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same trade, same time, everyday

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Key takeaways

Finance

Finance-focused summary (from subtitles)

Core claims / performance metrics (personal trading)

  • Uses a “same trade, same time, everyday” approach to improve consistency.
  • Reported results:
    • 76% win rate
    • Average risk-reward: 1.85
    • Up ~600K on the year (currency not specified)

Key recommendation / caution themes

  • Do not increase complexity More “confluences,” more concepts, or more strategies leads to confusion and information overload.

  • Subtraction over addition Improve by focusing on fewer repeatable steps.

  • Mind/trust caution

    • “Your mind’s going to lie to you”
    • Rely on tracking via a journal
  • Prerequisite: confirm you’re taking the same trade Consistency is impossible unless you know you’re taking the same trade each time.

Instruments / markets mentioned

  • Gold (XAU) (explicitly referenced as “gold”)
  • No other tickers/ETFs/commodities besides gold are mentioned.

The “exact three-step strategy” (framework)

Applies to reversal trades only (not continuations).

Step 1 — Identify a middle timeframe range (4–5 hours)

  • Only trade reversals.
  • Determine whether the market is:
    • Trending / directional: correction is under 50% of the prior move
    • Trending range: correction is ~50% of the prior move
    • Ranging range: correction is over 50% of the prior move
  • Rule: if trending, the author says they don’t trade.
  • Adaptation note: keep the trade “the same,” but allow close variations depending on the range type.

Step 2 — Wait for hourly overextension into the high or low of the range

  • After identifying the 4–5 hour range, wait for the hourly candle to overextend into the range’s:
    • upper half or lower half
  • “Overextension” definition:
    • Requires 15–30 minutes of price pushing strongly toward one side (to match 15-minute intervals).
  • Reversal logic:
    • Aim to trade toward the mean of the previous move.

Step 3 — Wait for a “type 3 shift” around ~30 minutes into the hour

  • Around the 30-minute mark (specifically “second half of the hour”), require a directional shift on lower timeframes.
  • “Type 3 shift” examples:
    • Bullish: break a low → break a high (shift in highs/lows and direction)
    • Bearish: break a high → immediately break a low (shift bearish)
  • Entry trigger:
    • Enter after a small correction following the shift (described as “range rejection” behavior).

Entry / risk / target methodology (as described)

Target

  • Typically targets ~50% of the previous move.
  • If overextension is very strong with little pullback, target may extend to the whole move.

Stop-loss

  • Placed beyond the level broken:
    • stop is “behind the high you broke or the low you broke.”

Timing refinement / execution notes

  • Entry is improved by waiting for a pullback.
  • If the breakout does not pull back to the desired level:
    • the author may miss the trade rather than force entry.
    • they estimate missing ~30% of trades on average (execution discipline).
  • Sometimes they:
    • trail to the next level
    • then enter on reaction near/at the 50% area.

Best trading time guidance (timing anchors)

  • Preferred timing for the main setup:
    • Second hour of the Asia session (explicitly stated)
  • Alternative mentioned:
    • London session open

Example/logic for countertrend vs protrend (described conditions)

  • Direction is treated as less important than:
    • where price is within the range
    • when within the hourly cycle (around the 30-minute shift)
  • For countertrend trades:
    • Ideally wait for price to break against you (break the relevant extreme first).
  • For protrend (trending-range context):
    • Can still take behavior around 50% pullback.

Disclosures / disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” or regulatory disclaimer appears in the provided subtitles.

Presenters / sources mentioned

  • No other presenters or external sources are named in the subtitles.
  • Mentions:
    • “a student” using the journal
    • a Discord where an example trade was taken
  • Mentions the author’s own personal journal template / trading dashboard (free link in description), but no third-party source is identified.

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