Zero Complexity Trading Roadmap

5 Levels System

Introduction
In this guide, I share a comprehensive five-stage roadmap to becoming a profitable crypto trader
based on my own experiences and lessons learned.

This is the guide I wish I had when I started out, which would have saved me three to four million
dollars and halved the time it took me to become profitable.

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Goal

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Let's start with our goals as a trader;

- Consistent income
- Location Freedom: Work wherever
- Time Freedom: Work whenever
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Social media makes it seem like we can accomplish this with 1 hours work a day while sipping
martinis on a beach.
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People only see the overnight millionaires that emerge from crypto.

They don't see are the failures, years of hard work, discipline, dedication, overnight millionaires
losing everything, fake screenshots, and disappointment.
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Below is the Dunning-Kruger Curve, which many of you may have seen before.

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Most people start off with ignorant optimism after making large amounts of money, only to lose it all
within a short amount of time.
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Whether it's due to a market crash or a bad investment choice, they transition from ignorant
optimism to informed pessimism.

That's exactly what happened to me in 2017. I made a lot of money, then lost it, and had to grind
hard in 2018 to improve. It wasn't easy; I was making a decent income, but I wasn't becoming a
millionaire overnight.
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However, after 2.5 years, something clicked, and I made $10k overnight, which was insane to me
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I reached informed optimism, and after a few short months, I achieved my version of financial
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The 5 Levels

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Level 1: Why Do You Want to Trade?
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This is where most people go wrong.

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They want to trade because they think it’s easy.

Trading is simple, not easy.

They want to trade because they think it will be quick.

It takes as long as any other high income skill.

Trade only if you enjoy it, you crave location/time/financial freedom and you want a skill that will
force you to be the best version of yourself.

Set your expectations correctly. The reward will take time effort and dedication.

The fastest I’ve seen someone do it is 6 months for others, it takes 2+ years.
Level 2: Building a Foundation

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Don't just watch a couple of YouTube videos and start trading.

Imagine watching a 1 hour of videos on poker then going to play at a high stakes poker table and
expecting to win.
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Similarly, too many people use paid signal groups or indicators. Well, I’ve interviewed 100+
millionaire traders, and 0% of them got rich using paid signal groups or following one paid indicator.

So in level 2 your entire focus needs to be on your trading foundation.

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You need three things in your foundation: edge, risk, and journaling.
Edge

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You can gain an edge through many things: technical analysis, fundamental analysis, insider

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knowledge, and more. You shouldn't be trading without one, and you can't gain an edge just by
watching a few YouTube videos; it's simply not sustainable, and you'll likely lose your hard-earned
money.

Risk
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Without risk management, you can lose everything in a few minutes. I've seen people go from
$250k to $250k in debt in the blink of an eye.

It doesn't matter how much money you have if you can't keep it. You can see from the chart above
how much percentage loss can bring you right back to where you started, and given that the crypto
market can drop 99% in a day, you can see how easy it is to get back to square one.

Similarly, in the second chart, you can see how difficult it is to regain the same amount of money
once you've lost it.

Journaling

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Hardly any traders keep a journal, this is your easiest way to get ahead of the crowd.

If you don't do this, it's like running a business without knowing how profitable you are, how much
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you pay your employees, and what your expenses are.

Level 3: Establishing Rules and Routines

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Many people treat trading as a hobby rather than a profession but expect it to pay like a job.

If you don't show up to work, you'll get fired.

If you don’t show up to trade, you get to relax and watch netflix but you’ll never make money.

We need two things: rules and routines.

Trade Set Ups

We need a set of rules to follow. No using discretion when you start, this is built in with experience.

Risk Management Plan

Know exactly how much we risk per trade, what drawdown we allow and how it impacts us

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psychologically.

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Asset Selection Criteria

Volume and volatility requirements, categorisation of assets.

Time Frame Selection

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Daily Routine

Build a routine around your schedule that allows you to manage your time and energy.

Lifestyle Optimization
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People spend hours in the journal to get that extra 2% profit, but then will lose 6 trades in a row
because they slept like shit for a week. Optimise diet, sleep, exercise and meditation before trying
to get fancy with your trading system.
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Level 4: Gradual Scaling and Skill Development

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Congratulations if you reach level 4, very few people do.

At this point chances are eventually you will become profitable BUT mistakes you can make at
level 4 will cost you a lot of money.

So avoid what I did and scale in slowly, not all at once.

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I’ve seen many traders jump right in and trade with $100k but lose $30k in one trade.

If you had just put in $1000 to start with, your loss would only be $300.
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Remember, if you can't turn $1000 to $2000, you’ll never be able to turn $100k to $200k.

Make your mistakes early and make a lot of them so that you can learn more by losing less money.
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You’ll build up your trading psychology, increase your total trading time, as these are the types of
things that will make you a better trader.

Your discretion, psychology, and experience are some of your most valuable assets.

BONUS TIP

If you are just between levels 3 and 4 for the first time, I suggest trading on lower timeframes while
you learn. If you are only trading the 1-day chart, at most you’ll get 2 to3 trades a week, likely
closer to that per month. If you're on a lower timeframe and can do 2 to 3 trades per day, you will
gain experience so much faster. Then, when you have that extra experience, you can move on to
higher timeframes.
Level 4.5: Understanding “Steve”

Before we move on to our final level, you need to understand the principles of how trading works,
and I will illustrate that through the concept of this incredibly irritating person, “Steve.”

Let's say you have a business buying apples for $10 from a vendor and selling them for $15 to a
customer. This is effectively trading as you are buying an asset for one price and selling it for
another.

Now, most people realize this isn't a sustainable long-term strategy to sell apples, but when
trading, we expect to find that one strategy and have it work forever. Now, this is where “Steve”
starts messing things up.

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Steve offers the apple vendor a higher price of $12 so that the vendor no longer wishes to sell to
you because Steve is willing to make a smaller profit margin.
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Now you have to buy the apples for higher prices to compete with Steve and have slashed your
own profit margin from $5 to $3.
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Now, Steve is not a very nice person and he doesn't care how long he works or what his profit
margins are, so he’s going to slash his prices to undercut you, making his profit margin only $1
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This is the same as trading. If you keep doing the same strategy, eventually “Steve” will come in
and take all of your money.

So how do we protect ourselves?

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Our strategy needs to end up looking like the image below.

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We find new people to buy apples from, study them and see how they change over time, find
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different people to sell to, study what works well and learn from our information.

This means our strategy is constantly iterating, which brings us to the final level.
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Level 5: Evolving Trading Strategies

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Our strategies should never be static; we should constantly be iterating and improving. Otherwise,

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“Steve” will start to cut down our profits.

We should always be on the search for new alpha and edge. These are the best sources;

- Our trading journal

- A network of other great traders
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- Optimisation our physical and mental health

Conclusion
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By following this five-level roadmap, traders can develop the necessary skills, mindset, and
strategies to achieve consistent profitability in the crypto market. Continuous learning, adaptation,
and discipline are key to long-term success in trading.