davidpont wrote: Thu Nov 13, 2025 5:56 pm
Greetings to this amazing Community!
I am mostly a silent observer, but I feel the urge to write down my thoughts. I hope this helps new traders avoid painful mistakes along the way to becoming traders.
First and foremost, thank you, Beatle, for your work and for all those things you share with us here. This is unique. Not just the trading system itself, but all those gems you are willing to share and guide people in the right direction! I am tuned in since your trend following system.
The amount of information is almost overwhelming. Took notes, worked on them and started to trade. And immediately experienced all the "bad stuff", which I was reading about trading psychology...
After burning accounts, I felt okay. I need to step back and digest the information and work on the mindset transition. I had to acknowledge I did not have the patience for swing trading (still working it out), and emotions strike hard when your hard-earned money is on the line.
You repeatedly emphasised the importance of trading psychology with proper money and risk management. People might overlook the word "patience", but in my opinion, this topic is not emphasised enough.
Coming back to the beginning of my message.
I quoted that win from Cladi (Congratulations!). I don't mean this as a personal criticism or any negative behaviour.
But I think without the right context, this kind of sharing could be misleading for newcomers and result in the building up of bad habits.
That trade was a 2 LOT size trade with a 25$/pip risk and was ~6pips movement. Any 30-minute pullback candle had a wider range than 60 points.
Making winning trades like this could lead to increased confidence and increased lot sizes, which eventually undermines consistency, and SL/drawdown/margin call would hit hard, when a manipulation wipes out our analysed direction (for a while).
The template can be used on any timeframe as Beatle suggests, but in my opinion, it is recommended for swing trading and go to M30 and above. (With HTF bias to H4 & D1 minimum). This way, it is not gambling, but you have an edge over the market, which you can apply in a disciplined manner, while you don't have to worry about market noise.
Firesword's posts, in my opinion, are a great example of sharing trades with the right context. He shared the details and what was behind the decision and along with the plan (R:R).
I hope sharing my thoughts could be useful for someone who starts their journey now.
