How to use an idea

Every idea is three prices. That is all you need to copy across.

1Enter at

where you get in

2Stop loss

where you get out if it's wrong

3Take profit

where you get out with the win

↑ Buy means you make money if price goes up. ↓ Sell (a short) means you make money if price goes down. The stop loss and take profit are the same distance from the entry, so a win and a loss are the same size.

Under the prices, Why this trade? says what the chart did in plain words, and What we checked lists the things the rules looked at before sending it.

Open USDT perpetual futures for the coin on your exchange, then:

1. aBuy ideas use a limit order. Choose Limit, type the entry price, and wait. Price usually comes back to it; when it doesn’t, the idea is cancelled and you haven’t spent anything.
2. bSell ideas enter at market. Choose Market and sell straight away. If price has already moved a long way from the entry, skip it: the stop and target were set for that entry.
3. cAdd the stop loss and take profit in the same order. Most exchanges have a TP/SL box on the order form. Fill in both before you confirm, so you’re protected even if you fall asleep.

Never place a trade without its stop loss. The stop is what keeps one bad idea from costing you much more than you planned.

Decide how much you’re willing to lose on one idea first. Most careful traders use 1% of the money in their futures wallet. The stop’s distance then tells you how big the position can be.

Leverage only changes how much margin the trade locks up; the stop decides what you can lose. Every idea has a Size this trade calculator that does this sum for you and warns you if your leverage would get you liquidated before the stop.

The ideas show results “at 10x” as a share of margin, for example −30% / +30%. That is the same trade described another way, not a reason to put your whole wallet in.

• •A buy limit waits up to 36 hours. If price doesn’t come back in that time, cancel your order. The idea moves to Results as Never filled.
• •Once you’re in, the exchange does the rest. Your stop loss or take profit closes the trade. You don’t need to watch it.
• •After 3 days, close it anyway. If neither price is hit in 3 days, close at market. The idea is marked Closed after 3 days with whatever it made or lost.

Turn on alerts and we’ll tell you when a new idea comes out and when one you might be in finishes.

In testing, about 55 ideas in every 100 won. That’s a real but small edge, and it only shows up over many trades. Along the way:

• •Losing six or eight in a row will happen. Keep the amount you risk the same each time.
• •Don’t double up after a loss to win it back.
• •Only trade money you can afford to lose. Crypto futures can move fast.
• •Past results don’t promise future ones. The track record shows every year, including the slow ones.