This meeting was an in-depth, multi-hour training session led by Tyler (aka TJR Trades) to teach a comprehensive, step-by-step framework for profitable day trading in 2025.
Topics included the instructor’s personal background, side hustles, the rationale for focusing on day trading, key trading concepts and tools, detailed technical strategies, psychological and risk management principles, and journaling for improvement.
The session was highly motivational, emphasizing discipline, resilience, context-driven trading, and the importance of psychology and community support.
Attendees were encouraged to complete hands-on exercises and consider further personalized coaching.
Action Items
Immediate – Attendees: Sign up for TradingView and set up a free account; customize chart appearance for clarity.
Immediate – Attendees: Research and register for a brokerage suitable for small capital (e.g., HeroFX or equivalent).
Immediate – Attendees: Set up and practice trading with a demo account using fake money, not real funds.
Within 24 hours – Attendees: Identify and mark at least five highs, lows, liquidity sweeps, fair value gaps, order blocks, breaker blocks, and equilibria on TradingView charts (as per homework assignments).
Ongoing – Attendees: Journal every trade including rationale, confluences, win/loss, risk/reward, and post-trade analysis.
As interested – Attendees: Consider applying for TJR’s day trading blueprint and coaching program via the provided application link.
Introduction and Personal Background
Tyler (TJR Trades) shared his journey from various unsuccessful side hustles to profitable day trading, stressing the challenges, failures, and lessons learned.
Emphasized that day trading is not a get-rich-quick scheme but an infinitely scalable skill limited only by capital and discipline.
Outlined motivation: escaping paycheck-to-paycheck living, building generational wealth, and leveraging 2025’s digital opportunities.
Review of Side Hustle Alternatives and Rationale for Trading
Discussed pros and cons of common online side hustles (e-commerce, affiliate marketing, copywriting, dropshipping, real estate).
Concluded that these have high startup costs, high risk, and less scalability compared to day trading.
Asserted that, with brokerage leverage and modern tech, day trading is accessible even with low starting capital.
Day Trading Basics and Tools Setup
Defined day trading as entering and exiting trades within the same day; stressed focus on technical trading (primarily using chart analysis).
Overview of TradingView: charting tool for technical analysis—setup guide, tips for chart cleanliness, and customization.
Brokerage selection guidance: recommended HeroFX or similar for high leverage, low minimums, and accessibility.
Demo account practice is mandatory before risking real capital; all learning to be conducted with simulated money until basic proficiency is demonstrated.
Step-by-step walkthrough of using TradeLocker for trade execution, stop loss, take profit, partial closes.
Fundamentals of Markets, Instruments, and Sessions
Explained pricing of forex pairs, commodities, indices (base/quote currency), and how to interpret asset pair symbols.
Introduced Japanese candlestick charting, timeframes, and how each candle encapsulates price action for a chosen interval.
Market sessions breakdown (Asian, London, New York); discussed optimal times/pairs to trade for different regions and asset classes.
Technical Analysis Essentials
How to identify highs, lows, trends (uptrend: higher highs/higher lows; downtrend: lower lows/lower highs; consolidation).
Break of Structure (BoS): confirmation of trend change via a significant price move and candle closure past a recent high/low.
Liquidity: explained liquidity pools above highs/below lows and the mechanics of liquidity sweeps and reversals.
Fair Value Gaps (FVG)/Imbalances: three-candle patterns indicating price inefficiencies likely to be revisited, used as continuation confluences.
Inverse FVGs: FVGs that are invalidated, signaling potential trend reversal.
Order Blocks: the final move before a liquidity sweep, indicating areas of institutional buying/selling.
Breaker Blocks: failed retraces prior to a trend shift.
Equilibrium: the 50% retracement level (Gan box tool) for finding discounted/premium areas in uptrends/downtrends.
SMT Divergence: using S&P 500 and NASDAQ correlation to identify hidden reversals or continuations.
The Trade Execution Strategy (Putting It All Together)
Identify and mark key levels: hourly/4-hour highs/lows, FVGs, session highs/lows.
Wait for price to hit a key level, then scale to the 5-min chart for confirmation (BoS, inverse FVG, SMT Divergence).
Wait for a retrace into a 5-min FVG, order block, breaker block, or equilibrium.
Move to the 1-min chart; wait for a 1-min BoS or inverse FVG for entry confirmation.
Place stop loss above/below invalidation point; set profit targets at next key levels.
Only trade in specific session windows; one or two trades per day maximum recommended.
Record every trade and conduct post-trade analysis for improvement.
Risk Management and Position Sizing
Use fixed percentage risk per trade: 1-3% for high-win-rate traders; 0.25-1% for lower-win-rate/high-RR traders.
Only take trades with risk/reward ratios >1:1; calculate potential loss before each trade.
Emphasis on demo trading and statistical journaling to refine approach before increasing real risk.
Psychology, Discipline, and Growth
Acknowledged emotional and psychological challenges: fear, greed, overconfidence, despair, FOMO.
Shared personal story of loss and recovery to reinforce the importance of discipline and resilience.
Recommended emotional detachment from individual trade outcomes; focus on process, not money.
Stressed the importance of a written trading plan, adherence to rules, and continuous review and improvement.
Encouraged maintaining a growth mindset, viewing mistakes as lessons, and using journaling for self-awareness.
Community and Further Education
Highlighted the benefits of community, mentorship, and feedback loops for accelerating trading mastery.
Offered access to TJR Trades’ formal coaching program (with application/interview for serious candidates only).
Decisions
Trade exclusively on demo before using real money — to ensure attendees don’t risk actual capital while learning the basics, reduce emotional unreliability, and minimize losses.
Emphasize confluence/context over single signals — systematic, multi-factor strategy to filter higher-probability trades and avoid “magic bullet” mistakes.
Focus on 1–2 setups per day during key market session — to combat overtrading and anchor process discipline.
Open Questions / Follow-Ups
Which brokerages besides HeroFX are recommended/allowed for attendees geographically restricted from using it?
What are the best practices for tracking and visually journaling trades (spreadsheets, screenshots, etc.)?
For interested applicants, what is the current wait time and acceptance rate for the day trading blueprint coaching program?