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Boot Camp 2.0 Day 11: Where to Take Profit

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The speaker discusses a single “full port Friday” crypto trading day where they executed one trade and hit three take-profit levels. The setup is based on:

  • Liquidity sweeps
  • Order blocks / accumulation zones
  • Breaks of structure across multiple timeframes (1-minute, 5-minute, hourly, daily)

They emphasize taking profits at high-confluence liquidity/market structure levels and moving stops to break-even to protect gains—especially because lower timeframes can swing against the broader directional bias.

Key Trade Execution Logic (Multi-Timeframe)

Higher-Timeframe Context

  • Daily bias: Down
  • Trade premise: Use an intraday upside move to capitalize on a specific structure/lpa scenario.

Trigger / Structure

  • Price broke out of a “prominent” upside structure (“breakout of this little thing”).
  • They identified an order block / accumulation zone where they believe orders were accumulated.
  • They observed a liquidity sweep to the downside, followed by a leg down → leg up sequence.

Lower-Timeframe Confirmation (Scaling / Entries)

  • On the 5-minute timeframe, price:
    • Tapped an order block
    • Swept liquidity again
  • On smaller timeframes, they look for:
    • Mini downtrend break
    • Break of structure to the upside
    • A specific 1-minute close above a key level (“prominent high” on 1-minute)

Risk Management During Scaling

  • They entered with stops placed under the accumulation zone.
  • After partial profits, the remaining position was stopped out at break-even.

Take-Profit Methodology Emphasized

The main takeaway (from “Boot Camp 2.0 Day 11: Where to Take Profit”) is:

Don’t rely on a single Fibonacci/random target—set exits at likely reaction zones derived from market structure.

Framework / Step-by-Step Approach to Take Profits

  • Identify high-confluence reaction areas, primarily:
    • Liquidity
    • Order blocks / “building blocks” (including fair-value-gap style ideas referenced from prior bootcamp)
  • On low timeframes, use higher-timeframe building blocks as take-profit targets because:
    • higher-timeframe levels “hold higher power”
    • low timeframes can still cause sharp retracements/swing patterns
  • Use multiple take-profit levels, since you don’t know which swept liquidity level will be the true reversal point.
  • After partial TPs, move stop-loss to break-even to prevent giving back profits.
  • Expect possible brief “wrong-way” moves (e.g., a 1-minute break of structure that bounces and continues). Taking profits earlier can reduce stress and preserve gains.

Explicit Recommendations / Cautions

  • Use multiple take profits, especially for early/beginner traders.
  • Move stop-loss to break-even after partial profit.

  • Don’t wait for a late confirmation like:

    “Now we got the break of structure—then we get out” because price can bounce and continue after a brief reversal.

  • Apply the same logic to crypto investments: take profit while the market is offering it, since turning points can arrive unexpectedly.

Key Numbers / Performance Metrics

  • Outcome: 3 take profits hit
  • Remaining position: stopped out at break-even
  • Trading-day stats quoted (generic/attitude):
    • They claim ~98%–98 of traders lose on the day (intended meaning: most traders underperform).
    • They frame “beating the market” as being in the top ~1–2%.
  • Timing/news:
    • “No news today” (no specific macro release mentioned)

Instruments / Tickers Mentioned

  • No specific tickers/symbols (or ETFs, stocks, commodities, bonds) were named in the provided subtitles.
  • The discussion is crypto-trading oriented, but the exact asset traded is not stated.

Disclosures / Disclaimers

  • No explicit disclaimer like “not financial advice” appears in the provided subtitles.
  • The speaker notes trades were called live in Discord and includes referral/affiliate links.

Presenters / Sources

  • Presenter: The main speaker (referred to as “tj r / tj” in the subtitles)
  • Source platform mentioned:
    • Discord (used to call trades live)
    • A broker link in the description
    • Mentions of a free Discord / pay Discord
  • Supplement mentioned (not a financial source):
    • Echo Vision nootropic (“Echo Vision nootropic” and “nootropics every day”)

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