Risk management is mostly interpreted as having a fixed stop and fixed target, which isn't something wrong in nature
But this approach is used by literally everyone operating in the markets which makes it questionable
Below is how I view risk management as a tool👇

Unpopular Opinion: The majority of people on CT are too focused on airdrops to appreciate the actual benefits on DEXes
People forget the actual reason to get into crypto was the freedom of your finances and self custody rather than just trading imaginary fake valuations

What a privilege to have the opportunity to wake up comfortably everyday and take that one step daily to become the son, the trader, the businessman and the friend I want to be

ETH/BTC
Negating the $ value. ETH/BTC continues to be a better looking chart. Despite the breakdown, 0.03 seems to be holding well for now
If you're in the camp that alts see relief next quarter, eth can lead this move. Invalidation for your thesis would be eth/btc losing 0.03 on weekly timeframe
PS: I’m not an ETH bull, but I don’t see great R:R on it anymore for shorts

Nothing happens every Saturday, recent data says so
Get off TradingView, your family misses you
If you must do something, focus on research, data collection and backtesting

Daily Reminder to do the following:
1. Book profits when you can
2. Donate to charities and/or people in need
3. Use your wealth and knowledge if you’ve acquired them to enrich people around you

Serious question for those who work on psychology the most as traders
What makes you think “mentality” and “identity management” concepts are more important than flows, data, price action intuition ?

The magic we seek is often in the work that we avoid
Met a trader today who has a good enough trading experience. Has made money and lost money over the last couple of years
He told me, “I’m working on getting mid six figures anyhow and then I’ll work on building trading systems to make sure I’m consistently profitable”
Man has spent all of 2025 in different crypto jobs + managing his IRL job, working more than 14 hours a day for 10 months trying to get more capital
The only advice I have for him is to start trading actively with like 10% of his portfolio and manage it like it’s 100% of his n

Common Thinking Trading
- Buying volume imbalance retests
- Context behind large and low volume delta at key levels

$SOL
-52% for the quarter, which reduces the RR for shorts here. Price is trading daily/weekly SFP at around $125.
Reward for hunting for longs checks out here, if price starts closing below $125 on daily, it will likely trade towards low 100s, where as if we see an impulse here, I'd look to sell $135-136
(Scheduled all alt updates, more coming)

GM☕️
Market update today. Tell me what you want me to cover
When all of CT remains dead or quiet. Now is your time to make sure you keep working more than your fellow man

The best trades or profitable outcomes often look like luck in hindsight
I might even go so far as to say it is
The biggest skill is to keep working and never give up. Regardless of what it is you do for a living
Eventually, luck (or skill) will come your way

The weekly open dump from the $91.8k POC is exactly what’s expected from a ranging market
Don’t be surprised if low 80s hold up again
If it looks like a range, and trades like a range, then….