TraderMercury · 68 videos → 16 chapters

The system, compressed

One method for a long-term investor who swing-trades on a bi-weekly review. Every idea links to the moment he says it.

The whole system on one page

flowchart LR
  A[BTC context first] --> B[4-sec read: up/down/range/consol]
  B -->|down/chop| X[Skip / do nothing]
  B -->|up / RS vs BTC| C[Find 200s TF it respects
= trend proxy]
  C --> D[Stack confluence:
200s + market structure + gray box]
  D --> E{Regime?}
  E -->|range/chop| R[Range rules: lows→mid→highs
or step away]
  E -->|trend| F[Setup: bid zone vs wait reclaim]
  F --> G[Stop = where all reasons flip
size = risk$ ÷ stop%]
  G --> H[TP level-to-level / fibs in discovery
keep core]
  H --> I[Exit only on same-system invalidation]

Every chart is one of four states

Higher highs, higher lows.
Lower highs, lower lows.
Bounded: lows → mid → highs.
Tight pause after a move.

Can't tell which in four seconds → skip the chart.

Chapters

Part A · Read

  1. Simplicity: 4 states + 4-second rule
    Name what any chart is doing in four seconds, and skip it if you can't.
  2. Timeframes: 200s cloud, snowball→snowman, scaling
    Pick the 200s timeframe a chart respects, and know which bigger trend it stands in for.
  3. The 3-part system; ranges & deviations
    Stack structure, 200s and gray boxes into one read, and trade a range by its rules.
  4. Regime: trend vs range vs chop; fair value
    Classify any chart as trend, range or chop in one look, and switch tools to match.
  5. BTC context: spec vs interp, valid vs actionable, RS, recency
    Read BTC first, label your guesses as guesses, and act only on analysis that's close enough to be proven wrong.

Part B · Trade

  1. Bi-weekly scan & filter
    Turn the whole market into a list of ≤5 coins worth a setup, in about 15 minutes.
  2. Setups & entries: archetypes, bid vs reclaim
    Name which of 8 setups a listed coin is in, and choose to bid the zone or wait for the reclaim.
  3. Setup math: RR × probability × situation; sizing
    Judge a setup on all three of his aspects, and size it from the stop in one line of math.
  4. Stops = invalidation; Plan A/B/A2/C
    Put the stop where your reasons die, and always know which plan (A, B, A2, C) you're in.
  5. Taking profit & managing
    Size each take-profit by the level's timeframe, keep a core, and exit fully only when your reasons die.

Part C · Invest

  1. Reading the cycle; dip vs downtrend; bottom buying
    Name any drop as a dip, a pullback or a downtrend, and know the only place worth buying a bottom.
  2. Riding the bull: price discovery, fib TPs, keeping profit
    Map fib-extension take-profits in price discovery and exit on the trend break, not on a target.
  3. Doing nothing; narratives; investor vs trader books
    Sit out without FOMO, exit only on your own signals, and keep the investor book and the trader book apart.

Part D · Mind

  1. Never wrong: adapt; confidence plateau
    Hold a position without needing one outcome, and let confidence move with your arguments, not with price.
  2. Discipline: domino, overtrading, human error, journaling
    Spot an impulse chain before the second trade, press fewer buttons, and check every order for the dumb mistakes.

Part E · Loop

  1. The bi-weekly ritual checklist
    Run the whole system in one sitting every two weeks, leave limit orders behind, and touch nothing until the next review.

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