How to Stop Overcomplicating It ? Become Master of One Kick

Hey whats up traders. Trading is not easy, but today I want to show you how it can be easier. First we need to ask questions. What is the goal of the trader ?

You probably answered - to make money. Yes I get it.

But money is the result of something which is much more important - Discipline , Following the system, Trading plan, Your routines , Risk management etc..

📌I would lay it down this way:
The goal of the trader is to create a system with narrowed criteria for the each element of the trade and following it no matter what. Then money comes and trading is easier.

📌Trading System
When you approach you chart differently every time, then you cant have consistent system but just overfitting what you see on chart to the patterns, that just fits in to it right now - Butterfly, Head&Shoulders, Crab, Triangle, Wedge, Channel, Cup&Handle.

Im not saying you cant make profits by trading these pattens. But how can traders who are has different pattern on each chart have consistent results and be consistently improving over time ?

Im also not saying that one of mentioned patterns is bad. None of the strategy is superior to other. Who makes it powerful is trader himself by mastering it.

📌I would refer to the master Bruce Lee - 1 Kick - 10 000 times.
Whatever is your trading pattern stick to the one and become master. Know it upside down in every market conditions and learn market context and key levels. Know its weakness and when it is powerful. 👊One Kick 10 000 times will help you will make you confident master/b] 👇
- No more subjective decisions
- Not pattern guessing and fitting to price action
- Not overthinking - Still doing same setup, you ,know it works
- Fixed SL and TP, RR - No guesswork
- Can be practiced - Backtested
- Become Confident - Knowing your Win rate
- Eliminate - Fear, Greed, Over Trading
- Repetitiveness builds - Confidence and Clarity
- Confidence and Clarity leads to Improvements
- Improvements leads to the Mastery

🧠 I came to trading for the money. But it gave me presence, spirituality, discipline, resilience and peace in the chaos. Everything changed for me when I stopped looking for better strategy, but started to focus on my self and my daily routines and process to make everything more mechanical. And mainly journaled and described every process step by step. Strategy is 20% of success 80% is your mind.

🧪If you don't have you strategy or want inspiration here I described my mechanical Trading approach. 🔗 Click the picture below to learn more. 👇

Adapt what you find useful and reject useless what works for me is might not for you.

‼️Pattern is trade setup. Not a strategy. You need to define the following.
- Market context - When and Where your pattern occurs
- Key Level - On what key levels you will be trying your pattern
- Trade Setup - Thats your pattern - H&S, Pinbar, Range, Butterfly ...
- Trade Plan - Describe the process, when and how
- Daily Routine - Describe how you will work day by day
- Risk Management Rules - What is your targets, Max loss
- Trading Journal - What data sets you will be collecting about trades

🧩Market Context
you pattern can occur in a different market phases but only some will be profitable, you need to filter out the low probability conditions. So Im never looking for the setup if there is no pullback at least 50% from high of the swing. Because this can happen hence trade setup entry must always occur from a key level after the 50% pullback. How to do it I describde in the post previous trying view post. 🔗 Click the picture below to learn more. 👇

🧩Key Level
as I described it higher , if not trading reversal. Im never buying without a 50% pullback hence Im looking for my key levels placed after a 50% pullbacksIm never buying in the premium prices. Always want a pullback to the discount. For me works best Order block. In other words SD zone. Strong areas of the institutional activity that created imbalances. Here are the key points for high probability order block key level as you see on the picture above order block must occur in the liquidity zone. I have described it in the this post. 🔗 Click the picture below to learn more. 👇

🧩Trade Setup
now this is the pattern. Whatever is your pattern it can be consistency working only if you have defined Market context and Key Levels. There you want have your pattern to occur, for me its range manipulation and then Im following these two entry methods.

📌Bullish continuation setups
Model 1 - Entry after manipulation - 50% target
Model 2 - Entry on pullback on level between 61.8 - 80% pullback 📌Bearish Continuation setups
Model 1 - Entry after manipulation - 50% target
Model 2 - Entry on pullback on level between 61.8 - 80% pullback 🧩Trade Plan
in a trade plan you should describe your process how you gonna do step by step approach of the market context , key level trade setup and how you make it all working. Also knowing when not to trade is might most important. And column for your recent mistakes is vital, because by reminding your mistakes every day is a first step to eliminate them next time.
Im reading it every time before going to trade and constantly improve it.

🧩Daily Routine
as a trader you want to trade systematically and you want to eliminate all possible distraction that comes from the online world and mainly you want to specify your times when you gonna trade and when you close charts and go back to the live. This is important otherwise trading obsession and sitting by charts 12 hours a day will destroy not only your account, but also your live. Here is my simple list:

- Don't open any social media, and turn off all notifications that could distract your focus,
- Check economic calendar for high-impact news
- Update charts, Levels, Ranges and market context as a first thing on Tradingview
- Go thru your pairs, identify HTF order flow and Liquidity and ranges
- Mark out valid higher time frame Order blocks
- Mark out valid ranges , Setup alarms
- Wait for the range manipulation and execute
- If Price action is not clear don't force a trade, skipping a trading session without hesitation is a level of maturity

As a day trader you should focus only to one trading session. London or New York. Here I described how to approach London session Click the picture below to learn more. 👇

🧩Risk Management Rules
now Im not talking about a risk per trade, but knowing your targets. And not having that you must reach them every month. But having them as your stop and prevention from overtrading. There is nothing more frustrating than having a great week and destroy all work at Friday. Hence:

- Daily Target - 3R - 0.5% risk = 1% // 1% = 2%
- Weekly Target - 6R - 0.5% risk = 2% // 1% = 4%
- Monthly Target - 20R - 0.5% risk = 8% // 1% = 16%
- Stop trading for the day when >3R is locked,

Stop trading for the week when >6R is locked don't stop analyzing, but take only A+ setup, backtest, and journal... 6R is amazing profit in a week you dont need more, if you not making the living with 6R weekly gain, you need more capital - use prop firms.

🧩Journal is key to the consistent grown as a trader
decide what data sets about your strategy you will be collecting in order to improve it.
Always do screenshot when entering and add all information it will also keep you from overtrading and clicking to often. Make sure you have in your journal formula to measure your average win rate, profitability for days of the week. Also monitor your emotions and try to describe them so you know where you are whats need to be eliminated.

So to summarize trading is not easy and if thumbnail with easy way to trade catches your attention I hope you are not disappointed, because it's not about a strategy but about you. How organized and prepared you are then you can be disciplined and successful.

Hope you get some inspiration - Adapt useful , Reject useless, become master of 1 kick.

David Perk aka Dave Fx Hunter