Trading is not just about charts, it's actually a language - and most newbies don't understand that language at first
Listen carefully and with great attention: I always think that the biggest problem for new traders is not understanding the market. The problem is that they don't understand the language of the market. Suppose you see a chart analysis for the first time. Someone wrote, "Price swept SSL, tapped OB, filled the FVG and then gave MSS before targeting BSL." To be honest, at first these seemed like some kind of secret code to me too. And then I noticed one thing. Many people actually fail to learn trading not because of the strategy, but because they can't follow the conversation. Because everyone around them is talking about BOS, CHOCH, FVG, OB, SMT, EQH, EQL, and so on, and newbies are wondering - what are these really?
This is where it gets interesting. Because if the market is considered an ecosystem, then these abbreviations are not just shortcuts. They are a language to describe market behavior. For example, BOS (Break of Structure) and MSS (Market Structure Shift) may seem similar. But when the context changes, their meanings become completely different. BOS often shows an existing trend continuation, while MSS can be the first signal of a trend reversal in many cases. A small difference. But the impact on trading results? Very big.
Again, let's talk about liquidity. Many new traders are busy with where the price is going. But after a while, they realize that why the price is going there is more important than where the price is going. While looking for the answer to this "why" question, BSL (Buy Side Liquidity), SSL (Sell Side Liquidity), EQH (Equal Highs), EQL (Equal Lows), Liquidity Grab or LC come to the fore. The interesting thing is that the market often does not move to respect support-resistance. Rather, it moves to collect liquidity. The first time I heard this concept, it seemed a little strange. Because it has some conflict with the traditional explanation. But the more chart replays you see, the more you understand that the liquidity concept is difficult to ignore.
Again FVG (Fair Value Gap), IMB (Imbalance), OB (Order Block), Mitigation.... These are also part of the same story. The market is not always perfectly efficient. In some places imbalance is created. In some places orders accumulate. And then the price returns to that area. Of course not always. But enough times come that traders consider them as POI (Point of Interest). Here another thing comes to mind. Many people think of trading as a prediction game. But the more I learn, the closer I feel that trading is to probability management than prediction.
That is why SL (Stop Loss), TP (Take Profit), R/R (Risk to Reward), RRR (Risk Reward Ratio), BE (Break Even), DD (Drawdown), MM (Money Management) are so important. The strange thing is that beginners usually think more about entry. Experienced traders often think more about risk. Because a good entry can lose to bad risk management. But an average entry often survives due to disciplined risk management. Here comes the matter of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). Perhaps this is the most expensive abbreviation of trading. Because even if you don't know BOS, CHOCH or FVG, the loss can be limited. But if you can't control FOMO, the account balance itself starts to teach you.
And the macro side is no less interesting. CPI, NFP, GDP, PMI, FOMC, DXY, Central Bank decisions..... At first, these seem like economic news. But later it turns out that they are directly connected to liquidity, volatility and sentiment. ATR (Average True Range) suddenly increases. ADR (Average Daily Range) starts to expand. Spread widens. Price behavior changes. That is, the chart reflects what is happening outside the chart.
And the issue of trading style is also important. Scalping, Swing Trading, Position Trading. For a long time, I wondered which of these is the best. Now I think the question may be wrong. Because there is no such thing as the best style. There is only a compatible style. Which one matches your personality, patience and schedule. Someone trades LO (London Open). Some people watch NYO (New York Open). Some people hold positions week after week after week after watching HTF. Everyone is watching the same market. But not everyone is playing the same game.
And this is probably the most underrated reality of trading. In the end, BOS, MSS, CHOCH, FVG, OB, SSL, BSL, ATR, CPI or DXY...... these are not separate terms. Together they create a language. The language with which market participants try to describe the behavior of the market. And maybe the trading journey does not start with profit. It starts with learning the language. Because without understanding the language, analysis cannot be followed. Without understanding the analysis, conviction cannot be created. And without conviction, execution very quickly turns into emotion. Maybe that is why the first step in learning trading is not strategy. The first step is to learn the language of the market.
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