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Long trade 15min TF overview 📅 Trade Log Entry Pair: SOLUSDT Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025 Time: 4:30 PM (NY Time) Session: New York PM Entry 136.068 Profit level 137.391 (0.97%) Stop level 136.023 (0.03%) RR 29.4 📊 Trade Setup – Buyside Idea 🧠 Strategy Components: Volatility Zones Identified: 🔹 White: Resistance zone 🔹 Green: Support zone 🔹 Yellow: Midpoint (key POI) Liquidity Sweep: Price swept below support capturing liquidity before reversing. Order Block & Choch: Institutional buy zone confirmed with a bullish change of character. Break of Midpoint (Brk): Confirmed directional bias following midpoint breakout. 30sec TF overview
Long
by davidjulien369
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Short trade 📉 Sell-side Trade – SOL/USDT 📅 Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00 AM (NY Time) – London Session AM 🕓 Structure: 4Hr Timeframe 🎯 Target: Liquidity low Trade Details: Entry: 137.133 Take Profit (TP): 133.559 (–2.61%) Stop Loss (SL): 137.275 (+0.10%) Risk-Reward Ratio (RR): 22.17 "This is a refined supply zone rejection, with the 4-hour structure aligning for a liquidity sweep, confirming a sell-side trade setup." and following early executed sell side trade. 15min FT overview.
Short
by davidjulien369
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Long trade 📈 Buy-side Trade – DOGE/USDT 📅 Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025 ⏰ Time: noon – NY Session PM 🔍 Observed Timeframe: 15min Trade Parameters: Entry: 0.15300 Take Profit (TP): 0.15452 (+0.99%) Stop Loss (SL): 0.15277 (–0.15%) Risk-Reward Ratio (RR): 6.61 🧠 Context / Trade Notes: Trade executed off a reactive LTF demand zone with a bullish structure shift. 0.382 and 0.618 Fibonacci retracement levels in confluence above. Entry followed a liquidity sweep + quick recovery, suggesting smart money support. The tight stop below body/wick support kept risk controlled and allowed for high RR.
Long
by davidjulien369
“Does size matter?” when it comes to backtesting?It’s the kind of question that gets a few smirks, sure. But when it comes to backtesting trading strategies, it’s not a joke, it’s the difference between confidence and false hope. Let’s get real for a minute: the size of your candles absolutely matters. What you don’t see can hurt you Most people start testing on bigger timeframes. It’s faster, easier on the eyes, and the results look clean. But clean doesn’t mean correct. Larger candles blur the details. That one nice-looking 4-hour candle? Inside, price could’ve spiked, reversed, chopped around, or triggered your stop before closing where it did. You’d never know. And that’s the problem. You might think your entry worked beautifully… but only because the data smoothed out everything that actually happened. A backtest should feel like a real trade Trading isn't just about the final price. It’s about what price does to get there. That messy movement inside the candle? That’s where most trades are made or broken. If your strategy is even remotely reactive, waiting for structure, confirmation, retests, or anything time-sensitive, you need to see what price did between the open and close. And the only way to see that? Use smaller candles. Smaller data, clearer picture 1-minute candles might look overwhelming at first, but they give you something the higher timeframes just can’t: behavior. Not just outcomes. Not just win/loss stats. But the actual shape of the move, the hesitation, the fakeouts, the precise moment when the trade made sense—or didn’t. And once you start testing with that level of detail, your strategy either earns your trust… or shows its cracks. So how small should you go? There’s no one-size-fits-all here. But as a general rule: if your idea relies on precision, go small. Test it on 1-minute or 5-minute charts, even if you plan to execute on higher timeframes. You’ll quickly see if the entry makes sense, or if you’ve been relying on candle-close hindsight. Yes, it takes longer. Yes, you’ll stare at noisy charts for hours. But your strategy will thank you. Watch out for “too good to be true” One last thing, if your backtest results look flawless on 1h or 4h candles, pause. That’s often a sign that you’re testing a story, not a strategy. Zoom in. See what actually happens. You might be surprised at how different the same trade looks when you’re not glossing over the details. TL;DR: In backtesting, size absolutely matters. Smaller candles reveal real behavior. Bigger ones hide the truth. So if you care about how your strategy actually performs not just how it looks. go smaller. Your backtesting will get sharper, and your confidence? Way more earned.
BINANCE:BTCUSDEducation
by Maaz_BA
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Nifty Weekly Wrap – 3rd Week of April ’25📉📈 Nifty Weekly Wrap – 3rd Week of April ’25 🔍 Bulls Charge Ahead – A 1,000+ Point Weekly Rally! 📌 Market Recap What a week! Nifty 50 delivered a massive +1023 point gain – up 4.4% on a weekly closing basis – breaching the crucial 23,800 level and closing strong. The rally was powered by a duo of positive triggers: ✅ Tariff relief ✅ Cooling inflation This combination boosted sentiment and attracted strong institutional buying across the board. 📊 Technical Overview Weekly & Monthly Candles: Bullish ✅ PCR Ratio: At 1.15, signaling a bullish tilt RSI: Holding steady at 54 – trend and momentum both aligned 200 SMA on Daily Chart: At 24,050 – a crucial level to watch. 🔼 A breakout and close above this may trigger fresh buying and a possible shift in long-term sentiment. 📌 Bank Nifty Leadership Bank Nifty almost hit its all-time high, clearly outperforming Nifty this week. The rally wasn’t limited to just PSU or private players – both segments showed strong participation, giving more legs to this uptrend. 📍 Key Bank Nifty Level: ➡️ As long as 52,000 holds, the uptrend structure remains intact. 📉 Volatility Update – India VIX India VIX cooled off by a sharp 24%, settling near 15 – further reinforcing the low fear + high confidence mood in the market. 📌 Market Sentiment Snapshot Everything is aligning for the bulls: ✅ Sectoral rotation ✅ Robust earnings ✅ Institutional buying ✅ Easing macro concerns 🎯 Momentum is real, and as long as levels hold, dips might continue to be bought. 📌 Key Levels to Watch (Nifty) 🔼 Resistance Zones ▶️ 24,050 (200 SMA – critical level) ▶️ 24,190 ~ 24,225 ▶️ 24,450 🔽 Support Zones ▶️ 23,820 ▶️ 23,660 ~ 23,710 ▶️ 23,400 ▶️ 23,200 📋 Strategy Heading into Next Week 🧘 Stay with the trend, but don’t get complacent. 📌 Watch for a clean breakout above 24,050 with volume – it could set the tone for a fresh leg higher. 📌 On the downside, 23,660–23,820 is a key demand zone to track. Let the structure develop – no need to predict every move. Follow price, stay flexible.
NSE:NIFTY
by kzatakia
Short trade 📉 Sell-side Trade – BTC/USD 📅 Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00 AM (NY Time) – London Session AM 📊 Timeframes: Structure: 4Hr Entry: 15min Trade Parameters: Entry: 84700.0 Take Profit (TP): 84423.5 (–0.33%) Stop Loss (SL): 84756.5 (+0.07%) Risk-Reward Ratio (RR): 4.89 Reason: RSI divergence on the 5min TF and after confirmation of lower high rejection within a 4Hr bearish structure seemed indicative of a sell-side trade. Bearish FVG on the 4Hr TF or imbalance to fill is my assumption for target.
Short
by davidjulien369
Long trade 🚀 Buyside Trade Breakdown – ETH/USD 📅 Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:30 PM (NY Session AM — late NY session weekend) 🪙 Pair: ETH/USD 📈 Direction: Buy (Long) Trade Parameters: Entry: 1613.56 Take Profit (TP): 1631.01 (+1.08%) Stop Loss (SL): 1612.93 (–0.04%) Risk-Reward Ratio (RR): 27.7 A 2min or sub-minute TF setup, Executed at the retest of a refined LTF demand zone. The tight stop loss of 0.04% reflects high-conviction execution, as sell-side liquidity was flipped to the buy-side, confirming directional bias.
Long
by davidjulien369
EURUSD - Sometimes It's Best To Let The Market Come To YouWhenever you feel yourself chasing price action, that's the sign and signature that your not that disciplined and you lack patience. Especially in low resistance conditions that we are seeing with EURUSD, you do not want to make a mistake or you will get your face ripped off! Gun to my head, I would want to see 1.16165 delivered and see the daily SIBI become a balanced price range but I am also cautious about the potential of a retracment back down into the 3-month SIBI....
by LegendSince
Nasdaq (NQM) - Best Time To Buy Nasdaq?After a successful run from September 2022, making more than 110% up to the beginning stages of 2025, Nasdaq has successfully made holders over the past few years richer than those who decided to invest in a random meme coin and what we have been seeing over the past months is a decline close to 30% which is miniscule in the grand scheme of the bull trend. Could the market continue to trade lower? Possibly but if you learn the skills necessary to hedge your portfolio by shorting the market, its a win win scenario!
CME_MINI:NQM2025
by LegendSince
Long trade 🚀 Trade Breakdown – Buyside (BTC/USD) 📅 Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025 ⏰ Time Observed: 9:26 AM (NY Time) Pair: BTC/USD 📈 Trade Direction: Buy (Long) 🕒 Entry TF: 2-Minute 📊 Strategy: Supply & Demand Narrative Trade Parameters: Entry: 85,412.16 Take Profit (TP): 85,853.24 (+0.52%) Stop Loss (SL): 85,288.58 (–0.15%) Risk-Reward Ratio (RR): 3.59 Reason: This trade buyside trade is based on range-based logic, taking advantage of short-term volatility and liquidity pockets. 2min TF entry observation
CRYPTO:BTCUSDLong
by davidjulien369