Chapter 12 — Conservative Trading Methodology

This chapter is the InstaSwich philosophy. It is not optional technique; it is the standard of behaviour expected of an InstaSwich trader.

• Capital preservation — the account is the business. Protect it before anything else.
• Never chase price — if the move has gone without you, it was not your trade.
• Never buy into resistance — buying directly beneath an obvious level is buying into the sellers.
• Never sell into support — selling directly above an obvious level is selling into the buyers.
• Wait for confirmation — the market must demonstrate the change of direction first.
• Trade only confirmed reactions — an unconfirmed level is analysis, not a trade.
• Protect capital first — a smaller position that survives beats a large one that does not.
• Profit second — profit is the consequence of discipline, never the objective of a single trade.
• Long-term sustainability — trade in a way you could repeat for ten years.
• Professional discipline — the same rules on a good day and a bad one.