Most analysts stare at candlestick charts all day, guessing whether prices are going up or down based on some fancy indicators. Honestly? Treat them like a fart—take a quick whiff and just move on. Let's be real, nobody's farts smell good anyway.
In actual trading, how can you completely ignore major macro events? Trump drops a comment about striking Iran, and boom—your wallet takes a direct hit. Jensen Huang makes a sudden move, and your portfolio springs another leak. These are the realities of the macro world, far beyond what any candlestick chart can show you. Can your precious charts tell you which groups were secretly buying and dumping Bitcoin back in 2021? Or which oligarch market makers are pulling the strings to manipulate the market right now in 2026? MicroStrategy might be taking losses, so the real question is: who is actually making the big money?
Anyone who completely ignores fundamentals and macroeconomics is setting themselves up to get wiped out in today's market. Of course, the analysts themselves never actually die broke—they just draw charts all day and don't even trade. It's like dealing drugs without ever getting high on your own supply.
Sure, charts reflect market sentiment. But staring at them every second of every single day, trying to guess short-term price directions, is just plain stupid. You need to build your own worldview, understand how the actual world works, and express those beliefs through your trades. If your entire universe begins and ends with candlestick charts, you'll never make it. At that point, you aren't trading—you're just gambling on a coin flip.
There is infinitely more to trading outside the charts than inside them. Recently, a bunch of analysts saw my copy-trading account skyrocketing and begged for a cut of the profits. They ended up looking like fools, and their followers migrated over to me instead. But I'm not taking them on. Beginners who blindly follow analysts usually fail the most basic intelligence test—they're simply not built for trading.
In actual trading, how can you completely ignore major macro events? Trump drops a comment about striking Iran, and boom—your wallet takes a direct hit. Jensen Huang makes a sudden move, and your portfolio springs another leak. These are the realities of the macro world, far beyond what any candlestick chart can show you. Can your precious charts tell you which groups were secretly buying and dumping Bitcoin back in 2021? Or which oligarch market makers are pulling the strings to manipulate the market right now in 2026? MicroStrategy might be taking losses, so the real question is: who is actually making the big money?
Anyone who completely ignores fundamentals and macroeconomics is setting themselves up to get wiped out in today's market. Of course, the analysts themselves never actually die broke—they just draw charts all day and don't even trade. It's like dealing drugs without ever getting high on your own supply.
Sure, charts reflect market sentiment. But staring at them every second of every single day, trying to guess short-term price directions, is just plain stupid. You need to build your own worldview, understand how the actual world works, and express those beliefs through your trades. If your entire universe begins and ends with candlestick charts, you'll never make it. At that point, you aren't trading—you're just gambling on a coin flip.
There is infinitely more to trading outside the charts than inside them. Recently, a bunch of analysts saw my copy-trading account skyrocketing and begged for a cut of the profits. They ended up looking like fools, and their followers migrated over to me instead. But I'm not taking them on. Beginners who blindly follow analysts usually fail the most basic intelligence test—they're simply not built for trading.