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title: 'How to Make Money with Mini Index - Easy Day Trade Strategies'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=gyfF2wgiFZQ'
video_id: 'gyfF2wgiFZQ'
date: 2026-07-18
duration_sec: 1780
channel: 'Ports Trader'
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# How to Make Money with Mini Index - Easy Day Trade Strategies

> Source: [How to Make Money with Mini Index - Easy Day Trade Strategies](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gyfF2wgiFZQ)

## Summary

This video teaches beginners how to trade the Brazilian Mini Index (WIN) with minimal capital, starting as low as R$25. The presenter outlines a three-step strategy focusing on timeframe analysis, identifying market strength, and disciplined position management. A live trade example demonstrates how to enter, set stop-loss and target, and manage the trade for consistent profits.

### Key Points

- **Starting Small** [00:02] — You can start trading the Mini Index with as little as R$25, the minimum broker requirement. However, the presenter recommends starting with R$200–R$500 per contract for a safer margin.
- **Mini Index Basics** [01:15] — The Mini Index moves 5,000–6,000 points daily. Each point is worth R$0.20 per contract. A 20-point move with one contract yields R$4 profit.
- **Contracts vs. Shares** [02:28] — Trading the Mini Index uses contracts instead of shares. One contract costs R$25 to trade, similar to buying one share of a stock.
- **Three-Step Strategy Overview** [04:21] — The strategy consists of: 1) Analyze three timeframes (15-min, 5-min, 1-min), 2) Identify market strength (up, down, or sideways), 3) Enter and manage the position.
- **Market Scenarios** [05:05] — Different market conditions (trending up, down, sideways, volatile) require specific strategies. A single strategy may not fit all scenarios.
- **Step 1: Timeframes** [06:31] — Focus on three timeframes: 15-minute, 5-minute, and 1-minute charts to determine the overall market direction.
- **Step 2: Identify Strength** [07:48] — Look for market force: upward, downward, or sideways. Strength can be identified via candlestick patterns, such as strong bullish or bearish candles.
- **Step 3: Entry and Management** [09:18] — Enter the trade after identifying strength. Place stop-loss below the strong candle that triggered entry. Set target equal to stop-loss distance (1:1 risk-reward).
- **Flexible Management** [13:28] — As the trade moves in your favor, move the stop-loss up to reduce risk. This can improve risk-reward ratio from 1:1 to 3:1 or higher.
- **Live Trade Example** [14:57] — Entry at 101,140 with one contract. Profit exceeded R$30, more than doubling the R$25 margin. The trade was managed by moving stop-loss and letting it run to target.
- **Brokerage Fees** [17:40] — Some brokers charge zero fees. Only costs are B3 exchange fees and income tax on net monthly profits.
- **Psychological Discipline** [19:49] — Elite traders trust their strategy and hold trades even when near target. Beginners often exit prematurely due to fear, missing larger gains.
- **Flag Pattern** [26:53] — A flag pattern (consolidation after a strong move) can signal continuation. The presenter identifies a flag pattern during the live trade.

### Conclusion

With a small capital of R$25 and a disciplined three-step strategy, beginners can start trading the Mini Index. The key is to analyze timeframes, identify strength, and manage trades flexibly while maintaining psychological discipline.

## Transcript

steps you need to enter and exit in the right place, but more than that, I want to show you that you can do it with a little money. Because if seen that I trade heavily. I usually trade with 100 contacts or
more, 500 contracts, and for a beginner, that can be a lot of money. So, for an elite trader who has been in the market for a long time, it's very easy to earn 5, 10, 15, or 20 thousand reais a day. For a beginner, it might be more complicated.
That's why beginners start very small and then begin to develop and grow in the financial market. So, first of all, you need to know that you can start with little money.
And when I say little money, I mean really little money, something around R$ 25, the minimum that brokers require. Now, ask me if I recommend that recommend that you start with much more than that, around R$200, R$500, or even more.  Starting with
1000 or more would be recommended for someone to make money in the really have very little capital to start with, this is the minimum that all brokers require. From here, you can trade the
here, you can trade the mini-index, which is the asset I've been teaching you about throughout this week. I'm mastering the mini-index; it moves an average of 5,000 to 6,000 points per day. When it's
making this movement, for each point it moves up or down, you moves up or down, you earn 20 cents per point. So, for example, if you see the mini-index at
mini-index at 100,500 and you place a trade, the market will continue to rise. If it rises to rise. If it rises to 100,525, you've earned 20 points, right?
100,525, you've earned 20 points, right? Each point is equivalent to 20 cents. If you're trading with just one contract, then if you earned 20 points with 20 contracts, you had a profit of R$4. But more importantly, perhaps
for a beginner who is literally starting from scratch, understanding the concept of a contract... Paper and Action are important at the beginning. So, you know when you're looking at the
Stock Market and you see Petrobras, Bradesco, Itaú, Vale, all the main stocks in the National Market? So, when you're going to invest in them, I'm going to
buy Petrobras, you buy Petrobras papers, you buy Petrobras shares, right? One, two, three. How many units, how many quantities are you going to buy? You're buying a piece of that asset, that
company's asset. The mini-index, we just change the nomenclature. You don't say you're you say you're buying contracts, so many calculations. It's the same thing, just the nomenclature changes. So, when I'm talking about contracts, I'm
I'm talking about contracts, I'm talking about one unit operate costs R$25. So you can start with R$
25, but it's not what I recommend because otherwise you'll be very tight on your margin to work with the money. One thing I who are following me in my closed training is that it's important to
burn because many times when you...  Take a Stop Loss. Things might get complicated when you take the first step, and you might start to worry and get anxious. So it's important to have a little extra cushion. I 'd say around 200 to 500 per
contract is enough to get you started. Okay, so you understand that contracts are based on one unit of the dominant asset, that each point of the mini-index is equivalent to 20 cents, and that the index moves an average of
five to six thousand points per day. That's very important, okay? But enter and exit at the right place? There are three steps to There are three steps to do this, which are
money. You can apply these three steps literally every single day because they happen every single day, and when you can consistently make money. These are the same three
steps I use every day, and that I also teach my students. It's a strategy my closed mentorship program. But the thing is, when you're in the market and you're only focused on a single strategy, you end up limiting yourself. I
has...  An arsenal of strategies so that it can fit into each different scenario. Just yesterday I was doing a live stream on my Instagram; by the way, if you don't follow me on Instagram, look for @ports on Instagram to
follow me there. I usually do a lot of live streams on Instagram, and in one of those live streams I was talking about exactly the different market scenarios. For example, there are markets that are moving sideways, which is the
moving upwards, which is the uptrend market; there is a market that is moving downwards, which is the downtrend market. For each market scenario, you apply specific strategies to that scenario.
There are markets that are very volatile, moving up and down all the time. In this way, you can operate, operate, do three-step trades, which are those quick trades where you enter and exit quickly. So there are countless
strategies that you can fit into different market scenarios. If you have a single strategy and try to operate all scenarios with that same strategy, there will be times when it won't fit and you will lose money. That's why it's
depth knowledge. These three steps that I'm going to teach you here are like a universal strategy that... You can apply this to the index very easily and it's quite simple to understand. Besides showing you the theory,
I also want to show you the practice, okay? So, look at this now, the first step is this: we're going to look at the different
timeframes, I'm referring to three specific timeframes because in the timeframes, and various charts: a 15-minute chart, a 5-minute chart, a 1-
minute chart. In the 1-minute chart, there are countless smaller timeframes to define the number of kendalls, okay? So, when you 're looking at these different timeframes, you're going to focus on only three timeframes, which are these: the
timeframes, which are these: the 15-minute chart, the
want to look at when I want to open market scenario so that, based on this scenario, I can define the entry strategy. So, there are three timeframes: the 15-minute, the 5-minute,
and the 1-minute. This is the first step. The second step is this: step. The second step is this: I want to identify the strength.
no use changing timeframes, looking at a minute chart, or a 1-minute chart if you don't know what you're looking for. It's find it in these timeframes. When you're in these
timeframes, you'll look for the main force of the asset, and I can tell you that there are only three forces: either an upward force, a downward force, or no force, which is a sideways force where the two are equivalent and balanced.
When you're looking for this market force, there are several different types of forces you can find: force through candlesticks, force through patterns, force through candlestick reading,
price action, and so on. Here, I'm going to show you, and what I want to show you in a real trade, so you can see how it works, is a force through candlestick reading. You must imagine, you must have already seen, that when you
countless candlesticks that are forming, depending on the number of chart, each candlestick has a meaning. I identify one of them.  The main meanings for you to identify this
strength in the chart are... and the third step you're going to take is the simplest of all, which is to enter enter and manage the position.
simplest step of all, but the problem is that for many people this one thing to look at the chart, identify a signal, and another thing to enter the trade. And if you've already made your first trades, you must have had
that experience of feeling your heart pounding or feeling that anxiety, that fear of losing money. However, this fear of losing money is caused by a lack of information, knowledge, and foundation to
know how to trade. With these three simple steps, you can do it, and I don't just want to show you them on the Flipboard; I want to show you a real trade. So, let me get this for you to see. The
first thing we're going to do is the following: this is my 15-minute chart, okay? This is my 15-minute chart, and I'm seeing that the market is going up. This is the five-minute chart. This is the
that...  The market is putting on a lot of force right now, so I switch to the 5, 15, and 1-minute chart. It's very easy; I just look for one thing: the direction of the asset. In this case, the market was in an upward movement, something very
simple. It's a very quick scalp. What's the signal of strength I find in this operation? It's that the market was doing this: it was starting to fall, and then it
came in with everything and formed a strong Kendall candle. It was exactly after this strong candle broke that I entered. So I was very quick to identify this strength through the CF, which is the strong candle.
When you enter the trade, that's where the best part for me comes in, the part where I'm going to make money. When you're starting out, this might be the part where you get anxious and scared when you enter the trade. The first
take your stop loss and place it below the strong candle that originated your entry point. So you're going to take the stop loss and place it exactly below that candle.  A strong candlestick pattern, and you're going to let your trade run.
Your target can be exactly the same size as your Stop Loss, which is what I set here. So, up there will be your target for the trade. So, three very simple steps: first, looking at the 15-minute chart, then the
1-minute chart, I identified that we were moving upwards. It was showing bullish strength through the 1-minute chart, which is where I entered. Here, I identified a very strong candlestick pattern, super
large. This is my signal of strength. This is the second step. Okay, this is the second step. After that, you move to the third step, which is to enter and manage your position. So here, I saw
on the 15-minute chart, the 1-minute chart, the 5-minute chart, and the 1-minute chart that the market was rising. On the 1- minute chart, which is where I entered, I saw that the chart was showing buying strength through the Candlestick pattern. So I went there and
entered. After the Candlestick pattern broke, I placed my Stop Loss below the Candlestick pattern, which is the strong Candlestick pattern.  And I set my target once, the size of my stop. So when you 're taking this risk in trading, you have to at least
you have to at least set your stop, your target, the same one-to-one management we call it in the market. And then you notice that right after I entered, the market already showed a second sign
box, it already showed a second sign of strength, and then it showed a shooting star, which is a red candle with a large wick pointing upwards. Okay, what signal, which is an indication of an upward trend, and you 're basing your decision on the market
rising in all the main timeframes. What you can also do regarding management
mistake I made when I was starting out back in 2011, which was starting out back in 2011, which was entering, setting my stop, and leaving my stop there from the beginning to the end of the operation. I'm stuck with
that management. When you enter a trade, you have to be very flexible to be able to move your stops.  Your target, we start with pre-programmed management, which in this case is placing the stop below my
strong candle, and my target the same size as my stop. But as the market unfolds in favor of my trade, I can take my stop that's down there and move it upwards to reduce my risk, and I leave my
target the same size. So we start one-to-one, in one-to-one management where we start, not
exactly, where my stop is the same size as my target, but we end the trade maybe at three to one, two to one, five to one, maybe even more than that. So this is a mistake I made when I
was starting out; I was stuck with my management and was never flexible enough to move it. In this case, my entry point was at 101, 140. And you who were wondering about that point thing,
point issue. Look, 101, 140 is the index at this moment of this trade that I was recording on my phone screen. This is a...  Another addendum: I was trading on my phone, and you can see that a certain position was purchased. So I bought
this trade that you're seeing here; I bought Okay, to be able to buy this contract, I needed to have 25 reais in my
brokerage account. Okay, as I showed you the costs, I needed to have R$25 in my brokerage account. Furthermore, when I entered at 140, you can see that my
at 140, you can see that my entry point was 100,000,140. When I bought, I believed the market would go up, right? If the market falls, I lose money. Obviously, if the market goes up, I make money. For every point
the market goes up, I earn 20 cents. So you can see that now the market So you can see that now the market is at 101,300. I entered at 101,140, every point. That's why you can see my profit is more than 30
reais. So you realize that this is the most important thing: you don't need a lot of money to start your plan with a contract; you can still make money.  I needed R$25 to make this
trade, and right now I'm making over R$30. If I close this trade now at R$30 profit, what happens? How
That's a good question. If I close the trade with R$30 profit, how much does the brokerage keep for me? Tell me in the chat, brokerage keep for me? Tell me in the chat, let's see if you're right.
My entry point was on the one-minute chart. Tell I'll keep if I close my trade now. To enter the trade I needed R$25. Each point costs an additional 20 cents. So, if I close
Each point costs an additional 20 cents. So, if I close the trade at R$30, how much do I get? A lot of people are commenting, "55, 55, 55, 55." Exactly when I close my trade. If I closed at R$30, right?
Now we're at R$20-something, but if I closed at R$30 I would earn this closed at R$30 I would earn this plus this minus the fees. And the importance of being with a good brokerage comes in.
a good brokerage comes in. have zero brokerage fees, so you don't pay brokerage fees to make this trade. The only fees you'll pay after you've made that profit of 55 (
the 30 plus the 25) will be the emoluments and
also income tax at the end if you're profitable at the end of the month. you're profitable at the end of the month. So
invested 25 to make this trade, and now it's over 40 reais. That means if you do the math, 25 plus over 40 is more than a 100%
gain. Basically, I doubled the amount I needed to make this trade. So you see that even with little money, you can scale your earnings. And from the moment you start to have more consistency, more
confidence, and above all, more peace of mind in your trades, you...  It starts operating with two contracts, then three contracts, then four contracts, consuming contracts, and from there you start scaling your gains, and
your gains and making more money. For example, now you're at almost R$50 in profit, and my Stop Loss, which initially started down below my Kendall strength, is already close to my entry point, so I have
very little risk, and my Target is up there. This is an important thing: look what's happening now in the trade. It almost hit my Target. I almost exited with a profit, and then it starts hammering downwards. What do
you do at this moment? Do you get scared, thinking it will come back and hit your stop loss, and you close the position to exit with that profit, or do you hold the trade and let it run? Comment in the chat what you would do. And that's where the
difference between an elite trader and a beginner trader comes in. I held my target and let it run because I followed a management plan, I followed a strategy, and I trust what I'm doing. So it's at this moment that...  The psychological impact and
anxiety of the beginner starts to take hold because the person starts to think, "Oh no, I almost hit my target! I'm seeing a strong red candle now, it's better to exit before the market reverses and hits my stop loss down there. Before, I would exit with around 20
reais, I was at 50. It's better to exit with around 20 than to wait for it to reverse and hit a higher top. At this moment, as you can see, there are many people there. Let it roll, see, there are many people there. Let it roll, let it roll, I zero. Let it roll, you
let it roll, I zero. Let it roll, you let it roll. what are the steps? It's as follows, I'll summarize the steps again, okay? summarize the steps again, okay? First step,
First step, I want to look at the timeframes. I'm going to keep an eye on will be 15 minutes or 5 minutes and one minute. Here,
the game is very fast, you just quickly switch to the timeframes, okay? Just switch to three timeframes quickly to identify the direction. And then I'll go to the next step, which is the strength.
I'm going to look for strength in these timeframes here, okay? When I'm looking at these timeframes, this is what I'm looking for, okay? This is very important that..."  What constitutes strength can be a strong candlestick, a
market pattern, or anything else that shows you there's strength in one that shows you there's strength in one direction of the asset. Then we'll enter direction of the asset. Then we'll enter and manage the position.
you place your stop loss just below the candlestick you entered, and your target is proportional to the minimum... Once the size of your risk is at least the size of your target risk, and as the trade
which is below the price you entered, and move it upwards to reduce your risk. Consequently, when you do this, you'll be when you do this, you'll be increasing your return on that
trade. Here, I'm making a trade with just one contract, just one contract, trade with one contract, I only need R$25. However, I don't recommend
that you only have that much. The profit I have at this moment is more profit I have at this moment is more than R$30. Again, I'll earn this much, and this will come back to me, so I'll have R$55. And then
me, so I'll have R$55. And then we subtract the fees, which are these here: the B3 fees from Bovespa, and the income tax.
we pay when we make money in the market. These are the fees that the market charges us after we've made obviously we're not going to pay tax on those losses.
Comment in the chat if you understood what I'm saying. Where do you place the stop below the strong Kendall candle or below what
showed you that you should have entered. And then the market comes back again with another strong candle. Look, it's about to break out, and look what happens, it comes back with the strong green candle to hit my target. And once again it comes back with
the red CF candle to hit my stock at this moment. What would you do again? Would you hold the trade to let it roll and hit your target, or would you close now out of anxiety and fear of taking
what you would do at this moment. Now a CF candle is coming down.
that will define an elite trader from an amateur trader, a trader who is afraid, who operates with emotion and not with real strategy. Tell me here in the chat,
exited at a loss. And look what happens if you exit exactly there now...  You would have exited with only R$20, for example, you would be there now, and consequently your risk down there would be greater than your target at this
moment. If you close that trade now, after that strong red candle, after that strong red candle, operation because you started down there with a much higher risk. So now, if
you exited the trade now, your risk would be disproportionate to the profit you are making. That's why it's important that when you enter, you trust and hold the trade until the end because, after all, when you entered, you stipulated
your risk. So if you stipulated your risk and you accepted it, why would you be afraid to consolidate that risk? It's important that you hold your position until the end because, most of the time,
since you are sure that the stop loss won't be triggered (we're not sure), we apply a strategy that usually works, and if it does n't, it doesn't matter. That's why there's that famous phrase I always say: you're not here to
be profitable. If it didn't work now, it probably will in the next three weeks.  In the long run, you'll be profitable. If you keep looking for perfection, you probably won't do well in the financial market. And then comes the
giant red force, and the market resumes once again to try to grab that target up there. So, a totally beginner contract, with
many saying a small bankroll, you with R$100, you want to make this trade, but R$25 is the minimum required for you to make this trade. make this trade. Let's see what will happen.
forming a pattern. Remember when I talked about strength, where the strength candle is one of the forces? Look what I did here, this is a did here, this is a market figure where,
forces is the candles that show you if it will continue, and the other force is the patterns. One of the patterns I like most is the One of the patterns I like most is the
Flag pattern work? The market will be going up and it will fall a little, and then it will form what looks like a flag here, the flagpole, and when it breaks through here, it continues to rise. If you look there... It's like a flag pattern right now on the
It's like a flag pattern right now on the rlprp is. It's a liquidity provider that helps you execute your order
faster without much difficulty.
manage your trade? So, the management is done on the same timeframe that led you to enter the trade. You don't enter a 5-minute trade and then make a transfer, even if it's 15 minutes or one minute. If you enter a
on that timeframe as well. In this case, I don't have a one-minute chart. So all the management I did was based on the one-minute chart I want you to comment here in the chat now if you think I'm going to have a winning
trade or if I'm going to lose money. Put it in the chat for me. money. Put it in the chat for me. Rebeca
comments [Music]
and I think I'm going to win. Let's see what happens. lose money on this trade. Will Leni say I'm going to make money? Alce said I'm going to make money. Felipe I think I'm going to take a hit,
win R$60. Cláudio said I'm going to win because of the pullback. Marcelo is saying it's consolidated, Marcelo is saying it's consolidated, let's go, 42, and I think I'm going to win, huh?
let's go, 42, and I think I'm going to win, huh? R$25 to make this trade. This is the minimum the brokerage requires for me to be able to make this operation, which is now generating a return of more than
50 reais. And look what I do: I take my Stop Loss, which was down there, and I move it above my entry point. At that moment, the trade is executed on target, and I exit with a winning trade using only these
three steps that I'm telling you.