🧠 Mind Post: Trading Red Flags – What to Watch Out For “They sounded like he knew it all… but, I still don’t know what the trade was.”
In trading circles — especially public forums — not all posts are created equal. Some are genuinely helpful. Others are just noise wrapped in confidence.
Here are a few red flags to help you spot the difference:
🚩 1. Vague, Open-Ended Predictions “Expect the unexpected.” “The pressure will be fast and confusing.” “We go to 22000… or maybe 24000… anything is possible.”
These are not forecasts. They’re hedged guesses that allow someone to claim they were right no matter what happens.
🚩 2. No Entries, No TPs, No Charts Confidence without clarity is a warning sign.
If someone:
Never shares where they entered
Never explains their stop loss or TP
Never follows up with results
...they’re not trading with you — they’re just talking at you.
🚩 3. Mystical Language & Riddles “Trade what you do not see.” “It’s me. I already knew.” “Only skilled traders will understand.”
This creates a false sense of superiority and makes others feel “less than” — while avoiding actual teaching. If you can’t learn how they made the decision, it’s probably not real.
🚩 4. After-the-Fact Bragging “I knew it from the beginning. The chart is my open book.” “Didn’t I tell you? It was obvious.”
These are narrative traps. They come after the move, not before — with zero proof. Great traders don’t need to brag — their charts and consistency do the talking.
🚩 5. No Accountability If someone regularly:
Flips between bullish and bearish
Says “check my earlier post” but never posts proof
Avoids clear views in real time
...it’s not strategy. It’s storytelling.
✅ What To Look For Instead ✔ Clear setups ✔ Defined risk ✔ Charts with entries and exits ✔ Education over ego ✔ Logic you can follow — not just believe
Final Thought Trading is already hard enough. Don’t let narrative noise derail your process. Seek transparency, learn from structure, and question anything that sounds too confident without receipts.
📌 Take profits, not chances. Wish you all learning and success in your trading , your system and clarity. Manage your risks well first and accumulate.
NASDAQ.USD.1.IEN A hint! Do not build hopes on a big retrace At all! Please without asking where we will go Build strategy and do not risk much I am here to give you hints and to draw the big lines to you. Trust me, that is the biggest ever help you will receive on your trading journey Depend only on yourselves and put my words in the back ground But do not under estimate my words, however in same time, do only what you see right and suit your trading style and strategy
NASDAQ.USD.1.IEN Highlighting on my yesterday post about the difference between the swing traders and the intraday traders! today is the best example for that difference and that comes favour the swing traders like me for example I know that would happen from the beginning like an open book to me and i even advised you.. retraces happened, but i never closed the trade before hitting the TP which i sat from the beginning, whilst the intraday traders opened and closed and opened and closed and then they are so confused to open long after the index became already above 1% increase without real retrace? which logically they would be afraid of doing so if they could not catch the wave from the beginning, would be risky to enter from the middle. then those intraday traders would wait for a retrace and they try to figure out from where the index would retrace The answer would be with the swing trader not with the intraday traders and that is one of the biggest challenges too which faces the intraday traders... and it could be pretty boring to them when the index is going up up up without retrace as they see the chart and they see the train is moving in front of their eyes slowly and they are only watching for a long time from their places. That is a practical example favour the power of the swing traders in that point
NDX it is just a monday. Looking at a weekly, we have no lower wick and we are up already more than last week open. waiting for that lower wick before entering any long, it is way to risky at this stage, it for sure aiming for 21500 at least but without this lower wick on weekly i can't see it happening. If it does happen,than it for sure run on some invisible fuel. saying that, my entry won't come today so i am off. good luck to those who is in trade
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