I used to think becoming a good trader meant finding the perfect strategy. I was wrong. When I started, I had the same problems many traders have. FOMO. Fear of missing the move. Fear of taking the loss. Fear of watching price move without me. I would open the chart and feel like I had to trade. Price moved, I wanted in. If I missed the entry, I chased it. If the trade lost, I wanted another trade immediately. I knew I was doing it. But I didn’t know how to stop. Then I understood something. The market was not my biggest problem. I was. So I stopped asking: “Where is my next trade?” And started asking: “Is there actually a trade here?” That changed everything. I began marking my levels before the session. I waited for price to come to me. I stopped treating every candle like an opportunity. A clean setup became a trade. A weak setup became a no-trade. And I learned that doing nothing can still be a decision. Trading is not about proving that you are right. It is about having a plan before the market gives you a reason to act. You will lose trades. You will miss trades. Sometimes price will move exactly as you expected after you stayed out. Let it. Not every move belongs to you. Rizq is from Allah. My responsibility is to make the best decision I can, control what is within my control, and accept what is outside it. That made me calmer. More patient. More disciplined. I stopped chasing the market. I started respecting it. This is the journey behind TRADING ALCHEMIST. Not a perfect trader. Not a prediction machine. Just the reality of trading. The mistakes. The discipline. The waiting. The work behind the chart. Follow to see the reality of trading.
The best trade you take today might be no trade. Most traders open the chart and start searching for an entry. Not because the setup is there. Because they feel like they need to do something. Price is moving. Candles are printing. Everyone online is calling the next move. So they force it. But the market does not reward activity. It rewards selectivity. If the range is not clear, no trade. If price is not at your level, no trade. If the reaction is not confirmed, no trade. If the setup does not make sense, no trade. You do not need to force the market to give you an opportunity. You need to wait until the opportunity is actually there. Most traders are trying to predict what happens next. The better question is: What does price need to show me before I act? No prediction. No FOMO. No forcing. Just levels, confirmation, and discipline. The reality of trading. Follow TRADING ALCHEMIST to see it without the hype, the shortcuts, and the bullshit online.
Why do traders keep searching for the perfect strategy? Because the internet keeps selling certainty. “Buy this.” “10X this.” “Never lose again.” “Here’s the secret strategy.” But real trading is not built on certainty. It is built on waiting for the right conditions. Managing risk. Accepting losses. Taking selective entries. And knowing when no trade is the right trade. No rented Lamborghinis. No fake screenshots. No overnight-millionaire story. Just the chart. The decision. The outcome. Then the review. Here’s what I realized: The goal is not to predict every move. The goal is to protect capital, follow the process, and improve over time. This is TRADING ALCHEMIST. Follow to see the reality of trading, not the bullshit online.
📉 1. The Pattern: The "Contraction" Rule The Setup: The white trendlines show clear price compression. Camille Van Merrienboer teaches that when a market gets very quiet, it is building energy for a major move. Massive red candles at the top have now shrunk into tiny bodies and wicks at the $10 floor.The Balloon Effect: Camille Van Merrienboer uses a great analogy for this: imagine holding a balloon deep underwater. The harder you push it down, the more force builds up. The moment you let go, it shoots back up to the surface with massive power. That is exactly what AVAX is doing at this horizontal support.
🎯 2. Identifying an "A+ Setup"
Camille Van Merrienboer emphasizes that an A+ Setup is the only type of trade you should take. You spot it by ticking these specific boxes: The Pre-Condition: A long, quiet consolidation phase where weak hands get bored and lose money.The Squeeze: Clear trend compression (like our falling wedge pattern) until the price has nowhere left to go.Anchor & Confluence: Multi-year trendlines, a historical support floor ($10), and seller exhaustion all aligning in the exact same direction.
🧠 3. Market Psychology & Strategy Following Camille Van Merrienboer's strict mindset rules for slow, sideways markets: Capital Preservation: Do not lose your money on bad trades just because the market feels slow. Avoid overtrading!Execution: Be patient and preserve your chips exclusively for A+ setups. When the breakout happens and the balloon pops, take aggressive profits to lock in your wins.
💰 4. The Potential Gains & Targets Historical Repeat: The last time AVAX hit this $10 floor, it rallied 600% to near $65.The Math: Another 600% move turns every $100 into $700.Ultimate Target: A clean breakout past the top trendline opens the door to the All-Time High (ATH) around $140—representing a massive 1,300%+ gain from the bottom.