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Module Three: Trade Execution

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01
Section 1 0:29

Order Types

What you'll learn: The two order types that matter in crypto - market and limit - when to use each, and how slippage works against you on the wrong one.

Key Moments
Core Concepts
Critical Takeaways
  • Market for speed. Limit for precision. They solve different problems.
  • BTC and ETH have deep books. Most market orders fill at the price you see.
  • Altcoins or fast-moving conditions = slippage. Use limit orders when accuracy matters.
  • Limit orders can fill partially. Size accordingly.
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02
Section 2 5:53

Low Time Frame Entries

What you'll learn: How to drop from the HTF setup into a tighter LTF entry that improves your R:R from 1.25 to 7 without changing the trade idea.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • The HTF gives you the trade idea. The LTF gives you the entry.
  • Find a smaller POI inside the larger one. Enter on the smaller one. Stop is tighter.
  • Same target. Better stop. R:R goes from "okay" to "excellent".
  • Works on any pair - 4H/15-min, daily/1H, weekly/4H.
03
Section 3 10:26

Monitor on the Right Time Frame

What you'll learn: Why you shouldn't watch a daily trade on a 5-minute chart - and what time frame to actually monitor each style of trade on.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • Watch at the time frame you executed on. Not lower.
  • Daily trade + 5-min watch = bad decisions. The lower TF will scare you out.
  • If you're in a 4H trade, the daily and weekly noise are not your problem.
  • Trust the HTF analysis you did to size the trade. Don't relitigate it on a 1-min chart.
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Section 4 16:07

Evolving Risk-to-Reward

What you'll learn: Why your R:R changes the moment you start managing a trade - and the five ways trade management changes the picture.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • The R:R you set at entry isn't the R:R you have an hour later.
  • Move the stop, take partials, extend the target - all change the live R:R.
  • Compounding into a winner adds fresh dollar risk. Treat the add like a new trade.
  • Manage to the current picture, not the entry picture.
05
Section 5 22:33

Stops to Break-Even

What you'll learn: The most-loved and most-misused move in trade management. When to bring the stop to break-even, and when it just gets you tapped out of a winner.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • Break-even isn't free. Your entry sits on a level that will probably retest. Get stopped at entry = exit a working trade.
  • Move to break-even when the trade has moved far enough that a retest would actually mean the idea is dead.
  • Breakout/breakdown trades are the exception. They shouldn't retest. Move the stop sooner there.
  • Don't move stops just for comfort. Move them because the chart says the idea has shifted.
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Section 6 29:25

Exit Strategies

What you'll learn: The three exit modes - full TP, partials, trailing stops - and which one fits which trader. Spoiler: beginners run full TP.

Key Moments
Core Concepts
Critical Takeaways
  • Beginners run full TP and full SL. No management, no mistakes.
  • Partials reduce remaining risk but reduce remaining reward too. Net effect can be neutral.
  • Trailing stops are for traders who already have a strategy that works. Don't bolt on management to fix a leaky entry rule.
  • The right exit is the one you'll actually execute. Over-managing kills more good trades than under-managing.
Putting It All Together

Your Execution Workflow

The before, during, and after of every trade.

1

Choose the order type

Market for speed and liquid majors. Limit for precision and tight risk.

2

Layer your time frames

HTF for the idea. LTF for the entry. Same trade, tighter stop.

3

Set the right monitor TF

You watch where you executed. Not lower.

4

Set entry, stop, target

Map all three before clicking. R:R should be 2:1 or better.

5

Pick an exit mode

Beginner = full TP / full SL. Once consistent, layer in partials or trailing.

6

Only move the stop with reason

Break-even when the trade has truly progressed. Not for comfort.

7

Practice on Breakout

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