Topic: Timing and Trading (Read 420 times)

Of course, trade and time are inextricably linked. As you said, if you want to trade but you don't have the free time to start then it will be a waste. I think it's quite common for some traders to lose time or maybe miss the moment that they should take and I think it's a common thing that often happens and it's not uncommon for those who experience it. It happens usually because of their inadvertence because maybe they have other activities out there, and also in my opinion if at that time they take the opportunity to open their trade it cannot be ensured that they will be able to make a profit, the market is very volatile and they can suddenly experience a loss there. You need to train yourself by learning various knowledge from other professional traders or you can also learn from the mistakes you have made, and if you already understand each time movement in a certain time range then I think you will have no difficulty in finding the right time to open a trade.

And yes, this is usually their problem especially for beginners, they have the knowledge of when to enter the market but on the other hand there are also those who do not know when to get out of there. Many of the traders are then trapped because maybe they have made a profit that makes them feel happy and after that they forget to get out of there and forget some of their trading plans. The market will not always be in our favor, and with that it is very important to implement various trading plans such as take profit when you win and also stop lose when you lose. All of that should be applied in every trade because that's the only thing that can help them to minimize their MC.

Trading and timing works together because if you don't time the market to enter at the exact time you are suppose to enter, you'll miss out of getting the full profits of that trade that you entered and sometimes you get to lose because you entered wrongly. This is the reason experience is very important for any individual that wants to become a professional trader, you need to know when to enter the market and when to exit the market or you lose always.

Exiting a trade is as important as entering a trade, most traders are good at one but bad at the other and exiting a trade is where most individual traders aren't very good at and that's why we have many traders losing more than winning because of bad timing of the market.

This is why only few traders are making sustainable and profitable trades since a lot of them have find it hard to manage their emotions and greed. Traders are consistently battling with their own emotions and if they fail controlling them, these traders end up as frustrated ones. However, it is said that there’s no good traders that could eventually stop from their emotions, it’s either they will control them or lessen their emotions in order to minimize the risk of losing as well.

I just want to ask you, OP, do you have extensive knowledge of trading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin? Or are you a professional trader? because the topic you raised is about making the right timing decisions in trading. Do you have any idea that it is not as easy to learn as others think it is?

But if there is, you will have an edge immediately if you know when you should and should not use the timing to buy or sell crypto or bitcoin. You will be really profitable that way, but before you get it and know that, you have to know how to read a chart on a graph and how to use tools in the trading view, like MVA, Trendline, and others, You know what I mean.

Absolutely. The type of trading will also depend on where you’re skilled at, but I say your knowledge and skills, will lead you to the right timing of your trade. Timing is very much important, as well strategies and attitudes towards trading are crucial as well. If you are not capable to fit all these things in your trading career, then it’s better not to jump into trading but acquire more knowledge and develop more strategies first before you consider taking risk in trading.

Well, time really matters in trading, and if you are a scalper, we are very keen on every price movement. But this will depend also on the coin that we choose and this will really work if you are using a highly volatile coin that is why we also have to assess the trend of that particular coin before buying.

However, OP seems right that not do all the time we are a scalper as we also rely on the market movement, and based on my experience, we need sometimes to adjust our time frame from 1 minute to a longer time frame especially when sudden price drops happen. And sometimes it happens from a trader, it becomes a short-time holder.

If we do speak on what kind of trader i am then i would be sticking into this;

Position trading
On which im not really that a fan of scalping and i do have tested out for various moments or conditions on which i could say that it is really that a totally different experience or situation
comparing when you are scalping on forex or stocks on which it is really that evident about when it comes to volatility. We do know that when it comes to probabilities
then it could really be having that two possible ways which is going up and down.

Speaking about timing then time is really that crucial but on the moment that you had missed out whether buying or selling on a particular moment then thats a missed opportunity
but since this market doesnt really have that open/close market then it would really be a 24/7 265 days a year when it comes to possible profits and opportunities on which
you could anytime dive in.

Timing is very important for us to make profits and if we miss the time when we are supposed to buy a coin, then we might be surprised that the market would have left us by the time we are ready to buy or sell. This is why market analysis is very important for us before we enter the market. This will give us a good timing to when to sell or buy in the market.
Inaccurate timing can cause us a big lose if we are nit able to adjust immediately we notice it. The big traders are very good in timing the market before they buy that is why they are always ready to go long or short when they are ready to trade in the market.

Do not force yourself when you feel that you are already behind seeing from the analysis that we do, because if we still force to enter when we know it is quite late then it will make our risk even greater than before.
In trading we must see the right moment to enter, and that moment will always come even though maybe in the previous moment we were left behind. So it is better to wait longer to find the right moment again. It is very difficult to determine where the right moment is, because just one mistake will make a loss. But trading is a risk and that risk from the beginning we must have thought carefully.

That wrongly timed trade will cost them however they might try to balance it out by another trade. Of course in long term it will cancel each other out and you might end up in a net profit but it can be stressful in the short term.

Time the trade when the market is dropping or rising and this has an impact on the total profit that capital can make. Not that it is a must thing, but it has its importance and should not be ignored. If you lose them time to place to trade, just wait it out for the next opportunity.

This is a broad topic for buying/selling and those who actively trade will understand the idea correctly.

There are a lot of ways to define time, depending who you are talking to because there are some people that have a concept of time differently. But anyway, in trading, it's definitely the x-axis that would define how your chart will look like.

You need to be more specific with what you are trying to discuss and connect it. You said it's timing and you can have different time in trading in terms of the increments on the type of trader. Like

• In Months
• In Days
• In Minutes

It's basically the timeframe and they have different x-axis for that. The timing might not be the same depending on the indicator that you have. It's important as well to note that timing the market would be very hard.

Unfortunately that is not possible. I mean not because we can't all know when to buy, but because if we all timed it right, then we all timed at the same time to sell, we just can't all buy at the same price. Think about it, timing the buying right means that you buy at the bottom, it doesn't go any lower than that, but if we all buy at that price, then some of us will not be able to buy it, how could everyone buy billions and billions of dollars worth of bitcoin all at the same time, who would sell to us?

We need sellers as well, meaning some people sold at the bottom. And if we time selling greatly, sell at peak, doesn't go any higher, that means someone must buy at that price. So all in all, it doesn't work that way.

Not only in trading, but in each and every place where money is involved or invested, Timing plays an important role there. Timing determines the amount of profit you will take from the particular task or here you can say from trading. If you miss the correct time to buy and miss the perfect time to sell, then the loss percentage per trade will increase. If you are a newbie then along with patience, you need to master the art of timing in order to make good trades.

It is obviously not possible to perfectly time the market all the time, even the most expert traders would miss the correct timing sometimes and incur losses, so it's not something very serious, although it will be concerning if you are missing the timing for most of your trades which means that you are going in a loss instead of getting any profits from your trades when scalping a certain coin or token or maybe multiple coins at once.

So the point is that someone who might be losing a few trades due to imperfect timing of making the trades but is managing to do well otherwise should not be worried at all since their net value will be in profit, but if it is the opposite of that, the trader must evaluate their strategies and practice more.

I think trading is not for everyone who have a good understanding of trading they can make profit if they trade. And if someone starts trading without understanding anything about trading it will be very difficult for him. It is very easy to make money from trading. And some times it becomes very difficult. I almost lost money while trading. At first when I started trading with a good idea about trading, I made a lot of money.

If you are a trader then timing is of immense importance to you while trading. Because training at a slightly wrong time can make you lose your entire money. Timing is a special consideration when trading. Timing is of utmost importance in trading. Because there is a fear of losing all your money. You need to do maximum research about timing and what time of the day to trade and what time to avoid trading.

Commit a trade when you are ready; many people make a trade even though they are not mentally, emotionally and financially prepared They just want to trade without a plan and make execution of thee position and wait for the outcome; this kind of mindset is wrong its better if you make a proper plan with your position if the mark you are plotting is ideal to entry or not there's always a question in your self. You are just protecting your money, if you are well confident with your position grab the chance and wait for the outcome, if the trade losses, try another position at the end of the day we are counting the profitable trades even though there are a lot of positions we made. Keep learning on your experience.

        -     You know the truth, if only all of us traders in this community knew the right way to use the right timing of buying and selling, for sure we would all be happy to get earnings from crypto trading. But the problem is that not everyone knows how to use it correctly and often others rely on predictions.

And the timing methods is something that you know deeply about the trading activity here in the crypto industry as well. even experts often fail in this method because the market is very unpredictable in the crypto space. This is the fact reality here.

Trying to time your trades perfectly at all times is definitely a mistake, not everyone can do that and people should be careful about it. I understand that some people are good at what they do, and they could time it better than other people. But just because they time it better doesn't mean that they time it perfectly each time, they make mistakes as well and you do not have to be one of those amazing traders that time it great all the time, you could be someone who times it well enough that you are in profit.

Always focus on the profit, if you are profiting over course of a long period of time then you are doing a good job and you do not need to change anything at all, it should not be a big deal and should be considered acceptable.

Timing defenitely has its importance in trading. But then also have limit orders which you can place at a price and leave the money locked up in it. When the time is right the order will execute at a predetermined price. But then placing orders as the market is moving is another anxiety inducing chore. There we see people buying at every drop when the market is falling to form separate positions for future selling or the opposite in bull markets.

In spot trading for long term, I think the buying/selling price is what becomes more important.