Proving Every Strategy Fails + A Guide On What DOES Work.

Supply and demand, support and resistance, ICT concepts, indicators, pivot points, and everything you can possibly think of doesn't work when coded. We know this because those who have already automated these strategies with full accuracy have to sell the software to beginner traders. You wouldn't sell a profitable algorithm for $14.99 a month lol.
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0:00 Proving strategies and patterns don’t work
1:20 how to learn the only part that makes anything work
2:13 Finding the best trade style for you
3:05 Finding your best time to trade
3:34 Strategy hopping is good until…
3:59 The limitations of trading systems (good and bad)
4:53 Where the most important learning happens
5:33 How to find what you’re good and bad at
6:35 Stop thinking everything is A or B
6:50 Easiest/best way to record trades
7:38 How and why to journal trades
8:52 Creating the best reminders to improve your trading
11:06 What to do when you have your trading edge
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[@ImanTrading]

Please watch the video before commenting about how it's wrong because one time you saw a head and shoulders shampoo pattern work. YOU are the holy grail, not your system that if automated would have the same predictive power as weather patterns. Your system is just the framework that structures the learning of price action, and it should cater to your strengths and weaknesses. Discretion is the only way to make any system that isn't an algorithm work, and discretion is the only part of trading that can not be taught. It is learned through implicit memory, which would be like thinking you could become Lionel Messi by watching PowerPoint presentations. I could keep writing, but that's why I made the video. Want to use a trading/prop firm? I'm funded by TradeDay and support them, because they have some of the best evaluations in the entire industry. Keep 100% of the first 10k you make and then 90% after that: members.tradeday.com/?aff=iman - 20% off any account using code: ImanTrading20 Using my link and code supports me at no extra cost to you, so thank you.

[@packetstation5687]

Head and shoulders shampoo pattern is my go to :)

[@user-sm5tu9dq6p]

I don't have much going in life... but at least I can be my own Holy Grail :D

[@maxmustermann7794]

I didn't watch it yet, but can assure everyone reading this, yes, WE are the holy grails, like ImanTrading said. No strategy works if you, the reader, and writer of this comment, can not make it work. Sounds "stupid" or very simplified, but yes, a strategy is not the tool that gets the job done. It's our brain.

[@obi-wankenobi1419]

Everything you have said in your videos are things I remember realising when I started trading around a year ago. I would then go on KZbin and nothing made sense. Even before you made the video on TradingGeek who I used to watch I always had this underlying feeling that he was a liar because I would see videos from other people and then he would come out with the same topics at the same times. At first I even thought it was just deja-vu. I always questioned if SMC is so good and reliable, why not just run an algorithm. Surely that would be simpler right? Its not exactly a hidden unthought-of solution and the answer is clear then I learnt how these things actually work and your entirely correct. You should stop giving people the answers because your going to get the market shut down. Make them read for themselves a little.

[@24hourstockmarketnews]

What is your edge? @imantrading

[@JR-iy7pb]

My cat meowed when you mentioned the cat meow trading system... coincidence? I think not... And that's why I'm now looking for just 10 lucky people to buy my cat meow trading system course at a limited time, crazy low price of $997!

[@justinrowland5986]

You may never see this and it may not matter much but you’re the best trade channel on KZbin. I’m a complete beginner at trading but I’ve researched enough hobbies and whatnot to know there’s always a ton of bullshit to weed through on ANY topic you research. I’ve watched probably 4 or 5 videos each from 20 or 30 different channels and have paid pretty little mind to most of them because I’m in the stage of this where I’m not really trying to retain the info in the videos yet I’m trying to see who’s here to teach and who’s here to make money off the thought of teaching. And watching your vids is definitely helping get passed the first step. Thanks for the work you do and keep it up. If your goal is to help beginners then you’ve definitely accomplished it. Again thanks for the insight and I look forward to keeping up with your vids.

[@ImanTrading]

Thank you so much :)

[@masonfox9070]

I'm in pretty much the same position as you. I'm trying to weed through the clutter and find out what is actually useful. Hearing a lot of what Iman says has given me some real interesting things to think about and he has touched on a lot of subjects that I haven't really heard anyone else talk about yet.

[@PovPodQ]

Same here.

[@williamw6709]

Same bro, and always try out using a marker sim before actually trading!

[@UpGradeTutoringSolutions]

Discretion is everything. It really doesn't take that long to understand how to read the chart and learn a strategy, even starting from absolute zero. What does take forever is the process of filtering out good/bad setups based on the context of the chart, which can only be gained through tons of experience and honest self-reflection.

[@BigWickEnergy_]

Direction is amateur, Entry is professional 🤝🏾.

[@Jernofenz]

holy u spoke pure gold dam

[@emmanueljacob9784]

no other truth. well said

[@Poyrazsckn]

So by this logic you can just teach an ai the strategy give him 20 years of data and let him use the strategy and filter the good/bad setups and after that that ai must be profitable? So Iman's logic of saying if these strategies work than make them an algo doesn't work. Just like discretion doesn't work since ai would be able to filter the good and bad setups better than any human being can

[@UpGradeTutoringSolutions]

@@Poyrazsckn I feel like it would just be easier to learn how to trade yourself. Major institutions have been trying to implement AI algos to trade long before AI became mainstream… for the most part the results have been lackluster. The closest they have is statistical quant models, also from my understanding it is incredibly tedious to build a time-series processing AI model anyway so you’re likely better off learning yourself. Why teach an AI to trade when you can teach yourself to trade?

[@Yovu_]

Price action + discretion = every trading strategy works. You’re the “strategy”

[@kenechukwunjoku2305]

I love this comment

[@arjunpudu799]

Any good resource to learn price action books or videos ?

[@bowiejackson]

This is exteremely underrated, big ups to you man. 'When your learning is targeted on something consistent, that's when good progress can be made'. This shows that every stategy can work, if you just stick with it and dont focus on anything else, then the experience will make that strategy profitable. Cheers

[@blueboyd5297]

Great video! I really appreciate that you are covering aspects of trading that are nearly never covered by anyone else on youtube. You stand out in this space for that! Keep it coming bro.

[@joshtrades]

FACTS!! trading is so personal that it is very difficult to be profitable by following someone else's strategy. understanding your own unique preferences and pitfalls is absolutely key in crafting your own profitable strategy, and the more experience you have trading it, the better your intuition will be to help you execute!

[@kimpeater1]

True. Everyone's mind works a little bit differently.

[@healthyblend2048]

Trading is rather simple. React, don’t predict. Cut out noise of the masses (90% fail at this) Have insane amount of resilience and drive Learn endlessly from what doesn’t work True the process and the profits will follow Process > process There is no holy grail after I searched endlessly for 3-4 years. Price action is all you need.

[@inwoobang7441]

I think following the trend and react based off a price action on smaller time frame helps alot too

[@StoicMagicians]

Wrong. This guy will get cooked in the market.

[@bluedatamedia]

Your honesty is so refreshing. Discretion is all, you touch on so many solid, unassailable points here. keep it up.

[@darryld1487]

I feel like anyone using unassailable in a KZbin comment has to be a bot, right!?

[@bluedatamedia]

@@darryld1487 that’s hilarious, unfortunately I am not a bot. Would probably get a lot more done if I were though. Flowery choice of words tho, agreed. You got me there.

[@darryld1487]

@@bluedatamedia apologies then, I am just impressed cause I had to Google the word.

[@chronoz9891]

Love your videos bro, you be getting your points across so well while cracking me up at the same time. Thank you for all the value you put into these videos. Definitely gonna keep going through your channel , its filled with so many gems.

[@blakethegoat6565]

You told me to watch this vid because I was lost and it honestly did educate me and contribute to the foundation needed to get into this trading gig. I still have no clue on exactly how to start I've quite literally been fuckin around on Tradovate market replays every now and then but I don't really know what I'm doing still.... It feels like everything I'm looking at is just in some foreign language and I'm just clicking and clicking. This vid did help though and I now have more notes so props to you I just need to continue figuring out a foundation to properly start. Tbh I think I just need to watch a Tradovate tutorial so I can actually know how to navigate through that bs but as for now imma watch wtv vid you mentioned in this one and continue with the notes.

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

This is one of the better nuanced videos you've made. Even if i would convey is a bit different, you are pretty spot on.

[@Inthezonetrades]

i love how this guy is down to earth and raw so underrated

[@johnw6648]

amazing, i also found 1.33 to 11.50pm my time (gmt+10 just after the u.s open) is my sweet spot as i'm a short term trader too. logic if you need it: the action changes near 12.00 and often it is virtually a new session with the 4 hr chart traders coming into play. the only way around this rule is this. have a 2 hr sleep first, do the us open session and stop at 11.50 or shortly after, close trades. have a break till 12.05 off the computer and start again seeing it with new eyes and wait for a new move/direction. expect it to be quite different to the slightly earlier session. trade for about 15 to 20 min again and stop. check all trades are closed and turn the computer off so it's hard to come back to it. that's when you lose all of what you gained and more if you come back.

[@e7cdr]

Well... I cant thank you enough for all the content you share, especially the psychology itself. Knowing that I have ADHD has made the path a bit easier. You confirmed that 'feeling' I've always had by just putting 'probably has ADHD' on the right side, which is actually what I'd like for my trading style. I like data, and the only way I could get a huge chunk of it in a fast timeline was choosing scalping and really have long sessions on Sim accounts. I dont have many experience, but by now, I've tried a couple of trading style and some strategies. Started the journey in Day trading Forex to now practicing over and over again price action in Futures. I don't have enough lines to tell how much bs i found on the way, but really... no trader is like you and I'm really thankful for that. You're doing an excellent job... real job here...

[@-True_Trading-]

Great video Iman!!! It’s really eye opening to me. I have jumped around from strat to start. I really just need to focus on what was working. And then be open-minded to tweaking it.

[@atharvanerkar5933]

This is the MOST SENSIBLE VIDEO about Trading. Great content brother! Keep doing honest videos.

[@IXIDurkaIXI]

Great video! This really helps paint the picture of all that needs to be done inorder to become a consistent profitable trader. Keep up the great contact!

[@joshdels]

love it why 5 years of jumping strategy to strategy and frustration, you opened my perspective, love itttt new subs

[@Xarenth]

Hey Iman, (I know that's not your name, I forget it) I really appreciate your videos. I have been improving my ability to trade over time through *practice.* I greatly attribute my decision to just start practicing to you, and I am thankful for that.

[@minhwinh]

these are some top tier vids, hella informational and funny i’ve been binging for a minute

[@amirmohammadrashidi9983]

[I watched your video completely] consistency means doing something repeatable over and over and over again without even using any kind of emotion, but some people rather to name their emotions something else like experience, intuition or whatever. after three years of losing I came to the conclusion that if I had used the most sнitiest REPEATABLE SYSTEM in the world even if it would be a coin toss at the worst circumstances I would be breakeven and I could prevent all of those unnecessary losses, this are all my PERSONAL thoughts and I respect what you think anyway

[@faisaljamal5432]

those are some wise words man thank you

[@rakeshadhikari5556]

Absolutely true. As soon as you have a losing streak. When even bigger like 5 losses in a row ( also depending on strategy, RR ) It starts affecting your psychology. You will 100% doubt your strategy. This uncertainty that what will happen next, handling your drawdown, looking at PnL (Also considering fees that you pay ) - is what makes trading so difficult. That's why it is psychology that matters. When you put money on table your psychology will be f*ckd up. Only if you manage position sizing, manage risk, also consider how fees will accumulate at end. You can find out that whether you will be profitable or not. But to even do that you will have to deal with uncertainty. It is like doing business - But investing in high risk startup. Even after you have backtested data that proves that your strategy works - when applying that in real life - You will see your PnL daily, losing streak drawdown - it will affect your decision making. You will tweak your strategy. Big fund managers have one big advantage ( depending on instrument they are trading - when it comes to fees paid and lot size profit ratio ) Also market conditions are different which means that probability changes accordingly. This fact itself also creates uncertainty and varying profit or losing month

[@tangmo956]

This is good information. I am glad I found it. I can even apply to my "pay check" job to be less soul sucking when dealing with others and their inefficiencies.

[@mhmdrizky26]

Thank you very much! For beginners like me who are going through the learning process and have just joined the NFC community, every insight and support counts.

[@bylydos1780]

As a beginner from where i can learn

[@user-yu6be2bz2f]

@@bylydos1780😢 same prob

[@avigailomichael]

❤So much juice in this! Thank you! I needed the affirmation.

[@mike_bobagens]

Conditions: a conglomerate of information that most of people refuse to rely on as a criteria on their trading system. Market behaves differently almost every day because of economic drivers, some days it will run smooth and others it will be choppy due to that, market makers are either accepting and taking risk by positioning themselves making the markets move beautifully or just adverse to it leading to slow days. That's a very simple way to put it but the majority of "price action traders" have little to no understanding of macro economics, gamma levels, options, correlation and its inefficiencies, and the undeniable input within all of that is discretion, you can't trade with such robust system as if it was easily replicable by anyone, I'd say a big part of it is the intuition to grasp all of this information and know when to place a trade, it took me 5 years to realize that the market isn't just triangle and double top patterns lmao. Great video man, your comprehension on the concepts of trading is way ahead when compared to 95% of people who join this business

[@favoritemoneymakers]

I have lost thousands by listening to fake gurus. The reality is that the game is highly manipulated but you can still make money. Just be patient and consistant and more than anything, pleeeasssee don't forget to put a stop loss to every trade you make. I got liquidated many times for refusing to put a stop loss. lost upwards to 3k in one day.

[@MellowMusic1]

very powerful set of videos man, THANK YOU FOR THIS 🔥💎

[@addhameeq8145]

This. This is actually the best channel I could've come across

[@timothythomas1571]

You have "the best" channel on trading and whatnot..... I've been a subscriber since u had like 10k.....the best content on trading ever!❤

[@robleytrades]

All i need is volume, price action, supply and demand zones, market awareness, and a liquidity tracker and i'm consistent. The best way to trade is the market itself, how buyers or sellers are hitting the market.

[@DonFronShow]

I’ve been trading for over a decade. And agree with the video. But similar to your obs recommendation. I say go to trading view and use the long and short trade tool. Put that up. Screenshot that and save the pictures. After 100 trades. Look at them. Like a deck of cards you probably only actually have 4 styles of trades. Either ditch or fine tune the biggest loser. And maximize the biggest group of winners.

[@alag9012]

💯💥💣👊🏾🖤Amazingly broken down on how to find your trader self 😉. The truth of it doesn't get any simpler to share. Well done bro.Nuff Respect.

[@apottsfx4196]

Hey, thanks for the great insight. Which video did you do about the free journaling? I would like to take a look. Again Thank you!

[@ppmtrader]

And with this, I subscribed your channel sir. Thanks.

[@blue78174]

Bro.. Thanks really for showing ur Reminders... good stuff man! keep it Flowin..

[@matthewcaskey1051]

Absolutely love this video. It is True only discretion on the traders part of when to use whichever setup allows the trader to learn going forward to improve hit rates. That kinda said you then get risk reward folks that swear you have to have one...... I don't I manage my risk as that is the only thing I control so if the reward keeps going up I don't force myself to take profit I instead move my stop up every so often until my discretion says I'm near the top or my stop is triggered!

[@bees1674]

You are one of the realest person in the industry rn, keep up the work!!

[@Iceman-trades]

Legend in the making... keep up this awesome content Iman 👏

[@jacksonvandagriff1247]

Reminders + Journaling slides are gold. Don't normally leave comments on videos but this one was too good to not. thanks iman

[@darryld1487]

Just like the girls that don't normally send nudes.

[@wallacekananda3396]

You sound so much like David Spade - I'm always expecting the comedic spin 🙂 I'm subbed and your teachings are great.

[@brandonchikwanda]

This is the best trading advice I've got

[@jwaltonuk]

Just what I needed to hear at this very moment, thanks. I'll be re-watching this whenever it is relevant to me

[@shbmsrto]

You remind me of Ibby Ansari's deep dive videos 👍🏿 well done. Love and respect from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@Davidgisme]

Not even 20 seconds into video and yours animation already did cause pain in my soul. Congratz

[@ImanTrading]

good

[@lx4302]

Bro you are the realest person I've seen in every trading video on youtube

[@keemtransfer7073]

Glad to see your back 😌

[@KOSMIKFEADRECORDS]

Ooooh. So unique and powerful channel.!

[@narrjin6465]

Im soo used to hearing you talk about fake traders,i wasn't expecting much feom you but i actually got very educative content from this video,i just subscribed to your channel 👊🏾👊🏾

[@randyroberts855]

Thank you for the knowledge.

[@marianceek]

excellent stuff! Keep it up Iman

[@DrJarimba]

Brillant Iman. I've been searching for a long time for some non bullshit advice on trading and with your channel and this video I feel I'm one step closer to that goal. ;-)

[@Davidson51]

Great video! Thanks for sharing this vital information. Do you know anything about Simon Trader?

[@stalfoshero8473]

i felt you talking specifically to me on journaling lmao

[@RAININGBLOOD09]

"dont move the stop either" followed by "dont move the f*cking stop" really hits home

[@pfa2075]

You are the one and only person who shares 100% truth about trading and "gurus". I feel so much better after watching your videos. Bless you bro.

[@Ash__7]

Great vid, subbed. Gonna buy some YOLO calls on your channel

[@rainerunsinn8211]

i can relate so much - i always was bad at extremes but good at chops and consolidations in certain trading hours xD

[@user-vh2be9ew9i]

A systematic trader can really relate to this video… This guy really knows what he’s talking about…

[@DazTradesGold]

Love your stuff and I’m still here after the 20th video in 3 days so I must have great reasoning skills 🤣

[@prentoskir1]

I’m glad you’re making these videos! I said, it’s easy to make videos on charts that have already played out. Show me a live trade and I’ll pay attention.

[@22Lincoln]

You absolutely spoke my mind in here fam, trading is literally using what works for you

[@bilalshahid7976]

Brother congrats on 100k sub u deserve it... And more and love the video thanks for it valuable information as always...

[@Sniperentryforex]

It took me 4 years to create my own strategy. This is helpful. Thanks.

[@Eddikaeseberg]

Nice bro, what does it include?

[@Sniperentryforex]

@@Eddikaeseberg price action

[@maxwelltivoly7223]

​@@Sniperentryforex do you add fundamental analysis to your trades?

[@tokamohlala7225]

This is very true i came to a realisation that i can't really follow anyone's trading plan so I am using what i learn to develop my on plan and understanding of the market.

[@floppitommi123]

you are single handedly the best youtuber that helped me. appreciate you dawg

[@briansit762]

hi Iman, I just started watching your channel and like many others, have also followed a lot of the gurus that you have exposed (but that's another long comment!) I have been trading for a couple of years now and have found myself having an edge and acting on it only to become stagnant because I wasn't discipled in following my own rules. So your point on having an edge is within reach for everyone, but only keeping yourself discipled to your own rules is what will make the difference between stagnant and successful trading.

[@rogersdodgerz]

One out of 100 videos that makes sense.

[@boudreauxfox5617]

Where do I find your trading rules ? Do you have them written down?

[@CSaenz44]

so true discretion is the best part edge you cant quantify context and conditions but if you could you would be the best quant firm in the world

[@vino4747]

Fact

[@johnrun712]

Great video and just what I was wondering. I'm a beginner of 7 months and rely on educated guesswork and instinct to give a fairly consistent about 90% win rate, though not rich yet as I'm still mainly in demo mode with an account/margin to match my tiny account and I'm just starting to get the hang of those nasty big stop losses. I've often thought instinct is the part rarely spoken about and maybe, like magic, it should stay that way.

[@darryld1487]

Lol 90% win rate. Did god tell you how to trade too.

[@johnrun712]

@@darryld1487 I said "win" not profit and now, there is no God in my world, just how I like it.

[@supasupa2011]

Dude love you videos xox What’s your thoughts on turtle trading?!?????? Maybe a video 🙄😬

[@samuelokafor3985]

Great video. Please can you make a video on how to use OBS to record your trade and also shrink the video. And how to save and x2 speed of the video?

[@justinmartyr6454]

TBH, this guy is possibly the only honest youtube trader in existence.

[@eggspanda2475]

I seem to do better when i set orders . I think i make better decisions without the pressure of having to make the decision in the moment.

[@Therealelvis01]

Video is frickin amazing , MINT ! Now back to playing minecraft skywars or survival games while I bingewatch your videos

[@Fidler_Lb7]

FINALLY! Some good logical trading advice! What a breath of fresh fraud-free air! God bless you.

[@astropolski]

Good video. Only thing I'd change is for your max daily loss it shouldn't be anymore than 5% of your equity.

[@mainanndok89]

Not gonna lie, this video changed my perspective and I give you credit for me passing 2 funded accounts challenge in 2 weeks. Thanks man, you're doing good work!

[@FreeMarketSwine]

In my limited experience, coding pattern-based strategies is worlds harder than coding indicator-based strategies so I wouldn't assume that any pattern-based strategy can be easily coded and therefore eliminated by the market. There are also tools to handle many of the more subjective elements, so I also wouldn't assume that certain strategies are too subjective to be coded. In short, basically anything can coded, but expect it to be hard.

[@Imaknackt]

Could you make a video on your reminders? PS: love your videos!

[@DaveTeaches]

I’m jealous you didn’t include my strategy in the thumbnail 😂 I do agree, discretion is superior but refined mechanics is needed FIRST.

[@nieczerwony]

These are not only applicable to trading. Journaling, gathering data etc. are best way to improve yourself in anything you do. From going to the gym, work, business and even your personality. I had some mental health problem, due to work (also physical health as I found later on). Because I was journaling, writing different notes also and so on, after I had like couple of sessions with great therapist I found, we were able to find what really happened. My therapist told me that the biggest lie which people still believe and is even used in citations is that "people don't change". All you need is environment and like 1% change a day. You will not see it, but others will. After 3 years of working in this toxic environment, my therapist " painted" 2 pictures of a person. Both of them was ME. They were completely different people. Concluding, the methods you emntiining here are ones which all should apply to their daily life. Not only as trader, but to better them self.

[@newme1589]

Can agree on the gym part. I write down everything i do, and now that im thinking: i stopped growing (muscle) as i paid less and less attention to what i was writing down, i should change that

[@lillagubin3639]

just a thought but in ur comparison between topstep and trade day you should take into considration the actual price of the account up front. Trade day is more expensive up front but then there is no activstion costs

[@palek555]

The "K** if you trade after 9:50" got me real good, holy shit xD.

[@missilesilo7204]

Nice video bro! Your smart

[@crypto.k9]

This guy 😂 absolute machine. You gotta be careful… ya gonna accidentally start your own cult if ya keep up this content. I don’t know how I stumbled across one of your vids but now you’d be one of my favourite channels now ffs 😂

[@stasgershkovich360]

Head and shoulder shampoo pattern 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're great

[@deadmanlyndon]

well well well, bro i did all of this too but in a different way, i tried my strategy in the demo 100 times and documented everything, just like you i even wrote how i was feeling, and little quotes to give me confidence, and to know if i miss a trade just be cool, oh yeh, and also, no moving of take profit lol and most importantly for me too, was not trading after 9 am lol.

[@NimThree]

A system based on a cat's meow seems very quaint and quite cute

[@MrJrryhy460]

I like your tip to record your trade and later go lack learn if that trade was good.

[@user-qc5te8lv7u]

sheeeesh !!! thanks for the info

[@saturn31]

I had thousands of questions.. then realised answers are within me

[@JAYX1NE]

Where can I get that bicycle indicator? Looks legit! What’s the win rate? 😅

[@loklishplays9562]

"Kys if you trade after 9:50'" XD, I also need that kind of motivational reminders.

[@qfnkdv4771]

0:29 that guy is in big trouble 😂

[@inANUTSHELLANIMATION]

do you have t pay monthly for trade day?

[@GeekNetworkDK]

Awsome videos 😎🤓

[@maxborg9634]

Best advice ever