Some things that have helped me outperform in Q4 1. Go with the trend until it no longer works The only reason for shorting a strong up trend is to hedge when things look exhausted. You should be looking to buy dips, not short rips. You will get punished. Go with momentum until that momentum is lost. 2. Concentrate your bets I’ve found that focusing on just a few alts showing relative strength is much better than diversifying. It allows you to go big when everything lines up. Rather than placing small bets on 20 different altcoins, go big in the ones that have momentum behind them. It pays to be bold. 3. Get off the lower time frame when the higher time frame is in a strong trend Unless you’re an experienced trader, it’s much easier, more relaxing and you’ll likely do much better buying relatively large corrections than to try and catch every swing up and down. Zoom out, size up. 4. Give the trade some room to breathe Don’t be too quick to move SL especially to break even. I would have been stopped many times. Move the SL to a place where you’re wrong on the trade. Often best to enter within the range then move the SL only when price has exited the range. 5. Take profit as price moves in your favour Everyone wants to sell the top. We all want to squeeze as much out of the trade as we can. Taking profit at key levels rather than holding the full position for “the moon” has allowed me to do this. Less round tripping of trades, less stress and more cash available to put into something else if/when playing rotation game. 6. Cut losers quickly I can’t stress how important this is. Yes you should give the trade some breathing room but only if that trade is maintaining some sort of momentum/holding above a key area where you deemed important. If price begins to trade below that area or is showing a lack of momentum, just cut it. You can always get back in. I’ve taken many haircuts but never a full 1R loss. When focusing on offence and riding these trends, don’t forget your defence is just as important if not more important. Final thoughts.. We are told to HODL and for most people, that’ll likely pay off in the end but only if you realise those unrealised gains at some point. Many HODL’D during 2020/21 and gave most if not all gains back. Take what the market gives you. Don’t put your bias onto it. Don’t extend targets. I did this and it has never paid off. If the market is telling you to get out, get out and be happy you outperformed 99% of participants. Remember, you can always get back in Happy New Year. Wish you all the best for 2024 🥂