"Hello, my name is john and I am an amateur trader"

Discussion in 'Crypto Assets' started by johnarb, May 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM.

  1. if you win this trade don't you think reading psychology books helped you?
     
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  2. johnarb

    johnarb

    I put 2 new lines, i circled the area on the top blue line thingy where I have an order to exit, if it hits, if not, no exit,
    • I cannot win if I do not want to lose

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    2 months it's just a hobby, will stop when it's not fun
    Yes
     
  3. cool
     
  4. johnarb

    johnarb

    Removed order to close, market hours the range will be wide, bigger potential for losses and also profits

    Feels like a Friday profit-taking day for bitcoin, price action seems weak


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  5. MarkBrown

    MarkBrown

    they say get a room - i say start a journal lol
     
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  6. johnarb

    johnarb

    Conventional trader wisdom, profit taking after major run up in price the past few days, this whole week, bitcoin went up over $10k

    So, 90% of traders want to stay away from being long, they are afraid to lose their profits if they made some

    That's pussy attitude, you cannot win if you do not want to lose

    Let the profit takers cash out, the truth is that the buyers this week were institutions, not buying for short term, but holding for long term

    and retail is out of money have not been in bitcoin at all, google search trend, no retail interest, too much debt

    I'm not saying bitcoin will not crash today, the OG's have been cashing out big time above $100k/btc, it is what it is...

    But I'll stay long for today, and may finally succeed in losing a trade


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  7. johnarb

    johnarb

    It looks like this area above is an over extended price range for bitcoin today, I put my close order there for now, going to be away from keyboard sporadically for the next couple of hours


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  8. 2rosy

    2rosy

    options market give closing above 200k is less than 4% likely. when you have no strategy buy lotto tickets and hope.
     
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  9. johnarb

    johnarb

    My watchlist of stuff are turning red, might be called bearish divergence, have adjusted the close to the triple top resistance area, 103,666


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  10. johnarb

    johnarb

    mstr is red but bitcoin still above $102.5k for now, bullish if it holds over the weekend

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