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title: 'My Stupidly Simple Trading Strategy to Make Your First $3000/Month'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=4ChR5Oo_oHU'
video_id: '4ChR5Oo_oHU'
date: 2026-08-12
duration_sec: 827
channel: 'Day Trading Addict'
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# My Stupidly Simple Trading Strategy to Make Your First $3000/Month

> Source: [My Stupidly Simple Trading Strategy to Make Your First $3000/Month](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4ChR5Oo_oHU)

## Summary

The video presents a day trading strategy focused on the NASDAQ market using a single five-minute chart. The trader emphasizes simplicity, relying on swing highs and lows as key levels, and demonstrates live trades from a profitable week to illustrate the approach.

### Key Points

- **Core Strategy Overview** [00:02] — The trader uses one time frame (5-minute chart), one market (NASDAQ), and aims for one trade per day. The strategy is based on identifying wave-like market movements and trading at swing highs and lows.
- **Market Waves and Levels** [00:28] — The market moves in waves, creating potential levels for day traders. These levels include swing highs and lows, which act as support and resistance. The trader marks these levels daily and also uses yesterday's swing points if recent levels are absent.
- **Why Only 5-Minute Chart** [01:44] — The trader avoids higher time frames like the daily chart because they can be confusing and conflict with the 5-minute direction. A single red candle on the daily chart can represent a 5-minute downtrend, leading to misaligned signals.
- **Live Trade Example: Monday's Loss** [03:13] — The trader missed a support level due to arriving late, took a short trade against the trend, and got stopped out, losing $7,000. This was attributed to not marking the level beforehand.
- **Live Trade Example: Tuesday's Win** [05:08] — The trader identified a resistance level, waited for a bearish bar to close, and entered a short trade. The trade hit its target, resulting in a $6,300 profit for the day.
- **Live Trade Example: Wednesday's Mixed Day** [07:39] — The trader first took a long trade that got stopped out, losing $3,900. Then, recognizing the 5-minute bearish trend, they took a short at a supply zone, which hit its target for a $2,800 profit, making the day a winner.
- **Live Trade Example: Friday's Win** [09:43] — The trader took a short trade at a supply zone, despite the daily bullish bias, because the 5-minute trend was bearish. The trade hit its target, resulting in a $6,500 profit for the day.
- **One Trade Per Day Discipline** [11:29] — The trader aims to take only one trade per day. If the first trade is a winner, they stop trading for the day. If it's a loss, they may try again, but the goal is to maintain simplicity and discipline.
- **Backtesting and Repetition** [12:11] — The trader emphasizes the importance of backtesting and trading the system daily to get familiar with price action. Consistency is key, even during losing or break-even weeks.
- **Daily Bias vs. Scalping** [12:39] — For day traders looking for quick scalps, the daily bias is less relevant. The trader argues that going against the daily trend is acceptable when the 5-minute chart signals a quick move, as daily bias doesn't affect short-term trades much.

### Conclusion

The strategy is simple: trade the NASDAQ on a 5-minute chart, using swing levels and following the 5-minute trend, even if it contradicts the daily bias. Success comes from discipline, backtesting, and consistent execution.

## Transcript

one time frame, one trade, and one market. Let me show you guys my strategy. I try to keep it as simple as possible. I'm going to show you guys live trades, show you proof that I'm
trading this every week. This week was a profitable week. So, I'm going to show you the simple strategy that I use. So, let's go to the charts. Now, I'm only trading the NASDAQ market, okay? And I'm only using one time frame, which is the
five minute chart. Now I'm looking at the five minute levels. Okay. So the market basically move in waves. Uh let me draw that for you right now. In general the market moves like this right in waves. So these waves right here are
potential levels where traders day traders can actually look for opportunities. Okay. So when the market is making these waves a lot of times you will see that it will go to these levels stop right and continue to go up right
sometimes it will go to the swing low and we could call this demand stop right here and go right back up. So I'm using these levels right here every single
day. Now, I'm also using maybe yesterday's swing highs or swing lows just in case I don't get any recent levels. I can probably use, you know, So, it look something like this. So, let's say that yesterday, you know, we
created this high right here. Okay. And it dropped down, right? And now, let's say that this is today's action. Okay? We going right back up to yesterday's swing high. Okay? So, this can actually be a level two that I'm looking at. And
this is what I'm doing every single day. I'm looking at the five minute direction, too. Now, why do I only look at the fiveminut direction? Well, for me, I like to keep it simple. I realize that when I try to look at the daily
chart in a higher time frame and look for the direction, it will always confuse me, you know, because sometimes one candle, okay, so let let me give you a good example. Let's go to the daily chart real quick. Right. So right here,
right? You see how we have this red candle right here. Okay. So this red candle right here on the daily chart is a fiveminut downtrend. Even though in general the five this is the daily chart in general the daily chart
is is trending up right but right here this one red candle okay is a downtrend. fiveminute chart. So you see right here guys, this is the day right here, right? trended. It pulled back a little bit right to this level right here. Even
reacted to this level and it continued to go back down. Now if you are just looking at the daily chart, you probably wouldn't pay that attention. You like, okay, I had to go long. And I realize some days going long and the five minute
chart is trending down is like me going against the trend. So I rather just right? Some days the five minute will line up with a daily chart and some days it will not line up with a daily chart. So let me show you guys the live trades
that I did this week. So everything can actually come together. Now this day right here was literally my fault. Okay, I I truly believe that this was supposed to be a winning day for me, but I messed up. I'm going to tell you why how I
messed up. Okay, so if you look at this chart right here, we have a nice little support area right here. Okay, I didn't mark this down when I Okay, I didn't mark this down when I came to my chart. I came to my chart
late. So, basically, at the time, I came home, I think around probably 9:20. All right. And when I came to the chart, I just looked at the chart real quick and
I saw resistance up top, but I didn't really look at the support to the right way, this would have been a nice long right here and it would been a winner. Unfortunately, I didn't do that and I took this short trade and I got
the quick recording. So, right here you see that I'm in the market and um you know, I don't really see a reason to panic, but it is what it is. Um you know, the market went against me. So, let me fast forward that right now. And
Now, I'm actually in another trade. Okay, so I took two shorts just to uh you know try again and I got stopped out on this trade too. So let me fast forward this. Now I was basically in this trade. I thought the trade was
Sellers is coming in the market. I'm like, "All right, bet. This might be the unfortunately that trend was very strong. Okay, I missed the long. I went for the short and I got stopped out. So let me fast forward to that part. And
right here, you're about to see me get stopped out. Boom. And I'm down 7K for the day. It is what it is. That was my honest mistake. That day should have been a winner, but I, you know, I took a loss on that day. It is what it is. So,
let's go to the next day. Now, the next day, we had resistance right here. Okay, this swing high right here. Listen, you see how we dropped down a lot right here? You look look at this, guys. We dropped down a lot right here. Okay, so
you have to mark down this level. Look at this. Boom. So this day we came back to that area right here. All right. And guess what? As soon as we hit that area right here, gave me a nice bearish bar, okay? And I went short. So usually when
I go short, I wait for the bar to close, okay? The setup bar to clo close. And then as soon as it goes below that setup bar, which is below this low right here, quick recording. All right. So right here, you see that I'm in the market.
Um, everything's looking good. Basically, the market is going straight, you know, down. So, I'm liking it. Um, I think, you know, overall sells on in the market. So, I'm just waiting for my target to get hit. So, let me fast
forward this. All right. So, right here, it's going to my target and basically, um, boom, I'm out. Okay. So, if you look to the left, I'm up 6,300 for that day. Okay. So, that was a nice trade. Straight to the point. Again, I'm
looking at the fivem minute levels. We had a nice resistance at that five minute level. Again, if you go to the bullish daily chart, the market is bullish, right? And I'm taking it short. For the most part, that doesn't line up
with a lot of gurus out here that would tell you you have to do top down analysis. Now, top down analysis is actually a great thing to do. Um, especially if you have a lot of different, you know, opportunities or
different uh stocks to pick. So if I was trading a stock market, yes, I would probably definitely do top down analysis because you have more, you know, selection. So you have maybe 10 different stocks that you can look at
and say, "Oh man, you know, what stock should I trade?" So if you have that many selections, you have to narrow down the best selection. So the best way to narrow it down is to go to a daily chart first and then go to the 4our and see
first and then go to the 4our and see which one is the best. Okay? And that alone would be a great way to do top down analysis because now you are you're only trading in one market like the NASDAQ, it's hard to have the daily
chart and the five minute chart line up every single day. It's it's like nearly every single day. It's it's like nearly impossible. So that's why I strictly look at the five-minute chart. And you saw that I got a nice short even though
the daily bias is to the upside. So um that was a nice quick two times my day. Show you guys what happened next. All right, so the next day, guys, I was hoping to get a long right here, okay, off of this level right here. We did had
a nice bullish bar right here. I went long and guess what? I got stopped out. time. It is what it is. I got stopped out. Didn't complain about it. Okay, now since I realized, all right, the market is very strong to the downside. Okay,
let me go for a short again. If you look at the daily bias, the daily bias is to the upside. Why are we trying to look for shorts? Well, it's because the five for shorts? Well, it's because the five minute chart, okay, is actually bearish.
Remember, one bearish candle on a daily chart, okay, is actually a downtrend on a five-minute chart. All right? So, now I had to switch my bias. Now, what we have here is what a supply. Okay? So, I had to go short at that supply zone. As
soon as we hit that supply zone, I saw sellers come in. I went short. So, let me show you guys the live trading. All right. So, right here, this is where I went long and I got stopped out. Again, it is what it is. You guys, you're not
going to win 100% of the time. Okay, so let me fast forward this. All right, so right here, you're about to see me get stopped out and pretty much I am out of stopped out and pretty much I am out of that trade and I'm down uh 3,900 on that
trade, right? So, it is what it is. I'm looking for another trade. So, let me fast forward it to the last trade. All right. So, here's the short right off that supply zone. Okay. And basically, I'm looking for uh two times my money.
Everything is looking good. You know, at first it looks like it was going to stop me out, but we wked up a couple of times and then we went straight down. I'm like, okay, bam. That that was a great move right there. So, let me fast
forward this. All right. So, right here, you're about to see me get my target. And basically, I'm about to get my profits from this trade. And let's go. profits from this trade. And let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Boom. All right. So, um I'm up 2,800 for that day. And that day was a winner. Okay. So, let's go to the next day, which is Friday, I believe, which is today. Okay. Again, why are we going short in a bullish market? Well, I'm
telling you guys again. The five minute is telling me that it's bearish. Okay, look at it. Okay, look look look at this guys. Okay, this is a five minute trend, right? So the five minute trend is telling me that we are bearish. Okay, so
that's why I want to go short even though the daily chart is bullish. So what did I see today? Well, I saw that pretty much the market broke the trend right? And basically it's reacting to this supply right here. Um, I usually do
not take trades right at the opening, but this was a super duper clear trade. We were at that supply zone, so I took it. So, basically, we reacted to this supply zone and then we went below this
uh bar right here. I went short. Okay, so went short right here. Two times my so went short right here. Two times my money and I was out for the day. Okay. And let me show you guys the live trade. All right. Here's a live trade. At
first, it was actually, you know, almost going back to my, you know, stop loss, back down. So, I'm like, "All right, sellers are in the market." So, let me happened next. All right. So, right here, the market is going down to my TP
and I'm just waiting, waiting, waiting. The market, well, day trading is a waiting game. Okay. So, boom. We hit that target profit and I'm up 6,500 for the day. Okay, so that was my week. Again, I'm using one time frame, one
market, and one trade. Okay, I'm trying to only trade one time. Okay, now if my to try again. See if I can actually get another winner. Okay, but at the same time, if my first trade is a winner, I am done for the day. So, one trade, one
am done for the day. So, one trade, one market, one time frame. Okay, this is as simple, guys. This is very simple. Now, just because it's simple, it doesn't why it's not easy is because you're going to have weeks where it's going to
weeks where it might be a break even week. You might have a week where it might be a slightly losing week. Okay? But you have to continue to trade the But you have to continue to trade the system no matter what. Now, again, for
you to understand this, you have to back test this. Trade it every single day. You got to get used to the price action, put in those reps, and once you do that, you know, you definitely will get familiar with the the market and how it
moves. Okay? And the reason why another reason why I trade like this is because, believe it or not, for day traders, the daily chart really, okay, really doesn't affect us that much, okay? Because remember, we only are looking for quick
moves, right? So a daily bias, it really doesn't affect a day trader that's only looking for a quick scalp here, a quick scalp there. Okay? So we can actually go against the daily trend, okay? Just because we're looking for these quick
we're looking for those quick scalps here and there. So that's another reason why I really don't care too much about the daily bias unless I was swing trading. Yes. But again, there's nothing wrong with using top down analysis.
There's nothing wrong with having your chart line up with the daily bias, but since I'm only trading one market, it's hard to do that every single day. Trust yeah, I'll probably definitely look more into that. Or if I was trading maybe
that because I have, you know, a whole bunch of different pairs I can look at. But one market to me, five minute chart is good this video. If you did, hit that subscribe button. If you want to learn
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