TC888 TRADING
Fast track to profitable SB style trading
DISCLAIMER AND REMARKS
• This presentation is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The opinions and views expressed herein are
solely those of the author. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damages incurred from the use of, or reliance upon , the
information provided in this presentation.
• Trading carries both significant potential rewards and risks. It is essential to be aware of these risks and be willing to ac cept them. We
recommend practicing with a demo account for learning purposes and advise against trading with money you cannot afford to los e.
• Trade at your own risk. The information provided is of a general nature and is not intended to be specific trading advice. It has been
prepared without considering your individual investment objectives, financial situation, or particular needs. This informatio n should not
be viewed as an offer or inducement to buy, sell, or trade any financial instrument.
• The risk of loss in trading can be substantial. You should carefully consider whether trading is suitable for you in light of your financial
condition.
• The trading system explained here is primarily based on the trading style of Stacey Burke. To learn more about his approach, we
encourage you to visit his website and watch his YouTube channel. However, please note that the system described here also re flects my
personal modifications. I have added and omitted certain elements and emphasized aspects that I find critical. Use this guida nce to
develop your own trading style, as there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Your trading style should suit your personal characteristics.
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COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT TRADING (1/2) – “IT’S EASY MONEY”
Many people coming into trading have a fundamental misconception about how successful (day) trading works
What many people
think about how
trading works:
The reality:
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Superior analysis of the charts provides predictions about what the
market does next
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Charts do not predict price, they only give an indication of liquidity
distribution and potential setups with asymmetrical risk reward
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Good traders understand how the market works and are able to predict
upcoming moves and take advantage of that “all day long”
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Impressive market experts that are right most of the time about how the
market moves and trade the best and largest moves of the market
Even good traders have no idea what the market does next, they just sit
around most of the time and wait for very specific setups they are
specialized on, potentially missing the largest moves
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They are amazing winners, that pull money of the markets with an
impressive hit rate
They are rather humble process addicts that follow a very strict plan
giving them a slight statistical edge
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They are particularly good losers, that do not change their plan even
after a couple of losing trades
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It is essential to be clear about, why the market might let you pull out money consistently:
- You will not find the secret sauce, that lets you sit there and make money all day
- You will not become a good trader, by being the cool guy that just kills it every day and has everything in control
- The reality is that you need to work exceptionally hard on yourself, to develop a humble, probabilistic and stable mindset
- Real edge comes from extreme accuracy, selectivity, patience and especially humility
- Are you ready for that?
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COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT TRADING (2/2) – “IT’S IMPOSSIBLE”
People outside of trading are mostly thinking it’s just gambling, since 95% of traders lose money. Why is it that hard?
The issue – We naturally do it wrong!
The solution – Be aware that a trade is a bet!
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The market is one giant liquidity
hunting machine that triggers the
human mind deeply to react to its
manipulations
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We have a very ancient part of our
brain the “Lizard” brain that is
triggered in this way, that hijacks
our planning brain easily and
without us even noticing
Be aware of your inner lizard: We have to
take care of our “Lizard” brain, with
self talk, meditation, having a plan…
as we would manage a different person!
We need to take sure it is not triggered
and if, we need to see this and calm it down
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We are naturally focused on the
outcome of our trades, and we try to avoid losses and to be right as
much as possible… we try to control the outcome as we do in most other
situations in our life…
Be prepared: We need to be perfectly
prepared for every session, have a plan
and know exactly what we want to see
for a pair in a session, leave no room
for spontaneous emotional decisions
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Be disciplined: Have detailed rules for entry and managing your trades, stick to
them 100%, no emotions and live reactions
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Don’t be involved: Expect a random outcome! Do not try to be right, do not
predict and expect a result. Be aware that it is a bet, just sit back wait what
happens, accept whatever happens and manage your trade as you planned
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Overcome your fear: Do exactly the opposite what your lizard wants, scale into
winners, cut losers short.. that is the key one thing to make sure
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Have a long-term view: One trade does not give you any feedback at all on your
strategy or abilities as a trader. Think long term and keep statistics on your entries
and setups to review after a series of trades
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… this leads to our Lizard brain taking over in the heat of the moment,
only selectively filtering information that confirms our plan, to see
opportunities only and jump into trades, to let fear overtake and cut
trades early or lift the stops in order to avoid losses
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After a trade we are depressed or euphoric… leading again to irrational
behavior… greedy or fearful
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This mindset if not addressed properly is the key reason for 95% of
traders losing money and never turning consistently profitable
A checklist… key is to build a probabilistic mindset, that is obsessed with the trading process:
- Plan your trades thoroughly, work hard
- Do not predict, stay open and observe
- Be aware that most moves are random
- Be very selective, let it come to you
- Do not overthink, enter if confirmed
- Never chase a move
- Never change a plan
- Scale into winners bold
- Let you stop hit like a man, never lift it
- Expect a random outcome
- Do not try to be right
- Focus on execution, do not look at PnL
- No emotions, stay calm and concentrated or stop
- Review statistically and have a diary
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SB STYLE TRADING – WHAT IS IT?
Stacey Burke is a tenured senior trader that developed his own trading system based on a broad variety of influencers
Influencers
Key elements of his trading system
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Toby Crabel: OR trading, Out of balance markets
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Identifying trapped traders: FBs and 3 Day Cycle
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Schabacker, Robert D. Edwards and John Magee: Classical charting, chart
patterns, measured moves
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Break in structure reversals: FRW, FGW, FRD, FGD signals, 15m BIS, 1m BIS,
second mouse gets the cheese
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Peter Brandt: Classical charting, price is always in a box, measured
moves, seek consolidations, asymmetrical risk reward
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Consolidations for measured moves: IW, ID signals, coils, working low or high
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3 Pushes: Market manipulation to trick human behavior on any timeframe
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Steve Mauro: Beat the market maker trading style
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Where is the money: Identification of key liquidity zones as targets
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Mike Bellafiore: One good trade, The Playbook
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Other timeframe traders: The power of higher timeframes drives larger moves
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Mark Douglas: We don’t need to know what the market is doing next to
make money
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Only two types of trades: Pump and Dump and Dump and Pumps, wait for the
manipulation, once you see it you cannot unsee it
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Jim Rogers “I just wait until there is money laying in the corner, and all I
have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime”
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12 candle window: Key trading hours, where the volume comes in, goal is to trade
one hour a day
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Bill Lipschutz “If most traders would learn to sit on their hands 50% of
the time, they would make a lot more money
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Setups: Only trade your setups, do not chase moves
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(not exhaustive)
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Asymmetrical risk reward: only hunt for 90:10 setups
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Out of balance markets: breakout, reverse or range mode?
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Nail and Bail: Don’t give anything back, lock in the money and go off the screen
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Mindset and discipline: Patience pays, have a process, meditate
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Outside: if you are not outside, you are inside, don’t get trapped
Stacey built a unique and very successful end to end trading system over the years, that provides a very strong edge:
- Understanding and following the market makers in their manipulations
- Waiting for retail traders to get trapped and punished
- Seeking for larger chart pattern that point to large scale parabolic measured moves
- …. a high probability, low screen time system
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SB STYLE TRADING – THE BASIC PATTERNS
Most SB Style setups come back to few basic patterns that repeat over and over again
Reversal setups
Parabolic setups
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Most trade setups are either a pump and dump
or a dump and pump
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The market traps traders on one side and moves
explosively to take out profitable traders on the
other side
Parabolic setups build liquidity by trapping
traders on both sides over multiple days within
a narrow range
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Typically leads to explosive measured moves
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Signals/ patterns: ID, PFH/ PFL, 3 days into
high/ low
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Signals/ patterns: FRD/FGD, 3DL, 3DS
The Pump and Dump
The Short/ Long Squeeze
Momentum setups
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Momentum setups provide the opportunity
to join a move that is already on its way,
following a news catalyst or a setup from the
previous session
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Signals/ patterns: 3 push pullback against
trend after strong setups
The Low Hanging Fruit
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SB STYLE TRADING – D1, D2, D3
”If you can count to 3 you can make a lot of money… day 1 , day2 , day3!”… what does that mean?
3 days of breakouts
(PnD, DnP)
3 day cycle
(Trapped traders)
Weekly cycle
3 days coil
(Parabolic moves)
Rationale
How to trade?
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3 consecutive days levels broken out in one direction,
without taking previous lows…
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Expect pump and dump or dump and pump pattern
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Look for weakness/ BIS on all timeframes consecutively
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… indicating an out of balance market that builds
liquidity of profitable traders stops on the other side
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FRX, FGX as additional confluence
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Failed breakout of last days level at high or low of the
week trapping traders in wrong direction
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Expect a parabolic trend or reversal trade on day 3 after FB
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Day 2 with trend trade opportunity after pulling back to BO level
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… indicating a recurring cycle of pulling away from them
for a following parabolic reversal or continuation move
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On day 1 potentially already a deathline setup
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New volume impulse coming in Monday Day 1
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… starting cycle of D1 impulse, D2 trend, D3 parabolic
Expect a parabolic trend or reversal trade on D3 Wednesday and
Friday
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Building up liquidity in a narrow range, PFH/PFL,
working high, low or contracting sideways
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Expect measured moves with range expansion targets
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Be aware of fakeouts, with contracting of sideways coils
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… indication for a measured move once it breaks out of
one side, squeezing the other
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Inside day as signal for contracting coil
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… often move initiated by a stop hunt or fake-out
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Look for BIS and ascending triangle into major time rotations
You need to become a pattern recognition expert that waits patiently for the large parabolic trades to set up over multiple d ays:
- The patterns repeat over and over again, wait for them to appear, search across timeframes you will spot them
- Most setups are a combination of these 4 patterns, try to understand this, map it on your chart, look for confluences
Example 1: Dump and pump in a weekly template, with a FGD, FB at LOW Thursday, coiling over 3 sessions for a parabolic reversal
Example 2: Daily PFH, PFL, with following ID signal, 3 sessions of fall into Open, FB 1 st hour low with at EQO for measured move
Remark: This patterns appear on all timeframes, months, weeks, days, sessions, 15m, …7
SB STYLE TRADING – GENERIC WEEKLY TEMPLATE
The generic weekly template shows a higher timeframe 3 wave pattern following the market maker manipulation that
builds along the week – the higher timeframe bias and the signals help to identify the best setups along the cycle
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Frontside
Downtrend or
Uptrend?
Thursday
Backside
DnP template?
Level 3
FRD?
3DL
D1 3DC
Level 2
CR
CR
DH
DL
Buy Low or Sell
high
Level 2
Level 1
OR
Buy Low
Level 3
Friday
Sell high
Level 3
Buy Low/ DNC
Level 1
Sell high/ DNC
Level 1
Level 1
Level 3
FGD?
D1 3DC
DnP template?
PnD or DnP
template?
PnD template?
PnD template?
3DS
Bias: The higher timeframe bias is critical to judge the quality of long vs short setups within a week!
Note: This shows only one illustrative scenario, there are many variations of this
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CORE SB TRADING PRINCIPLES
Price is always in a box
Other timeframe traders driving?
Who is trapped?
What is your setup?
Timing, Levels, Behaviour of Price
Sit on your hands
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COMMON ISSUES
FRD/ FGD
What is my box?
D3L/ D3S
OTTs driving?
D0, ID
Who is trapped?
What is my setup?
D2/ D3 trend
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MULTI-TIMEFRAME APPROACH
The muti timeframe bias approach is at the heart of my trading – it focuses solely on the levels and the resulting market
reaction
Concept narrative
Bias definition
• This method focuses on recognizing and aligning with market
direction and identifying key turning points along the way.
• The primary strategy involves entering trades when a multiday retracement shifts back in favor of the larger trend visible
on higher timeframes.
• To do this effectively, it's essential to evaluate the alignment
of various timeframes to anticipate when the market might
resume its dominant direction.
• Being highly rule-based, this system minimizes emotional
interference by providing a clear, step-by-step framework to
avoid impulsive decisions.
Bullish above
breakout level
Fakeout
High
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Bearish below
breakout level
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Neutral/
Keeps bias of last day
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Bullish above
breakdown level
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Bearish below
breakdown level
Inside
Fakeout
Low
• The assumption is that the most recent movement will persist
unless there’s clear evidence to suggest otherwise.
• This structured process may result in slightly later entries
compared to others, but it ensures trades are consistently
aligned with the prevailing market momentum.
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pd High
• The "perspective" for each timeframe is based on the most
recent significant action at a key price level—it reflects the
latest insight provided by the market.
• Instead of predicting, the approach relies on interpreting
what’s unfolding and responding accordingly.
Breakout
pd Low
Breakdown
To be analysed and aligned across all relevant timeframes
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MULTITIMEFRAME TRADING
Price is always
in a box
Only 3 things
markets do
bullish
1. Breakout Pullback Trend
Daily
Breakout
Previous
Day High
bearish
2. Breakout Pullback Reverse
Daily
Fakeout High
Inside
Previous
Day Low
neutral
3. Stay Inside Trading Range
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HOW TO READ THE TREND?
Tracking the MTF Signals across timeframes helps to read the overall trend and a potential rollover of momentum
Price is in previous
timeframe box
Breakouts show
OTTs driving
Fakeouts show
the traps
D3L
Daily Breakout
Daily Fakeout High
Weekly Breakout
Weekly Fakeout High
PWH
Weekly Breakout
PPWH
Monthly Breakout
D1
D2
D3
Strong setups
show alignment
of timeframes
PMH
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MULTI-TIMEFRAME RATIONALE
Using this bias method across timeframes helps identifying the very best trade setups with the trend
Day 1
Monthly
fakeout high
Day 2
Rationale
Day 3
Trend
reversal
Daily
fakeout high
Daily
breakout
Weekly
breakdown
High
timeframe
downtrend
Breakout
Cont. Long
mixed bias
Daily
breakout
**
Daily
fakeout low
Daily
breakdown
Reversal Long
Counter trend
Intermediate
uptrend
Daily
breakdown
Fakout
Cont.
Short
with
trend
***
*
Pullback
reversal
High time frame
downtrend
continuation
Note: This shows only one illustrative scenario, there are many variations of this
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The most favourable trades in terms of risk-to-reward
are typically located at peak formations.
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These turning points often emerge after several
breakout attempts, culminating in a reversal near a
prior high or low.
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Reversals are spotted by analysing the shift in
momentum on lower timeframes.
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Momentum that breaks through a previous breakout
level signals the beginning of a directional move.
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When reversals occur against the dominant trend,
they create pullbacks, which establish the key peak
formations.
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The optimal trade opportunities arise when the
market reverses for a higher timeframe pullback
within the prevailing trend.
Dr. David Paul:
“Fade the short term trend
in the direction of the
long term trend”
(„seek to trade the continuation
vs. scalping the pullback“)
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SB SIGNALS VS MULTI TIMEFRAME - SHORTS
MTF delivers crucial information for the quality and validity of SB Signals
Alignment
SB Signal
FRD
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MTF shows
potential bearish
alignment
Reversal into
downtrend?
Conflict
3DL
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MTF shows
potential bearish
alignment
Reversal into
downtrend?
ID
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MTF gives hint for
potential bearish
alignment
FRD
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Carefull if in daily
breakout or when
high timeframes
bullish!
Then 3LR, HOD
necessary
3DL
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Carefull if in daily
breakout or when
high timeframes
bullish!
Then 3LR, HOD
necessary
ID
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MTF gives hint for
preferred
direction/ BO vs.
FO
MTF Bias
Day
FOH
FOH
FOH/ BD
BO
BO
IS/ BO
Week
BD or FOH
BD or FOH
BD or FOH
BO or FOL
BO or FOL
BO or FOL
Month
BD or FOH
BD or FOH
BD or FOH
BO or FOL
BO or FOL
BO or FOL
FOL/ FOH= Fakeout low/ high, BO= Breakout, 3LR=3 Levels of Rise FO=Fakeout, BD= Breakdown, pd=previous day, cd=current day
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MY PERSONAL PLAYBOOK SETUPS – EXAMPLE SHORTS
My personal setups are strongly influenced by my new multi-timeframe approach, but are still fully integrating SB Style
trading – my favourite setups are continuation trades with the higher timeframe trend
Weekly Bias/
Daily Bias/
Setup
Intra session
Monthly Bias/
Setups
Signals
Signals
on the day
setup
Signals
1. Fakeout continuation
into htf downtrend
HOM?
FOH/ BD?
FRM/ 3ML?
HOW
FOH/ BD?
FRW/ 3WL?
FOH
3DL?
FRD?
3SR
HOD
H8/4 FOH
15m Close
2. Breakdown continuation
with htf downtrend
HOM?
FOH/ BD?
FRM/ 3ML?
HOW?
FOH/ BD?
FRW/ 3WL?
BD
3DL?
FRD?
3SR
HOD
H8/4 FOH
15m Close
3. Parabolic breakdown
continuation
HOW?
No strong uptrend
BD
ID?
D0?
HOD
3SR
H8/4 FOH 15m Close
Or H8/4 BD 15m FOH
4. (Multi day) Reversal
counter trend
HOW?
No strong uptrend
FOH
3DL, FRD, ID?
HOD
3SR
H8/4 FOH
15m Close bearish
HOD
No strong
uptrend
3SR
H8/4 FOH
15m Close
HOD
No strong uptrend
3HR
H8/4 FOH
15m Close
5. 3 Session Reversal Scalp
6. Intra Session Reversal Scalp
(End session)
FOL/ FOH= Fakeout low/ high, BO= Breakout, FO=Fakeout, BD= Breakdown
Signal
Setup confirmation
Alignment check
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EXAMPLE SETUP – PREVIOUS FAKEOUT CONTINUATION INTO TREND
A day that closed after fakeout high, that is inside the next day with higher timeframes bearish but not overextended
Monthly fakeout high
Day
Weekly breakdown
Day
Confluence
pd High
Daily
fakeout
high
SL
H8 High
H8
fakeout
high
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Month: FOH, BD
Week: FOH, BD
Day: prev. FOH, current inside,
preferably no 3S
Variations
Entry
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FOH at HOD or as continuation lower
Entries
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H8 Low
Classic: M15 Fakeout bar close
Aggressive: Losing H8 level
Conservative: M5 FOH
SL Placement
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PDL not triggered!
pd Low
Conservative: Above HOD
Classic: Above Swing high
Aggressive: Behind M15 bar or above
H8 Level
Targets
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1x expansion of daily range
Note: This shows only one illustrative scenario, there are many variations of this
Conservative: LOD
Classic: PDL
Aggressive: 1x expansion of H8/ daily
range
Target
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END TO END TRADING PROCESS OVERVIEW
Follow a clearly defined trading process, rinse and repeat and refine constantly
Objective
Timing
Context
Analysis
Thesis
generation
Session
Scanning
Entry
Scanning
Trade
Management
Trade Log and
Review
• Attain overview of
high timeframe
situation and context
of whole basket
• Identifications of the
best trade setups for
the session of the
defined shortlist
• Identification of entry
triggers for focus pair
• Potentially identify
high timeframe signals
and bias
• Update overview of
context across whole
basket
• Identify potential
setups for the day/
session and define
shortlist
• Decide on entry
• Execute trade
perfectly based on
defined TM strategy
• Identify scale in
opportunities and
trade risks
• Perfectly documented
trade analytically as
well a qualitatively
• Identify strength and
weaknesses and areas
for improvement
• Once a week over the
weekend
• Once a day in the
morning
• Along session 12
candle window
• At key time rotations
• During open trade
• After trade
• Markup of key levels
and time rotations for
shortlist
• Observe confirming
factors
• Observe entry triggers
• Observe price action
• Log trade analytics
• Define potential SL
and TP
• Decide on entry and
trade management
strategy
• Identify opportunities
and risks
• Decide on scale in and
exit points
• Flag trade
characteristics
• Journal trade thinking
process
• Decide on focus pair
• Develop potential
trade management
strategy
• Every week
• Potentially update for
following sessions
Activities/
Content
• Yearly template/ levels
• Monthly signals
• Update high
timeframe bias
• Monthly template/
levels
• Weekly template
• Daily signals
• Weekly signals
• Potential setups
• MRN calendar for
week
Result
• Do statistics and
review periodically
• Decide on entry
• Awareness of overall
situation
• Updated awareness of
overall situation
• Very first filter of
interesting high
timeframe setups
• Thesis for interesting
setups
• Watchlist for week
• Decide on focus pair
• One focus pair
• Open trade
• Closed trade
• Detailed Statistics
• Final thesis for focus
pair
• Trade management
strategy
• Or no trade
• Win or Loss
• Key areas of
improvement identified
• Action plan
• Watchlist of 3 shortlist
pairs
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TRADING SYSTEM FRAMEWORK
I developed a holistic and detailed framework to describe a trading system. We will tailor this to your specific situation.
Vision and
motivation
Mindset
management
Strategy and
setups
Journaling
and review
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Why are you trading?
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What is you long term goal?
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How do you build a winning
mindset ?
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How do you manage
drawdowns, crisis, tilt?
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What is your strategy?
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What is your edge?
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What Setups are you looking
for?
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How do you log your trades?
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How do you review them and
define refinements?
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How do you do your analysis for the
week, day and session?
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How do you draw you charts?
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How do you manage your watchlist?
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How do you approach a session?
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How do you select your pairs?
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How do you follow your focus pairs?
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What are your rules?
Entry scanning
process and criteria
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What are you detailed entry criteria?
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How do you make sure you stay
disciplined?
Trade management
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How do you scale in and out of trades?
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How do manage you risk/ stop loss?
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How do you identify and manage tilt
situations?
Preparation
process
Session scanning
process
One of the most critical tasks of a trader is to define and constantly improve his personal trading system:
- Be inspired by as many sources as you want, but do not just copy paste, do not take signals of any kind
- Design your very own system, think it through, spell it out, evaluate, backtest, integrate and constantly refine it
- If you cannot answer all this questions thoroughly you should not be trading live yet
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THE 7 STEP EMERGENCY PROGRAM FOR UNPROFITABLE TRADERS
Emergency
Program
1. Pre-plan Trades
2. Use the M15 Timeframe
3. Wait for the 3rd Hour
4. Identify Traps
5. Execute with Confidence
6. Limit to One Trade per Session
7. Maintain a Trading Journal
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- Access to premium questions section and new documents with thoughts on the trading system
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THE TC888 TRADING DISCORD COMMUNITY – WHAT TO EXPECT?
The community strives to be a mainly free value adding platform, where all kinds of traders respectfully exchange their
ideas, help others and have the opportunity to personally progress their trading performance and approach
Target group
Trading style
Key channels and content
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You have been trading a while, and
may have seen a couple of different
approaches?
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Open trading community, with SB
Style as common core concept
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•
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You understood that trading is not
for the cool guys that argue
constantly and try to be right, but
for the humble, fully self-aware that
works hard strives to constantly
improve and learn?
No religious following of one
approach , but open space to discuss
and prioritize different elements
Clear and structured open discussion channels for
- General discussions
- Trading discussions
- Setups
- Results
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The additional elements I use
personally are:
- Muli-timeframe bias
- Volume profile
- TPO profile
- VWAP
- Fibonacci tools on higher timeframe
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Channels for learning and knowledge exchange:
- Ideas/ knowledge nuggets, trade review videos etc.
- Questions and answers
- Template examples
•
Official channel for coaching offering and premium
documents access
- Coaching details
- Trendpredator Indicators
- Testimonials
- Premium documents and video sessions access
•
You want to find other progressing
traders in similar situations to
exchange and to grow with?
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You want to be part of a
professional community of traders
to get advice and see how they
approach the market every day
• Humble advancing traders,
that want to go the extra mile
to succeed
• SB Style as core, but open for
additions and other elements
• Free and open discussion channels
• Premium section for students to access
documents and video sessions
(see official section for details)
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PREMIUM CHANNEL AND TC888 PLAYBOOK - OVERVIEW
The playbook is an extensive and detailed guide to SB Style trading with my MTF approach, providing a detailed end to
end process for a profitable trading approach, including setups, examples and a variety of supporting elements
Other premium content:
•
SB Style trading Part 1-3
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Emergency trading program
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Trading System 101
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Thesis Generation
•
Backtesting MTF
•
…
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ONE ON ONE COACHING – OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS
How is it set up and what will you get out of it?
Characteristics
Content and process
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One hour intensive one on one recorded video session
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Contact me via Discord DM if you have questions
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Very flexible design that is fully personalized and tailored to your needs
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Please book your sessions on https://whop.com/tc888/
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Your current targets, progress and challenges are analyzed before the
session so that the time can be used with maximum efficiency
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You will be able to directly schedule your sessions and get a link to
an online questionnaire to assess your current status and goals
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Session will be very intense, with deep conceptual explanations, a broad
variety of relevant examples and sometimes training exercises
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We will have a Discord chat on a potential setup and content for the
session
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Assessment of student’s status, issues and targets based on online
onboarding questionnaire
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Definition of next steps for student and potential follow up
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Optional: 4 weeks program, lite or intense, with regular trade reviews via
chat, to be specified on demand
Benefits
Session content (examples)
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Experienced coach with deep understanding of SB method and key success
factors in trading
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End to end review of students current trading system to identify
shortcomings and define areas for improvement
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Insights into other trading elements or strategies if requested
•
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Well prepared, flexible and efficient session design
Deep dive into parts of SB trading concept like weekly cycle, 3DC or
MRN trading, MTF trading style
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Access to proprietary and constantly extended TC888 playbook and
additional elements
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Deep dive into trading psychology, crisis management and personal
review process
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Deep explanations at the core of issues and challenges in trading
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Deep dive into session template, trade entries and trade management
•
Responsive coach you can reach out to anytime with questions and concerns
before or after the session
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Intensive discussion and review trade examples
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Intensive Q&A session across many topics serving specific needs of
student
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Clear and actionable recommendations to get you the fast track to
consistently profitable trading
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THE TRENDPREDATOR INDICATOR SUITE
Developed to enhance Stacey Burke’s trading system,
TrendPredator automates key market analysis, reducing
discretionary workload and improving execution.
TrendPredator
Essential
(ES)
TrendPredator
PRO
TrendPredator
Fakeout
(FO)
•
Automated Trading Framework – Implements multitimeframe bias and real-time signals, minimizing session
prep and streamlining decision-making.
•
PRO Version – Advanced pattern recognition with 150+
system-specific setups, continuously optimized for precise
trade execution.
•
ES Version – A leaner tool providing multi-timeframe
confluence, ideal for traders integrating it into SMC, ICT, or
other trading styles.
•
Fakeout Highlighter (FO) – Identifies peak formations and
trapped traders, highlighting key reversal points for highprobability entries.
Leverage TrendPredator to trade Stacey Burke’s system with
confidence, efficiency, and real-time market insight.
.
THE TRENDPREDATOR INDICATORS
TrendPredator
Fakeout
(FO)
Highlights Price Action/ Candles
Mutitimeframe Highs and Lows
Previous Highs, Lows, and Close Extensions
TrendPredator
Essential
(ES)
TrendPredator
PRO
Breach Levels (Breakout/ Fakeout)
Multitimeframe Table (Bias/Stacey Burke Signals)
Developing Context and Setups Table
THE STACEY BURKE MASTER PATTERN
Inspired by Taylor’s 3-day cycle and Steve Mauro’s
“Beat the Market Maker”, Stacey Burke’s system sees
markets as cyclical, driven by market maker
manipulation.
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Liquidity Traps & Reversals – Markets trap traders
at extremes before reversing to fuel liquiditydriven moves.
•
Breakout & Expansion – Trapped liquidity often
triggers range expansions, as described by Tony
Crabel & Robert Schabacker.
•
Fractal Market Structure – The cycle repeats
across multi-timeframes, with strongest setups
aligning across daily, H8/H4, and higher
timeframes.
TrendPredator automates this process, identifying key market cycles, liquidity
traps, and trend shifts in STRICTLY
real time—enhancing
execution with precision.
CONFIDENTIAL
THE TRENDPREDATOR TRADING CYCLE
1. Trap / Peak Formation – Price breaks down but fails to
follow through, forming a peak formation low (PFL) and
a first green day.
4.
3.
2.
5.
1.
2. Pullback & Consolidation – Price retraces higher, often
consolidating within the previous day's range.
3. Range Expansion / Trend – Price breaks out, expanding
away from the trap and initiating a trend move.
4. Overextension – Multiple breakouts create trend
exhaustion, signaling a possible pullback or reversal.
5. Reversal – A failed breakout at the highs leads to
a momentum shift, indicating a potential short setup.
TrendPredator PRO automates this framework, identifying liquidity traps, trend
phases, and key setups in real-time to simplify execution.
THE TRENDPREDATOR PRO
5.
1.
3.
2.
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Comprehensive Market Context –
Tracks historic highs/lows (1), previous
extensions (2), and breach levels (3) for
structured analysis.
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Multi-Timeframe Table (4) – Real-time
system signals for bias confirmation.
•
Context & Setup Table (5) – 150+ logicbased variations, delivering automated
pattern recognition and trade setups.
4.
TrendPredator PRO – Advanced pattern identification and real-time multitimeframe analysis with over 150 setup variations, designed for traders who
demand precision and consistency.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
THE MULTITIMEFRAME TABLE
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Curr/ Current Timeframe: How does the
current timeframe trade in relation to
last one?
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Prev/ Previous Timeframe: How does
price trade in relation to last bias state?
Inside bars?
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BO/ Breakouts: Breakout count 3 longs
and 3 shorts
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First/ Countertrend Close: First Red or
Green Candle
Real-time system signals for bias identification across all relevant timeframes
for current and previous candles as well as Stacey Burke signals to assess
setup on the day, signal days as well as higher
timeframe
context.
STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL
THE CONTEXT AND SETUP TABLE
•
Developing Context:
Daily bias in light of monthly and weekly alignment
of current price zone
Example: Daily reversal with weekly alignment
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Developing Setup:
Potential setup based on daily and H8 signals
Example: Previous day fakeout low continuation
after H8 breakout
•
Type: Alignment situation of the indicated setup
(Trend, Mixed or Counter)
•
Quality: Quality of the indicated setup
(No star, * One star, ** Two star, *** Three star)
Advanced pattern identification logic provides real-time interpretation of the
multi-timeframe analysis table, following an extensive underlying logic with
more than 150 different setup variationsSTRICTLY
that are
constantly back- and
CONFIDENTIAL
forward-tested
EXAMPLE TRADE - BREAKOUT DAY/ BO CONTINUATION WITH TREND
Gold, Uptrend, BO Cont LHF, entry into 3rd hour after M15 FOL, textbook *** setup, Target H8 high, 60p, R3
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TC888 PROFILE
Extensive background in the markets, fully dedicated to trading and a unique skill for structuring complex topics help
me to trade profitably and help others with their trading journey
Trading story
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I have been been trading and investing in the markets since more than 20 years now and went full time day trading since 2020.
•
My trading background and basic education I got in a community called chart champions. It’s a premium subscription community that is heavily focused on bitcoin trading. They
trade with tools like volume profiles, Fibonacci, order blocks, harmonics, ranges, TPO charts and real-time order flow software.
•
A very good trader, my mentor at the time, introduced me to the weekly template and market maker manipulation...which immediately fascinated me, and I suspected that the
key to real breakthrough was buried there.
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After some research on this topic, I came across Stacey on You Tube and was immediately hooked. I left the other community and focused fully on SB style, watching his videos
every day, purchased his playbook as soon as it came out, traded the approach every day and developed my own system that comb ines SB style with my other successful
elements.
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How did I crack his system? It's not that complex in the end, he’s just not good at explaining it. I am used to isolating the essence in situations like this. I was a management
consultant for many years, so this has been my daily bread for a long time. I dug into the system for months and made it my own, structured it and wrote it down... and I then
developed it even further.
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The main addition I fully integrated is my Muti-timeframe approach. It takes an element of Stacey’s approach (only three things that markets do), drives it further and sets it even
before many of Stacey Signals. This enhanced my trading further and made it more consistent
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Since 2023 I have gathered my own small community of good traders around me with whom I discuss daily, I developed my own pla ybook and I actively coach other traders, not
too much, just selectively, so that it does not interfere with my trading, which is my main source of income
Personal background
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I have degrees in engineering and business administration and have been partner in a global management consultancy
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Extreme sports are my passion, I have been a professional snowboarder, have been surfing the world, mountain biking every pat h in the alps, and I run a small
kids snowboard business in parallel, with a board that I developed myself
•
I have 3 kids and are fully dedicated to my family now, trading provides this opportunity… when my kids come home, I don’t wo rk or trade
Students Quotes
“Thank you so much for the detail you provide in
your Playbook PDFs and your completed trades.
Your concise comments on your trades help me
to see into the logic of the SB style in action.”
“Thank you so much for this
session, it was truly inspiring”
“Your pages and your explanations
really resonate with me it all becomes
so much clearer now”
“You have a unique ability structuring
things from a helicopter perspective, and
you are connecting the dots in a way
even Stacey doesn't”
“You are always explaining the why
behind it, that helps enormously”
“I just wanna say a big thank you to you. I’ve gone through the
playbook repeatedly, it’s genius. I honestly can’t thank you enough. It
has really helped in defining my system, adopting a heat map and a
concrete end to end process. I still am mind-blown by what I read in
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there. Thank you so much. Life changing stuff.
QUOTES – THE PLAYBOOK
What are the habits of successful traders?
1.
Successful traders have meaningful attachments or some other source of motivation and happiness outside of
the financial markets.
2. Successful traders are proactive; they know what they need to learn, and they know what they need to do to
execute. Being active alone is not sufficient.
3. Successful traders tend to be process driven; they develop and refine routines that turn good trading behaviors
into habits and execute these routines habitually.
4. Successful traders have a unique signature; they have an edge that they execute consistently and improve
constantly.
5. Successful traders treat every trade as a learning opportunity, especially losing trades.
6. Successful traders identify their A+ setups, best products, and optimal time frames that are most intuitive for
them and work to maximize their production in those ideas.
7. Successful traders avoid thinking in dollar terms; they standardize in terms of percentages to measure
performance as well as put on risk.
8. Successful traders have a sniper mentality; they are prepared to wait for as long as it takes and ready to pull the
trigger when a valuable targets appear in their scope.
9. Successful traders have a comprehensive set of measurable and challenging yet realistic goals; they regularly
evaluate their progress and always ask what they need to do to make further progress toward their goals.
10. Successful traders use all their resources to improve, particularly other traders.
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READING LIST
Deeply recommended reading
Book title
Autor
Summary
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The Playbook
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Mike Bellafiore
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Describing the day to day work in a Prop firm, the key success
factors of profitable traders and the need of a personal playbook.
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One Good Trade
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Mike Bellafiore
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Explaining in detail how one good trade looks like. Always focus
on one good trade after one another and put in the hard work.
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Technical Analysis and Stock
Market Profits
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Richard W. Schabacker
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Describing a multitude of chart patterns, what the logic behind
might be and how to trade them. Valuable compendium.
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(New) Market Wizzards
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Jack D. Schwager
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Interviews with some of the most successful traders of all time.
Their story, their challenges, wins and failures.
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The Market Maker Method
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Steve Mauro
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The core thinking behind his BTMM method described in detail
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Trader State of Mind
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Rande Howell
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Collection of articles on trading mindset and the need of building
a probability based performance mind for trading. Must read!
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Best Loser Wins
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Tom Hougaard
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Essay on how to do things differently compared to the 90% of
retail trader that consistently lose money
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Trading in the Zone
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Mark Douglas
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Extensive work on how trading is not about being right, but it is just a
bet with a slight edge that needs to be managed like a business
•
Mind over Markets/ Markets in
Profile
•
James F. Dalton
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Work on the overall logic of market movement, relevance of
asymmetrical risk reward and common daily patterns/ profiles
•
Day Trading with Short Term Price
Patterns and Opening Range
Breakout
•
Tony Crabel
•
Extensive and detailed work on the relevance of the opening
range and how to trade it
•
The mental Game of Trading
•
Jared Tendler
•
Brilliant guide on how to identify one’s emotional triggers and
behavior and how to overcome them
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ACRONYMS
PFH=Peak Formation High
BD=Breakdown
3DL, 3WL, 3ML=3 days/ weeks/ month of longs
PFL=Peak Formation Low
LHF=Low Hanging Fruit
3DS, 3WS, 3MS=3 days/ weeks/ month of shorts
PML/PMH=Previous Months Low/Previous Months High
BE=Break Even
D3BO, W3BO, M3BO=3 days, weeks, month of breakouts
PWL/PWH: Previous Weeks Low/Previous Weeks High
3DC=3 Day Cycle
wOR, mOR, yOR=weekly, monthly, yearly opening range
PDL/PDH: Previous Days Low/Previous Days High
3WC=3 Week Cycle
wCR, mCR, yCR=weekly, monthly, yearly closing range
PMC/PWC/PDC=Previous Month, Week, Day Close
3MC=3 Month Cycle
First mouse=(first) BIS move that might indicate a reversal
LOD/HOD: Low of Day/High Of Day
EQO=Equity Open
LOW/HOW= Low of Week/High of Week
DNC=Do not Countertrend
SH=Stop hunt=sharp move against trend, taking out profitable
traders, indicating potential continuation
LOM/HOM=Low of Month/High of Month
PD=Previous Day
LB/HB=Low Bear Candle/High Bull Candle
POC=Point of Control
OR=Opening Range
PnD=Pump and Dump
IB=Initial Balance
DnP=Dump and Pump
BOS=Break of Structure
ID/IW/IM= Inside Day/ Week/ Month
BIS=Break In Structure
12CW=12 Candle Window
FGD/FRD= First Green Day/First Red Day
OOB=Out of Balance
FGW/FRW=First Green Week/ First Red Week
D0/ W0/ M0=Day, Week, Month Zero
FGM/FRM=First Green Month/ First Red Month
D1/ D2/ D3= Day 1/2/3
MRN=Major Red News
W1/W2/W3=Week 1/2/3
EODC=End of day Consolidation
M1/M2/M3=Month 1/2/3
AR=Asian Range
FM=First Mouse
FB=Failed Breakout
CR=Closing Range
FBR=False Break Reversal
HTF=High Time Frame (4h/ 1d)
BO=Breakout
MTF=Mid Timeframe (15m/1h)
FOH/ FOL=Fakeout high/ Low
LTF=Low Timeframe (1m)
WH/L=Working high/ low= 3 15m/hours/sessions/ days trading
against a level
H&S=Head and shoulder reversal pattern
AT/DT=Ascending/ descending triangle continuation pattern
PC=Parabolic channel continuation/ reversal pattern
3P=3 pushes
TR=Time rotations
ENG=Engulfment
EMA=Exponential moving average
RSH/RSW=Rejecting swing high/ low
HH/ LL=Higher high/ lower low
1sthH/L=First hour high/ low
PDR/ PWR/ PMR=Previous day, week, month range
3SR, 3HR= Sessions, 3 hours of rise
3SD, 3HD=3 Sessions, 3 hours of drop
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