of stocks on my watchlist.

I use 3 different criteria / angles to look at a stock:

1. Technicals: I want to select only the strongest stocks in the stock market that can really outperform the indices.

2. Fundamentals: Sales and EPS growth are driving the stock's price.

3. Story: I want to make sure that the company can even growth bigger in future.