Hello Leandro. Thanks for the question! The first thing I would recommend to have when wanting to succeed at anything would be to enjoy what you do. If you enjoy doing technical analysis you are more likely to succeed at trading, dissecting charts, and etc. Being able to analyze a chart will require you to know what the Bullish and bearish cases and you have to manage risks and have a plan B. I took 2.5 years to become consistently profitable, and what helped me the most was finding very successful traders and learning from them. I would recommend the same thing to you. Learning from them does not just mean learning their charting, but also studying their behavior. Are they very emotional? Or are they very disciplined. If you want to get better at anything, find people who are already very successful and study their tactics, discipline, their ideas, charts, and everything. You can succeed, but never forget that we are all different. Some geniuses can take 5+ years to be able to trade profitably and others can succeed in one year. Charting is very helpful when trading , but also know it will not guarantee 100% success. Trading is based on probabilities. If I identify an inverse Head & Shoulders pattern on a chart, it has a higher probability of getting a bullish move (after the right shoulder completes), but it isn't 100% guaranteed which is why I'd manage risks. You must be able to be prepared for different outcomes and have stop losses in case something goes wrong. What will increase your odds of success is being able to study the charts, and also being very disciplined with your trades simultaneously. Manage risks and do not risk too much on one trade when starting off. Maybe you can succeed in one year or maybe it may take many years. If you work hard, study the charts, remain disciplined, and find a system that works for you, I believe you can succeed.

In summary, my best advice would be to study using EMAs, Bollinger bands, MACD, or other indicators you may find useful. Study using YouTube and look for trends, patterns, or etc, and persevere. Remember to manage risks, and find people who are already very successful and learn from them. You found my YouTube channel, so you are on the right path. Keep working hard and never give up. Your time will come. It may take you a few more months to succeed or even a few years, but if you keep improving yourself, study the charts, learn from your mistakes, and learn from a proven mentor, you're more likely to succeed faster.

Hello Max! I cannot give financial advice, but I can tell you what I would do. If I had $20,000 in a portfolio, my moves would depend on what I am trying to achieve. As an investor, I would diversify and hold cash and buy lots of good dips based off potential price targets. For instance, when Tesla was at $250, we mentioned it could run to $370 a share approaching the robotaxi launch event. There was an opportunity there. A stock on my radar for a buying opportunity is AAPL btw.

I would not invest more than 20% of my funds into one company. It's very important to understand the market trends. Technical tools can be very helpful! Right now, the market is on an uptrend, and we are not too far from All Time Highs. This wouldn't be the best place to buy hard longer-term imo. I would prefer trading and eventually buying once the market gets a larger pullback (10% or more from all-time highs). It will likely happen later this year in my opinion.

If I were trading with $20,000, I would also manage risks and divide my portfolio based off what I want to grow. So perhaps I can dedicate 10% of the funds for scalping each day, and 10% for swing trades each day (at most).

Given the market environment, I find that scalping has been working best for me, and I occasionally swing at good levels. I scalp every day, and it has been working well. But that's just me. Everyone may have different preferences.

So, in summary, always understand how overvalued or undervalued the market is looking at tools from the fear and greed index, technical analysis, and etc. When stocks become undervalued, buy SLOWLY and dollar cost average the lower they go (I'm watching AAPL) and always manage risks. And if you want to day trade, the current market environment seems better for scalpers at the moment but always search for opportunities. Be greedy when others are fearful and stay strong.