Am I a dinosaur for trading only BTCUSDT? No altcoins, just Bitcoin!

[LogitechMouse]

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Personally, I use the  4h timeframe. My approach is pretty slow-paced, with around 2–4 trades per month.

I'm interested in hearing about your experience:

- Do you trade only BTC, or do you trade altcoins too?
- Which timeframe do you use?
- How many trades do you usually make per month?
- What do you like or dislike about focusing on Bitcoin instead of trading multiple coins?

2-4 trades per month? I wonder what's your risk-to-reward ratio with that one.

With this number of trades, I just assume that you have a lot of capital, but a low monthly reward. Kind of around 5% per month which TBH is perfectly fine ONLY if you have 6-digit capital on your trading account. For somebody who has maybe around $100 worth of capital, earning $5 per month isn't worth it.

Anyway to answer your questions:
- Nope I don't trade only Bitcoin. I also trade altcoins as well, and I'm more often trade altcoins than Bitcoin. As long as I see a setup, I enter.
- 3-4 timeframes. I usually use the 15M, 5M and 1M. 15M for the Bias and usually 5M for the entry. I also use the 1M as well if I see an entry. There are also times where I'm using the 1H time frame as well to see the overall bias of the market for the day/week.
- Number of trades per month? I will just say that I usually make around 1-3 trades per day.
- As somebody who's more of a scalper, you will not see setups that often if you will only focus on one coin. If you're more of a position trader, you will see setups because you're willing to wait for a long amount of time for that to happen. If you're a scalper, your not, and because of that you will go look for altcoins that have a setup based on your rules.

[PERtua]

The lesser you trade pairs. The better since you get more time to learn how to trade and understand the nature of Bitcoin rather than looking for the next opportunity. But remember. Risk isn't just determined by how few trades you make, position size. Leverage and proper stop-loss discipline are just as important. Even with a 4H setup. It's possible to lose money when the market turns against you. I feel like it's better to miss a trade than to trade when it's not obvious.

[YellowSwap]

Hey everyone!

I'm curious - how many of you trade BTCUSDT exclusively, without touching altcoins? Or am I a dinosaur in the crypto market? 😄

Personally, I use the  4h timeframe. My approach is pretty slow-paced, with around 2–4 trades per month.

I'm interested in hearing about your experience:

- Do you trade only BTC, or do you trade altcoins too?
- Which timeframe do you use?
- How many trades do you usually make per month?
- What do you like or dislike about focusing on Bitcoin instead of trading multiple coins?

Share your experience. I'd love to see how other traders approach the market!

You going 2 to 4 trades per month means you are using the weekly candle or the 2 weeks candle, they are most accurate than those chasing daily candles, I like this, the best trade of my life happened on the. 2 weeks candle.

This was when Bitcoin turned around at 58k, my trading tool gave the signal and it was accurate, did some long and oh boy I made very good amount of profit.

I like trading Bitcoin more, altcoins ? I only bought on spot  and take profit after, I made some profits in Arweave and FET, it was a killing that I spotted the bottom at the time.

[traderethereum]

Sometimes I trade altcoins besides Bitcoin. I don't have specific timeframe because I will check the timeframe and determine when I can trade.

I don't trade too many per month because that depending on the market fluctuation. If the moves good, maybe I can trade more than before. But there is sometime I don't trade because I can't get some signs to the market.

So not be a problem if you just trade Bitcoin only. That will reducing your confuses analyzing the market.

[PostQuantumBTC]

So not be a problem if you just trade Bitcoin only. That will reducing your confuses analyzing the market.

There will be no confusion about it, just use bitcoin market for the analysis and also use the altcoins to know if it is moving in the bitcoin direction. Use good coin like ethereum, doge, solana and not those altcoins that are shit coins that their price are difficult to predict.

But generally I do not like trading because I am kind of greedy while trading, but trading some altcoins can be good.

[fighter2627]

Hey everyone!

I'm curious - how many of you trade BTCUSDT exclusively, without touching altcoins? Or am I a dinosaur in the crypto market? 😄

Personally, I use the  4h timeframe. My approach is pretty slow-paced, with around 2–4 trades per month.

I'm interested in hearing about your experience:

- Do you trade only BTC, or do you trade altcoins too?
- Which timeframe do you use?
- How many trades do you usually make per month?
- What do you like or dislike about focusing on Bitcoin instead of trading multiple coins?

Share your experience. I'd love to see how other traders approach the market!

What I do is 4hr and 1hr and 1day, this is the only strategy I've been using so far and if I have a wrong position that I think is confirmed to be wrong, I cancel it and put
it in what I think is right.

Then I only always do it in Btc/usdt due to if I also trade in altcoins, the risk of losing my fund balance is quite high, but if I trade in spot and altcoins,
I do it fine but not in futures.

[Slow death]

- Do you trade only BTC, or do you trade altcoins too?

I trade Solana rather than Bitcoin. Although I actually prefer Bitcoin over altcoins, there is a specific reason why I trade Solana instead: trading Bitcoin requires a significant amount of capital. Since I don’t have much capital, I prefer to trade Solana for now at least until my capital grows larger. Trading altcoins is more complex because you have to keep track of two different prices: the USDT - altcoin pair and the BTC/altcoin pair. It’s not easy to monitor both, whereas with Bitcoin, you only need to track the USDT - BTC pair.

- Which timeframe do you use?

I only use the 4H timeframe; in my opinion, it’s the most appropriate one. It’s true that with this timeframe, I don’t make many trades per month.

- How many trades do you usually make per month?

At most, I make 4 trades and that’s in a good month; there are even months where I only make 2. But I prefer it this way. I don’t trade every day because daily price fluctuations aren’t significant enough, and trading daily would force me to stare at a chart on my computer all day long, leaving me no time for anything else.

[bangjoe]

At the same time I do is make changes to the structure of bitcoin, if I do there are some possibilities for bitcoin to increase more than 1%, I will increase altcoins as the most likely way to get a higher percentage of bitcoin only 1% increase in the day, in a day also I do not have a lot of merchandise, it is still below 10 times, so there are still many waiting for market momentum.

The time frame I use the first time I read the week, then daily and 4 hours, this is my mandatory analysis before publishing, when all is finished it will be better Well, I some of this time only generate 1 coin, including Bitcoin or altcoin, I will not take many positions in the market, I better focus on one trade, because the priority now is spot, where only generate profits with a larger margin to be able to obtain 3% -10%, I have not tried again generate on perpetual, except memes. lol

[Queentoshi]

- How many trades do you usually make per month?

At most, I make 4 trades and that’s in a good month; there are even months where I only make 2. But I prefer it this way. I don’t trade every day because daily price fluctuations aren’t significant enough, and trading daily would force me to stare at a chart on my computer all day long, leaving me no time for anything else.

If you take that few numbers of trades in a month, do you look at the market every day? because there will surely be some rustiness if you only look at the market when you want to place those trades.
One other question I also like to ask people like you who take a fixed number of trades in a month, how do you react to the market when suddenly it offers multiple good opportunities, and from your expertise you see that they have a very good chance ending with profit, do you go out of character and take more trades than you fixed amount of trades or stay rigid? Have you been in that situation before?

[aliborn]

You going 2 to 4 trades per month means you are using the weekly candle or the 2 weeks candle, they are most accurate than those chasing daily candles, I like this, the best trade of my life happened on the. 2 weeks candle.

I use the 1D timeframe as a filter, while the 4H setup on Bitcoin works better on its own than on any other asset I've tested. I've backtested different assets, usually going back to 2018–2020, and BTC has consistently performed better with this approach in my historical tests.

[henmark]

I'm curious - how many of you trade BTCUSDT exclusively, without touching altcoins? Or am I a dinosaur in the crypto market?

It is not a bad idea to only trade btc-usdt, that is not a bad pair, it is a high volume, high liquidity pair and if you really want to trade only that , it is not that bad. I understand wanting more; others do more, and that is fine too there is no doubt. But when you reach out, like to other pairs, there are very bad pairs out there as well. This is why I think it is good that you stick to just the simplest one, and you are not making a mistake with that, you could be having some good profit with it if you know what you are dealing with.

[aliborn]

If you take that few trades in a month, do you look at the market every day? Because there will surely be some rustiness if you only look at the market when you want to place those trades.

Yes, I monitor the market, but I don't need to stare at charts all day. I use tools that handle both trade entries and stop-loss placement according to my methodology. I also receive alerts on my phone whenever Bitcoin makes a new 12-hour high or low, so I can keep track of important price movements without constantly watching the screen.

How do you react when the market suddenly offers multiple good opportunities? Do you go out of character and take more trades than your fixed amount, or do you stay rigid? Have you been in that situation before?

I stick to my methodology and don't take more trades than it allows.

I've tested thousands of strategies over time, and only a small percentage of them have proved profitable. I've already incorporated the necessary filters into my current methodology, so I don't feel the need to improvise when the market presents additional opportunities.

I've learned that deviating from a tested system can cost money. Even when an opportunity looks attractive, I don't take it unless it meets my predefined criteria. For me, consistency and discipline are more important than trying to catch every possible move.