🧭🗺️ Counter-trend trading is a pro's game, not ours. We, the retail traders, typically lack the capital for deep drawdowns or the timing precision for exact tops/bottoms. Trying to fade a strong move is how I blew my first $600. Instead, let the market show its hand. An uptrend is a clear sequence of higher highs and higher lows. Downtrends? Lower highs and lower lows. Another cue: price consistently above an upward-sloping 50-period EMA signals an uptrend. Your golden rule: Only long in an uptrend. Only short in a downtrend. No exceptions. Imagine BTC on June 25, 2026, from $72,000 it hit $74,500, pulled back to $73,000 (higher low), then rallied to $76,000 (higher high). The 50 EMA climbed, price above it – a clear uptrend. Look for longs on retests. Conversely, lower highs from $70,000...