after getting really rekt in 2018 (I got into crypto in December 2017) and being a community member for almost a year I finally accepted my losses, decided I had not much more to lose and started trading. At first I started swingtrading the shitcoin I was bagholding and increased my position almost 50% in one month. Eventually I got left out in a pump and refused to buy back higher. Luckily I didn’t because 2 weeks later it got delisted everywhere and price dumped really hard. So I moved on to Binance and started following some traders on Tradingview. I also got 3commas. I selected 5 coins intending to swing them over a couple of weeks, but eventually couldn’t resist closing my trades whenever they had $20 profit. The first 5 days I did this (March 11-16) I averaged at least $100 a day in profits and so my interest shifted from swingtrading to daytrading. The reasoning behind this is I’m only trading with $6000 and daily profits give me a sense of security, it’s better for my mental health. I have a lot of free time and I’m prepared to do whatever grunt work is necessary to succeed in this. Also, I believe I will grow my portfolio much quicker by adding small quantities every day instead of trying to get multiple 20% trades within a month. Funny thing is, since I’m trying to daytrade I’m unable to get daily profits like I did when I was trying to swingtrade!
I’m a bit frustrated because I don’t really know what changed. Maybe it’s because it’s unsure what BTC is going to do and alts aren’t as jumpy as they were last week, or maybe I just bought my current bags too high, resulting in those funds getting stuck until they at least break even.
I have some questions that could help me understand more about daytrading in general, I hope I can some feedback on them:
- How many coins do you have on your watchlist?
- Do you check all those charts on your watchlist every morning (or even multiple times a day)?
- At what timeframes do you check them if you intend to daytrade (15m - 1h?) or swingtrade (4h - 1d?)?
- If you had only 1.5 BTC would you get 15 0.1 BTC bags or 5 0.3 BTC bags (with multiple entries)?
- What works for you to pick your daily coins? Some do full TA, others just look at Bollinger Bands and Stoch RSI, I watched a lot of youtube videos and they all make it look really easy but I haven’t found what works for me yet.
- Do you use signals? The signals on 3commas for example have a 80% success ratio and can be used to automate bots. I wonder if it’s really that easy? It seems too good to be true, but then again the results…
As you can see I need some advice and I would really appreciate it if I could get some tips from experienced traders! Everyone likes a motivated student don’t they