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☕️ GM Munchers! This is Pip Munch, here to serve up your daily dose of trading wisdom. If you’ve ever been stuck between rechecking your charts or rethinking your life choices, today’s trade breakdown will hit home.

On today’s menu:

• How This One Trade Made Me $836.62 🤑 

• Get Funded In 90 Days Or Don’t Pay 😏 

• Why The US Dollar Is Killing So Many Traders 😥 

• How I Manage $100,000 In Prop Capital 💪 

How This One Trade Made Me $836.62 🤑

I’m a simple man. I like:

• A good cup of coffee ☕️ 

• A nice afternoon nap 😴 

• And simple trades that work perfectly ✅ 

And yesterday? Two out of three (minus the nap) worked out perfectly.

Now, unless you’re here for my barista secrets (I doubt it), let’s dive into the trade that scored me over $800 and brought me one step closer to passing another prop firm challenge.

SPOILER ALERT: This trade proves that the best setups aren’t complicated—they’re simple. And simple works.

1/ The Setup 📈 

Around noon yesterday, in between reheating leftovers and trying to convince myself to do laundry, I found what I thought was a pretty sweet setup.

This is what I found on the Bitcoin chart around the $67,150 price:

• 4-Hour 100EMA

• 1-Hour 200EMA

• 1-Hour 50 Fib Level

• 15-Minute 800EMA

Now, if you're new here, my entire strategy for passing 4, $100,000 prop firm challenges revolves around finding areas of high confluence—where multiple indicators align perfectly.

(You can see my 227-minute guide HERE)

In this case? We had 4+ confluences.

That’s like finding the Holy Grail of trades. ⚔️

So I did what any self-respecting trader would do... I threw on a 2-lot buy position and then tackled the laundry.

2/ The Results 💰️ 

Like my high school relationships, as soon as I entered the trade, things turned into a rollercoaster of hot and cold.

For the first couple of hours, the trade couldn’t decide—swinging from profit to nearly kissing my stop loss. 🫠

And just when I thought I was about to get dumped (by the market), it reversed course, jumping back into profit. Talk about a toxic relationship—one minute you're up, the next, you're emotionally drained.

But finally—around 8 hours after I managed to throw in that load of laundry—the trade was up over $800, and I decided it was time to cash out.

Why?

• The Technicals: Bitcoin had been stuck between $65,500 and $67,900 all week. Could it break out? Maybe. But the charts weren’t exactly screaming “moon” just yet.

• The Fundamentals: With the US Dollar higher than Snoop Dogg at a music festival, a breakout seemed unlikely. Plus, it was 8 p.m. EST, and liquidity was drying up faster than my motivation to fold laundry.

3/ The Lesson 📖 

Here’s what this trade taught me:

Simplicity is key. 🔑 

Trading doesn’t have to be complicated to be successful. This approach allowed me to make enough money from prop firms to quit my job.

Find an area of confluence. Enter the trade. Let the plan play out.

But there’s another critical takeaway: sometimes, you have to know when to take the money and run.

Bitcoin was stuck in a range, the fundamentals didn’t support a breakout, and it was late with low liquidity. So, I cashed out when things were good, because no trade is worth risking for greed.

Stay disciplined, stay simple.

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Why Traders Are Getting Killed By The US Dollar 🇺🇲 

The US Dollar has been acting like it’s had more cups of coffee than a college student during finals week. ☕️

It hasn’t been this high since July, and it’s feeling better than Jordan Belfort finding a pack of quaaludes.

But of course, a quick look on MyFXBook will show you that as always, retail traders are fighting this trend and are getting absolutely wrecked.

So, for those of you who actually like making money, let’s break down what’s going on here and where we think the DXY is headed.

The Rundown 🏃 

Let’s break this down into bite-sized pieces so it’s easier to follow along.

Here's why the US Dollar is flexing so hard right now:

1. Global Rate Cuts 📉 Most central banks are cutting interest rates, which normally pushes traders toward riskier assets like equities and away from safe havens like the Dollar. But not this time...

2. US Economy = Still Strong 🥊 While inflation hasn’t dropped as much as hoped, the US economy remains the world’s heavyweight champ.

3. Fed Slower to Cut Rates 😴 The Fed isn’t cutting rates as fast as others, which means the Dollar stays strong by default.

4. Lack of Better Alternatives ❌ The Eurozone is wobbly, Japan’s rates are barely breathing, and the British Pound is not winning any popularity contests. Traders are sticking with the Dollar because... where else are they going to go?

As long as the Fed stays cautious, expect the Dollar to keep leading the pack.

And as usual, expect retail traders to continue fighting the trend.

But hopefully not you, Munchers!

☕️ Pre-Market Fuel

1. Bitcoin ETFs are on the rise again. Blackrock’s ETF just had the third largest inflows year-to-date.

2. Trump & Rogan. The podcast is set to take place this Friday!

3. How I Manage $100,000 in Prop Capital. Only 10% of traders get funded. But once you do, how do you manage the account?

4. McDonald’s shares are crashing. It’s due to an E.Coli outbreak but definitely check out their stock. It’s been on an absolute tear!

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