12 Years of Trading Knowledge in 25 Minutes

In episode 551 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with BlackSheep Academy's César Barriga, a trader who struggled for 10 years to become consistently profitable. César shares the hard lessons from that journey, from losing family money to finally finding peace with a simple, hybrid approach. He breaks down exactly why he now does the opposite of most retail traders and how he keeps his strategy so simple that he can explain it in a few minutes.

The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube.

Topics Covered In This Episode

00:00 Introduction
00:43 Who is César Barriga and what's his trading style?
02:11 How he started trading and his 20-year journey
04:16 How forex pulled him in
05:25 The brutal 10-year road to profitability
08:00 Learning what the top 1% of winning traders were doing
09:42 Finding retail sentiment online and building an edge
12:09 Retail trading or the opposite?
14:05 Finding the balance between simple and complicated strategies
16:18 Getting into algo trading through a mentor
18:24 Using AI to code strategies and validating them
20:49 César's hybrid approach (manual and algo)
22:55 How mindset affects your trades
26:23 Why beginners must start manual before ever touching automation
27:20 Where to find César Barriga (links below)

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How to find César Barriga

BlackSheep Legacy (English)
Instagram: @cesktrades

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