The Art of Not Getting Rekt: Guide to Hedging
1. Introduction: What is hedging? Hedging is a term that you’re probably familiar with, even if it’s just from random posts on Twitter. In any case—whether you’re just starting out with trading or if you’ve already got years of experience under your belt—this is an incredibly important topic to master in order to optimize your […]
How to DCA Bitcoin
Introduction There is no foolproof strategy in any market. Even if you are a successful trader or a newbie that has just entered the market you need to know that the “holy grail” of strategies does not exist. A trader that only chases strategies that brought him wealth in the past won’t do well. Traders […]
Position Sizing
The Nuances of Correct Position Sizing Correct position sizing is critical for a Trader’s success – too little risk won’t yield respectable returns whereas too much risk can lead to blowing up accounts. Position sizing in laments terms means the dollar value of the trade risked compared to the size of the portfolio. To successfully […]
Swing Trade – Average-in & Average-out
Recently in my tweets I talked about a strategy that is absolutely perfect for people who cannot commit to full-time trading. Most of you have day jobs and/or families to take care of; yet you want to participate in this market as an active trader, not solely as an investor. This swing trade strategy is […]
When to Take Profit when Trading Crypto
Investing in crypto is fun, exciting and can be profitable as well. However, taking your profits from your investments needs strategy and care. After all, the main score that distinguishes profitable crypto traders from unprofitable traders is profit. There are several factors that an investor must consider before deciding how to take profits in crypto. […]
How to Access & Protect your Assets
Access & Protection As a trader you’ll hear me talk about risk management quite a lot – it’s not a sexy topic but it’s essential to protect your capital and steadily grow your stack. From a TA perspective this means assessing the risk-to-reward ratio, setting stop losses and knowing when to take (at least partial) […]
Leverage: What It Is, How To Use It And How Not To Get Rekt
Leverage — it’s one of those concepts that pretty much everyone in crypto is familiar with to some extent, even if it’s only from Twitter posts about people getting liquidated on insanely huge positions. But for most new traders, their understanding of leverage hardly goes beyond that, which is why their performance with it hardly […]
How To Evaluate Crypto News
As you might know, cryptocurrency and blockchain are the quite a hot topic in the past few years and investments into the industry grow bigger day by day. With high demand, euphoria and sufficient funds, the cryptocurrency market develops and grows at an unprecedented rate, similar to the early evolution of the internet and companies […]
On-Balance Volume (OBV): One of The Best Indicators Out There
When people get into trading, a lot of them tend to look for extremely complicated indicators, thinking that they will find the “holy grail” that will do all the work for them. When you become better as a trader, you learn that there’s no such thing, and that you’re better off really mastering the basics. […]
How to spot trend reversals with RSI
Today we’ll take a look at the Relative strength index (RSI for short), what exactly it is, how it’s calculated and how you can use it to level up your trading game. The RSI is a momentum indicator used in technical analysis (TA), first developed by J. Welles Wilder. Simply put, it measures the speed […]
