On May 2 at 18:00, we will hold the second #PentagonPodcast on my Twitch channel. The guest of the second episode will be Dashi Eshiev, the author of the channel “Crypto with Dashi.”

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How to Find Your Trading Strategy

You know why there are so few traders who actually make money?
Because most people just don’t have the guts to stick it out. They hit the first wall, get scared, and run back to their “safe” paychecks.
And that’s fine. Trading isn’t meant for everyone. Let’s skip the motivational speeches.
If you’re serious about building your own strategy, there are three things you need to figure out.

1. Find Your Timeframe — Find Your Rhythm
First, you need to lock in the timeframe that fits your brain.
Not the one that makes the most money on paper. The one that matches how you think and live.

You’ve got three basic options:
• intraday trading,
• swing trading,
• long-term investing.

Grab a few systems from public sources and run some tests on demo. Your job is to feel where you’re naturally in sync with the market — not forcing trades, not falling asleep. Where your brain clicks with the chart flow.

Remember: you’re not chasing the “most profitable system”. You’re finding your game.

2. Pick Your Market Approach — Tech or Fundamental

Next up — how do you plan to read the market?
• technical analysis: price levels, patterns, volume,
• fundamentals: news, events, macroeconomics.

Don’t spread yourself thin.
Pick one and drill it deep until it’s second nature. Expansion comes later.

If you’re going technical, make it even simpler for yourself:
• breakout setups,
• trend-following setups,
• reversal setups.

Choose one area. Go all in. Master it first. Then layer complexity on top.


3. Define Your Risk Tolerance — Know Your Pain Zone

Lastly — figure out your personal pain threshold with money. Sure, you’ll hear the classic line: “Don’t risk more than 2% per trade.” Looks great in theory. But if a -2% loss makes your palms sweat and your knees shake, guess what?
That number means nothing for you. Risk has to feel natural. Otherwise, you’ll choke during real drawdowns.

You won’t feel that on demo accounts — demo losses don’t hurt.

Open a small real-money account — $100 is enough. Use an amount you’re not afraid to lose.

And whatever you do, don’t dump serious money in until you’ve figured out your real risk profile.


These are your three pillars for finding a real trading strategy.
The rest is patience and mileage.

How to Build Your Own Trading Strategy


Sooner or later, every serious trader realizes one thing:
Without your own strategy, you’re just food for the market.

Sure, you can grab ready-made systems. But if you don’t tweak them to fit your style — your trading career won’t last long.
Let’s be clear — a strategy isn’t some “buy when the arrow points up” scam.

It’s your personal rulebook:
• when to enter trades,
• when to exit,
• and when to stay the hell out.

Also — what timeframes you trade, what assets you touch, and how much size you bring to the table.

Your strategy is your shield against emotions. Without it — you’re just another gambler.

Here’s what your real trading strategy needs:

1. Logic — the core idea behind it
Every real strategy starts with one thing: a clear idea.
Not vague “good vibes” — but an actual pattern or behavioral trigger you can trust.
Without that, everything else collapses.

2. Timeframe — choosing your pace
The timeframe you trade shapes your entire trading lifestyle.
• On D1, each candle takes a day. You can be done in 10 minutes.
• On M1, every minute is a new battle — and you’re chained to the screen.
Smaller timeframes mean more signals and more action — but they burn your energy faster.

Don’t want to live in front of the charts? Stick to higher timeframes.

3. Trading pairs
Honestly, most of the time, BTC/USDT or another top liquidity pair is more than enough.
Stop chasing 50 random shitcoins.


4. Analysis tools — how you read the market
Once you’ve got your idea, your timeframe, and your asset — pick your tools.
• If you’re using indicators — 2 to 5, max.
One trend indicator, one oscillator for overbought/oversold. That’s enough to survive.
• If you’re using candle patterns — know your setups cold.
• If you’re doing chart patterns — master the basics first.
Don’t try to cram everything into your system at once. Keep it lean.

5. Entry and exit rules
Spell it out clearly:
• Are you entering with market orders or pending orders?
• Where’s your take profit? Where’s your stop?
The stop-loss is non-negotiable.
Take-profit is optional (you can trail it), but stops are sacred.

6. Testing
Before throwing your strategy into the real market — stress test it:
• First on historical data,
• Then on demo.
If you’re trading D1, be ready to test for months.
If you’re scalping, a week might be enough.
But without real-money testing (even with a small account), you won’t know how your strategy holds under pressure.

Only after all of this does your strategy become a weapon — not a toy.

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Our trading team is heading to the VI Kazan CryptoForum, which will take place on May 20-21, 2025, at the IT Park named after B. Rameev 🏢

We will have our own booth, so feel free to stop by:

📸 take some pictures
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Risk Management Strategies

Trading is always about risk. Every trade you take has two possible outcomes: profit or loss. The real question is — how do you manage it? The good news? You can control risk. And if you want to survive in this business long-term, risk management has to become part of your DNA.

What Risk Management Actually Means

Risk management isn’t about magic formulas. It’s about three things:
• knowing where you could lose,
• understanding how much it’ll hurt,
• building a safety net for when it inevitably does.

Markets don’t just move on facts — they move on emotions: fear, greed, expectations.

These emotions are triggered by:

• major political or economic events,
• big mergers and acquisitions,
• product launches,
• competitor moves,
• insider leaks from serious players.

If you’re not factoring this into your trading plan before you pull the trigger — you’re just fresh meat for the market.

Why You Won’t Last Without Risk Management Simple:

No risk control = blown account or rage quitting trading forever.

Newbies jump on every “opportunity” thinking the goal is to make money fast.

Pros know: the real goal is not to lose big when things go wrong. A strong loss-limiting system and smart position sizing are what separate survivors from wreckage over the long haul.

What Your Trading Plan Needs to Cover
• Solid set of analytical tools
• Clear entry and exit rules
• Hard stop-losses on every trade
• Ability to spot good vs bad trade setups
• Elements of hedging when needed
• Proper use of indicators
• Self-control and emotional discipline
And listen:
None of these work alone. They only work as a full system.
Risk Management Is a Long-Term Game
Markets offer endless opportunities. But every single one comes wrapped in risk. One reckless move without risk control can wipe your entire portfolio clean.

10 Risk Management Rules

1. Only take losses you’re mentally and financially ready for.
2. Always stick to your trading plan.
3. Account for spreads, swaps, and commissions.
4. Limit your leverage and monitor your margin.
5. Always use Take Profit and Stop Loss orders.
6. Never leave trades unattended.
7. Track and review your trading performance.
8. Avoid trading during crazy market volatility.
9. Never make decisions based on emotions.
10. And never forget Rule #1 — only risk money you can afford to lose.

If you want to stay in the game, learn to manage risk first. Everything else comes second.

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Let’s talk about how I use RSI in the current cycle

📌 First things first — what is RSI?
RSI stands for Relative Strength Index — it’s a technical indicator that shows trend strength and potential reversals.
It’s one of the most widely used tools among traders because it doesn’t just show strength — it also reveals divergences (both bearish and bullish), which often signal upcoming market turns.

📌 What is Divergence?
In simple terms — divergence is when price and RSI disagree.
• Bearish divergence: Price makes new highs, RSI makes lower highs. That’s a red flag. Reversal down is likely.
• Bullish divergence (aka convergence): Price makes lower lows, but RSI is already climbing. That’s your heads-up — price may reverse upward.
Most traders use divergences to spot those turning points before they’re obvious.

📌 Real example: BTC
Let’s break it down using Bitcoin:
• If BTC is pushing higher highs on the chart, but RSI is lagging and printing lower highs — that’s a bearish divergence. Caution — downtrend may follow.
• If BTC is bleeding lower, but RSI prints higher lows — that’s bullish divergence. Reversal incoming? Likely.

📌 RSI Basics: Settings & Trading Zones
By default, RSI is set to a 14-period window. It ranges from 0 to 100.
• Above 70? Overbought — price may pull back.
• Below 30? Oversold — bounce potential.
How to trade it?
• RSI dropping below 30 and reversing up? That’s your long setup.
• RSI breaking above 70 and reversing down? That’s your short trigger.

One More Thing:

Don’t forget — strong trends can invalidate divergences.
When momentum is powerful, RSI can stay overbought/oversold for a while, and price just keeps running in the same direction. So always check the trend context before jumping in.

Let’s dig deeper into RSI divergence breaks

This issue is becoming more and more relevant in the current market cycle, and as a result — the strategy behind using RSI has shifted a bit.

Here are the 4 most common questions I get when it comes to using RSI properly:

1. I spot a divergence/convergence, take the trade — and get wrecked by a fakeout or shakeout. What’s the fix?
This is by far the most frequent issue right now.
You can’t trade RSI blindly — you need trend context.
If we’re in a strong trend, your job is to use pullbacks as entry points in the direction of that trend. RSI is about momentum exhaustion — so unless that exhaustion aligns with growing strength from the other side (buyers vs sellers), it’s noise.
Example: Take the 1H timeframe on BTC with an intraday strategy (see chart).
Here, I look for both divergences and touches of the 30 zone — but only if the trend is confirmed.
No trend = no setup. Period.

2. I found a divergence on 15M, but it got invalidated on the 1H. What am I doing wrong?
This happens when RSI is used randomly — not as part of a defined system.
The key: you need to match RSI timeframes to your trading style.
Here’s how I break it down:
• For scalping: use 1M–5M RSI setups
• For intraday: stick with 15M–1H
• For swing/long-term trades: work with 4H–12H

And yes — timeframes can align. For example:
If you see a 15M bullish divergence and the 1H confirms it with a second sweep — that’s a strong setup (see chart).
In that case, I scale in using 3–4 orders within a $200–400 range.
But — if your 15M RSI gives a signal, and 1H shows we’re stuck in the middle of a range (see chart), that’s a weak read.
Chances of a clean move are low (example).

3. I use a ton of indicators. Should I clean them up?
Yes.
Personally, I never use more than 2 or 3 indicators at the same time — and I use them with intention.
Most indicators just repeat each other’s signals — duplicates.

For me, it’s simple:
• RSI is a must-have for intraday.
• EMA becomes relevant for long-term trades.
• CCI can be helpful for scalping — gives better entry precision.
These three don’t overlap and they don’t confuse the read.

4. I’ve used RSI for years, but lately I don’t see clean signals. Price doesn’t even reach 70/30 zones. What’s going on?
This is a subtle one — and experience helped me crack it.
In a downtrend, 15M RSI often won’t reach 70 anymore. Reversals happen around 60–65.
And yes, I do treat that as valid divergence.
In fact, I sometimes adjust my RSI range for intraday from 30/70 to 45/65, especially during pullback phases.
Example here: chart
This usually tells me the local trend is bearish, and buyer strength is fading.
Same idea applies on the other side:
When we’re accumulating near the bottom of a chart, and buyers don’t even let RSI dip — that’s a sign of aggressive demand absorbing every sell.

Summary:
• Context matters.
• RSI isn’t a magic button — it’s a tool.
• Work it into a system.
• And don’t let one indicator run your entire trading logic.
We’ll talk more on advanced RSI strategies soon.

Today I will launch a gaming stream at 19:00 Moscow time together with Thomas Mraz.

We will be playing Dota 2 and simultaneously keeping an eye on the market.

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