Will Hunting has been trading for over 20 years, through the 2008 financial crisis, COVID, and multiple Bitcoin bull and bear markets. In this interview, he breaks down the mistakes that keep most new traders broke and the lessons that took him two decades to learn.
Will got his start in forex, where his early Forex Factory thread became one of the most-read on the forum. Since then he’s traded everything from gold and natural gas to indices, stocks, and crypto.
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Timestamps:
00: 00 Intro
0: 38 The name, and 17 years on Forex Factory
5: 20 Has anything actually changed in 20 years?
7: 56 Why “this time is different” keeps coming back
9: 49 Bitcoin: trend change, or bear market rally?
12: 40 The 100% up / 50% down framework
17: 35 On not wanting to feel like a mug
19: 30 Crypto 2026 is not crypto 2017
24: 23 Don’t pigeonhole yourself to one asset
25: 52 Every crash is an opportunity
31: 59 Nobody wants to get rich slowly
36: 30 The lesson: trust yourself
40: 00 The 90/90/90 rule
46: 10 Size up, trade less
53: 10 The math of going full time
57: 20 Access has never been easier
1: 02: 28 Every generation gets its own scars
1: 06: 03 Why “don’t trade your book” is bad advice
1: 13: 20 Exits matter more than entries
1: 16: 55 Chart teach: the S&P shoulder
1: 24: 08 Reading the weekly close
1: 28: 09 Outro
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