r/InvestingandTrading

Before I became a profitable trader I didn’t understand why people would gate-keep their strategies or charge people, but now that I am profitable, I can understand. People work months and years (took me 8 years) refining, losing trades, losing money, etc. and after all of the heartaches, long nights, years spent, and sacrifices, someone ask you “can you show me your strategy”. They expect you to just hand it over and you’re a POS if you don’t or if you charge right? lol Now, just because I understand doesn’t mean that I take the same approach. I’ve helped so many people and showed them my strategy step by step FOR FREE but the thing is they still failed….

I figured there was no way someone could fail if I gave them the sauce but yet, I was wrong! Like I learned during my journey will always hold true. IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUR EMOTIONS…not so much your strategy. 💯

Trying to understand how experienced traders form an intraday view. 6. Being most important.

If the S&P 500 is at 6,500, nothing says it has to hit 6,600 or 6,400. Same with EUR/USD or BTC. So how do you get from "could go anywhere" to an actual trade?

1. Do you start the day with a bias, or stay neutral and let price show you something first?

2. How much does the open matter? When there's a gap, how do you judge whether it fills or runs? Do you wait out the first 15 to 30 minutes?

3. What tells you there's enough evidence to go long or short? And what tells you "this isn't working, I'm out"?

4. Stop hunts are where I get lost. Price takes out an obvious low, triggers stops, then rips. How do you tell that apart from a real breakdown? Wider SL, waiting for a candle close, something else?

5. Do you set the view on the Daily or 4H and use lower timeframes only for entry? Or can an intraday setup flip your bigger picture?

**6. How do you read new highs? Say BTC rallies to a fresh high at 84,500 and pulls back to 84,000. Is that a dip to buy or the start of a reversal to short? What would you need to see before picking a side?**

Would love to hear how this actually works in your head, especially from people who've been at it for a while and profiting.

Looking for 1–2 Mac traders for a private beta

I’m preparing the first external beta of WorkTree-OS, a trading analytics and risk platform I’ve been building.

I specifically need a couple of Mac users who actively trade to test the macOS build on a clean machine.

I’m not looking for someone to just open it and say it looks good. I need you to install it, import some trade data, use the analytics, try to break things, and tell me exactly where you get stuck.

Interested? Let me know what Mac you use and what you trade.