Trading Theory & Methods

The classic trend-following system · 20-day breakout entry · Stop-loss + pyramiding rules · Ideal for swing trading

How much to risk per trade · Keep risk under 2% · Kelly formula · Scaling into positions

Survival lesson #1 · Fixed stop · Trailing stop · Time stop · Stop-loss is faith, not strategy

Go against the crowd when most traders make mistakes · Exploit behavioral biases ·逆向思维 · Reverse logic

Calculate expected risk vs reward per trade · 2:1 is the minimum · Replace intuition with math

Record every trade in detail · After 100 trades, compute expected value · Data-driven improvement

BTC halving cycle · 4-year bull/bear rotation · Understand cycles to trade with the trend

Fear, greed, hope, stubbornness · The four demons of retail traders · Psychology beats technique

Doubling down after every loss · 7 consecutive losses = bankruptcy · Why it kills you in crypto

Mathematically optimal position sizing · 55% win rate → invest only 10% · Half-Kelly is safer

Invest without watching charts · BTC monthly DCA over 5 years = 180% returns

Automatically profit in range-bound markets · Gate.io grid bot setup tutorial

Price deviates from mean, then returns · Bollinger + RSI in practice · Range-bound strategy

No predictions, just follow the trend · 20-day breakout + stop-loss + pyramiding · 45% win rate but 2:1 payoff

Strong stays strong, weak stays weak · Buy top-10 3-month performers and rotate

Cross-exchange spread + triangular arb + funding rate arb · Low-risk returns

Replace intuition with math and code · Python + API automation · Backtest validation

Iceberg orders + TWAP + VWAP execution · Institutional-grade order techniques

Monthly vs weekly vs daily DCA comparison · Monthly DCA yields the most

Leverage · margin · long/short · liquidation mechanics · Start with 3–5x for beginners

Add positions only after profit · Add less each time for safety · Turtle pyramiding rules

Spot + futures short to lock profit · Cross-coin hedge · Options insurance

Extreme events can't be predicted but can be prepared for · 3 crypto crash lessons

Crash & surge playbook · When panic hits, execute rules — don't think

Exchange halts withdrawals · Slippage explodes · Stops fail · Diversify + hardware wallet

Weakening trend → reduce 50% · Uncertainty → reduce 30% · Target hit → scale out in 3 batches

Stroke · segment · pivot · trend type · A complete technical analysis framework [Translated from 缠论]

Loss aversion · anchoring · confirmation bias · The psychological roots of retail losses

A single trade is noise · Expected value over 100 trades is the truth

Soros's cognitive framework · Market bias self-reinforces into bubbles

Nash equilibrium + prisoner's dilemma + zero-sum games · Understanding whale-retail dynamics