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Beginner's Guide to Trading Crypto & Memecoins in 2026 (Free Course)

0h 37m video Published Feb 16, 2026 Transcribed Jul 29, 2026 Alex Choi Crypto Alex Choi Crypto
Intermediate 27 min read For: Crypto traders interested in meme coin trading, especially those with some experience looking for a systematic approach.
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A comprehensive guide to trading meme coins in 2026, focusing on narrative analysis, entry timing, and position sizing as the three pillars of success. The speaker shares his personal setup using Axiom Pro terminal and emphasizes that understanding narratives is key to outperforming the 99.6% of unprofitable wallets.

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Claims of Six-Figure Profits

The speaker claims to have made six-figure profits trading meme coins on new wallets without copy traders or inflating live streams.

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First $100K in 2026

If he lost everything, he would aim to make his first $100K in 2026 using his current strategy, which evolves with the market.

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Setup with Axiom Pro

Recommends Axiom Pro as the best trading terminal for 2026, with a clean UI and advanced tools.

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Filtering the Terminal

Applies filters like minimum market cap and global fees paid to reduce noise and focus on active coins.

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Three Pillars: Narrative, Entry, Sizing

The system for profitability relies on narrative analysis, disciplined entry, and proper sizing, in that order.

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Understanding Narrative

Narrative is the story and attention a coin captures; most coins go to zero, so the goal is to extract profit before they collapse.

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Olive Oil Example

Turned $500 into $21,000 on the olive oil coin by identifying a viral financial meme trend.

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Selective Trading

The speaker only trades coins with a narrative he understands, ignoring the vast majority to avoid burnout.

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Entry Discipline

Entry price is critical, especially for lower portfolios; assumes every new coin has a bundle (hidden supply) that can dump.

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Sizing for Survival

Oversizing leads to anxiety and poor decisions; size positions so that a loss doesn't affect your portfolio or mindset.

The key to successful meme coin trading is a disciplined system of narrative analysis, patient entry, and conservative sizing. With these fundamentals, even a losing win rate can yield overall profitability.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 01:50 Set filters for new coins: minimum 11,000 market cap and 0.1 global fees paid.
2 02:04 For middle section: minimum 8,000 market cap and 0.5 fees paid.
3 02:18 For migrated section: minimum 10,000 market cap and 3.5 fees paid.
4 02:47 Set slippage to 30 or 40, priority to 0, and disable MEV mode to save fees.

Study Flashcards (8)

What are the three pillars of the speaker's trading system?

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Narrative, entry, and sizing.

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What percentage of wallets are profitable in meme coin trading according to the video?

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Only 0.4% (99.6% are not).

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What is a 'bundle' in meme coin trading?

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A group of wallets secretly holding a large supply of a coin, often used to dump on buyers.

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Why is entry price especially important for lower portfolio traders?

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Because most new coins have bundles that can dump the price, making a bad entry lead to large losses.

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What does the speaker recommend for checking narrative originality?

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Compare the coin to current trends and see if it has a unique angle or influential backer.

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What is the significance of 'global fees paid' filter?

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It indicates how much trading fees have been paid, a proxy for activity and potential legitimacy.

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According to the speaker, how often should a beginner expect to find a 'god-tier' narrative?

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Once every couple of months.

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What does the speaker say about the relationship between size and mindset?

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Oversizing leads to anxiety and poor decisions; size should be such that a loss doesn't affect you emotionally.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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99.6% of Wallets Unprofitable

Highlights the difficulty of trading meme coins and the importance of a systematic approach.

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Narrative as Differentiator

Core principle that separates successful traders from the rest, emphasizing attention and story over technicals.

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Be Anal About Entry

Practical advice to assume bundles and wait for better prices, crucial for risk management.

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Size Always Equals Out

Key principle that risk management and objectivity outweigh potential gains from oversized positions.

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[00:02] about six figures in profit trading crypto meme coins on completely new wallets, no copy traders or hyping up a live stream to buy my coins, no bundling, rugging, or whatever [ __ ] or free bailout that anyone else with an

[00:16] audience needs to rely on. I actually have a losing win rate, and on this one trading half the month, yet I outperformed almost every single degenerate out there, probably on just this one profile as a retail trader in a

[00:31] market where 99.6% of wallets, not traders, wallets, are even profitable. This is what made me my first million dollars as a teenager. first million dollars as a teenager. But, if I lost everything, how exactly

[00:45] would I make my first 100K in 2026? And I'm going to tell you right now, the answer to this question is always going to change. A lot of the concepts from my videos last year are always going to be applicable, but in terms of specific

[00:57] strategy, the market is always changing, always evolving, and edge is always thing forever, right? So, in this video, I'm going to give you an up-to-date full breakdown with my current specific strategy, my setup, examples, and

[01:11] exactly how I'd make that first 100K trading meme coins right now if I lost it all in 2026. Let's get into it. So, start with the setup. The best trading terminal you can use for the start of

[01:23] 2026 is going to be Axiom Pro. If you've seen my previous videos, you probably but I do it for a reason. The UI is very simple, you know, it's easy on the eyes, advanced tool that you need. To sign up, just click on the Axiom link in the

[01:37] description down below, and you'll get a free permanent 10% discount on all trading fees that you use forever. You can sign up with either your Gmail or it should look something like this. Now, for you, it's probably going to look

[01:50] seeing a million different coins spawning everywhere, just very overwhelming. And you are not going to touch 99.999% right? So, we're going to try to clean this up with some filters. For the new

[02:04] single new coin is going to spawn. $11,000 minimum market cap and 0.1 global fees paid. For the middle, it's going to be minimum 8,000 market cap and 0.5 fees paid. And for the migrated section, this is for all coins that are

[02:18] able to hit a certain market cap. I do $10,000 minimum market cap and a 3.5 global fees paid in SOL. Going to hit apply all, and your terminal should now look a little bit cleaner. Now, you're also not going to touch 99% of these

[02:31] cleaner now, right? And you're only going to see coins that are getting any sort of activity whatsoever. So, ones that are worth even looking at. And those soon. But first, let's finish the setup. Next, trading fees.

[02:47] These actually don't really matter much. Axium is already by default the fastest terminal of 2026. So, you really don't need to play with these much. For the need to play with these much. For the slippage, I would do 30 or 40,

[02:59] priority, you can keep it zero and it'll default. If you want to perhaps try and snipe something, if you know something is coming, maybe you could do 0.01, two, whatever. Now, MEV mode used to be important, not really so. MEVs aren't

[03:15] off if you want to pay a little bit less in fees. You can keep it off if you want to pay a little bit less in fees with the small, small risk of maybe getting sandwiched on a trade. And just like that, we're all set up. And whatever

[03:29] quick buy you were comfortable with at the top right here. But anyone can click a couple of buttons for an organized terminal, right? It's but it's not going to make you profitable. And this is where my

[03:42] execution, it's going to come down to three things. Number one, narrative. Number two, entry. And number three, sizing. In that specific order. It seems

[03:54] sizing. In that specific order. It seems so, so simple, and it really is, right? towards you if you abide by these principles. The problem is, there will be times on any system where you just inevitably lose, right? You're going to

[04:07] slip up, you're going to round trip, and those moments will eat you alive because the secret is, there is no such thing as a magic indicator, or formula, or filter, or whatever you can always win with in any tradeable market. This

[04:24] three-part system is what worked best for me, and what I know is going to set the absolute best foundation for any beginner. The first thing, actually figuring out what coin to buy among all these by reading the coins' narrative.

[04:38] The story that the coin is telling, and the attention that it captures. Because the value in all these coins are memetics, right? The concept of attention and influence inflating or making up the value of an asset. I'm

[04:51] going to tell you right now, almost every single meme coin on planet Earth will eventually go to zero. I don't care who's behind it. I don't care what community they have. It doesn't matter. What actually matters is

[05:05] how much money you can actually extract out of that coin before it blows up in your face, right? And the core of all that is how you interpret the coins' narrative. What story is the coin telling that you think will get

[05:17] attention? An example of this trade I turned $500 into over 21,000 on, which I did have a moon bag in. I round tripped, but it's whatever. But olive oil, right? If I click to whatever social media or Twitter account is attached to this

[05:32] coin, I can see that this is a coin of an extremely viral uh financial meme right now of olive oil outperforming as an asset. With majors in crypto going to zero, with everything else ending right now, metals, stocks. Well, actually

[05:47] metals are nuking right now, too. But a story that I had a feeling would grab attention after seeing coins about similar memes on funny asset classes that were going to millions during this time, too. Like copper inu. This skill

[06:01] of being able to understand narratives is the biggest differentiator between You can watch any single one of my videos and I will always have some kind of iteration of this take because it's true, right? My 5-year-old cousin could

[06:16] go into filters. He could bang his head on the buy button on anytime a coin comes up with X amount of volume or X amount of market cap or whatever, right? Narrative is the reason the average person, people like you and me, can even

[06:31] make money in this market at all because not everyone is interpreting the story a coin is telling the same way. And that allows it to go up or down and that's how every market has worked since existence. Now, if you're a beginner,

[06:46] this, right? You're not going to be great at reading narratives right away. Best way you can get better at this skill is by thinking in trends and originality. And most importantly, seeing how well certain trends have done

[06:59] in the past and what's doing well right now. I gave a perfect example with olive oil. We saw pretty much every commodity on planet Earth hitting price discovery, gold, silver, copper, platinum, and that sort of trend found its way into crypto.

[07:16] We have coins like copper inu here that was able to hit over a $20 million market cap at its current peak. An influencer pushing a meme about a copper mindset, what is something that I'm going to be paying attention to? If I

[07:30] know it's doing well, it's not a rocket science, this is not a trick question, coins about meme-like commodities. It's right in front of me. It's showing me outperformance. This coin running is telling me this is the current trend.

[07:43] for. Now, that's where the aspect of originality comes in. Copper Inu, a main driving force of this narrative is that it's not just a copper dog. I mean, I'm about this meme in my life before I found this coin, but a driving narrative

[07:59] Garia. And if you don't know who he is, he's a crypto KOL, an influencer with entire space. Someone who publicly made eight figures off our coin is currently

[08:12] say, and I know this is all hindsight, right now, but this is just so you can get a better understanding of what I'm really talking about here. So, let's say you saw this at a lower market cap.

[08:24] Let's say a few mil. You have a leading overarching trend at the moment, a crypto underperforming compared to stocks and commodities, and you have someone who's made public eight-figure calls and trades, publicly shilling,

[08:37] the price of one coin that falls into that trend. narrative that you've just crafted in your head, you can make the assumption

[08:49] in crypto right now can probably pull more capital and bring enough attention to a coin to raise it from a, let's say, $4 million price point. That is the essence of analyzing a narrative. By trying to grasp as much information you

[09:04] can about the coin as possible. Hit the search bar on Twitter. Check out the community. See who's behind it. Check out the website. Whatever you can grasp about it and then trying to create a story. And to really

[09:17] simplify things, just try to look for originality. That focus on narrative, the understanding of trends and originality is why in my personal there's not a million [ __ ] coins being called every single day. Once

[09:29] being called every single day. Once again, I go into the market not wanting to trade. And suddenly, when something finally catches my eye, you get [ __ ] like this. A coin bull book at and 9.8 million fully convicted on the narrative

[09:41] with an entire thesis to an all-time high of 120 million well backs on money into a coin like this. This is what happens when you're actually selective about your trades. When something finally interests you, you're

[09:56] able to have the conviction to [ __ ] cook on it. To find great examples of bad narratives is literally by looking through every single column. You can see each coin is at zero zero zero zero zero and

[10:09] some kind of volume whatsoever, they're probably bots. I'm not going to lie. Zero zero zero zero. What kind of narrative can you craft from a coin like narrative can you craft from a coin like Baron coin, right? This follows no trend

[10:23] in crypto in any kind of market whatsoever. Getting no volume. There's no one There's no one influential behind this. It deserves to go to zero, right? I can't picture myself crafting a story

[10:36] about that coin. And if I can't picture anything, I'm going to ignore it. There's 30,000 coins. There's over over 30,000 coins actually being created on a 30,000 coins actually being created on a single day in Solana. If you try to

[10:51] scrape and look for a narrative in every single one of them, you will burn yourself out. You will end up like the 99.6%. In fact, a lot of narrative 99.6%. In fact, a lot of narrative analysis is you trying your best not to

[11:04] trade. I come into the market every single day with the mentality that I do to touch this. And you're going to see exactly how I expand on this on my next two steps of entry and sizing, but let's go in order, right? Narrative. Unless I

[11:19] see a narrative that I can actually understand and craft a story about that I feel will create some kind of memetic value, I'm going to ignore it. I showed you at the start of the video. For January, well, my wallet was inactive

[11:32] for a lot of this, too, but during the time I was active, I couldn't find a single coin that I genuinely liked. Here, I moved on. I moved on. I moved on. You see my point. There's really not much of a reason you should be touching

[11:47] any of this cuz most of them don't follow a leading trend or have any kind of originality that will present some kind of memetic value. I only touch what I can somewhat understand. And I didn't touch it because I didn't understand it,

[12:02] so be it, right? There's always going to be another trade. There's always going to be another coin. There's always going to be another opportunity. And the best thing I can do in that scenario, especially as a beginner, is let's say

[12:14] this coin is at, you know, 50 million market cap right now. It's but just stick with me and pretend that it is. let's say I see this hitting a 50 million dollar market cap instantly.

[12:28] going to see who's behind it. I'm going to see what I'm going to look for a reason on why it's pumping so hard. And I'm going to take that info with me moving forward. This is how narrative analysis is built. This is the only way

[12:43] you will get a profitable edge as a trader. Like I said, you cannot just cannot just pick out a trading terminal that will do all the work for you. I'm sorry, it doesn't exist. I wish it did, but it just doesn't. So, understanding

[12:56] originality. And a neat trick you can do as a beginner to check for it in the original narrative is let's say you like um this coin right here, Derp, right? Derp. It's a popular meme. You see this

[13:09] everywhere. You think, "Okay, why is this not higher?" wow. This narrative has actually been done a there's something different about this, maybe there's a

[13:23] influencer with crazy pull right now pushing it, which I don't doesn't seem to be the case, but I can have the assumption then that, okay, narrative isn't really original, played out, no, doesn't really deserve

[13:35] my attention. This coin right here, I made $20,000 on uh as well, VVM, which I did end up selling too early on, but during the time this coin launched, a leading trend in crypto at the moment was Internet

[13:48] Capital Markets. If you don't know what that is, it's about startups uh being advertised and trying to gain capital from the blockchain, mainly trading fees a trend comes up like that, it will be extremely obvious to tell.

[14:02] Why? Because all you have to do is look at your screen and look for coins that are doing well at the moment. This coin here, Gas Town, was what you call a coins. So, once you have a trend established, you want to look for

[14:17] something original. Now, VVM, I'm not going to go too deep into this, but basically the narrative behind this was that the creator of Cloud Code AI pretty much encouraged the founder uh that this coin is made to support

[14:30] to create this product, VVM, and through that little bit of information alone, I didn't even go too deep into it. You can see, there's already some kind of story like a strong representation of the current trend right now, or it could

[14:43] possibly be a trendsetter or whatever, right? The medic value. But in the current meme coin market of 2026, I'm Mr. Narrative Guy, okay? Like I you're going to hear me talk about narrative over and over and over. You're

[14:57] going to be You're going to get tired of hearing me talk about narratives because it's that important. That is the one expression of skill that allows you to separate yourself from the 99.6%. It's not the only skill, but it's the

[15:12] anymore, I'm going to keep talking about it. So, that means as a beginner, the only way you can build that kind of foundation is by just spending time on your screen. You just saw me do it. If something picks up your eye, bionic

[15:26] roast chicken, oh boy, what could this be? Open up the community, you check. what is this? What is this meme about? Is this meme popular? Okay, let me look on TikTok. Bionic roast chicken.

[15:40] How many views does this have? Okay, I just Google searched it. It's popular. Maybe it's something that doesn't really deserve my attention. I further besides maybe an influencer, you know, thinking that it's funny. But, am

[15:55] And do I have any sort of edge in that scenario? No, I don't. I don't really don't really see any future memetic value in it. I'm not going to touch it. Puppy. This coin has no volume

[16:09] okay. How did it bond? I'm going to open up the community. I'm going to see, okay, #puppy of TikTok. Now, some context. TikTok coins have been doing extremely [ __ ] well lately. If you haven't heard about this yet, penguin

[16:23] hit a over a hundred million dollar market cap. You know, the White House is exchange listings like Binance. We saw Mark Andresen shilling it. TikTok is [ __ ] exploded. And this is, well, it was the pinnacle, well, it still is. I

[16:38] mean, it's the highest TikTok [snorts] coin right now, but this is the pinnacle of that trend. So, when we look at a coin like puppy, right? What kind of memetic value can we grasp from this? By using that

[16:50] trend as context. Let's try to break this narrative down, okay? #cat with the three mil from Dowman, a renowned meme coin scalper, I guess is how I put it. And yeah, I guess it has views on TikTok. 22.9 million posts. It's not

[17:03] bad. Crypto likes animals, you know, Doge, Floki, everything underneath that, dog with hat, you know, you can go down and down forever. Okay, so maybe this could catch some bids. But, guess what? There's a million [ __ ] animals out

[17:16] there getting viral on TikTok all the time. There's going to be #cat, there's going to be #ki- There's so many variations of this that have probably variations of this that have probably been done in the past. If #puppy

[17:28] is getting a coin met out of it, any better hashtag on an animal probably personal discussion, my narrative analysis of this coin. On to the next moment? What is catching my eye? What current coins, not even having to do

[17:43] are going to get my attention ever so "Okay, maybe this could fit a really popular trend right now, or maybe it could even be a trendsetter." I don't know, but there needs to be some kind of

[17:56] story that I can grasp out of it. Now, the next step of my system, a little bit overwhelm you with all those examples on just the first step of my system, but the next piece of my 2026 system is going to be entry. I am incredibly anal

[18:12] about the entry price that I buy into at the moment, which is actually a little bit contradictory of some of my more general crypto trading guides. But, to survive in the current meme coin market we're in right now, especially if you

[18:24] have a lower portfolio, is you need to be paying attention to your entry. Now, why is that? Because right now, we are in a serial coin deployers market. There are so many people deploying coins out there at the moment that spawn with an

[18:38] there at the moment that spawn with an automatic with a 30, 20, 40% with an don't know what a bundle is, it's basically a group of wallets from an large amount of supply of a coin in a secretive way, right? They don't want

[18:53] anyone to know they have 40% of a coin. And deploying right now has gone to the point where it's extremely oversaturated. I can tell you firsthand trade, you're probably going to lose more money trying to deploy coins, or

[19:05] you're going to waste more time. Because of how rampant coin deployers have been for a quite a while now, I automatically have the assumption that there is an egregious bundle on whatever coin I'm initially seeing on that initial run-up.

[19:20] Now, the problem is, you see a narrative you somewhat like, you think it kind of your interest, maybe I should try buying it. Okay. And this is not me saying that this as an example, but let's say you see this coin. You like the narrative,

[19:35] instantly spikes up because you see all these influencers with copy traders that blindly tail them to generate volume, exit liquidity, whatever. Up, up, up, up, and you're unable to be one of those first buyers, and you think, "Okay,

[19:49] maybe I should dip my toes in. I'll put in a little bit. I'm not really 100% can see the potential." Boom. The deployer unleashes the bundle. Everyone with copy traders just [ __ ] nukes on you, and suddenly you're in deep [ __ ]

[20:05] maybe I had the wrong read on the market, right? It seems like my narrative analysis was off." And remember, in this scenario, this coin is thinking, "Oh my god, I need to full port it immediately. This is a god-tier

[20:19] of narratives are not going to happen often. In fact, you're probably only going to get one of those free, easy, you know, there's money on the floor, pick it up type narratives maybe once every couple months if you're active

[20:34] That's not usually the case. You're going to see a coin with a narrative that you kind of like, not really 100% convicted on, but it's enough to peak not bin it right away. But if something like this happens, instantly, out of

[20:48] nowhere, the bundle nukes on you, and you're suddenly down 70%. Oh boy, now I'm completely wrong. Maybe I this is only getting attention because the and I should just cut here and, you know, save what I can." Or get on your

[21:05] reverses and you can maybe get break even and you're you're kind of indicated on your narrative analysis. You think, "Okay, where, you know, it starts going even higher from here."

[21:19] And boom. Whereas, I know it sounds incredibly obvious, you buy lower, you will be more comfortable on the way up. Now, in a market centered around memetics and just coins being in pretty much 24/7 price discovery up or down,

[21:32] there's never going to be some kind of formula or, you know, some kind of math you can do to dictate a good retrace or catching the train early enough. And this is where the skill of narrative analysis comes perfectly in tandem. And

[21:45] now, the automatic assumption that every coin is going to come out bundled comes in tandem. Now, this is where I can think to myself. An example, olive oil, not really the best example since this is a bit extreme with a 19k

[21:59] average entry, but but you can see here, okay, I come in with the assumption that "Okay, this is a meme I've been seeing a lot in the finance area of social media. You know, olive oil, haha, it's outperforming [ __ ] everything." Okay,

[22:14] maybe crypto heads, maybe people who are trading markets like this, but I know this is probably not the kind of narrative that's going to get picked up immediately, right? From my point of view, I think, "Yes, it's a popular

[22:29] meme. Yes, I believe it resonates extremely well with the crypto audience. very strong community around it, especially when a lot of popular like the Coinbase Twitter accounts, if I can recall, which was later on,

[22:43] of community forming, but there isn't really something extremely powerful off really going to make me believe it is instantly going to rip through the bundle, it won't give a [ __ ] about a 30% supply just constantly suppressing

[22:59] then shoot straight to the [ __ ] stars. No, a coin like this that revolves around a community forming together to, you know, resonate about a certain meme that I think crypto Twitter will eventually like won't have that

[23:13] initial push. So, in the case that a community fails to form, especially because at this point I was seeing a ton of other meme coins at the moment about memes. This is something that caught my eye, but not something that I instantly

[23:27] believed would blow up. So, I come in with the assumption there's a fat bundle ready to [ __ ] me the second I put my capital in on this up only chart, right? It's only the 30K, not really much in the grand scheme of things, but you take

[23:40] these over and over and over and over and over and over over again. If you're runner, you're going to die from a million cuts. And then you end up as a statistic, 99.6. So, my thought process behind this is, "Okay, I know this isn't

[23:54] a coin that is rip off immediately. I'm going to wait for the bundle to exit and narrative strength to me. What is it going to do after the bundle exits?" And cap. I can scratch the idea of this trade out of my head. And then suddenly

[24:09] it picks up again, instead maybe by a different team that is actually trying to form a community on this coin. Not someone who just mass deployed using a bot with a 30% bundle ready to [ __ ] me. Maybe

[24:21] this is a sign of life, you know, of narrative strength. I wasn't buying when I had the initial assumption of a bundle and waiting to get [ __ ] all the way down to 6K to just capitulate and just move on. Instead, I was patient and I

[24:33] had the luxury of an entry I was more comfortable with. And what happened when I have that kind of entry, I'm more comfortable playing it through. And the community grows, I can sit however the [ __ ] I want. Why? I have a good entry.

[24:47] lose on. Now, of course, building the foundation of identifying a good entry right? Everything is going to be tough as a beginner. And you're not going to be able to use the exact same playbook that I used for this coin right here on

[25:00] to be different situation. Maybe on like VVM right here, I wasn't around for this centered around this coin started vocalizing his opinion on Twitter that with it, I said, "Nope, I'm not touching this [ __ ] I'm not going to FOMO down on

[25:15] comfortable buying." And then instead of the olive oil example, where I have the assumption of every new coin being a bundle, this coin is more of an example of a narrative being invalidated. I go back, I think to myself, "Okay, you know

[25:29] To help you understand the second concept even further, I can open up this chart. You can see initially there's ton of people with copy traders coming in, the chart over and over and over

[25:42] suppressing the price. Not even as a low portfolio trader, as someone who is more and wants to take more of a speculative stance on their trades, is this community coin lessons in good trouble. Uh a global silver rights DLC in

[25:56] Minecraft as it's getting attention on Twitter. Maybe some kind of community is able to form around this, but I highly doubt past maybe like 30K at most, which you're risking a complete instant nuke to zero with this 50% bundle for this

[26:13] type of coin right here at this current price level is not something I'm going to touch if I want to be greedy with my entries. And context always matters for [ __ ] like this. This is a new community coin that I don't really see following

[26:27] any current trend at the moment. I don't really see any longevity in this current narrative from my current perspective. It's spawning with an instant 50% bundle. If I'm a lower port trader, I think this is, you know, it has some

[26:41] picking up on Twitter. Even if I kind of like this narrative, I just don't see it having that initial strength to push through that 50% bundle as a new community coin. And as someone who's anal about their entries, even this 20k

[26:56] market cap, it really doesn't seem like much. 20k market cap, right? What could go wrong? I can have thought process of, okay, maybe the bundle clipped out over here. I can scoop a little bit right there. But at this point, you're playing

[27:08] off price in a game where you automatically have a [ __ ] sniper rifle to your head. A 50% 30, 40, whatever. A massive bundle ready to [ __ ] you like this, right? You buy over here, you think you start thinking,

[27:23] okay, it's showing narrative strength. Maybe I should buy it. Boom. Eat this [ __ ] nuke. Sure, if you have a higher portfolio, it's not going to hurt you as much until [ __ ] like this on narratives you somewhat believe in happen over and

[27:36] and over and you get [ __ ] That's how I round trip the first 100k I made in early 2024 putting narratives that I careless about my entry. I started eating [ __ ] like this over and over and

[27:51] over and over and over and over and over. 50k, zero. 50k, zero. 50 And that stacks up fast because there are going to be a hundred times more coins doing runner. It's always going to be like

[28:05] that. So if you're unable to regularly catch those runners, you are just going to eat cut after cut after cut after cut. How can you mitigate that? Do the first two steps that we've established so far. Thinking in trends and

[28:18] originality when it comes to stories and being greedy as [ __ ] with your entry. I now to see what it is, but drilling this into your head is so much more important for me. And yes, like I said, it is going to be dependent on context. This

[28:31] is actually a perfect example of [ __ ] a community coin that either needs, you know, some hidden team behind it or an influencer pushing it or people actually band together, time, whatever. This is a

[28:44] that know, this guy followed by all these people, you know, maybe he has some solid, you know, six, seven figure exits. Oh [ __ ] and maybe this is a coin that I'm not going to get entry on at all. So, in this scenario, being greedy

[28:56] being early enough to the point where you believe the narrative is still incredibly undervalued, or being greedy as [ __ ] with a retrace to the point "Okay, you know what? I'm going to wait for max doom sentiment around this

[29:10] coin." You know, "I'm waiting for an almost zero percent chance that it can revive, but still a small chance of that reality of, let's say, this founder, you

[29:22] know, blasting 100 bands into this coin. If I believe that is still up for the consolidating around 50k, you know, it's maybe it's mysteriously not going down, it on Twitter. Okay, you know what? I think it's undervalued. I still believe

[29:36] bid." That is what I mean by being greedy with your entry. Looking at the narrative that you have on hand, applying outside context, whether it's a community coin that just spawned with an instant 30% bundle, or maybe it's a

[29:49] utility meme coin with, you know, someone docs'd behind it, whatever. Applying context to it, and either buying the extreme if the narrative still hasn't been fully invalidated yet, or buying at a point where you're simply

[30:02] much more comfortable. Okay, the bundle is out and still seems it's alive. That is how you end up in a position where you're able to minimize the drawdowns as much as possible, as best as you can, to the point where your winners massively

[30:16] can get cute and trade like these people, these influencers, with copy buy, every single sell, you think you can trade like that without without an save you, to bail you out, you will eventually end up like this. You're

[30:33] stacking up these little 1.1, these 1.2 axes. The bundle [ __ ] nukes you from out of nowhere. You're unable to see it coming. You know, even if it was a doesn't matter, right? And now you just lost all that progress you were working

[30:46] [ __ ] time. And from my entire experience in crypto so far, and that is the only way you are going to be able to win as a retail trader. If you think you can get cute with disregard your entries, you know, play be a little more

[31:00] lenient on narratives, you will end up with one of these scenarios sooner or later and you will not have made enough profit to absorb that blow. So wasted all your [ __ ] time to end up like a 99.6%.

[31:14] Now the third step of my system, the system if mastered where anyone, any beginner out there can make their first 100k trading meme coins, is sizing. You probably hear this all the time, right? Don't oversize. Don't oversize. You

[31:28] Well, it's true. It's It's pretty [ __ ] true. And this is probably going to be the easiest step to understand. From an objective point of view, let's say you have a 10 Solana portfolio. If you end up in a situation like this,

[31:41] let's pretend this is a narrative you believe in, right? You think, "Okay, you know what? Maybe this is the extent of to draw down a little bit further. I'm going to take a bid here, right? I'm

[31:53] going to put a soul, right? 10% of my portfolio. If I take this loss, that's 10% of my portfolio [ __ ] gone. So how am I feeling like if this [ __ ] happens, think, "No, this is the extent of the draw down." What happens then at this

[32:08] bottom? It would shatter your heart. Thought of 10% of your portfolio vanishing like that in an instant has now entered your head and you are on your [ __ ] toes to cut. And you go, "No [ __ ] way. I'm risking a 10%

[32:22] haircut on my entire portfolio. I know this coin's going to [ __ ] zero." But let's say it just completely V reverses here. Well, [ __ ] Now you're thinking to yourself, "Fuck, I could have doubled my portfolio if I held." You are in it. But

[32:36] what is actually going to happen in that scenario? Your portfolio is up double, right? Over here. Now you're thinking, "Okay, you know what? This could really so much more capital to trade with. You know what? I think I'm just going to cut

[32:49] I don't feel comfortable lose." Well, now you have pretty much the same exact size left in the trade as you would if you just bid smaller. Except now you don't have that crippling anxiety of

[33:01] wondering whether if the trade doesn't work out. You have a much more objective lock out on a higher size, you know, you triple your portfolio with a single trade. Trust me, I have been there so many times in the beginning. You are

[33:14] going to keep sizing up. You're going to make oversized trades over and over and time necessarily. You're just going to be risking a large chunk of your trade. And then one day, it's not going to work out. You're going to eat

[33:27] you out. You're going to take a big loss. And then you think to yourself, back. That was a large part of my [ __ ] portfolio." This narrative right here, I'm not 100% convicted on it, but I think at this level there's a decent

[33:41] And especially if you're playing with a higher port where almost every single coin, if you're trading new pairs, is extremely low liquidity, you're eating thinking to yourself, if you are negative on that trade, you are [ __ ]

[33:56] that portfolio drawdown feels like. You don't want to feel it again. You're antsy to cut or not let the trade play out. Whatever. You are not going to be able to look at things objectively. And one thing I've learned is that size

[34:09] always equals out. You will make the same amount of profit you would if you had put less size into a coin, but risked less. I put $500 into this coin. cash, okay, you know what? I could buy, you know, a fancy dinner at a

[34:23] restaurant. And this is not to, you know, brag, say, "Oh, wow, look at me, you know, $500 is so little." Respective to my portfolio size. Respective to how much I'm trading with. I can lose $500 right now, and I this could have gone to

[34:37] zero immediately. My mental, my portfolio, my in trading intuition would not have been affected whatsoever. And when you piece everything together, you pick up traction, getting greedy with the entry, and waiting for the bundle to

[34:51] play out, this $500 that I put in that I have no regard for whatsoever, respective to my portfolio, gets me enough supply to the point where I can hold, and it actually does make an impact. $20,000 trade from $500, all

[35:07] because I followed my three-step system, narrative, entry, and sizing. As long as I abide by those three principles on this profile, right? Started trading not trading on it again. I could have a red day. I could have another red day. It

[35:23] doesn't matter because I know that as long as I follow my system, even if my win rate is negative, I have the utmost confidence that my winners will always

[35:35] outweigh whatever I lost. And with the current market conditions in mind, that is exactly how I will continue to scale in 2026. And that's really it, not rocket science in any way, right? Your job right now is to approach the market

[35:48] not going to see anything instantly. You're going to deal with losses along the way. But as long as you are making an active effort, I think it's pretty indisputable that my results are proof that anyone has a chance to win through

[36:01] system, right? There's never going to be a magic indicator or a trading bot the market later ends up favoring a different approach, well, then so be it, right? I'll be able to adapt because my fundamentals are there. Now, if you want

[36:15] chance at making the same plays that me and my team are making in real time, but I've made the only mentorship experience in crypto at the top link in honestly watch every single one of my videos, any video out there, right? But

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[36:59] and the current market. So, see you in the next one.

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