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attention was never meant to be constantly occupied. it was meant to pulse. > focus > release > reflection > wandering > re-engagement that is a healthy rhythm. modern feeds flatten that rhythm into one endless state of low-grade consumption. you are never fully focused, never fully resting, never fully bored, never fully satisfied. just mildly stimulated, over and over. and after enough repetition, silence starts to feel wrong. maybe you should stop treating every moment of consciousness as something that must be filled. sometimes staring at the wall is closer to mental health than opening another app.

If you're not executing on setups that your (refined) system provides, then you might as well give up and quit. Because execution is the only way you're doing to make a dime and/or get anywhere in this profession. Start executing today. Let the math work in your favor.

trading is one of the most miserable career choices you can make. it’s also one of the best. because trading gives you no guarantees. you can spend 10 years in the game and still end up with less than you started with. or make life changing money in what looks like a single month.... when in reality it took 5 years of pain to get there. that’s the nature of it. > constant pressure > constant uncertainty > constant exposure to yourself some people collapse under that. some build a level of resilience most careers will never force out of you. if you are wired for self-reflection and systems thinking, trading can become one of the most transformative things you ever do. not just because of the money. because it refines you. so yes, it’s brutal. but the upside is almost unmatched. financially, psychologically, existentially. and if you cannot learn without someone holding your hand, you either build the ability to educate yourself or you choose a different path. because long-term trading and dependence on external opinions do not coexist. that is the cost... and that is also the gift.

@nik_algo I started learning trading because I wanted to make money. In the end I ended up taking my sleep and fitness more seriously. Plus developing elite self awareness and systems thinking. Trading profits is the byproduct of sustained character development Great post!

@Sol_CJ888 Trading on the 30s is an extreme sport tho lol Quick one, CJ: Have you done any in depth backtesting on futures/indices with Wyckoff? My tests basically tell me the thing moves too damn fast so I'm curious for a second opinion.

$ES // $NQ Futures loves Wyckoff. First day on Wall Street. Picture perfect Wyckoff Model 2's to start off the journey. I will be easing into these realms on the LTF's as a side quest for now. S&P500 macro update coming soon... don't think I forgot about it since the last update 🥂

@CJ900X Fantastic conditions for range traders in the meantime.

In essence, we'd look to work this range a bit, before its time to expand higher again. I don't have a crystal ball, I don't know which route we take or when it will happen, but I DO know that I most likely want to be risk on, after a deviation and reclaim of range low, and consider being risk off as we approach any untapped supply or imbalances at the premium side of the range. $BTC

$BTC - HTF It's either over, or we are so back. I get it. This is the way on CT. I'm not really one for overly far out predictions, but I do like to think about potential HTF scenarios, which then ultimately helps to inform my lower timeframe trading decisions depending on which scenario I deem most probable at the time (i.e. it sets my bias / base case). One scenario to keep in mind - there is the potential for BTC to consolidate and remain range bound for a couple of years. IF we did maintain these conditions for that time, I think it would look pretty decent from a structural pov and more than likely give us a lot more fuel for much higher prices by the end of it - as is typical in markets, the longer the consolidation, the more powerful the expansion tends to be. I like to chalk up 1-3 potential scenarios and use the incoming data each week, month, quarter etc to try and determine which I think is most likely (again, this provides a bias / base case to work with). For *this* particular scenario, step 1 would be a quarterly close below the green line. Meaning, we need to rally above 82.5k by end of March to lower the probability. (side note: squiggly not drawn to scale in terms of time, I think such a scenario would take 1-2 years not 4-5) The reason I am posting this is more for educational purposes and less to make a prediction and then wait until 2028 when there's no one left on CT to say "I told you so". If this scenario were to materialise, you want to be thinking about when to be risk on, and when to be risk off, across quarterly or yearly rotations, and not "are we in a bull market or a bear market". Technically if you zoom out far enough, we are of course in a perpetual bull market. Cheers

WIF Nice compression here. When price is compressing like this with supply just above, expect a push up (manipulation) followed by and aggressive move down I'll be looking for an entry in the manipulation phase.

$KAS [update] "Expecting an aggressive move soon with the first move having a high probability of being manipulation" When price is delivering a tripple compression, something I had never seen before, at the EQ of the HTF range, it becomes obvious price is going to be delivering an aggressive move. We have seen the move take out all buyside liquidity and I am watching two potential playbooks: We deviate the range high --> distribute --> reverse back down. Or price searches for even more buyside liquidity higher completing a macro bullish PO3.

$BTC [video update V2] Update on the different playbooks on $BTC:

𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽. A year ago I felt completely lost and had to rebuild myself from the ground up. This is just the beginning. You’ll see me go from $500 payouts to $10,000 payouts in the coming months. Thanks to @Larskooistra_ for guiding me towards this.

@Larskooistra_ It's options szn I guess

$NFLX I believe price will see a full reversal of the most recent pump we have seen on NFLX. Price frontran our key demand POI and with the combination of there being nothing but a curviture of buyside liquidity above, I am labelling this move up as nothing other than a short sqeeuze and expect price to deliver a full reversal. From there we can establish a HTF range which could deliver HTF #TCT accumulation schematics. The current range is an example of what it could look like, the range is not confirmed.

@Larskooistra_ Run it back to December 2025 ikyk

Whenever BTC is establishing a potential High-Probability #TCT model with a duration over 3 weeks it is time to pay close attention. These are the trading environments where most of my money is made. Establish the expectational orderflow on BTC —> monitor a list of high-probability altcoins developing similar models —> wait for confirmations. Showtime.

If you see a Structure Supply creation at a quality pivot on the chart —> drop down to the LTF, can be as low as the 1m —> see if the Structure Supply is mitigated on the LTF —> If yes, highlight the unmitigated part of the Structure Supply as long as there is still a LTF inefficiency. This combination of higher TF supply with the LTF inefficiency delivers one of the most accurate and powerful reversal levels.

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So many people in life have moments but only a few get the momentum needed to reach true succes. Everyone has these moments of excitement when they decide to set out new goals for themselves. Moments of ‘hype’, moments of discipline, moments of consistent execution, moments of actively working towards a better future. But then guess what? When the excitement goes away and when the hyped up noises quiet down again, bit by bit they slowly start to crack. They break one promise with themselves which leads to another and another and another until they are back at the starting line again where the process will eventually repeat itself. Let me make this very clear: - Going gym 2x a week consistently is more effective than 5x a week for 2 months followed by another big break - Putting in 2 hours of screen time per day behind the charts is more effective than 10 hours a day followed by another big break - Getting up at 6:30 in the morning consistently is more effective than your 4:00 am grind for some time followed by another big break - Eating clean foods consistently with 2 fixed cheat meals per week is more effective than 100% clean dieting for some time followed by another big break - Doing your meditation and stretching 5/7 days of the week consistently is more effective than doing it everyday for some time followed by another big break I think you are slowly getting the point? Only through longterm consistency will you eventually get the momentum you need to actually have your breakthrough moment. Don’t be that person that only has moments.

@sudo_devine @CJ900X We'll see

@2FigureTrader @CJ900X 73-75k -> sub50k you'r gay, mate

Are we all having fun this week? $BTC

@Larskooistra_ Full stack trader

A great trader who I respect very much told me to dive deeper into option trading since he was telling me I was leaving money on the table in that field. Have never really had the urge to do so, especially when you are already making consistent money trading futures. But I decided to dive deeper into it when I saw the potential as well after doing more research while connecting it to my style of trading. My regular trading workflow is to always establish an expectational orderflow first and ONLY trade the orderflow objective afterwards, which basically means to create an expectation and wait for confirmations before executing. Regarding that execution part I operate extremely strict --> the model either meets the high-probability requirements and I execute or I don't touch it. Being strict has pros and cons, I think anybody following me knows the pros given the trackrecord so I will focus on the one con: You will miss moves due to lack in execution opportunities despite having the right expectations. This is where options come into play --> knowing where price is going to head to next, and in which overall time period, without needing the exact same strict entry precision. This week I was fairly confident in BTC rotating towards the weekly high. Anybody that has watched the public stream with me and BrighterData knows exactly the reason for that. Despite not having the most optimally timed entry due to me expecting a bullish pivot slightly sooner in the week, the option contract allowed me to make a +135% net gain. My primary focus is futures but I definitely think options can become a side hustle that turns out to grow into something bigger.

When price is aggressively pushing up on the HTF without quality accumulation schematics or bottoming formations at the bottom, the move up is not sustainable. Especially when you see obvious looking buyside liquidity above, the move up is mainly fueled by stoplosses and liquidations, not MM's stepping in and bidding price up. It's called a typical short sqeeuze and they tend to be extremely violent, aggressive and short in duration. It is important to note that understanding a move not being sustainable does not equal trying to short the upwards momentum. Don't short a short sqeeuze. Look for long positions and profit of the aggressive bullish expansions. However be disciplined with take profit levels when price reaches your targets/resistance, trail stoplosses into profit, and when price showcases distributive price behavior --> look for reversal shorts back down and don't let the increased 'bullish' sentiment distract you from objective reality. For example; from a HTF perspective right now on BTC, the low at 59K will get taken out. An individual low at 59K followed by a higher low, despite that higher low having it's own internal bullish PO3, is not enough for a macro bullish reversal. But that does not mean we can't profit massively of this move up, especially with altcoins most likely outperforming in the mean time. Just stay level-headed, take profits at pre-determined targets, trail stoplosses into profits and don't start believing the people that are saying a single deviation below 74K will cause a macro reversal afte price just distributed for +250 days.