Before You Read Anything Else

What this is, and what it is not

Everything you find inside Trading From Scratch is for education. Nothing more. I share what I have learned from years of trading crypto — the mistakes I have made, the patterns I have noticed, and the frameworks I have built to stay consistent.

This is not financial advice. It is not a signal service. It is not a promise of returns. If you read a trade idea, a setup, or a market observation, treat it as one trader's view. Not an instruction to act.

In other words, do your own research. Think for yourself. Verify what I say. If something does not make sense to you, push back on it.

Past results tell you nothing about your future

You will see charts, examples, and trades I have taken. Some worked. Some did not. What you will not see is a guarantee, because there is none.

Markets do not repeat mechanically. A setup that worked ten times in a row can fail the eleventh. Your results will depend on your discipline, your risk management, your timing, and a hundred small decisions I cannot make for you.

The risks are real

Crypto markets are volatile. Leverage amplifies both gains and losses. Liquidity disappears at the worst moments. Exchanges go down. Positions get liquidated.

You can lose everything you put in. You can lose it faster than you think. That is the truth, and any source that tells you otherwise is selling you something.

So here is my only firm rule for you: only trade with capital you can genuinely afford to lose. Not your rent money. Not your mortgage. Not your retirement savings. Not money you borrowed. Capital you can walk away from without it changing your life.

My own positions

I trade for my own account. That means I may hold positions in the assets I write about, and I may take the opposite side of a view I have shared. I do not always flag it, because markets change and my own thinking changes with them.

If it matters to your decision, check for yourself. Do not assume my bias lines up with yours.

About the site itself

Trading From Scratch is built and maintained as a craft project. I do my best to keep it accurate and available, but I cannot promise perfection.

The content may contain errors. Links may break. The site may go down for maintenance, or for reasons I cannot predict. Software has bugs. The internet has bad days.

I am not responsible for losses, damage, or missed opportunities that come from using the site, trusting its content, or acting on anything you read here. Use your own judgement. Always.

Third parties

I may mention exchanges, brokers, tools, or services. That is not an endorsement. It is context. If you choose to use a third party, that relationship is between you and them. I have no control over what they do, and no responsibility for how they treat you.

The legal bit, in plain language

If, despite everything above, something on this site causes you loss or damage, my liability is limited to what you paid me. For most of you, that is nothing. I am not going to cover your drawdowns, your missed flights, or your broken hardware. That is not how this works.

Some places have consumer protection laws that override these limits. If you live somewhere like that, you keep whatever rights the law gives you. I am not trying to strip them away.

One final thought

I built Trading From Scratch because I wanted the resource I did not have when I started. The goal is to help you build a real craft, not to sell you a shortcut.

If you read carefully, practise relentlessly, and respect the risk, you will get more out of this than any disclaimer could possibly protect. And if you skip the work and trade on impulse, no disclaimer — mine or anyone else's — will save you from the consequences.

Trade your own account. Think your own thoughts. Protect your capital first.