Cryptex Trading Course Syllabus

 
2/22/2018 
Contact the Instructor at: ​CryptoCosmonaut@protonmail.com
Cryptex Discord: https://discord.gg/Emhvnsc
 
Requirements: ​Prospective students will need to have Discord, Zoom, and an Email Address.
Discord​ is a free voice and text chat program that works on both desktop and mobile
platforms. The Cryptex Trading Course is conducted and organized on the Cryptex Discord and
students will need to join to stay in touch with the instructor, students, and other traders.
Zoom​ is a free program used for modern enterprise video communications through a
reliable, easy to use platform. Zoom is used for video and audio conferencing, chat, and
webinars. The Trading Course is conducted on live screen sharing sessions through Zoom due
to its features and convenience.
Email​ Each class will be recorded in case students are absent. Prospective students will
need to provide their email address in order to gain access to the recorded sessions throughout
the course.

 
 

Overview
Welcome to Cryptex Advanced Trading Course. This is an interactive
course and requires little or no previous trading knowledge. The curriculum is
structured to accommodate all traders of any skill-set, and is separated into four
sections: Crypto 101, Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Trading.

Each class will be conducted via live screen sharing sessions. Students
attending are able to follow along and interact with the instructor, students, and
attending graduates. Sometimes there will be other advanced traders attending
the class to share their perspective. Every class will be recorded if a prospective
student cannot attend due to unforeseen circumstances.

Prospective students will be able to choose to attend select sections of the

course based on their own perceived skill set. Once you have been included into
the attendance roll for future classes you will be given the ‘Student’ role in the
Cryptex Discord. Upon completion of the entire course you will be given the
‘Graduate’ Role. Graduates are always welcome to attend any class session at
any time without making additional payments.

This is no doubt one of the most exciting times to be involved in

cryptocurrency. Every day the total market cap tends to increase exponentially as
the public is starting to catch on to what blockchain technology can do for the
future. Mainstream adoption is causing impulsive price volatility and creating the
opportunity of a lifetime to make a ridiculous amount of money. Whether you are
a beginner or an expert, this course will surely help you make the best out of this
opportunity and provide you with invaluable skills you can utilize forever!
 

Upon completion of this course, you should:

● Become a consistently profitable trader based on a minimal-loss strategy.

● Understand the trading terminology, you should be able to trade and hang with
the best of them.
● Understand the difference in various types of trading strategies and when they
are best applicable.
● Become a structured and disciplined trader.
● Understand proper risk-management; Risk management separates the
structured traders from the emotional ones.
● Understand and exploit the emotions that drive the market sentiment while
controlling your own emotions in the process.
● Develop the skill set to trade confidently; You will be able to make educated
entries and exits.
● Understand trends, patterns, and predict breakouts and reversals; You should be
able to even make forecasts of what the market will do WEEKS in advance.
● Never rely on what others are doing, you will be able to make a trading plan and
execute it. Other traders will become interested in what you’re doing and they
might even think you have a crystal ball!
● Understand what NOT to do, dispose any bad habits you may have, and develop
good habits that will surely help you be profitable.
● Gauge the best time to take profits in the most successful way.
● Decide which types of trade setups or investments you’ll take and ignore the rest
of the noise.
● Learn to survive first, THEN thrive when you feel comfortable trading.
● Set and achieve realistic ​long term​ performance goals.
● Trade less, profit more; know how to build a solid portfolio and let it grow for you.
● Understand the importance of all of the important market mechanics and
common trading indicators to make maximum profits.
 

Course Sections
Crypto 101:
Crypto 101 section is dedicated to the bare bone basics of cryptocurrency. If you
are new to cryptocurrency and need a good, clear foundation, then this section is for
you!
● Price- $25.00.
○ Prince includes: (2) Two hour classes completed in one week.
Beginner Trading:
Beginner Trading section is dedicated to the basics and will quickly accelerate
into advanced trading topics. Information in this section is certainly the most valuable
aspect in the entire course. Topics presented in this section are often overlooked and
taken for granted by most traders.
● Price- $75.00.
○ Prince includes: (3) Three hour classes completed in one week.
Intermediate Trading:
Intermediate Section is dedicated to Technical Analysis (TA) and hands-on
learning. Trading strategies, graph mechanics, and important aspects of reading charts
will be given extra emphasis. Students will begin to do TA for themselves and
constructive criticism will be given to help them hone in on their skills moving forward.
● Price- $100.00
○ Prince includes: (3) Three hour classes completed in one week.
Advanced Trading:
Advanced Trading section is dedicated to advanced TA that many traders do not
understand how to implement in practice. By the end of the course students should feel
confident in creating a trading plan and executing it accordingly.

● Price- $100.00
○ Prince includes: (6) Three hour classes completed in two weeks.
 

Syllabus
Crypto 101 Section
Instructor’s note: ​This section is dedicated to the bare bone basics
of cryptocurrency.

Getting Started:
● Computer Setup
● How to buy Cryptocurrency
● Getting setup on exchanges and how to use them
○ The difference in centralized and decentralized exchanges
○ Walkthrough of how to use a popular exchange; placing
ask/bids, stop losses, stop buys, market/limit orders, and a basic
explanation of what margin trading is.
● Information about Bitcoin
● Information about Alt-Coins (Other Crypto besides Bitcoin)
● What to expect out of Cryptocurrency in the future
● Mining (Proof of Work) Staking (Proof of Stake) and other types
○ Mining setup
○ Masternodes
○ Airdrops and Kickbacks
● Resources needed for advanced trading
○ CoinMarketCap
○ Blockfolio
○ Calendars
○ Combined Order books
○ RSI hunter
○ Market Sentiment tools (Coinloop.io, Google Trends)
○ Tradingview, Coinigy, And other interactive charts
○ Cryptex (Getting involved in a Crypto Community)
○ Must-follow Twitter accounts
● Researching Alt-Coins
○ Coin Gecko
○ Steemit
○ Reddit
○ Iconomi
● Why Decentralization Matters
● Security; Manage your assets and keep them secure.
○ Storing Crypto; Pros and cons of each type
■ Difference in Cold/Hot Wallets
■ Mobile Wallets
 
■ Desktop Wallets & Client Wallets
■ Online Web Wallets
■ Physical Wallets (Paper Wallets)
■ Hardware Wallets (Raspberry Pi, Nano, Ledger)
■ Browser Wallets
■ Universal Wallets (Not released yet)

● Security Strategies
○ Using VPNs that DO NOT store logs
○ Windows Defender, sysinternals, and other security apps
○ Encrypted Emails
○ F2A Enabling your logins
○ Securing your private keys
○ Importance of Anonymity
○ Meltdown and Spectre; Precautionary steps to avoid your data
being compromised. (Ublock, Noscript, Etc)

This will conclude the Crypto 101 section of the course.

 

Beginner Section
Instructor’s note: ​The Beginner section has information even seasoned
traders often overlook and take for granted.

Money Management: ​Understand the importance of calculated risk

taking

● Understanding bubbles in markets

● Risk/Reward; How to properly determine risk in a volatile and
unpredictable environment.
● Long Term vs. Short Term Strategies
● Be proactive; Anything can happen and things move quickly.
● USD/BTC/Altcoin Comparison; Develop a strategy to out-trade the
growth of bitcoin
● Understand price-action in Bitcoin (Satoshis) compared to USD.

Mental Game: ​Most of being a profitable trader is primarily mental. 90%

of traders lose money because they are not able to master controlling their
own emotions. The mental game is one of the least appreciated aspects of
trading and sets the peak performers apart from everyone else.

● Learn the Necessary Trading Mindset

● Controlling Emotions; The market will bring out the best and worst in
you.
● Leave your ego aside
● How FOMO-trading can ruin your profits quickly
● What is FUD? Fear Uncertainty and Doubt
● How to properly handle losses and gains
● The importance of Self-teaching
● Replacing bad habits with good habits through practice.
● Developing skills to pay the bills doesn’t necessarily need to be
expensive.
● One of the hardest things to do while trading is remain patient.
● Achieving peak performance in the markets is hard. Trading takes the
same effort of any skill demanding field. If trading is something you
want to do, prepare to devote timeless effort and practice improving
yourself through the process
● How to develop long-term progress goals and achieve them
● Decide which investments to take, and ignore the rest of the noise.
● Plan the trade. Trade the plan. Review and improve.
● Learn to get in the zone, how to bounce back from failures, and
implant success into your brain. Attracting profits actually works
through skilled practice.
 
Market Psychology: ​The overall sentiment or feeling that the market is
experiencing at any particular time. Greed, fear, expectations and circumstances are all
factors that contribute to the group's overall investing mentality or sentiment.

● How to analyze and trade using market sentiment

● Identifying fear, greed and other emotions that drive the market
● The 14 stages of investor emotions in conjunction to market cycles
○ Optimism, Excitement, Thrill, Euphoria, Anxiety, Denial, Fear,
Depression, Panic, Capitulation, Dependency, Depression, Hope,
Relief.
● Think like a contrarian, do the opposite of what the public does
● How to read the market’s physiological state
● How market psychology drives technical indicators
● The constant argument between bears and bulls. Understand which
are in control, when they agree, and disagree.
● Buy the rumor, sell the news!
● Know the risk of making positions based on big news events
● Coaching through your investment process

Introduction to Fundamental Analysis:

● Checklist for analyzing cryptocurrencies and ICOs
● How to determine if a cryptocurrency is undervalued or overvalued.
● Understanding market cap, circulating supply, max supply, and how to
determine realistic price action comparative to these fundamentals.
● The difference in a currency, asset, token, and all unique
cryptocurrencies and their ambitious projects
● What makes a project unique, and how to spot a project that claims to
be unique that's not.
● Determining the quality and size of a community behind a particular
project and how this plays into market sentiment.
● General cryptocurrency terminology and jargon

Introduction to Trading Strategies:

● Portfolio construction, How to build a respectable portfolio to suit your
needs
● Introduction to trading terminology and jargon
● Introduction to some popular trading indicators
● Explanation of how to understand live data, order-books, market depth
charts, and trends.
● Early Adopter Strategy (Angel Investing)
● Long term investing (Hodl!)
● Breakout Trading (Mid-term swing trading)
● Accumulation, Scalping, Arbitrage, Hedging (Short-term day trading)
Minimum-loss trading strategy and the importance of position sizing.
● How to determine support resistance levels
● How to determine a liquidity zone and the importance of stop losses
 
● Introduction to the fibonacci tool to determine decent entry and exit
targets.

This will conclude the Beginner Trading section of the course

 

Intermediate Trading Section

Instructor’s note: ​Trading strategies, graph mechanics, and important
aspects of reading charts will be given extra emphasis.

Technical Analysis (TA):

● Price action and volume structure
● Range Bound and Trending Markets
● Graph Mechanics
● How to determine price trends using trend lines
● Using indicators; Determining confluence when multiple indicators
point to buying or selling, and when they can possibly fake you out.
Using a multitude of indicators can give a trader a very powerful edge
if they know what to look for. (You will learn that indicators are not
trading signals rather than useful tools.)
● Understanding Market Cycles
○ Accumulation, Markup, Distribution, and mark-down phases
○ What to look for during these 4 market phases.
○ Wyckoff Method
● How patterns form and what to look for when trading them
● Trend Patterns
○ Continuation
○ Reversals
○ Knowing when they are bullish or bearish
● Candlestick patterns
● Finding patterns in indicators
○ Common patterns
○ Golden cross, Death cross, Convergence, Divergence, etc.
○ Cycle patterns
● Identifying the rules and conditions of common trend patterns
○ Flags with Poles
○ Pennants (Coils, Triangles, etc)
○ Wedges
○ Measured Moves
○ Cup & Handle (Inverse Cup & Handle)
○ Rounding bottom
○ Head & Shoulders (Inverse Head & Shoulders)
 
○ Ascending and descending scallops or J-hooks
○ Double Bottoms/Tops, Diamond Bottoms/Tops
Rectangle Bottoms/Tops (Tripple Bottoms, Tops)
○ 3 Rising Valley (3 descending peaks)
○ Parallel Channels
○ Stairways (To Heaven or Hell)
● How to find trend patterns in charts, understand when they will most
likely breakout or continue to consolidate and form a different pattern
● Understand false breakouts, price suppression, market pump and
dumps, consolidation periods
● Spotting pure market manipulation

This will conclude the Intermediate Trading section of the course.

 

Advanced Trading Section

Instructor’s note: ​Advanced Trading section is dedicated to advanced TA
that not many traders understand. The remainder of this course will also be
dedicated to creating a in depth trading plan and forecast.

Advanced Technical Analysis (TA):

● Tips in getting started with Advanced TA
● Understanding the nature of volume during certain periods of market
cycles
● Properly measuring price action and time cycles
● Mastering the Fibonacci tools
● Elliott Wave Theory and Fractals
○ Impulse wave (12345)
○ Correction wave (ABC)
○ Double Combo Wave (WXY)
○ Tripple Combo Wave (WXYXZ)
○ Triangle Waves
● Understanding the rules and guidelines of the elliott wave principle
● Reiterating the rules of trend patterns
○ Knowing when the best time to enter and exit the market for
breakout trading
○ Understanding how patterns form in conjunction to the elliott
wave principle
■ Diagonals
■ Triangles
■ Leading and Ending Diagonals
■ Flats
■ Reversals
○ Spotting the key differences between a pullback and a reversal
(Correction)
○ Differentiating between a correction and a recovery, knowing
when to spot the key times they take place
○ Understanding that some patterns may look like a pattern, but if
they do not appear at the right time then they are invalid
● Creating a forecast for your trading plan
● Using charting tools on an advanced level
 
● Searching for ideal accumulation zones before big impulsive moves
happen in the market
● Doing your due diligence on signals, knowing the difference in a hyped
pump and dump signal and key things to look at for natural market
growth

Collaboration Days:
The last two days of the course will be dedicated to collaboratively
chart cryptocurrencies in the market together. Charting markets together
gives the instructor a good idea on how to provide constructive advice to the
students moving forward after graduation. Interactiveness, cooperation and
volunteering is highly encouraged to help students hone in on their skills.
During these ‘collaboration days’ students are required to submit a clear in
depth trading plan for review. Student’s trading plan will need to be
approved by the instructor in order to receive the ‘graduate’ role on Cryptex
Discord. If a student’s trading plan is not approved, extra tutoring will be
provided to help them get up to par. Graduates will have access to our
‘Research Center’ in Cryptex Discord and should be considered a part of our
advanced trading group.

This will conclude the Advanced Trading section of the course.

Disclaimer:
Statements provided by the instructor do not represent the views or policies of anyone
other than the instructor conducting the course. The information provided in this course is
solely for discussion and educational purposes only, and should not be considered financial
advice. The Students will never be informed to buy or sell securities at any given time.
Under no circumstances does information provided within this course represent trading
recommendations. Cryptex, the instructor conducting the class, and people attending any
given class is not responsible for the outcome of any trades during or after completion of
the Advanced Trading Cryptocurrency Course. Students attending the course are agreeing
upon payment that they have read this disclaimer and are responsible for their own actions
and how they utilize the information taught inside the trading course. All information
provided within the course should not be used to substitute the student’s own due diligence
and research, nor should it substitute the legal or financial advice of the student’s own
attorney, accountant, or financial advisor. Students attending the course should never risk
more capital they are willing to lose.