--- title: 'Day Trading - Technique, Precision and Psychology to Trade with Confidence' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHZ4MBlgNCI' video_id: 'YHZ4MBlgNCI' date: 2026-08-23 duration_sec: 785 channel: 'Manual do Trader' --- # Day Trading - Technique, Precision and Psychology to Trade with Confidence > Source: [Day Trading - Technique, Precision and Psychology to Trade with Confidence](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHZ4MBlgNCI) ## Summary This video teaches day traders a precise strategy based on untested pivot points, emphasizing anticipation over reaction. The hosts, Lois and Ricardo, demonstrate how to identify these levels and execute trades with discipline, backed by practical chart examples and psychological guidance. ### Key Points - **Common Beginner Mistake** [00:31] — Waiting for a perfect green or red candle often leads to missed opportunities, as the price has already moved significantly by the time the signal appears. - **Anticipate, Don't React** [01:59] — Professional traders plan entries based on price levels (support, resistance, demand areas) rather than candle colors, allowing them to act before the crowd. - **Untested Pivots Explained** [03:10] — Pivots are equilibrium points from the previous day. If price never touches a pivot, it becomes an 'untested pivot'—a magnetic zone that tends to attract price back. - **90% Planning, 10% Execution** [03:53] — Day trading success hinges on pre-market planning: check the pivot indicator for untested levels and prepare a clear action plan before the market opens. - **Practical Setup** [04:22] — In the trading platform, add the pivot indicator, customize colors, and set the calculation to (open+high+low+close)/4. Look for days when price hasn't touched the pivot line. - **Trade Execution Example** [06:33] — When price hits an untested pivot, enter in the direction of the trend. For a downtrend, sell with a stop 250 points above and a target of 250 points (1:1 risk-reward). - **Partial Profit Taking** [07:30] — At 250 points profit, close 50% of contracts to lock in gains, then trail the stop on the remaining contracts to capture extended moves (e.g., up to 1700 points). - **Psychological Discipline** [11:03] — Fear and greed are the trader's main enemies. Calmness, process control, and sticking to the plan are essential; you control the process, not the outcome. ### Conclusion The strategy is simple and effective: identify untested pivots, plan entries, and execute with discipline. Success depends more on mental control than on complex indicators, making it accessible to traders who follow the process consistently. ## Transcript close one contract here and with the other contract you just keep moving up and securing it. Look how much it was on this day! A profit, let's start from the beginning, reached 1700 points in profit. It's a super simple strategy; it doesn't happen every day, but it's very easy to execute and to make money from. Hey trader, hey everyone, it's time to open your manual. I am Lois. And I am Ricardo. And have you ever noticed that many times when you're waiting for that beautiful, long green candle, that perfect moment to get in, the price has actually already gone and you haven't entered and are already way too n't know if I'm going there. If I go there , oh. The important thing is that wherever Yes, that's one of the most common mistakes beginner traders make. Waiting too long, beginner traders make. Waiting too long, reacting instead of anticipating. Today we're going to show you how a precise and disciplined day trader operates, one precise and disciplined day trader operates, one who acts at the right time and takes advantage of the best moment, never missing the opportunity to actually win And before we begin, please click here, follow our channel, like our video, and share it with all your friends. So let's go to the video. wait for a green candle to buy or a red candle to sell. But the truth is that the market, especially in day trading, moves fast, and any slip-up can cause you to miss an opportunity. When you wait for the perfect signal, the price has probably already made half the move. What started as a great entry point turns into a late entry, a delayed trade, and causes you to lose money with a tight stop loss and little profit margin. The lesson is simple. Don't react, anticipate, plan what you're going to do before the market moves. This way you'll be anticipating events in order to profit in the best way, earn money in the most efficient and safest way possible. Professional traders don't trade based on candle color; they trade based on price level. You define a zone of interest, a support, a resistance, a demand area, or an untested pivot , which will be the example we're going to give here today. And if the price gets there, you know what to do. It doesn't matter if the matters is the market structure and anticipating it. For example, if the price touches strong support on a red candle, the beginner trader would be afraid, he would be apprehensive. An experienced trader, however, will rely on the plan, the strategy, and even their risk management. And if it goes wrong, the stop-loss order itself will protect you. If it works, he'll get in before the crowd. Now let's in before the crowd. Now let's focus and talk about the most important technical aspect of this video, which is the untested pivots. During the previous day, it marks the pivots, the equilibrium points between highs and lows. If the price never touches any of these levels, it becomes an untested pivot, and the market tends to return there at some point. It's like a pending issue on the chart, a magnetic zone that will attract the price back to that sector. Mark these areas. Note that if the market starts moving in that direction with increased volume, something is happening and should be observed. And this type of reading observed. And this type of reading puts you one step ahead of the masses. Day puts you one step ahead of the masses. Day trading is 90% planning and 10% execution. Before the market opens, look at the pivot indicator to see if the price hasn't reached any of the pre-established levels in the previous day or two. If he hasn't reached it, a warning signal should go off in the precise and insightful mind of an experienced trader. Therefore, you must act according to the plan, without hesitation, without questioning. The secret lies in discipline and mental control. You don't operate based on feelings, you operate based on plans. Whether it's training, confidence, or emotional control. And that's what we'll talk about next, after the practical aspect. That's it . Now that we've covered all the theory, let's move on to the practical part, shall we? So, in the profit section, let's go in here and put in the pivot indicator. So, as always, right-click, indicators, we search for the pivot here and insert it into the chart. Beauty? It comes with five lines, but the main line that we're going to use is this yellow line, OK? So let's customize the colors. I'm going to leave it black because my background is black, to make the yellow color less visible, you know. OK? And in the parameters, we'll leave the OK? And in the parameters, we'll leave the pivot calculation as opening plus maximum, plus minimum, plus closing divided by 4, that is, the average of the main points, right? Okay, now that's better. So, what are we going to now that's better. So, what are we going to look for? We're going to look for a day when this line here hasn't been reached by the asset's price, right? We're here looking at the mini-index, right, with the 5- minute charts. So, that day he was hit, he was hit, he was hit. This one wasn't hit, he wasn't, This one wasn't hit, he wasn't, but the price wasn't going to go looking for him. He didn't arrive at least two days before, two days ahead, he didn't come close to that value. So, unfortunately, we ignore it. Well, here it hit, it didn't hit, but it didn't get close to it either, it didn't hit that line, it hit here. It hit, it hit. You can see that it doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it usually works out. And look, it actually happened, I can explain it twice here. It happened here, look, the price wasn't reached. So, on the day in question, and the next day he didn't achieve it either, but here he did. So, I'm going to put it here, I'll even change the line color, make it red. So, he hit exactly this point here, didn't he ? And look, when it hit, because it pulled, you know, like it was magnetism, you know, we go and continue the trend in the direction the price is pulling. So, if it's coming from the top down, we continue and proceed with a sale. So, it hit the pivot point back there, right, one or two days ago. So, in this case, over two days, we begin our sale. So what would be the ideal parameters for this sale? We would place a stop a few points higher, so it would be a stop right here, exactly on this line, and the gain would also be 250 points. So it would be a one-on-one, right, in terms of strategy, and a game of 250 points, which would be in this region more or less close to here. Which would be a more advanced stage? If you enter into more than one contract, which one do we recommend you choose? Once you reach 250 points, close only one contract or close half of what you entered. You entered with four contracts, closed two; you entered with six, closed three contracts, and see if the remaining contracts, place a trading stop to see if they're safe, because there are some days when the price actually reaches almost 1300 points. So, it's worth it to close at least 50%, you've already guaranteed a profit, and with the rest you more you can gain . Well, once you've reached . Well, once you've reached around 200 points of profit, I advise you to take your stop-loss order and leave it open for the break evening. Why? To make sure you don't lose out. Even if you don't win anything, it's better than losing, right? So, when it hits 200 points, place your order and tighten your stop-loss order to break even. It reached 250 points. If you have more than one contract, close 50% have more than one contract, close 50% of what you have and leave the rest in the trade. Let's look at another day here, which is actually the day before, that also happened and went very well. Look here, the price hasn't reached the pivot line yet, has it? And look, the next day he hit it. So this would be where we would make our purchase. We're in an upward trend, so it would be a buy. Let's buy it here, let's go. Stop 250 points. It won't even hit or come close to the stop loss, it's even hit or come close to the stop loss, it's just an indication. Stop 250 points. Let's put a game and 250 points here as well. Look what I said. contracts, close one contract here and with the other contract you just keep moving up and securing it. Look how much it was on this day! A profit, let's start from the beginning, reached 1700 points in profit. It's a super simple strategy; it doesn't happen every day, but it's very easy to execute and to make money from. Let's look at another day, then. Let's go back a bit here. Hey, another one here. No, the price did not reach the pivot line. The next day he came and hit him. Downward trend. So, we get into the sales process. 250 points up, stop losses. Well, of course I'm giving an approximate value, but that's because of the video speed itself , right? And I'm making a profit here with 250. Look, she even hit 493 points, meaning she could get around 400 points. Super simple strategy, it didn't even get a little hot at most here, but I would have already made the profit sooner, right? So, very made the profit sooner, right? So, very easy. Let's go back even further in time easy. Let's go back even further in time here. One more. Let's go. Putting it high up here now, right? Upward trend. Bought it here, and quickly reached 250 points; Bought it here, and quickly reached 250 points; in 15 minutes it reached 250 points. And if you keep looking further back, further back, you'll see that it's actually a very easy strategy. Follow that study the right candle, oh, the green candle, the red candle, for something absurd to happen. No, if the price has reached the level you were expecting, make the purchase. If the price is trending upwards, sell; if it's trending downwards, sell. Okay? What will destroy your life as a What will destroy your life as a trader is your mind. It's not an indicator or a poorly executed strategy. Traders live under pressure, and every detail matters. Each click brings a rush of adrenaline, and that adrenaline must be controlled. That is precisely why calmness is your greatest weapon and must be controlled. Fear and greed are the two main enemies of the day trader, and of the trader in general. Fear prevents you from entering when the signal appears, and greed makes you stay too long in a trade that has already run its course . The solution, process, logic, and planning. You don't control the outcome, you control the process. You don't control how much you earn, but you control how you earn it. Train your mind to follow the plan, not being carried away by impulses. When analyzing the pivot point from the previous day or days prior, understand that it may not be the right time to enter the market if the price has touched the pivot point. In other words, you'll have to wait another day to take action. Stay calm, be patient. But when you have the opportunity to act, act. Follow what you've learned. Follow the strategy you have in mind. Stick to your plan. When the market accelerates, take a breath. When the market stalls, accelerate. Look at the graph, like an engineer looking at execution. And if you've made it to the end, please subscribe to our channel and follow it. 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