Verified $5M+ Trader: LIVE Trading Using His EXACT Strategy

Overall premise

• The presenter (“Gala Trades”, “Kamjan”) describes a day-trading price-action strategy focused on:
  • Hourly timeframe to determine trend direction and key price levels
  • 2–5 minute timeframe to find trade entries using specific candle/price patterns
• Core emphasis:
  • Disciplined risk control, typically targeting ~1.5R–2R (sometimes allowing runners)
  • Avoiding overtrading, with a cap of max 2 entries per setup

Instruments / tickers / assets mentioned

Stocks (tickers)

• Tesla (TSLA)
• Microsoft (MSFT)
• Amazon (AMZN)
• AMD (AMD)
• Alphabet / Google (GOOGL)
• Nvidia (NVDA)
• Palantir (PLTR)
• Apple (AAPL)

Indices / ETFs / futures references

• SPY, QQQ
  • Note: “KIKQ” appears to refer to QQQ
  • “ES/NQ” are mentioned as futures equivalents
• Futures (explicit): ES and NQ

Options

• Calls/puts on the TSLA and SPY/QQQ-style underlyings are referenced throughout.

Orderflow / BookMap

• Bookmap is used as confirmation.
• Orderflow is mentioned in the intro.

Key strategy framework (step-by-step)

1) Trend analysis (Hourly)

• Uptrend: higher highs / higher lows
• Downtrend: lower highs / lower lows
• Trend determines direction:
  • Uptrend ⇒ look for CALLs
  • Downtrend ⇒ look for PUTs

2) Level identification (Hourly, before market open)

• Mark pivoting points and draw horizontal levels
• Sometimes levels are drawn based on the open of the pivot candle body (ignoring wicks/weeks)

3) Premarket plan

• Decide which level price is closest to during premarket/early conditions
• Decide whether to trade using one of the plan concepts:
  • Break & retest (main setup)
  • Bounce (opposite-side logic)
  • Rejection (opposite-side logic)
• Avoid “rushing”: wait for reaction/acceptance above/below the level

4) Entry execution (2–5 minute, preference: 5-minute)

• Break & retest:
  • Require a break
  • Then a retest with acceptance
• “Perfect” entry described as:
  • Price dips slightly below the level (wick below)
  • Then the candle body closes back above (for the long case)
• Candle/wick guidance:
  • Seek small, optimal wick size
  • Skip when price moves too fast or wick conditions are “wrong” (e.g., hammer/wick too large)

5) Stop-loss placement

• Tight stop, often “a pixel/inch” beyond the wick extreme
  • Example: “below the week” for longs
• Options risk is described approximately as ±5% to 10% (and can drift toward ~10% if holding too long)

6) Profit-taking and trade management

• Target: 1.5R–2R
• Scale out at ~2R (or trim earlier), then shift stop loss
• Runners may be left only if conditions remain favorable, using stop-loss adjustments to reduce stress
• Emphasis:
  • If trade is going well: continue managing risk
  • If trade goes against you: don’t interfere with discipline

7) Overtrading rule

• Do not take three entries on the same setup
• Max two attempts per setup after a stop-out

Key numbers & performance metrics mentioned

Claims / results

• Presenter claims being a “$5M+ trader” (total career profits)
• Early reference: “over $35,000 on this trade” (presented as cumulative/streaming P&L context)

Specific trade examples (options)

Live TSLA trade (break & retest)

• Entry concept near a TSLA ~420.68 level (includes contract selection and management)
• Managed position:
  • Closed first 10 contracts
  • Then managed remaining contracts
• Results described:
  • $1,500 + $500 running
  • Later about ~$1,200 realized on the smaller/managed position
• Trade duration stated inconsistently in subtitles (approx. 7–8 minutes, then later clarified/contradicted as ~3–4 minutes, then “7 minutes”)

Tesla (Feb 2) example (journal replay)

• Risk: $2,400
• Target initially: $4,800
• Outcome: “slightly higher than 2 or multiple” ⇒ about ~5K
• Mistakes mentioned:
  • Entry not close enough to the level
  • Shifted from puts to calls despite the original plan being puts

SPY (Feb 5) example

• Took a put after BookMap showed seller layers
• Missed upside after entry (price ran to approximately ~6.7, with ~6 referenced), reducing realized profits

QQQ / “Kik” bounce example (from ~607 then ~600)

• First attempt: -6.3K
• Second attempt:
  • 150 contracts
  • Stop loss: 1.95
  • Entry: 2.20
  • Target: 2.8
  • Realized multiple: 2.87R

Multi-level / R-multiple statements

• Repeated framing: “two R multiple is great”
• Home-run targets (5R–10R) are said to be less consistent year-end contributors than more frequent ~1.5R–2R trades

Explicit recommendations / cautions

• Don’t look at P&L while in position — “just look at the chart.”
• Wait for reaction/acceptance, not just a touch/break.
• Skip trades if:
  • The chart is “weird/choppy”
  • Candles have large, unfavorable wick patterns
  • Trend direction is unclear (no clean up/down)
  • The premarket plan no longer matches reality (often leading to “leave the day”)
• Risk acceptance rule:
  • If you can’t accept losing about ~$1K (example), size down or skip.
• Avoid holding overnight / longer than the setup timeframe:
  • Rejects using “2–3 days to expiration” as justification
  • Day trading requires being present now
• Scaling out is required by rules, even if later price action looks bullish/better

Methodology elements tied to options/futures

Options

• Strike selection is discussed in terms of delta/greeks dynamics as price approaches:
  • Example idea: for TSLA target move, consider strikes like 422.5 vs 425 calls depending on where price is likely to approach.

Futures

• For ES/NQ, confirmation is said to be used more directly with BookMap/heatmap.

Disclosures / disclaimers

• The provided subtitles appear to include marketing segments.
• No clear “not financial advice” disclaimer is visible in the provided subtitles regarding the trading methodology.

Presenters / sources mentioned

• Kamjan aka Gala Trades (primary presenter/trader)
• Chart Fanatics (program/host context)
• Chart Academy (promotional segment)
• TradeZella (promotional segment)
• Apex Trader Funding (promotional segment)
• Holar Prime (CF code) (promotional segment)
• Deote (mentioned as verifying payout stats in a sponsor segment)