Intraday and Swing Trader(Equity, commodity) | SDE @jpmorgan | Sharing executions for my journaling | Not a course seller, so kindly avoid questions on it.
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when MR20 is up 4 days is a row, what is the probability that it will go up for next 3 days? That's T3A ( Think three days ahead) , term coined by @PradeepBonde .
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You will never get huge returns with any real consistency holding a diversified portfolio of stocks through thick and thin. Big performance with little drawdown requires:
1. Timing
2. Turnover
3. Aggressive position sizing when trades are working, light or cash when they're not.
Pre breakout Trader retweeted
In depth understanding of setup builds foundation to long term trading success.
To do that best approach is to deep dive the setup after studying hundreds of historical examples and building a playbook with specific guidelines for selecting it.
If a setup understanding is wrong, everything after it does not matter.
A 4 to 6 weeks focused effort on one setup idea can fix this problem.
Pre breakout Trader retweeted
I haven’t had a serious drawdown since the 1980s—just a few single-digit down years in over three decades. How? A deep respect for risk and unconditional patience.
A few key rules:
1. Always cut losses short - no big losses. no exceptions!
2. Only trade large on the heels of smaller trades working
3. Always trade progressively smaller when
trades aren't working
4. Never average down
5. Never let a good-size gain turn into a loss
6. No forced trades - no style drift
Pre breakout Trader retweeted
The whole trading community is coming together to a silent protest against STT, high capital gains tax & the way SEBI keeps changing regulations as if it is a play-school.
I won’t be trading on 12th August and I urge you all to participate in this 1-day revolt against the loot.
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The most important characteristics or traits that traders need to develop are flexibility and humility. You can't be a successful trader with a big ego or a strong opinion.
Every position, every trade, every investment is simply a rest area, not a destination. Every business, every economy faces new challenges, and things change. You must too. There are timeless principles to live by, but within that framework, your observations and your tactics must adapt. Most of all, you must accept the reality that you are going to be wrong often, and the only way to make big money and avoid destruction is to minimize the damage during those periods, which requires keeping your ego in check.
I was stopped out of half my $SPY short yesterday and the remaining half this morning (low single-digit loss). Adding some names on the long side today. Hopefully this isn't a head fake. We may finally get a tradable rally, but I'm still mindful of the powerful seasonal and cyclical headwinds as we move into September, particularly if the 10-year Treasury yield breaks convincingly above 5%. Short term, Oil and Iran are causing volatility. Fortunately, there are still quality stocks in buyable position coming out of constructive bases. So, in the meantime, we bend with the market.
minervini.com
Pre breakout Trader retweeted
If you are a beginner trader or struggling swing trader get obsessed with studying what makes a stock go up 20% plus in a week, what makes it go up 50% plus in two months or less. Study three, six, twelve month winners till you see what makes them go up. Deep dive those moves. That will help you gain mind clarity and conviction.
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Your emotional problems in live trading are not happening in live trading.
By the time you are fighting the urge to revenge trade, move your stop, or force a setup — the war is already over. You lost it before you ever opened the chart.
You do not trust your system because you have never given yourself a reason to. You skipped the preparation and walked straight into the exam. And now you are wondering why you are failing.
Fear in live trading is not a character flaw. It is your body telling you the truth: your preparation is incomplete.
You cannot solve a preparation problem with an execution solution.
No amount of affirmations, breathing techniques, or nervous system conditioning during the live session will fix a problem that was born months before that session ever started.
Every shortcut you take in preparation becomes a crack in your confidence during execution. When the pressure of live trading hits those cracks, they break wide open.
The traders who seem unshakable are not mentally stronger than you. They are better prepared. They have tested so thoroughly and practiced so relentlessly that there is no emotional battle to fight. There is no unknown left to fear.
Stop trying to fix what happens in front of the screen.
Go back and do the work you skipped.
The enemy is not the version of you sitting in the live session.
The enemy is the version of you who refused to prepare before getting there.
Pre breakout Trader retweeted
The game of probability is a "game of belief."
The market never guarantees the outcome in advance.
The premise that "profits will follow" holds true only when you have thoroughly tested a large sample size beforehand and have personally experienced positive expected value time and again.
Anyone finds it easy to follow the rules when they are winning.
The problem arises when you abandon consistency during inevitable losing streaks or drawdowns.
What is truly being tested here is not the system, but your "trust" itself in the statistics and execution precision derived from your own preparation.
Build that trust through testing and practice, and prove it through consistency.
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The tag a trader carries can act as a psychological barrier. If they say they’re a “Swing trader” or a “Momentum burst trader” it is assumed that they’ve to be associated with the daily TF only. I believe it is a restriction people put on themselves.
Swing and MB are just styles of trading. The former is all about trend-following in momentum stocks. Whether one follows the trend by trailing with some moving averages, or price structure, or any other indicators, is their choice. Similarly, momentum burst is nothing but the central tendency of price to move from contraction to fast expansion in the form of back-to-back 3-5 candles.
If we think about it from an open mind and a wider perspective, these methods can be used on all timeframes, be it the daily, weekly or the 1/3min timeframes. If we hide the price & volume labels on the chart of a liquid stock, we won’t be able to find the timeframe of that chart because price action works the same in most cases.
It is your job to find where the market is providing high odds of making money. In which timeframes does it make sense to deploy your style/strategy as per the market conditions. If you are a full-time trader, then you have to make it work. Don’t let anybody stop you from reaching your potential.
Simply find the stocks in momentum (stage-2), wait for low risk entries, follow the trend until it bends, exit on momentum loss. OR, find a pause in momentum, wait for contraction to happen, and play the expansion (burst).
The timeframe you trade on and make money off should not be a limitation until unless your primary job/business or your mental/physical health forces you to stick to the higher timeframes. Explore all possibilities for yourself first, then do what works.
Important note: Trading on the lower timeframes is tough as it requires you to be faster in spotting opportunities and making decisions. But it is not impossible. So many people all over the world are doing it successfully, why can't you? Just be sure to first gain some experience on understanding price behaviour, conduct thorough backtesting/deepdives and then only try intraday, that too with small capital first. Increase capital only when you have proven to yourself that you can consistently make profits.
Pre breakout Trader retweeted
Why the sudden explosion of swing trading courses?
I recently saw someone charging ₹12k+ just to teach Range Expansion and VCP and 60K or something for Flag pattern and sectoral flow.
Before I go further—let me clarify—I’m not against courses or teaching.
But let’s be honest: most courses today are just repackaging lessons from legendary traders like Jesse Livermore, Nicolas Darvas, William O’Neil, Mark Minervini, and Qullamaggie and these can be learnt via books or streams
Many traders keep hopping from one course to another, hoping for an edge. Instead, they often end up even more confused.
I know traders who have been in the market for 5+ years, joined multiple courses, yet still lack a clear framework. The reality is simple: it all comes down to your own effort to structure, process, and execute—not the course itself.
Swing trading isn’t about setups. It’s about execution.
Even with just 30–40% accuracy, proper position sizing and strict stop-losses can deliver outsized returns. That’s asymmetric payoff—the true edge.
Here’s the truth: 90% of the game is risk management, discipline and temperament—something no course can teach.
But, If You Do Join a Course ,be selective. Choose programs that help you become a complete investor—someone who blends fundamentals with technical, understands business cycles, and uses charts mainly as timing tools.
Because in India, where liquidity is limited, trading is difficult to scale unless you move into F&O. My personal view is that real wealth is built through investing and holding strong businesses over the long term.
A few platforms I’ve seen doing a genuinely good job in this space are SOIC, Technofunda investing communities, and Scientific Investing. There may be others, but these three consistently receive excellent feedback and learn both Investing and trading
If you’re willing to put in the effort, these free resources can teach you more than many paid courses:
1-TraderLion - Amazing Resource
2-Qullamaggie Streams – Goldmine
3-Pradeep Bonde (Stockbee) – blog + YouTube, momentum and breakouts.
4-Jack Corsellis – Example based teaching on channel
Bottom Line
Consistent wealth creation always depends on execution, position sizing, and emotional control.
The sooner you accept that swing trading is less about finding the “perfect setup” and more about discipline with size and stops, the faster you’ll stop chasing overpriced “holy grail” courses.
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What I learned about common trading problems after hundreds of Zoom calls with traders and answering countless DMs and emails, I detail in this video, along with possible solutions.
youtu.be/xeWZbSYHMpQ
Becoming a profitable trader is an exercise in problem-solving.
